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Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.
If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman.
Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systematically ignoring half the population. It exposes the gender data gap – a gap in our knowledge that is at the root of perpetual, systemic discrimination against women, and that has created a pervasive but invisible bias with a profound effect on women’s lives.
From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, urban planning and the media, Invisible Women reveals the biased data that excludes women.
Award-winning campaigner and writer Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the impact this has on their health and well-being. In making the case for change, this powerful and provocative book will make you see the world anew.
The Innocence of Roast Chicken focuses on an Afrikaans/English family in the Eastern Cape and their idyllic life on their grandparents’ farm, seen through the eyes of the little girl, Kate, and the subtle web of relationships that is shattered by a horrifying incident in the mid-1960s.
Scenes from Kate’s early life are juxtaposed with Johannesburg in 1989 when Kate, now married to Joe, a human rights lawyer, stands aside from the general euphoria that is gripping the nation. Her despair, both with her marriage and with the national situation, resolutely returns to a brutal incident one Christmas day when Kate was thrust into an awareness of what lay beneath her blissful childhood.
Beautifully constructed, The Innocence of Roast Chicken is painful, evocative, beautifully drawn and utterly absorbing.
As early as 1947, Black parents in rural South Carolina began
seeking equal educational opportunities for their children. After
two unsuccessful lawsuits, these families directly challenged
legally mandated segregation in public schools with a third lawsuit
in 1950, which was eventually decided in Brown v. Board of
Education. Amidst the Black parents' resistance, Elizabeth Avery
Waring, a twice-divorced northern socialite, and her third husband,
federal judge J. Waties Waring, launched a rhetorical campaign
condemning white supremacy and segregation. In a series of
speeches, the Warings exposed the incongruity between American
democratic ideals and the reality for Black Americans in the Jim
Crow South. They urged audiences to pressure elected
representatives to force southern states to end legal segregation.
Wanda Little Fenimore employs innovative research methods to
recover the Warings' speeches that said the unsayable about white
supremacy. When the couple poked at the contradiction between
segregation and "all men are created equal," white supremacists
pushed back. As a result, the couple received both damning and
congratulatory letters that reveal the terms upon which segregation
was defended and the reasons those who opposed white supremacy
remained silent. Using rich archival materials, Fenimore crafts an
engaging narrative that illustrates the rhetorical context from
which Brown v. Board of Education arose and dispels the notion that
the decision was inevitable. The first full-length account of the
Warings' rhetoric, this multilayered story of social progress
traces the symbolic battle that provided a locus for change in the
landmark Supreme Court decision.
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key
topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies.
Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations
in conditions under which people use digital media and differences
in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital
inequality on life outcomes. International contributors assess a
variety of key contexts that impact access to digital technologies,
including contextual variations related to geography and
infrastructure, as well as individual differences related to age,
income, health and disability status. Chapters explore how
variations emerge across the life course, illustrating the effects
of digital disparities on personal wellbeing. Intervening in
critical debates relating to the digital divide, this Handbook
offers key insights into privacy and trust issues that affect
technological usage. Employing both quantitative and qualitative
investigations into the relationship between social inequality and
the Internet, this Handbook is crucial reading for scholars and
researchers in both communication and sociology, particularly those
focusing on digital inequalities and human-computer interaction. It
will also benefit policymakers in need of innovative approaches to
understanding, challenging and addressing the digital divide.
It is a fact that disproportionately few black football players
have ever been employed as managers or coaches, despite their
prominent presence on the field. How big a role does racism play in
contributing to this depressing statistic? 'Play the White Man' is
the metaphor King uses to explain how race, racism and inequality
operate. He looks at the pressures placed on black players to adopt
a culture dominated by white men in sport - in other words, 'to act
white' in order to be accepted. He focuses on how racism functions
when black players make the transition from the playing field to
coaching, management and administration, and are forced to perform
within the standards and systems set by white men who have
historically held these positions. King provides provocative
insights into the world of white-dominated British sport and raises
controversial questions that are important for anyone interested in
the game.
