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By Neil Cobb

This book sheds new light on the complex relationship between criminal liability, sexuality and public health in the era of Aids. It analyses, in particular, the role of public health arguments, and the language of ‘sexual rights’, in legal struggles aimed at decriminalising certain forms of ‘risky…

Hardback – 2019-06-01 
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Social Justice

By Liz Yeomans

Inextricably linked to neoliberal market economies, Public Relations’ influence in our promotional culture is profound. Yet many aspects of the professional role are under-researched and poorly understood, such as the impact on workers of manufacturing displays of feeling to elicit a desired…

Hardback – 2019-06-01 
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Routledge New Directions in Public Relations & Communication Research

By Jessica Dallow

Hardback – 2019-06-01 
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Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies

Edited by Rachel Colls, Abi McNiven

This edited collection provides a distinctive contribution to motherhood studies by addressing how becoming a mother is influenced not just by place and space but also by time and temporality. It explores the complexity and multiple temporalities that surround mothering, such as dreaming about…

Hardback – 2019-05-30 
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Routledge Studies in Human Geography

By Funda Ustek-Spilda

Hardback – 2019-05-30 
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Sociological Futures

By Laura Sjoberg, Jessica Peet

This book theorizes intentional civilian victimization in armed conflicts through gender lenses. Feminists have argued that the civilian immunity principle in war is constituted by a gendered story of (male) "just warriors" legitimating wars to protect their female "beautiful souls" back home…

Paperback – 2019-05-21 
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Routledge Studies in Gender and Security

By Valerie Hedquist

Hardback – 2019-05-20 
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Routledge Research in Gender and Art

Edited by Róisín Ryan-Flood

This edited collection explores the dramatic transformations in intimate life that have taken place in Ireland in recent years. A new multiculturalism, availability of divorce and the introduction of civil partnership for same sex couples all herald significant changes in Irish life. Divorce and…

Hardback – 2019-04-30 
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Routledge Advances in Sociology

By V.G. Julie Rajan

This book explores the self-proclaimed Islamic State’s (IS) perspectives on and violence against women. Since its inception and subsequent rise to power, the IS has established a reputation of ethnic and religiously motivated intolerance and violence. This book highlights how this also extends to a…

Hardback – 2019-04-30 
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Contemporary Terrorism Studies

By Amina Mire

This book analyses the social and ethical implications of the globalization of emerging skin-whitening and anti-ageing biotechnology. Using an intersectional theoretical framework and a content analysis methodology drawn from cultural studies, the sociology of knowledge, the history of colonial…

Paperback – 2019-04-16 
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Routledge Research in Gender and Society

By Emma Tseris

This book argues that while notions of trauma in mental health hold promise for the advancement of women’s rights, the mainstreaming of trauma treatments and therapies has had mixed implications, sometimes replacing genuine social change efforts with new forms of female oppression by psychiatry. It…

Hardback – 2019-04-10 
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Routledge Research in Gender and Society

Edited by Barbara Zibell, Doris Damyanovic, Ulrike Sturm

This book explores the extent to which gendered approaches are evident and effective in spatial development in selected European countries. Beginning with an introduction to theories and concepts of gender, space and development, the book includes a brief historical review of gender in spatial…

Hardback – 2019-04-10 
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Routledge Studies in Gender and Environments