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The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Public Policy

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book brings together a large and diverse collection of philosophical papers addressing a wide variety of public policy issues. Topics covered range from long-standing subjects of debate such as abortion, punishment, and freedom of expression, to more recent controversies such as those over gene editing, military drones, and statues...

David Greig’s Holed Theatre: Globalization, Ethics and the Spectator

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

With a Foreword by Dan Rebellato, this book offers up a detailed exploration of Scottish playwright David Greig’s work with particular attention to globalization, ethics, and the spectator. It makes the argument that Greig’s theatre works by undoing, cracking, or breaking apart myriad elements to reveal the holed,...

Eliminating the IMF: An Analysis of the Debate to Keep, Reform or Abolish the Fund

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book offers a concise but thorough analysis of the International Monetary Fund reform debate. Since the advent of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s, a lengthy deliberation has ensued over whether the IMF should be reformed, abolished, or left as is. The authors approach this debate from a...

Inside European Parliament Politics: Informality, Information and Intergroups (Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

The study of the informal dimension of EU politics is more important than ever in order to understand how the EU system works. This book presents an innovative and original study on informal cross-party, cross-committee groupings in the European Parliament, so-called Intergroups. Building on extensive fieldwork, including semi-structured...

IR Theory, Historical Analogy, and Major Power War

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book critically examines elements of America-First nationalism, neo-conservatism, neo-realism, neo-liberalism, environmental theories, and social constructionism by way of developing an “alternative realist” approach to the study of the origins of major power war. The author critiques concepts of “polarity” and...

Why Capitalists Need Communists: The Politics of Flourishing (Wellbeing in Politics and Policy)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

Britain faces huge challenges: inequality, public services under constant pressure, climate change - and in the long term, the impacts of automation and artificial intelligence. At the same time, the political and economic elite seem to have reached an impasse: there is a sense that things can only get worse. In Why Capitalists Need...

Human Rights Practices during Financial Crises

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

From the Great Depression in the twentieth century to the Great Recession in the twenty-first, systemic banking crises have been a recurring problem for both developing and developed countries. This book offers a human rights perspective on financial crises vis-à-vis low-income and least developed countries. It systematically...

Patients, Doctors and Healers: Medical Worlds among the Mapuche in Southern Chile

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Recognizing the interplay between biomedicine and indigenous medicine among the Mapuche in Southern Chile, this book explores notions of culture and personhood through the bodily experiences and medical choices of patients. Through case studies of patients in the context of medical pluralism, Kristensen argues that medical practices are...

Enchanting Robots: Intimacy, Magic, and Technology (Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book argues that robots are enchanting humans (as potential intimate partners), because humans are enchanting robots (by performing magical thinking), and that these processes are a part of a significant re-enchantment of the “modern” world. As a foundation, the author examines arguments for and against intimate relationships...

Muslim Women, Agency and Resistance Politics: The Case of Kashmir

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book investigates agency in the historical resistance movement in Kashmir by initiating a fresh conversation about Muslim Kashmiri women. It exhibits Muslim women not merely as accidental victims but conscientious agents who choose to operate within the struggles of self-determination. The experience of victimization stimulates women to...

Linguistic Legitimacy and Social Justice

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book examines the nature of human language and the ideology of linguistic legitimacy – the common set of beliefs about language differences that leads to the rejection of some language varieties and the valorization of others. It investigates a broad range of case studies of languages and dialects which have for various reasons been...

Strategic Employee Communication: Building a Culture of Engagement

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Employee engagement (or a lack thereof) can often be linked to poor communication and a detachment from company goals. Companies of all sizes are looking for ways to boost communication, recognizing its impact on key business outcomes, such as productivity and profitability.

This book offers fresh insights about...

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