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'How China Works' by Xiaohuan Lan explains how the Chinese government has gradually established and improved market mechanisms while promoting economic growth. bit.ly/3We5BFb
'The Evolution of Political Ideology' applies multilevel selection theory to an examination of both the natural history of ideology, and how that natural history has unfolded through the course of civil history in the Western world. bit.ly/4inp4N3
'The Evolution of Political Ideology' applies multilevel selection theory to an examination of both the natural history of ideology, and how that natural history has unfolded through the course of civil history in the Western world. bit.ly/4inp4N3
‘Book Markets in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America’ depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America, which resulted in the development of a truly international market. bit.ly/3DiYoLr
'Philosophy of Science' by Rani Lill Anjum and @ElenaRoccaPD is a comprehensive, engaging, and user-friendly introduction to philosophy of science written by a philosopher and a scientist. bit.ly/3zXYid5
'The National Mind,' by @deniztk argues that understanding the power of nationalism requires probing into its cognitive and emotional influence on our everyday perceptions, feelings, beliefs, and behavior. bit.ly/4iHGunB
'Ecosocialism: An Introduction' offers an extensive critical overview of eco-socialism, one of the most generative and significant aspects of contemporary debates within socialism. bit.ly/3BmPKNX
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change. bit.ly/3zxhw9k
ALT Book cover of "Artificial Intelligence in Political Economy: Critical Reflections on Big Data Markets and Economic Development and Data Society", published by Palgrave Macmillan.
'The Palgrave Handbook on Right-Wing Populism and Otherness in Global Perspective' argues that a key characteristic of the recent rise in right-wing populist politicians worldwide is the pervasive dynamic of exclusionary conflicts and moral divisions. bit.ly/4hllTVC
ALT The Palgrave Handbook on Right-Wing Populism and Otherness in Global Perspective
'Ecosocialism: An Introduction' offers an extensive critical overview of eco-socialism, one of the most generative and significant aspects of contemporary debates within socialism. bit.ly/3BmPKNX
'Paleoeconomics: Climate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory,' is an accessible and insightful textbook which provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of prehistory. bit.ly/48jCZjg
ALT Paleoeconomics: Climate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory
'Reflections on the Future of Capitalism' explores the ideas of nine renowned economists to present the evolution of economic thought on the development and trajectory of capitalism as a system. bit.ly/3YVBW6n
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change. bit.ly/3zxhw9k
'Reflections on the Future of Capitalism' explores the ideas of nine renowned economists to present the evolution of economic thought on the development and trajectory of capitalism as a system. bit.ly/3YVBW6n
'Transnational Anti-Gender Politics'—edited by @AikoIiris, Billy Holzberg, and @tiojeda—The book invites us to rethink the conceptual vocabularies and strategies we use to understand and resist anti-gender attacks. bit.ly/3RwsBh2
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'Rousseau and the Limits of the Liberal International Order' by Joshua King considers Rousseau as a critic and a reformer of international politics, arguing that Rousseau’s account of liberty drives his approach to the international realm. bit.ly/4fXy6iY
ALT Rousseau and the Limits of the Liberal International Order
'Political Correctness in Academia,' by @DzenisSandra, explores the phenomenon of political correctness in academia through the lens of public choice theory. bit.ly/3FPwFGf
'Political Sociology Perspectives on Lobbying in the EU' examines lobbying in the European Union, the practices and social trajectories of interest representatives working in Brussels. bit.ly/3XJVVUs
ALT Political Sociology Perspectives on Lobbying in the EU
‘An Introduction to Linguistics through Popular Music’ introduces the field of linguistics in an accessible way by using portions of song lyrics from popular music. bit.ly/43qGLDX
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' serves as a significant contribution to understanding socio-economic implications of AI within the framework of contemporary political economy. Deni Bagas Pradana et al., Journal of Economic Issues. bit.ly/41SkXmG
'Morality and Justice' by John-Stewart Gordon is an essential primer for philosophy students embarking on their journey into the field of ethics and political philosophy. bit.ly/3zPXmYu
'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change. bit.ly/3zxhw9k
ALT 'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence'
‘An Introduction to Linguistics through Popular Music’ introduces the field of linguistics in an accessible way by using portions of song lyrics from popular music. bit.ly/43qGLDX
'Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption' is an #OA book that argues that in a functioning democracy, citizens should be equally capable of making informed choices about matters of social importance. bit.ly/3LVZLDy
ALT Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption
‘Object Studies’ introduces students to an interdisciplinary approach to material cultural study. It helps reveal how everyday objects from pens and coffee cups to our most cherished keepsakes help define our collective histories and personal narratives. bit.ly/3ZeKJwO
'The United States as Global Liberal Hegemon' by @EdwardGoldberg examines America’s role as the global liberal hegemon. Read more here: bit.ly/3AtW9Xf.
