New Books At The Zief Law Library

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The book examines government involvement in human reproduction through a multidisciplinary lens, incorporating sociology, law, political science, and demography. It addresses reproduction policy as a regulatory aspect of the welfare state, focusing on topics such as sexuality education, contraception, abortion, pregnancy care, and medically assisted reproduction. The authors analyze cross-country and cross-policy comparisons to uncover interlinked ideologies and contradictions within reproduction policies. The book emphasizes the need for additional comparative research in this area to shape policies that promote reproductive welfare. It serves as a valuable resource for students and researchers in comparative social policy, human rights law, and related fields, while also appealing to sociologists interested in social inequalities in reproduction.

Publisher: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2025.
The first birth control clinic in El Paso, Texas, opened in 1937, leading to a long struggle for reproductive autonomy among Mexican-origin women in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. These women contended with various groups, including Planned Parenthood, the Catholic Church, and local activists, who sought to control their reproductive lives. Lina-Maria Murillo highlights how working-class Mexican-origin women demanded more health services and established their own clinics, fostering community solidarity and advocating for better housing, education, and wages alongside access to reproductive care. The narrative emphasizes their agency and ongoing fight for dignity and reproductive freedom in a changing political landscape.

Publisher: New York: Flatiron Books, 2024.
"The Fall of Roe" by Elizabeth Dias and Lisa Lerer is a groundbreaking exploration of the campaign to overturn Roe v. Wade and its implications for women and abortion rights in America. The book details the quiet yet determined efforts of a network of elite conservative Christian lawyers and powerbrokers who sought to end abortion rights following Barack Obama's 2012 presidential victory. Through extensive research and interviews, the authors reveal how this coalition strategized a takeover across political and legal systems, leading to a significant political defeat for the feminist movement. The narrative combines rigorous journalism with personal stories, providing insights into the actions of key players and the broader fight for America's soul, emphasizing the need for long-term political change.

Publisher: London; New York: Bloomsbury Professional, 2024.
Digital mediation is a lasting evolution in the field, raising critical questions about how mediators and clients can achieve the same outcomes as in-person sessions. The text emphasizes the need for new skills and mindsets, the ability to build rapport and read emotions online, and effective marketing strategies in the digital space. It distinguishes digital mediation from other forms of Online Dispute Resolution, such as arbitration, and focuses on practical resources like checklists and templates. The book addresses the use of smart systems, artificial intelligence, and mixed media, offering essential guidance for mediators to adapt to the digital landscape. It is recommended for all mediators navigating the new norms of digital mediation and is part of Bloomsbury Professional's Mediation online service.

Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
The volume commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act, bringing together scholars and practitioners to celebrate its successes and propose reforms. It explores the Act's impact on modern arbitration practices and addresses concerns about the Supreme Court's interpretation affecting fairness. The book covers various arbitration types—domestic, commercial, consumer, securities, and labor and employment—while aiming to enhance the Act's fairness and coherence. It serves as a foundation for a law reform project, uniting over thirty scholars to advocate for improvements and ensure that arbitration remains fair and equitable.

Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2025.
The book critically examines the use of animals in toxicity testing, highlighting the substantial cruelty involved, particularly towards laboratory mice. It analyzes animal protection laws in the EU, the US, and Canada, discussing the suffering caused by these tests and the inadequacies of current laws in protecting human health and the environment. Additionally, it explores the potential of alternative non-animal testing methods to mitigate harm. The text will appeal to scholars in animal studies, environmental law, and sociolegal studies, as well as those interested in ethics and animal rights.

Publisher: Lanham; Boulde; New York; London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is a controversial law aimed at protecting all species and biodiversity in the U.S. Experts propose legislative and administrative changes to adapt the ESA to future challenges, focusing on harm avoidance, benefits for species, cooperation between state and federal agencies, and necessary political actions. The text emphasizes the moral commitment to address species extinction and highlights the interconnectedness of all living species, underlining the importance of preserving biodiversity for the sake of humanity's future.

Publisher: ImprintLanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2024.
"Art Law: A Concise Guide for Artists, Curators, and Museum Professionals" by Michael E. Jones simplifies the complex legal aspects of art for a broad audience, including students and professionals in art-related fields. Unlike typical art law books aimed at law students or institution leaders, it targets a wider range of readers, such as undergraduates and graduate students in art, graphic design, and museum studies. The book covers essential topics like acquisition, grants, and the buying and selling of art, addressing the ethical and legal issues faced by artists and museums. It includes case studies with images for practical understanding and is relevant for art educators, museum studies students, and artists seeking clear guidance on legal matters. The content is current through the Warhol Supreme Court decision of May 2023.

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois: American Bar Association, Business Law Section, 2024.
This guide explores blockchain technology, decentralization, and digital assets in the financial services sector, emphasizing regulatory frameworks in banking. Key topics include anti-money laundering regulations, consumer protection, custody issues, and cybersecurity standards. It discusses the pros and cons of incorporating blockchain, relevant legal frameworks for crypto customers, and compliance with federal and state financial laws. Additionally, it addresses privacy principles under U.S. and international data privacy laws, offers guidance for risk management in digital asset businesses, and examines risks like scams and fraud for inexperienced financial institutions. Finally, it analyzes the international regulatory landscape for digital assets and jurisdictional challenges related to blockchain technology.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2025.
The revised second edition of the "Research Handbook on Insider Trading" offers a comprehensive overview of insider trading research, incorporating legal, economic, and empirical studies from various regions including Australasia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Edited by Stephen M. Bainbridge, it features contributions from experts and includes new chapters discussing insider trading laws and developments in major economies such as China, Japan, the EU, Israel, and Arab countries. This edition expands on the previous one by delving into the USA's insider trading ban and advancements in empirical research. It serves as a valuable resource for students, educators, professionals in law, economics, finance, and those involved in economic crime regulation and corporate governance.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
This book challenges traditional views on gender inequality, combining post-structuralist thinking with process ontology. It critiques the focus on improving women’s access to high-value roles without questioning the perceived value of those roles. The author argues that organizations prioritize roles that visibly impact profitability and reputation, leading to the undervaluation of certain work, often affecting women but also some men. This work applies social constructionism and post-structuralist theories to the study of gender inequalities, making it a valuable resource for academics and students in related fields.

Publisher: San Bernardino, California: [publisher not identified], 2020.
In 1970, General Motors (GM) dominated the Fortune 500 List, with sales of $24 billion and profits of $1.7 billion, far surpassing its competitors like Exxon. GM was the largest and most profitable company globally, leading in car sales and expanding successfully in various markets and sectors. However, over the next four decades, GM's market share dwindled from two-thirds to below 20 percent, resulting in bankruptcy. Mismanagement, loss of innovation, and challenges from increasing oil prices and foreign competition contributed to its decline. The book argues that an antitrust breakup could have helped GM’s divisions adapt and thrive in a changing economy, highlighting the connection between its past successes and eventual failures.

Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
This book focuses on the legitimacy of corporate power wielded by corporate groups, integrating legal doctrine, economic analysis and theoretical approaches. It will be of interest to traditional black letter company lawyers and those who have an interest in business and the role of technology.

Publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The book offers a classification of analytical approaches to the social aspects in innovation and entrepreneurship studies. It features diverse perspectives and theoretical analyses addressing social complexity, aiming to foster discussions on the critical nature of the social dimension in research. The editors gather contributors reflecting the field's heterogeneity to explore societal transformation processes and their complexities. It presents a spectrum of understanding the social from implicit assumptions to explicit conceptualizations, discussing related social and methodological challenges. This book is essential for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners involved in societal transformation.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The book examines the design process and implementation of questionnaire surveys across business, public sector, and non-profit organizations. Anthony Arundel discusses how survey methods and statistical analysis influence question design and offers solutions to these challenges. It provides practical advice on good practices for questionnaire design, sampling, and survey delivery (online, postal, verbal) to ensure high-quality, ethical data collection. Key topics include questionnaire testing, survey implementation, data processing, and analysis, along with budgeting examples. The book also addresses recent developments in survey methods, including web probing and the use of tablets and smartphones for responses. It is aimed at business and management scholars, students, and practitioners interested in research methods and organization studies.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
The book presents a new perspective on organizational design, blending theory and practice to address major trends and ideas in the field. It critiques traditional bureaucracies as outdated in a rapidly changing environment and highlights emerging concepts like platforms, ecosystems, and agility. The authors propose an approach to organizing that accommodates paradoxes and emphasizes innovative design. Rich in examples, it serves as a guide for scholars and students in organizational studies and for business managers aiming to design organizations that are relevant to contemporary needs.

Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The book "School-to-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective" examines the often unstable period of transitioning from school to work, advocating for improved labor market entry processes to facilitate this integration. It introduces new metrics as composite indicators of early employment security and analyzes case studies of individuals who faced challenging transitions. Through a multi-disciplinary approach, it provides a cross-country comparative assessment of the SWT period, focusing particularly on models present in post-socialist, Central and Eastern European countries. This work aims to offer valuable insights for students, academics, and professionals in sociology, social policy, labor policy, education, and economics.

Publisher: Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2025.
The text presents a strategic framework for business leaders to address the backlash against the "return to office" after the pandemic, emphasizing the role of holistic flexibility in work arrangements. Successful organizations integrated flexibility and diversity into their culture, enhancing connection and collaboration in hybrid and remote settings. The Flexibility Paradigm urges leaders to see flexibility as a means to strengthen their organization, highlighting its benefits for all employees, not just women. The book offers strategies for fostering a supportive culture, demonstrating that flexibility boosts productivity, talent, diversity, engagement, sustainability, and profitability.

