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Hyper-active governance is a new way of thinking about governing that puts debates over expertise at the heart. Contemporary governing requires delegation to experts, but also increases demands for political accountability. In this context, politicians and experts work together under political stress to adopt different governing relationships that appear more 'hands-off' or 'hands-on'. These approaches often serve to displace profound social and economic crises. Only a genuinely collaborative approach to governing, with an inclusive approach to expertise, can create democratically legitimate and effective governance in our accelerating world. Using detailed case studies and global datasets in various policy areas including medicines, flooding, water resources, central banking and electoral administration, the book develops a new typology of modes of governing. Drawing from innovative social theory, it breathes new life into debates about expert forms of governance and how to achieve real paradigm shifts in how we govern our increasingly hyper-active world.

Reinhabiting the earth -- Econvergences -- On the way to econstruction -- The idea of ecophenomenology -- Ecological imagination: a Whiteheadian exercise in temporal phronesis -- The eleventh plague: thinking ecologically after Derrida -- Experiential pathways -- Things at the edge of the world -- Reversals and transformations -- Touched by touching: toward a carnal hermeneutics -- Reoccupy earth -- My place in the sun -- On being haunted by the future -- Beyond narcissistic humanism: or, in the face of anthropogenic climate change, is there a case for voluntary human extinction?

What is a relationship? -- Types of relationships -- What is consent? -- Who needs consent? -- Clothes and privacy -- Thinking of others -- What makes a relationship healthy? -- Relationships around you -- Secrets and dares -- Feelings and consent -- Bullying and relationships -- Emotions in relationships -- Speaking out

chapter Introduction: Consumer sexualities -- chapter 1 Sexual consumption and liberation in feminism -- chapter 2 Consumer sex: Technologies of the self -- chapter 3 Sexual spaces: Going sex shopping -- chapter 4 The sexy body: Wearing lingerie -- chapter 5 Sexual objects: Using 'sex toys'.

It is impossible to think of Russia today without thinking of Vladimir Putin. More than any other major national leader, he personifies his country in the eyes of the world, and dominates Western media coverage. In Russia itself, he is likewise the centre of attention both for his supporters and his detractors. But, as Tony Wood argues, this focus on Russia's president gets in the way of any real understanding of the country. The West needs to shake off its obsession with Putin and look beyond the Kremlin walls. In this timely and provocative analysis, Wood explores the profound changes Russia has undergone since 1991. In the process, he challenges several common assumptions made about contemporary Russia. Against the idea that Putin represents a return to Soviet authoritarianism, Wood argues that his rule should be seen as a continuation of Yeltsin's in the 1990s. The core features of Putinism — a predatory elite presiding over a vastly unequal society — are in fact integral to the system set in place after the fall of Communism. Wood also overturns the standard view of Russia's foreign policy, identifying the fundamental loss of power and influence that has underpinned recent clashes with the West. Russia without Putin concludes by assessing the current regime's prospects, and looks ahead to what the future may hold for the country.

This work provides a cutting-edge introduction to Internet-facilitated crime-watching and examines how social media have shifted the landscape for producing, distributing, and consuming footage of crime. In this thought-provoking text, Mark Wood examines the phenomenon of antisocial media: participatory online domains where footage of crime is aggregated, sympathetically curated, and consumed as entertainment.

The Way of the Strangers is an intimate journey into the minds of the Islamic State's true believers. From the streets of Cairo to the mosques of London, Wood interviews supporters, recruiters, and sympathizers of the group. Wood speaks with non-Islamic State Muslim scholars and jihadists, and explores the group's idiosyncratic, coherent approach to Islam. Through character study and analysis, Wood provides a clear-eyed look at a movement that has inspired so many people to abandon or uproot their families

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Football and Literature in South America: Issues and Origins -- 2 Taking the Field (First Half): Early Writings in Spanish -- 3 Taking the Field (Second Half): Early Writings in Brazil -- 4 Writing the National Game: Beauty in Brazil -- 5 Playing Dirty (First Half): Football, Politics and Writing in Chile -- 6 Playing Dirty (Second Half): Writing, Football and Dictatorship in the River Plate -- 7 Argentina Beyond El Proceso: Narratives of National Reconstruction -- 8 Narratives of Nation-building in Ecuador and Peru -- 9 Offside? Women Writers Creating Space -- 10 Conclusions: 100 Years of Golitude -- Index