'Shakespeare and the Poetics and Politics of Relevance'—edited by @dccallag and Sophie Chiari—explores Shakespeare's significance - whether in performance or education - to issues of social and climate justice. bit.ly/3Zc6AIq
ALT Shakespeare and the Poetics and Politics of Relevance
‘Between Laughter and Satire’ explores closely related aspects of the historical study of humour and challenges much that has been taken for granted in a field of study for which history has been marginal. bit.ly/3qnDibd
‘Adaptation Before Cinema’ highlights a range of pre-cinematic media forms, including theater, novelization, painting and illustration, transmedia art, children’s media, and other literary and visual culture. bit.ly/3IOWvca
'Animals and Science Fiction'—edited by @nora_castle and @GiuliaChampion—offers a broad range of theoretical approaches and primary source texts that explore the ways works of science fiction can transform how we see and interact with nonhuman others. bit.ly/3LX9qtx
‘Mary I in Writing’ centers on representations of Queen Mary I in writing, broadly construed, and the process of writing that queen into literature and other textual sources. bit.ly/3OI6kt5
'Emoji Pragmatics' focus on the semiotic aspects or visual impact of emojis, rather than their crucial role in interpreting the messaging text or social media post to which they are attached, as well as the way they communicate their own meanings when used in isolation. bit.ly/3FAJC70
'The Palgrave Handbook of International Political Theory' provides a comprehensive exploration of International Political Theory, which in its broadest terms examines the ways in which ideas about sovereignty, and legitimacy shape international politics. bit.ly/3Wwr6SV
ALT 'The Palgrave Handbook of International Political Theory'
'Incels and Ideologies,' by @Noun_Fraze, explores how incels use language and other semiotic resources to construct ideologies of gender and race/ethnicity. bit.ly/3IuYlhx
The second edition of ‘The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,’ by @IMIXWHATILIKE, offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the US. bit.ly/3P2IOKA
‘Book Markets in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America’ depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America, which resulted in the development of a truly international market. bit.ly/3DiYoLr
‘A Discursive Perspective on Wikipedia’ provides a guide to Wikipedia for researchers and students of linguistics, discourse and communication studies, redressing the gap in research on Wikipedia in these fields. bit.ly/3F7NZSy
'Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy' is an #OA book by Timothy Aylsworth and Clinton Castro that addresses the contemporary crisis of autonomy in the era of addictive technology. bit.ly/4dBk6d0
‘The Climatization of Global Politics,’ edited by @StefanAykut and @LucileMaertens, examines the process through which climate change is transforming global governance. bit.ly/3IkDM8p
'Gothic Nostalgia,' by @baconetti and Katarzyna Bronk-Bacon, an original and innovative study of how Gothic nostalgia and toxic memory are used to underpin and promote the ongoing culture wars and populist politics in contemporary popular culture. bit.ly/4a9yrMc
In ‘Weird Fiction,’ @MichaelTCisco presents a comprehensive, contemporary analysis of the genre of weird fiction by identifying the concepts that influence and produce it. bit.ly/3oqSLpM
'Animals and Science Fiction' — edited by @nora_castle and @GiuliaChampion — offers a broad range of theoretical approaches and primary source texts that explore the ways works of science fiction can transform how we see and interact with nonhuman others. bit.ly/3LX9qtx
'Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture',—edited by @ShaColeclough, @bethmichaelfox, @Renske_Visser—collection defines an understanding of ‘difficult death’, and examines the differences between death, dying and the dead. bit.ly/3zhpWl8
ALT Book cover for "Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture": The cover features an intricate network of thin, overlapping lines on a gradient background shifting from dark purple at the top to pink at the bottom. A white asterisk-like symbol is in the upper left corner, and the publisher's name, Palgrave Macmillan, is at the bottom.