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press, 2025.
The text emphasizes the importance of adopting a growth mindset to enhance personal and team development. It highlights how cultivating a positive outlook can help individuals recognize strengths, identify opportunities, and increase engagement in everyday tasks. The book provides insights on creating a supportive environment that fosters growth by discussing key concepts such as emotional contagion, gratitude, feedback, and the significance of perspective. It aims to establish an optimistic and innovative team culture, featuring contributions from notable authors like Carol Dweck, Emma Seppälä, Shawn Achor, and Kim Scott. As part of the HBR Emotional Intelligence Series, the text explores how emotions influence professional life and offers practical advice for managing workplace challenges while prioritizing emotional well-being. Overall, it underscores the essential social skills needed for ambitious professionals to succeed.

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2025.
The text outlines the evolving concept of work in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the present day. It discusses how traditional values like thrift and persistence have given way to an expectation of entrepreneurial spirit, where individuals are encouraged to take initiative and create opportunities. The text explores the origins of this entrepreneurial work ethic, its promotion by business schools and self-help literature, and its adoption across various social and political groups. Historian Erik Baker highlights how this mindset has shaped perceptions of work in an era of economic insecurity and inequality, suggesting that the notion of "making your own job" serves as a hopeful response to job instability.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The book discusses the importance of using case studies in entrepreneurship education to teach essential skills and mindsets. It presents various theoretical perspectives and practical methods related to case teaching, highlighting innovative approaches in this field. Part I focuses on the theoretical foundations and procedures for effective case teaching, while Part II includes 15 Nordic case studies categorized into three groups: becoming an entrepreneur, early-phase venture creation, and entrepreneurial activities in established organizations. The book also provides online teaching notes and activities for both educators and students interested in entrepreneurship.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
This book explores work-life balance from various perspectives, including parents, academics, the self-employed, and migrants. It emphasizes self-care, childcare, and informal care, adopting a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach with insights from both quantitative and qualitative researchers. Key topics include the organizational aspects of work-life balance, the impact of digitalization, and changes in work-life balance after retirement. It offers diagnostic instructions for employees and employers to enhance work-life balance throughout the lifespan. The text provides valuable insights for practitioners, scholars, and students in related fields, along with policy recommendations for improving workplace support.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
This engaging book features case studies of careers from 24 countries around the world. It highlights career issues specific to different cultures and encourages readers to reflect on their own career paths. With insights grounded in current theory and research from the field of career studies, the book underscores the significance of our unique contextual settings.

Publisher: New York, New York: New York University Press, 2025.
The book discusses the intersection of children's rights and child development, emphasizing the need for a unified understanding to enhance child wellbeing and inform law and policy. It highlights that research in these areas has largely progressed separately, and the book "Children's Rights and Child Development" aims to bridge this gap. It examines key stages of childhood—early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence—focusing on how children's rights should be understood and implemented at each developmental stage. The authors, Todres and Kilkelly, advocate for an integrated approach that combines children's perspectives with scholarly expertise to improve child advocacy and ensure that rights are recognized in a developmentally appropriate manner. The book is deemed essential for those interested in child advocacy.

Publisher: Boston: Beacon Press, 2025.
While the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, white southerners established a system of apprenticeship after the Civil War that entrapped Black children and their families, leading to undue hardships for generations to come. In Slavery After Slavery, historian Mary Frances Berry traces the stories behind individual cases from southern supreme courts to demonstrate how formerly enslaved families and their descendants were systemically injured through white supremacist practices, perpetuated by the legal system. By filling in the family trees of formerly enslaved people to their descendants, Berry documents the enduring intergenerational physical, mental, and economic harm. "Slavery After Slavery" tells individual stories, but the fates of their descendants tell our collective American story-contributing powerfully to a case for reparations and restorative justice.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The Elgar Research Agenda offers a forward-looking vision for the future of civil society research, featuring contributions from over 20 global scholars. It begins with a historical review of the last four decades of civil society research and addresses the impact of geopolitical changes and trends towards authoritarian governance. Key themes explored include voluntourism, civil society mapping, democratization, civic agency, and civil rights. This comprehensive work serves as a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, and development professionals seeking to understand and navigate the evolving landscape of civil society research.

Publisher: Boston: Beacon Press, 2025.
The book discusses the urgent issue of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, highlighting the lack of police intervention and media coverage in their cases. It notes that these victims are often classified by law enforcement as "No Humans Involved" (N.H.I.), leading to their dehumanization and lack of public visibility. Cheryl Neely conducts extensive historical research on murder cases involving Black women in cities like Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles, emphasizing the need to recognize their lives and the communities fighting for justice. The analysis reveals that Black women are killed at a higher rate than any other group, yet their cases receive inadequate attention. Neely argues that the indifference of law enforcement contributes to their vulnerability, calling for greater acknowledgment of the value of Black women's lives from society and those tasked with their protection.

Publisher: Northport, New York: Twelve Tables Press, 2017.
"Litigation in Practice," authored by Judge Curtis E. A. Karnow, serves as a practical guide for students and new litigators. It complements trial practice textbooks by providing a realistic perspective on court procedures. The book includes tips, courtroom etiquette, and insights into the trial process, emphasizing the practical aspects of litigation and affirming the importance of real courtroom experience.

Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Good public policy in a democracy depends on effective information exchange between experts and elected legislators. Legislators, lacking substantive expertise, rely on others for informed decision-making. "Hearings on the Hill" examines how partisanship and competition for control influence the information legislators gather, allowing party leaders and interest groups to steer these flows. The book highlights the strategic use of congressional committees and hearings for information gathering and dissemination, affecting policy development. It provides a comprehensive analysis of data on hearings and witnesses from 1960 to 2018, demonstrating how partisan incentives shape the sources from which Congress members seek information.

Publisher: Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2024.
Earl Warren served as chief justice of the US Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969, during which the Warren Court made significant decisions that affected American law and society, including landmark cases like Loving v. Virginia, Griswold v. Connecticut, and Brown v. Board of Education. The Court's rulings marked a shift towards a "living Constitution," evolving to reflect social changes and emphasizing the Equal Protection Clause. This era also broadened legal protections for marginalized groups and initiated challenges to gender discrimination. The Warren Court's approach contrasts sharply with the current focus on originalism in constitutional interpretation.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
The book examines the work of international prosecutors at tribunals like the ICTY, ICTR, SCSL, and ICC. Through interviews with current and former senior prosecutors, it reveals their motivations for decisions regarding investigations, charges, and appeals. The author, Cale Davis, analyzes how various factors influence prosecutorial discretion and highlights the significance of different decision-making roles. The book critiques contemporary views on discretion and provides insights valuable for both academics and practitioners in international criminal justice, as well as those interested in historical, sociological, and cultural perspectives on international law.

Publisher: Eagan, MN: Foundation Press, 2025.
The Eighth Edition of this classic casebook features significant revisions reflecting major legal changes, particularly in justiciability, the Supreme Court's emergency docket, and equity in federal courts. It maintains its depth of coverage and intellectual rigor while reorganizing and consolidating chapters for easier teaching and accessibility. New introductory and explanatory notes clarify key issues, and the editors have refined older material to create manageable assignments without compromising scholarly comprehensiveness.

Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
The edited collection explores the evolution of corporate financial crime, detailing offenses such as money laundering, fraud, market manipulation, and bribery. It examines national legal models for determining corporate culpability and compares different approaches to addressing financial crimes. The book provides historical and global perspectives, analyzing landmark cases and legislative responses. It discusses the challenges of prosecuting large-scale economic crimes and proposes innovative solutions, such as introducing failure to prevent offenses. This resource is aimed at academics, professionals, and anyone interested in corporate wrongdoing, appealing to scholars in law, criminology, sociology, and economics, as well as practitioners in corruption and regulation.

Publisher: Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, LLC, 2025.
"Mastering Criminal Law" provides an overview of fundamental principles in criminal law, highlighting essential components such as the structure of a crime, statutory interpretation, and sentencing. It includes discussions on typical crimes like homicide, sexual assault, and property crimes, along with topics such as accomplice liability, solicitation, attempt, and conspiracy. The text addresses defenses, including the right to present a defense and updated materials on insanity. It contrasts different legal approaches, notably Common Law and the Model Penal Code, and offers examples of various state statutes.

