Palgrave Pivot imprint: 999 books
Grenfell Tower
Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2018
The Grenfell Tower fire of June 2017 is one of the most tragic political events in British history. This book argues that preparedness for disasters has always been designed in the interests of the State and Capital rather than citizens. This was exemplified by the ‘stay put’ strategy at Grenfell...
Donald Trump and the Know-Nothing Movement
Understanding the 2016 US Election
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Historically, segments of white Americans have let racist paranoia supersede judicious reasoning throughout our history. The 2016 Presidential election in the United States brought the Know-Nothing’s back from the hidden depths of our history books. This book provides a historical account of...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
This book assembles six chapters by respected and emerging scholars in political science and communication to produce a first sustained look at Twitter's role in the 2016 US Presidential Election. While much attention has already been paid to Trump's use of Twitter as a phenomenon—how it helps drive...
De-Moralizing Gay Rights
Some Queer Remarks on LGBT+ Rights Politics in the US
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
This book critically interrogates three sets of distortions that emanate from the messianic core of 21st century public discourse on LGBT+ rights in the United States. The first relates to the critique of pinkwashing, often advanced by scholars who claim to be committed to an emancipatory politics....
by Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2018
New forms of solidarity are being shaped as a response to the European “refugee crisis.” The state—in the form of national governments—has not been able to implement any viable or sustainable solution to the crisis, but the solidarity movement has been very visible and active in European countries....
Contemporary Physics Plays
Making Time to Know Responsibility
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
This book analyzes recent physics plays, arguing that their enaction of concepts from the sciences they discuss alters the nature of the decisions made by the characters, changing the ethical judgements that might be cast on them. Recent physics plays regularly alter the shape of space-time itself,...
Gender and Public Participation in Afghanistan
Aid, Transparency and Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
This book discusses the role of gender and participation within the context of budgeting and planning. Gender and participation are two very closely interconnected issues in these processes, and the author explores how these could better promote accountability and transparency. Through chapters...
Negotiating the EU’s 2030 Climate and Energy Framework
Agendas, Ideas and European Interest Groups
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
In 2014, European heads of state selected new targets for the EU as part of the 2030 climate and energy framework. These targets will guide the ambition and nature of EU policy in this area until 2030 and are likely to have important implications for Europe’s transition to a low-carbon economy....
Brand Platform in the Professional Sport Industry
Sustaining Growth through Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2018
This book examines how the emergence of new media brings brought challenges to the North American sport industry, discussing challenges in terms of a shift from an information economy to an attention economy perspective. Historically, the arrival of new forms of media, including radio and television,...
Multilevel Selection and the Theory of Evolution
Historical and Conceptual Issues
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
This book puts multilevel selection theory into a much needed historical perspective. This is achieved by discussing multilevel selection in the first half of the twentieth century, the reasons for the energetic rejection of Wynne-Edwards’ group selectionist stance in the 1960s, Elisabeth Lloyd’s...
by Adem Yavuz Elveren
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the brain drain from Turkey, with particular focus on its gender dimension. The author presents a review of brain drain literature, as well as analyzing the brain drain from Turkey using original survey data. Presenting an account of state changes in...
Alternative Schooling and New Education
European Concepts and Theories
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
This book examines the European discussion about alternative schooling in the 20th century. It refers to a stream of concepts that are often described as New Education, Progressive Education, Education Nouvelle or Reformpädagogik, and discusses a range of different models of alternative schooling....
by Alessandro Antonietti, Barbara Colombo, Braelyn R. DeRocher
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2018
This book explores how music can improve skills that are impaired in some neurodevelopmental disorders, including ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), autism, and Rett syndrome. Rehabilitation interventions based on the use of music, termed “music therapy”, are relatively widespread,...
Enabling Eco-Cities
Defining, Planning, and Creating a Thriving Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Cities are striving to become more resilient, adaptive and sustainable; this requires new ways of governing and developing the city. This book features chapters by researchers using regenerative development and transitions theories to envisage how Eco-Cities could be planned, designed and created,...