"[‘Fetishism and the Theory of Value’) offers a profound and worthwhile consideration of value theory, fetishism, and financialization, not only from the purview of Marxist theory but from a broader range of interlocutors." –Tony McKenna bit.ly/41hZhOX
‘Book Markets in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America’ depicts the Early Modern book markets in Europe and colonial Latin America, which resulted in the development of a truly international market. bit.ly/3DiYoLr
'Incels and Ideologies,' by @Noun_Fraze, explores how incels use language and other semiotic resources to construct ideologies of gender and race/ethnicity. bit.ly/3IuYlhx
'The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution'—edited by @LaurCah and @DonalkCoffey— deals with the role, development, and legacy of the first Constitution of independent Ireland within the wider context of the establishment of the State. bit.ly/4fEBqzG
ALT The Centenary of the Irish Free State Constitution
'The Political Economy of Contemporary Human Civilisation, Volume II' examines the evolution of humanity and development global economic systems to provide insight into the advances and challenges they have created. bit.ly/4jbmvyd
ALT The Political Economy of Contemporary Human Civilisation, Volume II
Sorcha Ní Fhlainn (@VampireSorcha), author of 'Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction, and Popular Culture', was interviewed by Chris Richardson(@notapipepodcast). You can listen to the conversation here: bit.ly/2LwgOA4
The second edition of ‘The Myth and Propaganda of Black Buying Power,’ by @IMIXWHATILIKE, offers a history of and proof against claims of "buying power" and the impact this myth has had on understanding media, race, class and economics in the US. bit.ly/3P2IOKA
'The Palgrave Handbook of Neo-Victorianism' offers analysis of diverse genres and media of neo-Victorianism, including film, television adaptations of Victorian texts, authors’ life stories, graphic novels, and contemporary fiction set in the 19th century. bit.ly/3L3ddVM
ALT Book cover of "The Palgrave Handbook of Neo-Victorianism," featuring an abstract painting of a face with white and pink brush strokes, edited by Brenda Ayres and Sarah E. Maier, published by Palgrave Macmillan.
‘Actors, Audiences, and Emotions in the Eighteenth Century’ offers an innovative account of how audiences and actors emotionally interacted in the English theatre during the middle decades of the eighteenth century. bit.ly/3y8JfJz
Providing nuanced yet concise analysis, 'Housework, Consumption and Female Labour in Japan, 1600—1940' illuminates the neglected role of unpaid, primarily female household labour in Japan from the early modern period to the eve of World War Two, offering a new understanding of historical living standards. bit.ly/42coso6
ALT Housework, Consumption and Female Labour in Japan, 1600—1940
'Geographies of Gendered Punishment'—edited by @a_chamberlen and Mahuya Bandyopadhyay—explores new and enduring themes in the gendered experience of incarceration across the world. bit.ly/3AoXhee
'Emoji Pragmatics' focus on the semiotic aspects or visual impact of emojis, rather than their crucial role in interpreting the messaging text or social media post to which they are attached, as well as the way they communicate their own meanings when used in isolation. bit.ly/3FAJC70
'Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture',—edited by @ShaColeclough, @bethmichaelfox, @Renske_Visser—collection defines an understanding of ‘difficult death’, and examines the differences between death, dying and the dead. bit.ly/3zhpWl8
ALT Difficult Death, Dying and the Dead in Media and Culture
Palgrave is celebrating 1.50 million accesses for the Open Access ‘Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies,’ which is an invaluable resource for researchers across fields, policy makers, practitioners, and activists alike. bit.ly/3SAg6zR
In ‘Weird Fiction,’ @MichaelTCisco presents a comprehensive, contemporary analysis of the genre of weird fiction by identifying the concepts that influence and produce it. bit.ly/3oqSLpM
Chiara Russo Krauss, the author of 'Wundt, Avenarius, and Scientific Psychology', was interviewed on the @NewBooksNetwork. You can listen to the interview here:
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‘Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering in Fiction and Life Writing,’ an open access volume, offers original essays on how motherhood and mothering are represented in contemporary fiction and life writing across several national contexts. bit.ly/3nhxqi7
‘Standards, Stigma, Surveillance,’ by @ian_cushing, traces raciolinguistic ideologies in England’s schools, focusing on post- 2010 policy reforms that frame the language practices of low-income, racialised speakers as limited and deficient. bit.ly/3FKtzAD
‘Academic Conference Presentations’ provides a step-by-step guide to giving a successful academic conference presentation, taking readers through all of the potential steps along the way. bit.ly/3YaI7jo
'Allusion in Detective Fiction' by @jembloomfield demonstrates the fraught status of Shakespeare and the Bible during the Golden Age of the British detective novel, and the cultural currents which novelists navigated whilst alluding to them. bit.ly/3zYZIEa
On August 22 #Carla2020, a global digital conference on Diversity and Inclusion in the film and TV industry, will host the launch of "Women in the International Film Industry: Policy, Practice and Power", edited by @susanliddy2. Check out the programme:
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Join us for our "Facts vs. fake news" event in cooperation with @ScholarlyPub in London next week. After the panel there will some time for networking and drinks. Sign up for free: customer.sspnet.org/ssp/Even…
'Diversity Management,' by John Arierhi Ottuh, offers a historical analysis as well as contextual management strategy on Nigeria’s lingering ethno-religious conundrums. bit.ly/4jRTkjX
Congratulations to @basgroes and @RMFrancis whose new book "Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country" has been published today. It offers a new literary history of the smells and childhood memories that belong to the Black Country, a post-industrial region in the UK.