Publisher: New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2024.
Donald Trump is the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal indictment, with charges stemming from four significant cases: the January 6 case and the classified documents case, both initiated by Special Counsel Jack Smith; the election interference case in Georgia; and the "hush money" case in New York. The book *The Trump Indictments* provides a thorough overview, offering historical context and international comparisons related to criminal charges against political leaders. It includes detailed annotations on the four indictments from scholar Murray and former prosecutor Weissmann, profiles of key individuals involved such as Trump and his co-conspirators, as well as notable groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Additionally, the book features a timeline of critical events that led to these indictments, making it a vital resource for anyone tracking the trials set for 2024 and emphasizing the importance of these developments for democracy.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
"The Unmaking of Special Rights" examines the evolution of special rights for developing countries amidst significant global power shifts. Authored by experts, the book discusses how these rights have changed since decolonization, particularly as emerging economies like Brazil, India, and China reshape global dynamics. It includes case studies in global trade, climate, and health governance, illustrating the shift from treating all developing countries uniformly to a more nuanced understanding of their needs and responsibilities. Key topics include differentiated responsibilities in climate, health capacities, and special treatment under the WTO. This book is essential for academics and practitioners in fields like international economics and development policy.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
"The Fate of Social Modernity" explores the development of welfare arrangements in Western Europe through the lens of social modernity. It examines current challenges to these arrangements and prospects for progressive reform from a sociological perspective. Bode analyzes how welfare programs and organizations impact social development for various groups, including children, disadvantaged workers, and the elderly. The book also offers insights into the social dynamics of European countries like Germany, Italy, Norway, and the UK, highlighting their relevance to global contexts. It serves as an essential resource for scholars in comparative social policy, sociological theory, and organizational studies, as well as practitioners in public administration and the non-profit sector.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
Elgar Advanced Introductions offer accessible and rigorous overviews of major fields in social sciences, business, and law, written by leading scholars. The focus is on New Institutional Economics (NIE), which helps in understanding key questions about economic organization, growth, and development, including why some countries are rich while others are poor, how activities are organized within firms or markets, and when shared resources become overexploited.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
"A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality" presents a cross-disciplinary framework for studying how unequal living conditions interact with human skill formation and development. The book consists of eighteen chapters that explore various aspects of skills and inequality, drawing on insights from fields such as economics, sociology, and psychology. It aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the relationship between skills and inequality while highlighting recent advancements and offering directions for future research. The work is intended for students, policymakers, and advanced researchers in fields like social policy and business management.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The book presents a comprehensive examination of contemporary social policy research through an interdisciplinary lens. It outlines the future research agenda across various fields such as care, family, health, housing, gender equality, labor market policy, and welfare attitudes. A diverse group of scholars from different disciplines discuss the changes in European societies over the past 20 years, the challenges ahead, and the importance of social policy research. The editors emphasize the need to understand the connections between policies, invest in theoretical development, and leverage the multidisciplinarity of European social policy research. The book is intended as a valuable resource for scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers in the social policy domain.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
"Social Reformism 2.0" discusses the new social risks arising from automation, digitalization, climate change, and the post-industrial transition, which existing welfare state institutions are ill-equipped to handle. It critiques the nation-state's failure to balance democracy, the market economy, welfare, and the rule of law. The authors analyze key challenges such as post-industrialisation, globalisation, and the fourth technological revolution while placing the European social model in a broader crisis context. The book reviews current reform trends in social policy, considering the impacts of global developments, the COVID-19 pandemic, and climate issues. It advocates for strategic policy reforms aimed at fostering a greener economy and realigning progressive politics, emphasizing Europe's crucial role in driving this change. The work targets students, academics, policymakers, and stakeholders involved in social governance.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy is a key reference that examines the role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in fostering economic activities through ethical and democratic practices. It contrasts with traditional economic processes like commodification and corporatization. The text addresses various issues related to the SSE, aiming to expand the knowledge of practitioners, activists, and policymakers involved in this field.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
"Achieving Equitable Education" addresses critical gaps in education data that hinder progress toward the UN's Sustainable Development Goal of inclusive and equitable quality education for all. The book examines these data gaps globally, emphasizing how they affect marginalized groups and establishing a framework for assessing missing data. It offers regional insights from Africa, the Arab states, Asia, and Latin America, and discusses improving data governance. The authors argue for substantive reform in the global education data system to enhance the quality and equity of education. This resource is valuable for students, researchers, policymakers, and education practitioners.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The text discusses the significant contributions of higher education to society, emphasizing the need for a comprehensive approach to evaluate its value beyond limited and individualistic perspectives. It highlights the multiple roles universities, colleges, and institutes play in economic, social, political, and cultural spheres, including producing employable graduates, advancing research, and supporting government initiatives. The benefits of higher education extend to individual development and fostering democracy and international understanding. The book also addresses issues of inequality in the distribution of these benefits and notes the inadequacy of current assessment tools for higher education. It serves as a valuable resource for students, scholars, university executives, and policymakers focused on enhancing accountability in higher education.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book examines trends and challenges in implementing new academic career models in European higher education, highlighting the global nature of academic work and the mobility across different systems. It notes that while ideas can be shared internationally, their implementation is often hindered by national academic traditions and administrative cultures. Featuring contributions from a range of expert authors, the book adopts a comparative approach, analyzing ten country case studies in Europe against US models. It provides a framework for understanding academic careers and tenure tracks, showcasing how differing systems reflect changes in higher education policy and practice. This resource is valuable for students, scholars, and professionals in higher education management and policy.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024. This book presents a multidisciplinary investigation into the growing influence of knowledge brokers and how they utilize data to support education policy and planning. Contributors examine key actors' roles and strategies, contextual influences, and implications for equity and inclusion in the education sector, giving voice to experts in academia, institutional think tanks and intergovernmental organizations. Illustrating brokerage concepts through distinct cases, it demonstrates that institutional approaches are markedly different, and highlights the ways in which knowledge brokers have been repurposed to bring about social change, signalling a noticeable shift in the global discourseon education governance. The Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance is a valuable resource for researchers, analysts and planners in global governance, education policy and administration, international relations, political science and policy studies. It is also of interest to policymakers engaging with data and. evidence in global education governance

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
"Promoting Inclusion and Justice in University Teaching" explores the necessity of expanding educational goals to foster inclusivity and equity in diverse academic settings. It incorporates transformative pedagogy through well-designed teaching activities that link classroom experiences to social justice. The book features contributions from experts who use various constructivist and critical approaches, including indigenous, anti-racist, and feminist perspectives, to develop effective pedagogical frameworks. It highlights the importance of making higher education classrooms empowering and transformative for both teachers and learners. This comprehensive toolkit is aimed at undergraduates and advanced students, offering methods to promote positive social change. It serves as a valuable resource for scholars and practitioners in diverse fields related to humanities and social sciences, teaching, and curriculum development, addressing the need for increased inclusion and equity in education.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
The text discusses the global education crisis, emphasizing the need for collaborative change among various stakeholders, including teachers, governments, and donors. It highlights the emerging approach of systems thinking as a way to address complex educational challenges, integrating new research aimed at achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). The book compiles insights from scholars and practitioners on applying systems thinking in education, particularly in middle- and low-income countries. It advocates for using locally relevant evidence and adjusting mindsets to improve educational outcomes, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The text underscores the importance of this book for those working towards SDG 4 and seeking innovative solutions in education.

Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
The book discusses three key aspects related to gender, race, and immigration in the context of women's voting behavior in US presidential elections. First, it highlights the political diversity among women, noting that white women tend to vote Republican while women of color primarily support Democrats. Second, it points out that white women have more agency in their partisan preferences due to greater privileges, whereas women of color face limitations in their choices. Lastly, the authors underscore the significance of changes in the electorate's composition as a crucial factor influencing electoral outcomes.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book analyzes retirement practices in Denmark, Germany, and the UK, focusing on the factors driving the increase in retirement ages from 2000 to 2018. Author Per H. Jensen employs the age arrangement approach to examine the role of older workers amidst changing societal norms, welfare states, labor markets, and family structures. It highlights transitions from early to late retirement discourses, shifts from welfare states to enabling states, and the evolution of family models. The connection between these dimensions of change is explored, presenting a comprehensive response to the challenges faced by older workers. The book is aimed at academics, researchers, and practitioners in various fields related to social policy and economics.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
"Contingent Workers' Voice in Southern Europe" explores the challenges of the expanding platform economy and non-standard employment. It examines the collective protection and representation of contingent workers in Italy and Spain through various initiatives. The book aims to develop a framework for understanding these workers' experiences, helping trade unions, social movements, and cooperatives to better address their needs. This work is relevant for researchers in sociology, political science, and labor law, as well as for trade unionists and policymakers in labor relations.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
"Making and Breaking Gender Inequalities in Work" is a comprehensive analysis of ongoing gender inequalities in labor markets, highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The book, authored by Mia Rönnmar and Susan Hayter, includes contributions from experts who employ interdisciplinary approaches to explore gender equality across various economic contexts and systems. It addresses critical areas such as work-life balance, equality law, global value chains, and collective bargaining, making it a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers, and organizations focused on gender studies and employment relations.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
"Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South" emphasizes the experiences of informal workers, who make up over 60% of the global workforce, to advocate for new conceptualizations of state-society and capital-labour relations. The book argues that current social contracts are often inadequate and stigmatize informal workers, lacking legal and social protections. It proposes a shift from top-down approaches to 'bottom-up' initiatives that prioritize the needs of the working poor in the informal economy. Supported by cross-national evidence and case studies, the book serves as a resource for scholars, researchers, and policymakers involved in redefining social contracts.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of participatory income as a potential solution to address poverty and unemployment in high-income countries. Heikki Hiilamo examines the concept of basic income and past experiments while advocating for participatory income as a practical alternative. Key issues discussed include the impact of automation on work, the relationship between social protection and eco-social transition, and the need for social assistance reforms that maintain reciprocity with reduced means-testing. The author highlights the benefits of the participation income model in alleviating poverty and promoting an eco-social welfare system. This resource is aimed at scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers interested in welfare, labor economics, and social policy.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
The book examines the challenges young people face regarding future pension adequacy amid increasing employment uncertainty and declining pension benefits. It explores the relationship between the labor market and pensions, highlighting how public policies in education, employment, and welfare impact retirement living standards. The study includes comparative analyses across different countries, considering the effects of institutional, social, cultural, and economic factors on public pensions and young adults' saving behaviors. This work is essential for students, scholars, and policymakers in labor economics, sociology, and welfare studies, offering insights into sustainable pension policy development.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
This topical book explores the intersection of climate security and climate justice, using the Sahel as a case study to highlight the contrast between these two approaches. It emphasizes how both often overlook the importance of social, historical, and political contexts. Tor A. Benjaminsen introduces the international debate on climate security, particularly focusing on Mali, which is a central country in the ongoing security crisis in the Western Sahel.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book promotes a holistic and proactive approach to just transitions, emphasizing that justice is both a goal and a condition of these transitions. It explores environmental and social challenges and rethinks related policies. Éloi Laurent examines concepts, frameworks, and institutions related to just transitions, tracing their development from philosophical ideas to public policies. Key topics include policies for mitigating environmental inequality and proactive social-ecological measures like fair carbon taxation. The book features global examples, such as food security in France and water justice in South Africa. It serves as a valuable resource for academics, students, and policymakers in environmental sociology, social justice, and public policy.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
This book explores methods for incorporating environmental justice topics into courses across various disciplines. It recommends accessible, flexible, and evidence-based teaching approaches developed by a multidisciplinary team of scholars. The focus is on integrating equity and justice into student learning and course design. Additionally, the book presents a model for faculty development that can be adapted and communicated across different fields.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
This innovative book highlights the global movement for environmental justice, integrating ecological economics with political ecology. Utilizing 500 thorough empirical analyses from the Atlas of Environmental Justice, Martínez-Alier examines the commonalities shared by environmental defenders and violators.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics offers a critical assessment of the EU's challenges in achieving ambitious climate policy objectives. It emphasizes key topics such as finance and investment, litigation, hard-to-abate sectors, and negative emissions, providing an exploration of the complexities involved in climate politics and policymaking.

