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"This book examines the Covid-19 pandemic from a social, cultural and philosophical perspective. In a unique and innovative approach, it addresses its subject by recounting the authors' thoughts during the two long years of the pandemic, from 2020 to 2022. A pandemic reveals numerous tensions in society: forces that remain hidden during prosperous times, such as fear, violence, or the devaluation of human rights, emerge as significant factors during a social crisis. A pandemic is therefore useful as a phenomenon for studying human weaknesses, and for evaluating the development of humanitarian crises, when few people care about appearances, and there is little to hide, because life itself is in the balance. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and scholars of biomedical and social sciences, as well as those working in the fields of public health and political philosophy"--

This book investigates the implementation of disability rights and duties in the European Union, aiming to understand its functioning and explore ways forward through a critical analysis of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) within the context of international regulation.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Gaynor Johnson -- Chapter 1 The Political Scientist as Historian: Reflections on the link between culture, 'status anxiety' and the American decision for war, April 1917 David G. Haglund -- Chapter 2 Sir Ronald Lindsay, The United States and the outbreak of the Second World War Gaynor Johnson -- Chapter 3 Quixotic Calling: Robert and Marion Merriman in the Spanish Civil War David Mayers -- Chapter 4 John Bassett Moore and The Modest Virtues of International Law David Clinton -- Chapter 5 Roca-Runciman Revisited: Anglo-American relations and Argentina during the 'Infamous Decade', 1933-43 Tony McCulloch -- Chapter 6 The Other Royal Dimension to the transatlantic relationship: FDR and the Dutch and Norwegian royal families during the Second World War David B. Woolner -- Chapter 7 Re-Establishing the Honour of France in the air: Francophone aviator literary figures during the Second World War Andrew Williams -- Chapter 8 The British Royal Air Force: Operations over Laos against the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1962 Priscilla Roberts -- Chapter 9 Britain, the US Bicentennial and the State Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the United States, 1976 Jonathan Colman -- Chapter 10 Reagan's Incoherence: Nicaragua in the Reagan Doctrine and the end of the Cold War David Ryan -- Chapter 11 North Georgia, the American South, and transatlantic culture and history T. Christopher Jespersen -- Chapter 12 Personalities and Power within the Special Relationship at the Cold War's end Jeffrey A. Engel -- Chapter 13 The Anglo-American Special Relationship: Past, Present, Future Steve Marsh -- Chapter 14 UK-US relations: Can subnational diplomacy save the 'special relationship'? Alison R. Holmes -- Index.

By examining writings by women in the long eighteenth century and comparing them to contemporary sources, this book seeks to complicate the stereotypes present of overconsumption and insensibility in British Jamaica. The sentimental exchanges of material goods solidified bonds for white women separated by the Atlantic

"This timely and insightful book critically reviews the synergistic relationship between books, literary culture, and the practices of tourism. International in scope, this volume will be of interest to students of tourism, heritage studies, cultural studies, and media studies, as well those interested in literary tourism more specifically"--

In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world. Beautifully written, and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading Peter Frankopan An absolute masterpiece James O Brien Deeply poignant . . . riveting . . . brave, painful, urgent and timely Jerry Brotton, The Financial Times 2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former British colonies. The empire's influence upon the quarter of the planet it occupied, and its gravitational influence upon the world outside it, has been profound: from the spread of Christianity by missionaries, to nearly 1 in 3 driving on the left side of the road, to the origins of international law. Yet Britain's idea of its imperial history and the world's experience of it are two very different things. With an inimitable combination of wit, political insight and personal honesty, the award-winning author and journalist explores the international legacies of British empire - from the creation of tea plantations across the globe, to environmental destruction, conservation, and the imperial connotations of Royal tours. His journey takes him from Barbados and Mauritius to India and Nigeria and beyond. In doing so, Sanghera demonstrates just how deeply British imperialism is baked into our world. And why it s time Britain was finally honest with itself about empire.If Britain wants to move forward as a key player on the world stage, Sanghera demonstrates, we must take time to understand our past - all warts, and all wonders, considered Alice Loxton, The Sunday Times Engages in deep research and historical re-analysis . . . also a profoundly moving work of personal insight, intelligence and compassion Elizabeth Day Puts Sanghera in the firmament of great imperial historians Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The i

Introduction -- Situating Stormfront in Social Media Debates -- A More Social Theory of Online Politics -- Methodology, Data, and Ethics -- Introducing Stormfront -- Identity: Becoming a Community -- Discourse: Constructing a Worldview -- Affect: Building Emotional Energy -- Stormfront and the Rise of the Far Right -- Epilogue.

Perhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or the rise of TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold. Insane sums of money that were supposed to re-float our economies after the crash of 2008 went to big tech instead. With it they funded the construction of their private cloud fiefdoms and privatized the internet. Technofeudalism says Yanis Varoufakis, is the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world, and is the greatest current threat to the liberal individual, to our efforts to avert climate catastrophe--and to democracy itself. Drawing on stories from Greek myth and pop culture, from Homer to Mad Men, Varoufakis explains this revolutionary transformation: how it enslaves our minds, how it rewrites the rules of global power, and, ultimately, what it will take overthrow it

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword: Humanitarianism in an Age of Global Apartheid by Douglas S. Massey -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: We All Have the Human Right to Emigrate but Not to Immigrate -- 1. "They Walk as Fugitives": Situating Shelters and Transit Migration -- 2. "I Was a Migrant and You Gave Me Shelter": The Open Ethos and Social World of the Shelter -- 3. "Of Course There Is a Difference between Charity and Solidarity": The Power of Giving -- 4. "The Shelter Is a Garden in a Mine of Oil": The Humanitarian Project under Threat -- 5. "That They Do Not Keep Expressing That Mexican Territory Is a Cemetery for Central Americans": Advocating Free Dignified Transit -- Conclusion: Dreaming on the Journey -- Notes -- References -- Index.

"This ethnography focuses on young women whose lives unfold in the low-income and lower-middle-class neighborhoods of a midsized town in Central Morocco, far from the overt influence of city life. It explores the creative ways young women navigate desire and morality, drawing upon ideas of "love" as an ethnographic object and source of theoretical examination to show how love is shaped just as much through complex cultural and historical phenomena as through intersecting socioeconomic and political developments"--

"Independence and Politics delves deeply into the political landscape of Israel during the years 1947-1949. Weaving together a wealth of original sources and emphasizing domestic politics, Meir Chazan offers a comprehensive analysis of the critical factors that contributed to the establishment and early governance of the State of Israel. Chazan explores the formation of governing institutions in the transition from a voluntary society to typical patterns of statehood. He investigates the shocks that led to these institutions' formation and the critical decision to declare statehood. Additionally, he provides a detailed account of the election campaign for the Constituent Assembly, which was the forerunner of the First Knesset, and the struggle to attain the United States' de facto and de jure recognition of Israel. Insightful and informative, Independence and Politics provides a fresh perspective on the establishment of the State of Israel. Chazan's analysis and expert commentary offer an unparalleled understanding of the challenges faced by the fledgling state and the decisions that shaped its future"--