'The Attention Economy' by @KNelsonField takes an in-depth look into the dynamic world of marketing and advertising, unveiling the pivotal role that human attention measurement plays in the present and future landscape. bit.ly/3O3VpLR
'Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts' provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the work of the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, with a particular focus on the conceptual material of his work. bit.ly/4kyzf2F
How are the lived experiences of contention remembered in the form of auto/biography? 'Remembering Contentious Lives' takes life-writing as a new point of observation on the entanglement between memory and activism. bit.ly/4fTa5Zo
‘The Power of Oral Culture in Education’ explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories transmitted from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts. bit.ly/3Nc5CWV
.@jess_emclean is the author of 'Changing Digital Geographies. Technologies, Environments and People'. In our latest #SocSciMatters author blog she talks about remaking Digital Geographies. You can read her piece here: bit.ly/2SKfGdf
‘Stories, Storytellers, and Storytelling’ advances social scientific interest in a field long dominated by the humanities: stories, and storytelling. It articulates the power of stories to open windows into the emotional, political, social, and symbolic. bit.ly/3WNZUg6
'Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North' provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of European magic and specifically discusses performances of magic in the pre-modern north. bit.ly/49os48z
‘Adaptation Before Cinema’ highlights a range of pre-cinematic media forms, including theater, novelization, painting and illustration, transmedia art, children’s media, and other literary and visual culture. bit.ly/3IOWvca
'Wilhelm I as German Emperor' by @FSterkenburgh offers the first-ever scholarly study of Wilhelm I as Germany’s first Kaiser and explores how he oversaw and intervened in the political and military decision-making processes. bit.ly/40dMPzO
'Liberty and Security in an Anarchical World Volume I'—edited by @TCrackCrack—takes a hard look at libertarian foreign policy doctrines, especially those of non-intervention, and non-aggression, and applies new insights to these old doctrines. bit.ly/3ZKCigc
ALT Liberty and Security in an Anarchical World Volume I
'Wilhelm I as German Emperor' by @FSterkenburgh offers the first-ever scholarly study of Wilhelm I as Germany’s first Kaiser and explores how he oversaw and intervened in the political and military decision-making processes. bit.ly/40dMPzO
'A. L. Morton and the Radical Tradition' by @thejcmort is the first book-length treatment of the life and thought of the Communist intellectual A. L. Morton (1903–1987) who pioneered studies of utopianism, radical history, and English national identity. bit.ly/4aCmVuh
‘Gamergate and Anti-Feminism in the Digital Age’ provides a rich, detailed account of Gamergate and connects it to the shift toward online misogyny. bit.ly/3D6iB5U
‘The Power of Oral Culture in Education’ explores the importance of inter-generational oral culture and stories transmitted from one generation to the next through proverbs, idioms, and folklore tales in different geographical and spatial contexts. bit.ly/3Nc5CWV
Call for Proposals: 'Contemporary Gulf Studies', a series edited by @smwright78 and @abaabood, offers a platform from which scholarly work on the most pressing issues within the Gulf region will be examined. bit.ly/44qBUUN
‘Narratives of Motherhood and Mothering in Fiction and Life Writing,’ an open access volume, offers original essays on how motherhood and mothering are represented in contemporary fiction and life writing across several national contexts. bit.ly/3nhxqi7
‘Dangerous Bodies’ brings together new perspectives on fashion, the body, and politics. It explores fashion's intersection with race and gender discourses where colonialism, capitalism, and embodiment are linked. bit.ly/3kCajgK
'French Revolutionary Lives'— edited by @DavidAvromBell and Colin Jones—explore emergent forms of subjectivity, by focusing on individual life stories in their own right and insisting on the slipperiness of individual identity. bit.ly/3zs8QBt
Written by a Certified Financial Planner professional with more than 30 years of experience, the second edition of 'Wealth' covers the newest developments in estate planning, business succession, asset protection, and investment management. bit.ly/3WiWCTU
ALT Wealth: Strategies to Grow and Protect What Matters
'The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development' interrogates the multiple inequalities that subsist in the world and explores how Ubuntu, emerging from Africa but being potentially applicable elsewhere, holds promise for mitigation and resolution. bit.ly/4j4gLGn
ALT The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development
'The Palgrave Handbook of Theatre Censorship' incorporates a wide theoretical, cultural, literary and historical engagement in exploring the tension between dramatic productions and the forms of censorship they encounter from creation to reception. bit.ly/3ZKPdib
'The Palgrave Handbook on Right-Wing Populism and Otherness in Global Perspective' argues that a key characteristic of the recent rise in right-wing populist politicians worldwide is the pervasive dynamic of exclusionary conflicts and moral divisions. bit.ly/4hllTVC