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"Spatial Flood Risk Management" is an open-access publication that focuses on the integration of various disciplines—socio-economy, public policy, hydrology, geomorphology, and engineering—to manage flood risks effectively. It emphasizes the role of land and landowners, presenting solutions to implementation challenges related to nature-based strategies. The book introduces the concept of spatial flood risk management through three main perspectives: land as a biophysical system, a socio-economic resource, and a solution for flood management. It discusses methods for water storage within catchments, including decentralized retention and planned flooding in cities. This interdisciplinary work aims to aid academics, policymakers, urban planners, and environmental bodies in flood risk management.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
This book explores critical global issues such as an unstable economy, political turmoil, and an environmental crisis. The authors examine how science, technology, and innovation can foster a smarter and more resilient society by promoting inclusive approaches to these fields. The work offers both theoretical analysis and practical insights, emphasizing the need to broaden science and innovation policy. It highlights the historical context and suggests that creative policies can emerge from linking social, ecological, and global perspectives. The book is aimed at academics and scholars interested in innovative governance and policymaking.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
The book explores the complexities of marine environmental changes caused by human-induced stressors, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary research. It emphasizes that these changes cannot be understood through a single academic lens and require collaboration among various fields, including ocean sciences, humanities, and social sciences. Featuring international case studies, the book discusses art and science collaborations and presents practical challenges and opportunities in this area of study. It aims to be a valuable resource for students, scholars, policymakers, and practitioners involved in environmental governance, marine sciences, sustainability, and climate change.

Publisher: Eagan, MN: Foundation Press, 2024.
"Environmental Law and Policy" is a concise and accessible overview of environmental law, offering a broad conceptual framework along with detailed explanations of major statutes and cases. It features problem exercises that encourage students to analyze legal or policy conflicts. The latest edition updates include Biden Administration policy initiatives, recent Supreme Court decisions, and the role of Native American tribes in environmental law. The book is structured into four parts: an introduction to key themes and issues, an examination of significant environmental statutes, a discussion on natural resources law, and an overview of environmental impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act. It is widely used in law schools and various undergraduate and graduate classes.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
"Rethinking Economic Transformation for Sustainable and Inclusive Development" unites scholars and practitioners to explore significant environmental, economic, and employment issues and policies aimed at fostering inclusive growth. In light of the ongoing challenges posed by climate change and biodiversity loss, this work proposes solutions to address these pressing concerns.

Publisher: Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2024.
The book discusses the delayed incorporation of climate change into American law school curricula, despite widespread awareness among environmental law professors by 1990. Kimberly K. Smith's work, "Making Climate Lawyers," examines the barriers faced by professors in addressing climate change and how they established it as a legal specialization. Over a forty-year period, law schools began including climate change in their programs and created environmental centers. Smith challenges the common explanations for the U.S.'s slow climate policy development, emphasizing that the transformation of legal education was essential for producing climate legal professionals. Her research highlights the need to understand climate change within the framework of American law and its implications on legal education since the 1980s.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
This book examines the sustainability of welfare states in relation to climate change, challenging conventional views that focus on factors like population aging and public spending. It includes comparative studies from various European countries, highlighting how different welfare models address social, ecological, and economic concerns. The editors offer strategies for promoting an eco-social transition toward true sustainability, making the book a useful resource for scholars, students, and policymakers in social policy and environmental politics.

Publisher: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2024.
The United States allocates around $5 billion annually for federal programs focused on natural resource conservation and mitigating the environmental impacts of agriculture. This agricultural conservation policy has its roots in the New Deal initiatives of the 1930s and has evolved over time in response to changing economic and environmental issues. Jonathan Coppess examines the history and development of U.S. conservation policy, highlighting its relationship with farm policy. He explores differences in political support for these policies and the implications of climate change, aiming to derive lessons for future policy development. His book, *Between Soil and Society*, delves into the legal and economic aspects of agricultural conservation, shedding light on broader themes in American politics and governance.

Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
In the United States, one in four women experience domestic violence each year, with significant disparities in how states address the issue despite federal legislation since 1994. "Inequality Across State Lines" explores the politics, policy adoption, and implementation surrounding domestic violence, highlighting why existing measures fail to protect women of varying income levels and ethnic backgrounds. The book emphasizes that the government's response to domestic violence raises critical issues of justice and equity, advocating for reforms to create more effective and uniform solutions across states.

Publisher: New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
The book explores property legislation and women's roles in receiving, holding, and passing on family property as daughters, wives, and widows throughout history. It challenges the traditional view that women were significantly disadvantaged in property distribution, highlighting how they secured family property through dowries, marriage contracts, and wills. The volume covers both urban and rural contexts, examining women's positions in family property across Europe, the Atlantic, and Africa from the 18th to the 20th century. It aims to provide valuable insights for academics and scholars interested in gender, history, and social history.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
This Modern Guide offers theoretical and empirical insights into food economics, focusing on the sustainability of food systems and challenges to efficient food production, distribution, and consumption. It covers key topics such as the economics of food systems, product differentiation, the role of food retailers, and the complexities of international trade in food. The guide explores modern methods in studying food consumption and policy, changes in food value chains, and the influence of social media and technology like genomics on food systems. It serves as a critical resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in the field of food economics.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
The "Elgar Research Agendas" offers a forward-looking perspective on research directions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes contributions from experts across various social science disciplines such as anthropology, economics, and sociology, exploring the pandemic's impact on different demographics, vaccine diplomacy, and ethical considerations like vaccine passports. The book emphasizes the potential contributions of social sciences to understanding COVID-19, highlighting opportunities for research to address inequalities and improve future responses to disasters. It serves as a valuable resource for both academics and students in the social sciences.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The book provides a comparative perspective on the future of care homes in the post-pandemic world, grounded in over a decade of international research from countries like Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK, and the US. Using a feminist political economy framework, it addresses challenges facing care homes and emphasizes the necessity of publicly funded facilities while advocating for policy and practice transformations for equity and support. Contributions focus on the influence of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and class on care quality and labor. Additionally, it explores the physical and social boundaries that affect quality of life in nursing homes and suggests alternative approaches to enhance the care service. This text is intended as a key reference for students and scholars in health policy, social policy, and social work, integrating statistical and ethnographic analyses.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
This book provides a bottom-up perspective on crisis management and democracy in five Nordic countries—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is based on a four-year comparative study that analyzes different local and regional strategies as the crisis developed. The chapters discuss how the pandemic threatened decentralization and citizen trust in government institutions, as well as the measures taken to control the virus and their impact on civil rights and governance principles. The work is framed by institutional polycentrism and incorporates theories on multi-level governance and crisis management. It includes empirical data, surveys, and case studies to assess whether trust in government among Nordic citizens was maintained or diminished. The book serves as a resource for students, scholars, and policy advisors in public health and crisis management.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The book examines the crisis in the long-term care labor force through historical and empirical research. Experts compare labor force strategies in Canada, Norway, and Sweden, encouraging readers to reconsider how these strategies impact the workers in the field. The chapter authors analyze innovative approaches to reorganize, retain, replace, and recruit workers, emphasizing the connection between work conditions and the quality of care provided. They assess the right to care and the limitations in accessing quality services. The book is aimed at students and researchers in various fields, as well as healthcare managers and policy decision-makers.

Publisher: El Segundo, CA: Nolo, 2024.
"Every Landlord's Legal Guide" is an essential resource for residential landlords and property managers, offering comprehensive support on legal, financial, and daily operations throughout the rental process. The guide assists with tenant screening and selection, lease preparation, and legal risk avoidance to prevent lawsuits. It is updated to provide the latest state laws on security deposits, rent, and tenant screening, ensuring landlords stay informed of legal requirements. Additionally, the book offers practical advice on handling repairs, making security deposit deductions, and terminating tenancies due to nonpayment or lease violations. Authored by legal experts Ann O'Connell and Janet Portman, this guide serves as a trusted tool for navigating the complexities of landlord-tenant relationships.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The book emphasizes the urgent need for radical reform in social care policy and practice due to global demographic changes, rising poverty, and increasing inequality. It uses the UK as a case study to highlight the limitations of the traditional welfare state in addressing these issues. The book proposes a renewed approach to social care inspired by the independent living philosophy from the disabled people's movement and a relevant UN treaty. Despite widespread international commitment since 2008, successful implementation remains elusive. It aims to provide a blueprint for an environmentally sustainable, rights-based approach to social care along with a practical route for achieving it.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2021.
The Elgar Research Agenda focuses on the concept of slow violence, which is often overlooked compared to direct forms of conflict. It emphasizes the challenges of measuring and recognizing slow violence, particularly its impact on children, women, Indigenous peoples, and the environment. The agenda showcases various research methods, including qualitative fieldwork and geospatial technologies, to study slow violence. Key case studies address issues like social injustice and environmental changes, highlighting how infrastructure and marginalized groups can perpetuate slow violence. This resource is valuable for scholars and students in human geography, particularly those interested in decolonization, environmental and social justice, and indirect violence.

Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2024.
"Learning to Disagree" by John Inazu addresses the challenges of communication in a divided and angry culture. The book emphasizes the importance of engaging in productive and respectful disagreement, without compromising personal convictions. It covers a range of contentious issues, encouraging readers to authentically and empathetically engage with differing viewpoints. Inazu draws on his background as a constitutional scholar and legal expert to provide practical strategies for healthy dialogue, fostering empathy, and moving from unproductive conflicts to constructive conversations. Ultimately, the book aims to help individuals maintain their beliefs while cultivating meaningful connections in a complex society.

Publisher: New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2024.
This book focuses on the role of ex-extremists and combatants (Formers) in violence prevention work, particularly in countering and preventing violent extremism (P/CVE) and peacebuilding. The volume addresses the controversial nature of Formers' involvement in these programs and is organized into three main themes: their effectiveness, ethical considerations, and implementation. It features contributions from a diverse range of authors, including academics, former extremists, peer mentors, program leaders, and psychologists. Topics covered include research on Formers in North America, the impact of former Northern Irish combatants in peacebuilding, and ethical imperatives surrounding their engagement in P/CVE efforts. Overall, the book emphasizes ongoing policy debates and looks toward the future of involving Formers in violence prevention initiatives.

Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2024.
Business and Human Rights Law is an evolving field that shifts the responsibility for human rights abuses from solely states to include businesses as well. Robert McCorquodale's new volume in the Elements series examines this transition, emphasizing the significance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It discusses the implications for state obligations to protect human rights, corporate responsibilities, and access to remedies for affected individuals. These developments also impact core aspects of international law, such as sovereignty and jurisdiction, and influence new legal frameworks concerning climate change and technology. McCorquodale leverages his extensive experience in scholarship and legal practice to analyze this crucial area.

Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Legal design is an emerging field aimed at enhancing the legal system's accessibility and effectiveness through human-centered design. The book offers a thorough introduction to legal design, discussing key concepts and theories. It emphasizes the impact of legal design on dignity, equity, and justice, featuring community-driven projects and method-focused case studies. This resource is valuable for those interested in the evolution of law and the relationship between design and justice.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The book explores contemporary Muslim philanthropy and its roots in Islamic tradition, authored by Shariq A. Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif, and Micah A. Hughes. It examines religious discourses around philanthropy and challenges existing definitions, aiming for a broader understanding of Muslim giving. The authors analyze historical practices and motivations behind philanthropy, including public good, personal gain, and spiritual devotion, and investigate the relationship between Muslims' connections with God and humanity. Through global case studies, the text provides empirical insights into practices like zakat and sadaqa, contemporary waqfs, and discussions on social media. The book is intended for scholars, students, policymakers, and philanthropists seeking to understand the intersection of religion and philanthropy in the context of Islamic giving.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
The second edition of the Research Handbook offers interdisciplinary insights into the interplay between digital technology and human rights. It addresses key issues such as internet resource management, governance, legitimacy in rule-making, and the international authority over users. Key topics include digital copyright, cultural heritage, the influence of social media platforms, and cybercrime regulations. The updated chapters reflect on recent events and regulatory changes impacting personal freedoms due to state cybersecurity measures. This Handbook serves as a valuable resource for researchers, students, and policymakers in law, human rights, international politics, and technology studies.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The book examines the social impact of migration as a crucial element of rural development and transition, particularly amid political divides in Europe. It offers an innovative assessment of immigration's impact based on recent empirical research, aiming to foster local development in rural and remote areas of Europe while promoting a shift in perceptions and policies regarding migration.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
This book examines how Northern European countries, specifically the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, are balancing their welfare states with rising migration from non-EU countries. It analyzes public policies affecting migrant flows, focusing on aspects such as labor market integration, education for immigrant children, and naturalization processes. The research includes contemporary public opinions on migrant selection, based on original survey experiments. Overall, it contributes to the fields of European migration studies and welfare studies, highlighting the varying responses of these states to increased migration.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book offers a practical framework for creating quantitative scenarios of future international migration. It highlights the complexities and uncertainties associated with migration and discusses how scenario building can be utilized to develop effective migration policies and practices.

Publisher: Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2024.
The text discusses the migration crisis that has led to many sea migrants facing life-threatening situations. It examines the international legal framework that requires states and other actors to rescue migrants in distress at sea. The book argues for the obligation of the international community to protect all migrants, including illegal ones, who risk their lives at sea, while also ensuring that these rights and obligations are not misused. Various aspects of International Law support this position.

Publisher: Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2025.
The book "Constructed Movements" by Ragini Shah examines the impact of emigration from Mexico to the United States. It highlights how migration occurs along racial lines and is driven by three main factors: unequal distribution of public resources, exploitation of migrant labor, and the US immigration enforcement system. Shah emphasizes the need for reform and reparative measures from both the US and Mexican governments to address the injustices tied to migration, while also showcasing alternative solutions proposed by migrant community organizations.

Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
This book presents a critical theory of citizenship, focusing on how it establishes power dynamics and determines the rights and obligations of individuals. It addresses various rights related to animals, children, migrants, minorities, and others, highlighting the impact of citizenship on the 21st century. The author argues that citizenship serves as an institution of both domination and emancipation, creating distinct classes of citizens and noncitizens with varying rights. It challenges established theories and practices, emphasizing the need to connect citizenship to broader social struggles. The book is aimed at scholars and students in sociolegal studies, sociology, politics, and related fields.

Publisher: Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2024.
The text discusses the experiences of immigrant children in U.S. government detention, highlighting the multi-faceted perspectives of various authors. Legal experts argue that detention represents a state-sanctioned form of violence despite claims of child protection. Social scientists, who have engaged with detained youth, showcase their resilience through acts of resistance and the formation of bonds. Practitioners such as psychologists and activists propose alternatives to detention and emphasize harm-reduction strategies versus abolition. The work is interdisciplinary, combining legal, academic, and activist viewpoints to advocate for youth detention reform.

Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
The book explores the rights of indigenous peoples to marine space and associated resources under international law, addressing three primary issues. First, it investigates the extent to which international law recognizes and protects these rights. Second, it examines the relationship between the law of the sea and international human rights law in the context of indigenous rights. Third, the book assesses whether the law of the sea limits coastal States' ability to acknowledge and implement these rights. By providing a critical analysis of the existing legal framework, identifying gaps, and proposing further mechanisms for recognition, the book emphasizes the increasing threats to indigenous marine rights. It is intended for academics, researchers, and practitioners involved in the fields of indigenous law, international law, the law of the sea, and human rights.

Publisher: Eagan, MN: West Academic, 2025.
The book outlines governing statutes and rules for patent litigation, organized chronologically through the process of a typical district court case. It covers essential topics such as whom and where to sue, pleading requirements, discovery, and trial strategy. It addresses substantive legal issues, including Hatch-Waxman Act litigation, infringing exports, and the extraterritorial reach of U.S. patents. Additionally, it includes a primer on the America Invents Act's prior art provisions and a discussion on remedies, including injunctive relief and damages. Finally, it explores administrative proceedings within the Patent and Trademark Office as part of patent litigation strategy.

Publisher: El Segundo, CA: Nolo, 2024.
The text outlines a comprehensive guide for inventors looking to protect and profit from their ideas through licensing. It emphasizes the importance of understanding the licensing landscape, safeguarding intellectual property rights, and clarifying ownership rights. Additionally, it covers essential aspects such as working with licensing agents, protecting confidential information, and effectively pitching to potential licensees. The guide also discusses international licensing, safe disclosure of inventions, and the negotiation of favorable licensing agreements. The 11th edition provides updates on the latest licensing laws and patent filing rules, along with new tools for market research and identifying potential licensees.