`Essential' Marlon James, Man Booker Prize-Winner 2015 'One of the
most important books of 2017' Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good
Immigrant 'A wake-up call to a country in denial' Observer In 2014,
award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote on her blog about
her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in
Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. Her
words hit a nerve. The post went viral and comments flooded in from
others desperate to speak up about their own experiences.
Galvanised, she decided to dig into the source of these feelings.
Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the inextricable
link between class and race, Reni Eddo-Lodge has written a searing,
illuminating, absolutely necessary examination of what it is to be
a person of colour in Britain today.
Liveable Lives examines what makes life liveable for LGBTQ+ people
beyond equality reforms. It refuses the colonizing narrative of
surviving in a ‘regressive’ Global South and thriving in a
‘progressive’ Global North. By linking the concept of
liveability with the decolonial literature on sexualities, this
open access book draws on individual's stories, art and writing to
examine how lives become liveable across India and the UK,
providing a multifaceted investigation of two divergent contexts
where activists refuse local framings of exclusion/inclusion and
LGBTQ+ lives are continually re-envisioned. Embracing diverse
methodologies, including workshops, in-depth interviews, street
theatres, and web surveys, the book stands as an example of a queer
collaborative praxis that refuses the familiar Global North /
Global South practices of theorizing and data gathering. The ebook
editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND
4.0 licence on www.bloomsburycollections.com.
Over the last 25 years, nearly two billion people across the globe
have risen out of poverty and income levels have risen worldwide.
Yet in the US, the top 1% earn twice the amount of income as the
poorest 50% of the population. In the midst of rising prosperity,
economic dissatisfaction--driven by the persistent fear felt by
many that they are ''falling behind''--is higher than at any point
since the 1930s. In Understanding Economic Inequality, the author
brings an economist's perspective informed by new, groundbreaking
research on inequality from philosophy, sociology, psychology, and
political science and presents it in a form that it is accessible
to those who want to understand our world, our society, our
politics, our paychecks, and our neighbors' paychecks better. As
any history of the 21st century would be incomplete without
understanding ''the 99% versus the 1%'', the insights provided by
the author will prove valuable to any reader. This book also
provides the foundation for undergraduate courses on wealth and
income inequality, and an essential reading for introductory
economics, labor economics, public policy, law, or sociology
courses.
The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the
air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and
political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour
movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplace activist
Ian Allinson, the answer is clear: organising at work is essential
to rebuild working-class power. The premise is simple: organising
builds confidence, capacity and collective power - and with power
we can win change. Workers Can Win is an essential, practical guide
for rank-and-file workers and union activists. Drawing on more than
20 years of organising experience, Allinson combines practical
techniques with an analysis of the theory and politics of
organising and unions. The book offers insight into tried and
tested methods for effective organising. It deals with tactics and
strategies, and addresses some of the roots of conflict, common
problems with unions and the resistance of management to worker
organising. As a 101 guide to workplace organising with politically
radical horizons, Workers Can Win is destined to become an
essential tool for workplace struggles in the years to come.
'This is Doro and he is beautiful.' So begins the extraordinary
story of Doro Goumaneh, who faced an unimaginable series of
adversities on his journey from persecution in The Gambia to refuge
in France. Doro was once a relatively prosperous fisherman, but in
2014, when the country's fishing rights were stolen and secret
police began arresting Gambian fishermen, Doro left home, fleeing
for his life. From Senegal to Libya to Algeria and back to Libya,
Doro fell victim to the horrific cycle of abuse targeted at
refugees. He endured shipwreck, torture and being left for dead in
a mass grave. Miraculously, he survived. In 2019, during one of his
many attempts to reach Europe, Doro was rescued by the boat
Sea-Watch 3 in the Mediterranean, where he met volunteer Brendan
Woodhouse. While waiting out a two-week standoff - floating off the
coast of Sicily, as political leaders accused Sea-Watch, a German
organisation that helps migrants, of facilitating illegal entry to
Europe - a great friendship formed. Told through both Doro's and
Brendan's perspectives, Doro touches on questions of policy and
politics, brutality and bravery, survival and belonging - issues
that confront refugees everywhere. But ultimately it is one man's
incredible story - that of Doro: refugee, hero, champion, survivor
and friend.
