Contestations over knowledge – and who controls its production – are a key focus of social movements and other actors that promote food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. This book critically examines the kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing needed for food sovereignty,…
Paperback – 2017-11-08
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Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
A common perception of global resource scarcity holds that it is inevitably a catalyst for conflict among nations; yet, paradoxically, incidents of such scarcity underlie some of the most important examples of international cooperation. This volume examines the wider potential for the experience of…
Hardback – 2017-11-02
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Earthscan Studies in Natural Resource Management
"What part of illegal don’t you understand?" This oft-repeated slogan from immigration restrictionists reveals the highly contentious quality of immigration reform.. American immigration policies have not experience a comprehensive overhall since 1986, as debates continue into another election…
Paperback – 2017-11-01
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Framing 21st Century Social Issues
Paperback – 2017-11-01
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This books explores social movements and political activism in contemporary Japan, arguing that the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident marks a decisive moment, which has led to an unprecedented resurgence in social and protest movements and inaugurated a new era of civic engagement. Offering fresh…
Hardback – 2017-10-31
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The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
Hardback – 2017-10-30
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Sociological Futures
The creation of Turkish nationhood, citizenship, economic transformation, the forceful removal of minorities and national homogenisation, gender rights, the position of armed forces in politics, and the political and economic integration of Kurdish minority in Turkish polity have all received major…
Hardback – 2017-10-30
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Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
Paperback – 2017-10-30
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This book showcases new work done by gender politics scholars and political psychologists, covering a variety of political psychology topics. These include stereotyping and prejudice, intergroup conflict, social identity, attitude formation, group affinity, group decision-making, anxiety,…
Paperback – 2017-10-28
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Home ownership plays a significant role in locating the middle class in most western societies, associated with market, consumerism, democracy and “people like us”, the significant features of the middle class for any society. In China, private home ownership was not the norm from 1949, when the…
Hardback – 2017-10-27
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Routledge Studies on China in Transition
Security challenges pose significant hardship for citizens of Caribbean nations. Public safety is threatened by high rates of crime – especially violent crime – in much of the region, the plague of the illicit drug trade, transnational organized crime, gangs, the current global proliferation of…
Hardback – 2017-10-26
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Routledge Studies in Latin American Politics