Publisher: Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2025.
The book discusses the commercialization of biology following the rise of genetic engineering in the 1970s, highlighting how academic biologists began to engage with venture capitalists and multinational companies. As they invented new organisms, they became familiar with intellectual property and the patenting process. "Patenting Life" explores legal disputes over patents related to microbes, virus-resistant crops, and body parts, and discusses cases from the early days of recombinant DNA science to contemporary innovations like CRISPR. It also critiques the patent system for contributing to high drug prices and access issues, particularly with COVID-19 vaccines and genetically modified crops. The book appeals to those interested in science, technology, and innovation law.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
The book examines the challenges facing the international rules-based liberal order amid rising populism, geopolitical tensions, and inequality. Leading scholars analyze how Europe copes with a shifting global balance of power towards a multipolar system, highlighting the deadlock in international institutions and issues with compliance on global governance. The text argues for a need for more diverse governance structures to address the complexities of increased connectivity and interdependence. It serves as a vital resource for those studying international relations, politics, and law, especially concerning global governance and the transformation of the liberal order.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration provides a comprehensive assessment of regional cooperation's impact on multi-level governance and public policy. It features contributions from various experts who explore regional cooperation across key areas such as migration, trade, digital technology, finance, security, democracy, and higher education. The Handbook emphasizes the importance of regional policy discussions and the benefits of integration for global governance and international relations. It serves as a valuable resource for academics, students, and public officials in the relevant sectors.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The book examines insights from the Japanese perspective on handling various crises, combining an institutionalist approach with historical context. Leading scholars from social sciences and law analyze crises, including economic, political, natural disasters, and military conflicts. It discusses the perceptions and responses of different actors to crises, the impact of psychological factors on disaster preparedness, and how decision-making capabilities can be enhanced to improve institutional capacity. The work is transdisciplinary and aims to benefit students, scholars, and policymakers in fields like Asian politics, environmental policy, civil code reform, and international politics.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The text discusses a volume focused on a positive strand of public administration (PPA) amidst low trust in government and a prevailing negativity bias. It emphasizes the need for evidence-based learning in public administration, highlighting research from scholars across five continents. The book presents studies on high-performing policies and programs, exploring their design and delivery to extract valuable lessons. With 27 contributions, it advocates for the intellectual and practical significance of PPA, aiming to provide insights for students, scholars, and policymakers about the positive impacts of effective government. The volume calls for a more optimistic approach to studying government actions and their effects by providing multiple international perspectives for scholars to compare and contrast.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2025.
The book focuses on future public governance in a post-pandemic world, emphasizing the importance of administrative reforms and collaborative mechanisms. It advocates for evidence-based policy-making to address societal changes and crises. Expert authors provide insights through case studies from Nordic countries and Estonia, highlighting the latter's innovative approach to transforming public sector governance using social capital. Key themes include the significance of trust-based management and co-creative solutions for anticipating challenges. Overall, the book is a crucial resource for students and policymakers in European public administration, regulation, social policy, and political sociology.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book "Public Policy in the Arab World" examines the complex social, economic, and governance issues in the MENA region, evaluating the effectiveness of policies in addressing social vulnerabilities. It focuses on the implications of the Arab Spring and the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing governance capacity and legitimacy. Key topics include the impact of Syrian refugees, responses to the pandemic, and labor market policies in Bahrain, alongside issues like poverty, inequality, and gender disparities. The volume features case studies to provide insights into governance challenges and aims to influence policy discussions towards ensuring basic human rights. It serves as a reference for students, scholars, and policymakers interested in public policy, social governance, and international law.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2013.
Productivity in government organizations is defined as the ratio of outputs to inputs and has traditionally been viewed as static. However, it is expected to increase due to digital advancements and new management practices, which has been observed in some agencies. Dunleavy and Carrera emphasize the complexity of factors that influence productivity growth, including management practices, IT usage, organizational culture, strategic mis-decisions, and political and policy changes. This book privdes an overview of governmental productivity and compares several international perspectives.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
This book offers a theoretical framework for understanding co-creation in public governance and examines how public leaders navigate conflicts arising from its clash with traditional governance paradigms, including bureaucracy and New Public Management. It highlights the challenges of adopting co-creation due to entrenched political leadership and performance management practices. The authors analyze data from Nordic municipalities to categorize strategies public service managers can use to address these conflicts and propose ways to align new and old governance forms. The book is aimed at students, scholars, and practitioners interested in governance, public administration, and collaborative innovations in public policy.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
This book supplements well-established Euro-Atlantic perspectives on the Arctic by offering fresh insights into emerging issues and opportunities in the region through the application of a North Pacific lens. The book brings together an array of perspectives, including voices from China, Russia, and the United States along with the voices of Indigenous peoples and other Arctic residents. The result is a multidimensional assessment of the circumstances of the Arctic in increasingly turbulent times and an examination of opportunities for peaceful competition even under conditions of increased tension.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The book examines Europe's relationship with Russia from the 1990s onwards through three lenses: energy, violence, and the environment. Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen advocates for new strategies to uphold European values such as peace, sustainability, democracy, and the rule of law, using a Foucauldian perspective to critique the German-led Ostpolitik approach. By analyzing European and Russian discourses and post-Cold War policies, it highlights mistakes made in understanding Russia and suggests non-military strategies for the EU to address imperial tendencies in Russia. Tynkkynen proposes a strategy that empowers Russians to choose a more democratic future, making the book relevant for students of environmental politics, international relations, and policymakers in Europe-Russia relations.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The book discusses the increasing role of cities as significant actors in international relations and law-making, marking a shift towards a 'third generation' of multi-level governance. It covers various aspects of city cooperation, including the economy, migration, security, sustainable development, and ecology. Interviews with representatives from cities and international institutions provide insights into key urban issues. The book argues that cities could soon become recognized as international subjects capable of influencing and creating international law. It aims to contribute to the literature on cities' evolving roles and is targeted towards academics, students, and city authorities involved in international cooperation.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The book explores the significance of imagination in shaping global cooperation by analyzing various empirical cases across different policy fields, regions, and historical contexts. It emphasizes the role of diverse actors in reflecting on experiences and envisioning future collaborative solutions. The chapters examine the effects of imagination on identity, mobilization, cognition, emotion, and norms, revealing how these elements influence pathways for cooperation. The book challenges traditional perspectives of global governance by highlighting the contingent and dynamic nature of collaboration. Overall, it offers an interdisciplinary approach to understanding global cooperation, appealing to scholars, students, and practitioners in related fields.

Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Author Hans Blix draws from his extensive experience as an international lawyer and diplomat to explore post-World War II conflicts and highlight new restraints on the use of force due to nuclear fears, economic interdependence, and UN regulations. He notes that countries are increasingly favoring economic and cyber strategies over traditional land conquest in their rivalries. Blix counters the belief that war is inevitable, suggesting that major powers are shifting away from conventional warfare and competing through economic and informational means instead.

Publisher: New York, NY: Oxford university Press, 2024.
The book discusses the impact of aerospace weapons—rockets, missiles, and drones—on modern warfare, emphasizing their role in coercion rather than just physical destruction. Jaganath Sankaran argues that the real influence of these weapons lies in their ability to instill fear and trigger feelings of defenselessness in target states. By threatening severe strikes or showcasing their capabilities, these weapons compel adversaries to allocate military resources to counter the perceived threats. Sankaran illustrates this through various historical and contemporary case studies, particularly in the contexts of the Russo-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza conflicts, highlighting the strategic rationale behind the use of aerospace weapons. The book is essential for understanding the behaviors of states engaged in warfare today.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The book explores the individual perspectives and behaviors of G20 members, analyzing their goals and the domestic impacts of the summit. Hugo Dobson examines the evolution of the G20 following its upgrade to a leaders' summit in 2008, noting its transition into a primary forum for global economic cooperation and the broadening of its agenda to include a variety of global issues. The book highlights the G20's recent inclusion of the African Union at the 2023 Delhi summit, indicating its evolving membership. Targeted at students of international relations and stakeholders in global governance, the work offers valuable insights for future research and policymaking in these areas.

Publisher: Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
The book introduces a theory for understanding global and international politics through the concept of democratism. It examines issues such as peace, conflict, migration, resource distribution, regime effectiveness, foreign policy, and posthuman politics. By challenging traditional research paradigms, the author, Hans Agne, reconstructs normative theories of democracy to create a new framework for causal explanation. The book rigorously tests this framework, addressing contemporary issues like inequality, social recognition, global governance, environmental politics, and human rights protections. It aims to provide scholars, students, policymakers, and political analysts with fresh insights into the drivers of modern democratic politics and proposes new solutions for current challenges.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2025.
The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Literature explores the intersection of literature and law through over 130 entries. It features contributions from an international collective of experts, offering diverse perspectives on legal and literary traditions. The Encyclopedia covers historical and theoretical aspects, traditional legal categories, and various literary genres, including current topics like environmental personhood and Black Lives Matter poetry. It serves as a valuable resource for law students and scholars in both fields, written in an engaging and accessible style with individual bibliographies for further reading.

Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, England: Harvard University Press, 2023.
The text discusses the rule of law from the perspective of Jeremy Waldron, a prominent political philosopher. Waldron argues that the rule of law is just one among several critical ideals, including democracy, human rights, and social justice. He defends the notion of thoughtfulness in legal applications, asserting that it is essential for applying standards like "reasonableness" and that legal reasoning cannot solely rely on rigid rules. The collection also explores the relationship between law, human dignity, legislation, and the implications of legal vagueness. Waldron emphasizes the importance of procedural value over the substance of legal outcomes, suggesting that a nuanced understanding of the rule of law, combined with thoughtfulness, can better address real-world legal controversies.

Publisher: Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2024.
"Legal Rules for Law Students" offers guidance on how students can effectively learn and apply foundational legal rules. It emphasizes the importance of organizing rules into components, synthesizing information, and applying it quickly. The tools provided aim to help students master their learning process, which is crucial for success in law school and on the bar exam.