Reporting Islam examines the coverage of Muslim women in the New
York Times from 1979-2011. The analysis addresses the nature of the
coverage; whether there are parallels in the depiction of Muslim
women from the Middle East and South Asia and with the US
government policies toward these countries; and the relationship
between feminism in the US and the representation of Muslim women
in the US. At a time when women often become the iconic
representatives of their nations, their cultures and their
religions, this book offers unique insight into how a dramatic
period of contemporary history for the Middle East and South Asia
was depicted by the leading print newspaper in the world. The
coverage captures the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the rise of
Islamist movements across the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa,
the first Gulf War, the 9/11 events, the second Gulf War, the War
on Terror, and the Arab uprisings. The book asks critical questions
about the wider implications of the misrepresentation of Muslim
women in the media, and the links between print news, US foreign
policy and women.
'Vanessa Nakate continues to teach a most critical lesson. She
reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not
all in the same boat.' - Greta Thunberg No matter your age,
location or skin colour, you can be an effective activist.
Devastating flooding, deforestation, extinction and starvation.
These are the issues that not only threaten in the future, they are
a reality. After witnessing some of these issues first-hand,
Vanessa Nakate saw how the world's biggest polluters are asleep at
the wheel, ignoring the Global South where the effects of climate
injustice are most fiercely felt. Inspired by a shared vision of
hope, Vanessa's commanding political voice demands attention for
the biggest issue of our time and, in this rousing manifesto for
change, shows how you can join her to protect our planet now and
for the future. Vanessa realized the importance of her place in the
climate movement after she, the only Black activist in an image
with four white Europeans, was cropped out of a press photograph at
Davos in 2020. This example illustrates how those who will see the
biggest impacts of the climate crisis are repeatedly omitted from
the conversation. As she explains, 'We are on the front line, but
we are not on the front page.' Without A Bigger Picture, you're
missing the full story on climate change. 'An indispensable voice
for our future.' - Malala Yousafzai 'A powerful global voice.' -
Angelina Jolie
Almost all economies have, or are at least starting to, understand
the significance of examining and mainstreaming gender issues in
the world of work. Sociocultural evolution and various other
factors have helped these developments, but there is still so much
more work to be done. Technology has played a substantial role in
decreasing the gender divide as more households than ever before
have access to technology, and the revolution of access to
information across most societies has become gender neutral and
empowering. While technology can hold the potential to
significantly expand the job market and open opportunities for all
job seekers, questions surrounding automation and availability of
jobs and the accessibility to secure the necessary qualifications
and education needed to fill paid jobs rage on, especially when
examining those who are typically marginalized. Gender Perspectives
on Industry 4.0 and the Impact of Technology on Mainstreaming
Female Employment discusses gender perspective and its impact on
the fourth industrial revolution, particularly in the realm of
employment structure, and analyzes the impact of technology on
mainstreaming women in paid employment. In the present environment,
organizations are beginning to realize the importance of looking
more critically at their workforce and structure and how to better
cater to the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement while also
productively managing the advancement of new technologies. Covering
topics such as sustainable development and the future of work, it
is ideal for policymakers, practitioners, professionals,
consultants, managers, researchers, academicians, educators, and
students.
Musa Okwonga - a young Black man who grew up in a predominantly
working-class town - was not your typical Eton College student. The
experience moulded him, challenged him... but also made him wonder
why a place that was so good for him also seems to contribute to
the harm being done to the UK. The more he searched, the more
evident the connection became between one of Britain's most
prestigious institutions and the genesis of Brexit, and between his
home town in the suburbs of Greater London and the rise of the far
right. Woven throughout this deeply personal and unflinching memoir
of Musa's five years at Eton in the 1990s is a present-day
narrative which engages with much wider questions about pressing
social and political issues: privilege, the distribution of wealth,
the rise of the far right in the UK, systemic racism, the 'boys'
club' of government and the power of the few to control the fate of
the many. One of Them is both an intimate account and a timely
exploration of race and class in modern Britain.
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