Publisher: Eagan, MN: West Academic, 2023.
Aimed at law students, this book offers science-based strategies to enhance happiness, cognitive abilities, and resilience. It addresses the stress of law school and provides tools to improve emotional well-being, mental strength, and academic success. The book serves as a roadmap for thriving throughout law school and beyond, empowering students to tackle challenges effectively.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2025.
The "Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Legal Education" offers a comprehensive overview of legal education, covering various topics such as digital skills in law schools and the connections between law, economics, and humanities. It examines legal pedagogy across different jurisdictions, providing a historical and contemporary analysis of legal education. Key entries include pro-bono initiatives and public legal education in prisons. The encyclopedia features 111 entries from leading scholars and practitioners, includes bibliographies for further reading, and highlights innovative approaches like AI and game-based learning. It serves as a valuable resource for students, academics, and professionals in the field of law and education.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
"Teaching Federalism" offers innovative approaches to teaching essential concepts of federalism and related case studies. Each chapter covers a specific topic, outlines its significance in federalism research, and provides learning objectives, teaching tools, and discussion questions. It also includes suggestions for evaluation and further reading.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book explores how non-experts can contribute to scientific research through crowd science, even without formal training. Marion K. Poetz and Henry Sauermann provide a guide for designing effective crowd science projects, emphasizing the involvement of crowds at all research stages. It includes diverse examples, acknowledges potential challenges, and discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on crowd science. Aimed at scientists, policymakers, and citizens, the book serves as a significant resource for scholars in various disciplines, particularly in social, natural, and technology sciences, while also benefiting experienced researchers mentoring others.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
Mats Benner's investigation explores the rise of Asian research practices and paradigms across seven countries: China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. The book analyzes the education and research systems of these nations, examining their operational models and policy priorities. It delves into the historical, social, and political factors contributing to differences among them and discusses the impact of globalization on education, research, and innovation. While regional disparities persist, the study concludes that practices and priorities are becoming increasingly similar due to globalization. The book serves as a resource for university policymakers, students, and scholars interested in Asia's rising research development, innovation, and technology.

Publisher: Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2025.
The text discusses "Legal Analysis: The Fundamental Skill," a popular legal textbook that teaches students critical legal reasoning skills through the CREAC paradigm. The fourth edition has been updated to include revised and additional practice tips, expanded explanations, new exercises, and an improved organization within chapters, all aimed at demystifying legal analysis for students.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
This book addresses the critical issue of suicide in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), analyzing the social welfare systems and prevention strategies in the region. It identifies six key determinants of suicidal behavior: socioeconomic factors, political instability, family dynamics, religious beliefs, gender disparities, and youth vulnerability. The book examines prevention efforts in various contexts, from stable monarchies to conflict-ridden areas, highlighting the urgent need for culturally informed public policies. It aims to enhance social support and mental health services while providing a multidisciplinary roadmap for policymakers, scholars, and mental health professionals focused on suicide prevention.

Publisher: Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
The text discusses how beliefs about abortion and gay rights have significantly impacted American politics, suggesting that these views may hold more significance than traditional religious and partisan identities. Authors Paul Goren and Christopher Chapp argue that opinions on these issues are deeply rooted in emotional responses shaped by media since the late 1980s. Their analysis highlights how attitudes toward abortion and gay rights can influence and disrupt political and religious affiliations. This shift has contributed to the rise of individuals with no religious affiliation, referred to as "nones," and has resulted in increased moral sorting within the Democratic and Republican parties over the past thirty years. The book focuses on the intersection of political science, public opinion, mass media, and various moral issues in the United States.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2025.
The book examines the visual broadcasts and performances of the Islamic State (IS), authored by Moign Khawaja and Christian Kaunert. It analyzes IS's use of propaganda, particularly in video format, to project its strength and identity as a modern state, termed the 'Visual Caliphate.' The authors review hundreds of propaganda videos to provide insights into IS's portrayal of its population, territory, governance, and foreign policy. This work contributes to the understanding of IS's media strategies and offers valuable information for research on terrorist organizations, conflict studies, and deradicalization. The book serves as a resource for scholars, researchers, students, and policymakers interested in media, politics, international security, and related fields.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The book explores how digital media is utilized at the grassroots level to combat corruption through global case studies. It introduces the concept of anti-corruption technologies (ACTs) and examines their design, creation, and practical applications. Key topics include anonymous crowdsourcing, collaborative platforms, whistleblowing tools, and online electoral monitoring. The book also discusses the challenges digital media presents to anti-corruption efforts and its relationship with various notions of democracy. Aimed at students, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, it serves as a comprehensive resource in the fields of corruption studies, digital sociology, law, public policy, and social movements.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2025.
This timely book sheds light on the cultural, economic, and legal aspects of content creation as a form of labor, investigating concerns over working conditions, worker protection, and the status of the working relationship. Chapters written by leading experts in the field explore two opposing, yet complementary sides of work: labor as an invisible and underappreciated effort made by influencers, and labor as an economic enterprise. Bringing together authors from different disciplinary backgrounds, the editors gather various threads of research from law, media studies, and economics, to raise intriguing questions regarding working as an influencer and how to conceptualize, analyze, and apply labor regimes to the broad entrepreneurial portfolio of volatile creative work within the 'hustle' of the creator economy. The Hashtag Hustle exposes the uncertainty around the qualification and characteristics of influencer labor. Providing a detailed exploration of this contemporary topic, The Hashtag Hustle is an ideal read for scholars and academics interested in technology and internet law. The authors present global and diverse coverage of the topic across the academic fields of marketing, management, media studies, and communication, making this book a wide-ranging reference tool. The book also explores the extreme impact and social authority that influences have over public opinion and political affiliation.

Publisher: Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2025.
The text discusses "Whispers in the Echo Chamber: Folklore and the Role of Conspiracy Theory in Contemporary Society," which argues that conspiracy theories are a form of folklore closely related to other belief narratives like rumor and legend. It highlights the importance of using folkloristic methods to analyze conspiracy theories, examining their construction and their interaction with contemporary political contexts. The volume calls for greater engagement within folklore studies regarding conspiracy theories, illustrating their relevance in today's interconnected world and how modern conspiracy motifs often echo ancient themes.

Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press, 2025.
The book discusses the challenges the Fourth Amendment faces in the digital age regarding privacy and policing. It highlights how the transformation brought by computers, smartphones, and the Internet affects criminal investigations, leading to a prevalence of digital evidence. Courts are struggling to apply traditional Fourth Amendment concepts to this new environment, often resulting in expanded government power. The book, written by a prominent law professor, emphasizes the need for judges to develop new rules tailored to digital evidence to ensure constitutional rights are upheld. It provides insights into recent cases and legal developments while proposing a framework for adapting legal protections to modern technology.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
The Elgar Research Agenda on cybersecurity law and policy outlines future research directions in the field. It addresses critical topics such as autonomous systems, geopolitics, internet governance, national security, terrorism, space cybersecurity, data privacy, and cloud computing. The agenda emphasizes the necessary competencies for understanding cybersecurity, examines normative frameworks, and analyzes how digital technology influences geopolitical shifts. It discusses legal challenges related to autonomous systems, the intersection of cybersecurity with national security and terrorism, privacy and data protection laws like GDPR, and indigenous data sovereignty. This volume serves as a foundational resource for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in various legal disciplines related to cybersecurity.

Publisher: Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The book analyzes the politics behind the rapid globalization of facial recognition technology (FRT), highlighting the growing global market for FRT and the rise of a transnational movement opposing it. It discusses the increasing use of FRT in policing, surveillance, and business while examining its benefits and the threats it poses to privacy rights, human rights, and civil liberties. Interviews with analysts and activists reveal that the anti-FRT movement has more influence in Western democracies compared to authoritarian and developing states. The book provides a global perspective on the regulation of FRT and concludes with insights on the future of FRT amidst the pushback from social movements and civil society. Overall, it serves as a critical resource for students, scholars, and activists engaged in the discourse around technology and social movements.

Publisher: Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2024.
The text explores the intricate relationship between law enforcement and LGBTQ+ communities, marked by a history of police harassment alongside recent positive developments such as the formation of LGBTQ+ police associations and participation in Pride Parades. The book "Q Policing" features contributions from scholars and community leaders, organized into three parts: the first part offers insights on policing and racial and ethnic constructions while promoting collaborative community-building; the second part highlights the experiences of marginalized individuals, including transgender and unhoused people; and the third part shares perspectives from queer individuals engaged in law enforcement. Contributors examine a wide range of topics, including the management of identity during encounters with police, the impact of discriminatory policies, and the diverse experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals across different cultural contexts. With an emphasis on race, gender, and other identities, the book aims to provide an inclusive global perspective, illustrating the resilience of LGBTQ+ communities despite ongoing discrimination and challenges.

Publisher: New York: Fordham University Press, 2025.
The book discusses the need to recenter the concept of sex in contemporary gender and sexuality studies, advocating for a nonbinary understanding of sex alongside the established focus on gender. While gender has become essential for theorizing trans identities, the absence of a robust theory of sex leads to issues tied to late neoliberalism, such as micro-identities and avatar culture. The text suggests that contemporary culture is conflicted about sexual desire, viewing it as both prevalent and problematic. Christopher Breu's work, "In Defense of Sex," proposes a nonbinary view of sex as a vital form of social desire and material embodiment, drawing from intersex and trans theory, Marxist thought, feminist new materialism, and insights from Black studies. The conclusion of the work advocates for creating a collective approach to sexuality and embodiment. The book is available open-access from Knowledge Unlatched.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2025.
The Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Space Law provides an overview of the evolving landscape of space law, highlighting the significance of international collaboration for peaceful space activities. It addresses the impact of the shifting geopolitical landscape on space law and the need for new legal approaches alongside the rise of the private space industry. The encyclopedia includes over 80 entries from leading scholars, covering various topics such as suborbital flights, cybersecurity, space resource utilization, and lunar settlements. It serves as a vital resource for students, academics, practitioners, and policymakers in the field of international law and aerospace.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The book "Collaborating for Digital Transformation" explores the necessity of digital, open, and collaborative governments as recognized by global institutions. It delves into digital transformation, intergovernmental collaboration, and public sector innovation, highlighting successful smart cities and eHealth initiatives in Europe. The authors analyze the complexities, risks, and power dynamics involved in these collaborations while providing insights into their design and management across different political contexts. Through various research methods, the book offers a roadmap for innovative governance in the digital age and serves as a practical resource for students, scholars, policymakers, and professionals aiming to enhance collaboration and drive digitalization in public services.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
The book by Jérôme Duberry examines the relationship between citizens and government as influenced by artificial intelligence (AI). It focuses on three main objectives: the application of AI in citizen-government relations, the risks associated with its use, and the need for a framework to assess AI in this context. Duberry analyzes the impact of AI on citizen participation, civic technology, and political communication, using case studies and interviews with 40 experts. He advocates for a human-centric approach to AI management that emphasizes equality, freedom, human rights, and popular sovereignty. The book is essential for researchers and policymakers interested in the intersection of digital politics and public policy, highlighting both the potential benefits and risks of AI.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
The book explores the legal and societal implications of autonomous vehicles (AVs) through historical examples of disruptive technologies and their adoption processes. Authors Guy Seidman and Aviv Gaon analyze the socio-cultural perception of AVs and their integration into urban environments, arguing that AVs present significant advantages over human-driven cars despite existing limitations. They highlight the costs associated with human driving, such as inefficiencies, pollution, and fatalities, as reasons to pursue self-driving technology. The book also discusses social norms, isolation, and traffic law related to AVs. While the future of AVs is uncertain, the authors emphasize the importance of understanding the socio-legal context to address upcoming challenges and opportunities. This work targets researchers and students in various fields related to law and society, technology, and public policy.

Publisher: Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2024.
The text discusses the pervasive nature of digital connectivity in contemporary life, emphasizing how it affects our work, home, and personal interactions. It highlights the overwhelming influx of communication through emails, notifications, and social media, leading to a sense of disconnection despite constant engagement. The relationship between communication technologies and neoliberal economic policies is explored, illustrating how these forces create daily contradictions for individuals. Burchell's sociological research examines how people navigate their communication needs and the resulting pressures that influence social connections. Ultimately, the text suggests that we often fail to recognize how media technologies reshape our interactions and perceptions of social connection.

Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Merten Reglitz argues for the establishment of a new human right to Internet access for those who cannot afford it, protecting it from exploitation. The first part of his book justifies this right by highlighting its importance for the enjoyment of other human rights. The second part details the content of this right, addressing current threats to Internet access, and advocates for a minimum international standard of connectivity. Reglitz discusses how states misuse the Internet and how private companies manipulate access and content for profit, while the lack of enforcement allows for harm online. Ultimately, the book concludes that this new right is essential for ensuring the Internet benefits humanity.

Publisher: New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2024.
The book discusses the dual nature of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, highlighting their potential to inspire hope for human flourishing and liberation. However, it points out that current AI often reflects past errors and biases, rather than paving a new future. Shannon Vallor argues for a reimagining of AI as a tool for moral and intellectual growth, urging a shift away from a focus on past data toward reclaiming our potential. She calls for technology that fosters confidence and courage to address global challenges, encouraging a reevaluation of what AI can and should be in relation to humanity.

ImprintCheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
The book examines the potential success or failure of transport innovations, focusing on their societal impacts such as environmental effects, accessibility, and safety. It highlights complex innovations involving both public and private sectors, integrating insights from various fields like innovation sciences and economics. Key topics include technological advancements such as vehicle electrification and e-bikes, as well as service innovations like carsharing and mobility as a service. Aimed at transport studies and innovation scholars, it also serves as a resource for policymakers and planners in the transport sector.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
The text discusses the adoption of nature-based solutions (NBS) to tackle climate change, health issues, and urban sustainability. It emphasizes the need for effective and inclusive NBS, guided by leading experts from both the global south and north. The book focuses on advancing the science of NBS in urban settings and addresses challenges like heat, air pollution, and stormwater management. It promotes interdisciplinary approaches, systems thinking, and multi-level governance, offering diverse strategies for integrating NBS into urban planning. This resource is targeted at early career professionals, practitioners, scholars, and students in various fields related to NBS.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.
"Hot Cities" is a groundbreaking book that contributes to the understanding of climate change and urban spaces. It combines interdisciplinary research with practical policy aimed at achieving positive environmental and social outcomes. The book features insights from academics and practitioners, focusing on strategies to address the urban heat problem and the need for urgent responses. Despite challenges in city policies and planning, urban areas are poised to be the safest locations against global warming impacts. This book is valuable for scholars in various fields related to urban studies, as well as design practitioners and community developers.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to fragility and antifragility, analyzing their connections and applications in planning theory, urban studies, and architecture. It proposes strategies to manage uncertainty and socio-spatial inequalities, moving beyond traditional risk and resilience frameworks. Contributions from leading scholars illustrate how focusing on these concepts can enhance sustainability, innovation, and justice in contemporary cities. The chapters address both theoretical and political dimensions, suggesting that fragility and antifragility can transform public action and reshape methods used by architects and urban planners. Overall, the book serves as a valuable resource for academics, students, and policymakers in various related fields, featuring original accounts of antifragile initiatives.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2021.
The Handbook on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) outlines its application as a decision-support tool for policies, strategies, plans, and programs worldwide. It summarizes advancements in SEA practices over the past three decades, featuring contributions from 46 international experts. The book explores SEA's conceptual approaches across 31 countries and various sectors, including land use, transport, energy, and water, at different levels of governance. It analyzes methodologies, objectives, and the effectiveness of SEA while identifying future trends and developments in the field. This resource is aimed at academics, students, practitioners, NGOs, and policymakers in environmental governance and sustainability.

Publisher: Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.
The Handbook on social impact assessment (SIA) provides an in-depth discussion on contemporary issues and practices in the field. It features insights from experienced practitioners worldwide, highlighting the evolution of SIA from a regulatory tool to a comprehensive approach that addresses multiple stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. The chapters connect SIA with broader topics like business and human rights, ESG performance, and social license to operate. The Handbook serves as essential reading for SIA practitioners, researchers in related fields, and anyone interested in the social impacts of projects, offering guidance on achieving better outcomes for communities and projects.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
The book explores significant changes and challenges in the construction sector through a socio-technical lens, focusing on the impact of digitalization, smart devices, and building information modeling (BIM). It draws on research from Europe, utilizing methodologies like direct observation, documentary analysis, and qualitative surveys. The chapters emphasize the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in managing digitalization, discussing both advantages and potential downsides. It aims to benefit academics and researchers in economics, innovation, and construction management, as well as practitioners in the construction field.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book examines the role of citizens in transforming their neighborhoods and communities, focusing on their active participation in urban design and spatial processes. It analyzes the benefits and challenges of civic engagement, highlighting how it fosters community cohesion amidst changing environments. The text includes case studies from various European cities, exploring themes like cultural heritage, social spaces, and tactical urbanism. It discusses the interplay between civic engagement, social cohesion, resilience, urban change, and planning. The book is intended for postgraduate students and policymakers, providing insights into the impacts of citizen initiatives on urban development and governance.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2022.
Elgar Research Agendas highlight future research directions in specific areas, allowing leading scholars to explore topics in innovative ways. This particular book focuses on the role of small and medium-sized towns, challenging the traditional 'urban bias' and providing nuanced insights into their relationship with larger cities. It covers a variety of relevant subjects, including socio-spatial identities, urbanization, resilience, and digitalization, with contributions from experts in multiple disciplines. The book concludes with a call for further theorizing and aims to be a valuable resource for scholars in urban planning and human geography.

Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
The book by Usha Iyer-Raniga addresses three critical planetary crises: climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. It examines the One Planet Network's Sustainable Buildings and Construction (SBC) program, launched in 2015, which has advanced sustainable construction practices and mainstream solutions. The text covers the program’s history, successes, global applications, and challenges. It also discusses the mapping of circular built environment indicators to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and proposes future opportunities for circular practices in construction. This informative work is geared towards professionals in the built environment, policymakers, sustainability stakeholders, and students.

Publisher: El Segundo, CA: Nolo, 2024.
The Executor's Guide is a comprehensive resource for individuals serving as executors after the loss of a loved one, helping them navigate the complexities of the role during a challenging time. It provides essential information on preparing for the responsibilities of an executor, claiming life insurance and other benefits, and understanding the intricacies of wills, including what to do if no will exists. The guide also addresses critical topics such as determining the necessity of probate, filing taxes, and managing probate court proceedings. Additionally, it offers advice on effectively communicating with family members and working with professionals like lawyers, appraisers, and accountants. The 10th edition features updated tables that summarize key points of each state's laws and is applicable in all states except Louisiana.

Publisher: New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2023.
"The Collars of RBG" is a visual tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, highlighting her historic tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court through striking photographs of her iconic collars and impactful quotes. The book features twenty-five neckpieces that reflect Ginsburg's legacy and significant career moments, including her advocacy for gender equality, immigration, and marriage equality. Authored by Elinor Carucci and Sara Bader, the collection showcases the stories behind each collar, celebrating Ginsburg's influence and contributions to civil rights. Known for her powerful presence, Ginsburg is remembered as a titan of justice, with her collars symbolizing much more than fashion.

Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.
The book explores acquaintance crimes, such as rape, sexual harassment, stalking, and domestic abuse, focusing on the misconception that a victim's "freeze response" equates to consent. It addresses the impacts of the #MeToo movement and highlights how legal and literary texts often discredit victims while protecting perpetrators. Each chapter pairs a fictional work with a nonfictional counterpart, analyzing themes and arguments side by side. The book emphasizes that victims should not be judged for not resisting or reporting and that their common response to trauma is often fear-based paralysis. It aims to engage scholars and students at the intersection of law, literature, gender studies, and criminology.