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In an era of climate catastrophe and corporate agribusiness, meat
has been decisively made over. Urbanites across the West are called
upon to look at the animals we eat, and by looking, learn to treat
them with love. We are asked to tenderise our carnal desire for
flesh and dignify our relationship with the land. Yet can our
appetite for meat be redeemed by this new way of seeing? Can an
'ethical' approach to the farming, sale, and consumption of meat
really save both the planet and our souls? Revisiting John Berger's
writings on animals and class, Meat Love restores a materialist
lens to the politics of carnivorous desire. In this vital essay,
Amber Husain deconstructs the beauty, tragedy, and mystery with
which our images of meat are embellished, drawing on a range of
visual sources from contemporary art and film to Instagram and
advertising. Probing the nature of 'love' in contemporary
human-animal relations, it casts a critical eye on the visual
culture of meat as it gentrifies and mutates, informing, for better
or for worse, who we become as political subjects.
A passionate, highly accessible clarion call to a world dangerously
threatened by irrational superstitions of all kinds. 'Truly a book
for our time' Steven Pinker 'In Sweden's public square, Christer
Sturmark has done as much as anyone to uphold reason and humane
critical thinking' Richard Dawkins 'As lucid and illuminating as it
is warm and inspiring' Rebecca Goldstein In country after country,
conspiracy theories and religious dogmas that once seemed to have
been overtaken by enlightened thought are helping to lift
authoritarian leaders into power. The effects are being felt by
women, ethnic minorities, teachers, scientists and students - and
by the environment, the ultimate victim of climate change denial.
We need clear thinking now more than ever. Christer Sturmark is a
crusading secular humanist as well as a Swedish publisher and
entrepreneur, and The Flame of Reason is his manifesto for a better
world. It provides a set of simple tools for clear thinking in the
face of populist dogmas, anti-science attitudes and
pseudo-philosophy, and suggestions for how we can move towards a
new enlightenment. From truth to Quantum Physics, moral philosophy
to the Myers-Briggs test, Sturmark offers a passionate defence of
rational thought, science, tolerance and pluralism; a warm and
engaging guide for anyone who wants to better navigate the modern
world. Translated by and co-written with Douglas Hofstadter,
celebrated cognitive scientist, physicist and author of Godel,
Escher, Bach.
Border walls, shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, separated families
at the border, island detention camps: migration is at the centre
of contemporary political and academic debates. This
ground-breaking Handbook offers an exciting and original analysis
of critical research on themes such as these, drawing on
cutting-edge theories from an interdisciplinary and international
group of leading scholars. With a focus on spatial analysis and
geographical context, this volume highlights a range of
theoretical, methodological and regional approaches to migration
research, while remaining attuned to the underlying politics that
bring critical scholars together. Divided into six thematic
sections, including new areas in critical migration research, the
book covers the key questions galvanizing migration scholars today,
such as issues surrounding refugees and border militarization. Each
chapter explores new themes, expanding on core theories to convey
fresh insight to contemporary research. A key resource for
migration, refugee and border studies this Handbook provides an
in-depth analysis of the topic, covering a vast array of research
ideas with a specific focus on the geographical aspects of
migration. Scholars working on migration, refugees, asylum,
transnationalism, humanitarianism and borders will find this an
invaluable read. Contributors: J. Allsopp, I. Atac, N. Bagheri, A.
Blunt, J. Bonnerjee, A. Burridge, M. Casas-Cortes, A. Chikanda, S.
Cobarrubias, K. Coddington, M. Collyer, D. Conlon, J. Crush, T.
Davies, S. Dhesi, P. Ehrkamp, J.L. Fluri, G. Garelli, N. Gill, M.
Gilmartin, C. Goh, M. Griffiths, E. Ho, J. Hyndman, A. Isakjee, R.
Jones, B. Kasparek, P. Kelly, S. Kok, A.-K. Kuusisto-Arponen, R.B.
Lacy, J. Loyd, K. MacFarlane, C. Maharaj, L. Martin, D.E. Martinez,
E. Mavroudi, C. Menjivar, K. Mitchell, B. Muller, P.
Pallister-Wilkins, N. Paszkiewicz, T. Raeymaekers, R. Rogers, R.
Rotter, A. Sabhlok, R. Sampson, M. Schmidt-Sembdner, A. Secor, J.
Slack, E. Steinhilper, S.D. Walsh, H. van Houtum, M.
Walton-Roberts, K. Wee, Y. Weima, B. Yeoh
International debate has recently focused on increased inequalities
and the adverse effects that they may have on both social and
economic developments. Income inequality, which is at its highest
level for the past half-century, may not only undermine the
sustainability of European social policy but also put at risk
Europe?s sustainable recovery. A common feature of recent reports
on inequality (ILO, OECD, IMF, 2015?2017) is their recognition that
the causes emerge from mechanisms in the world of work. The purpose
of this book is to investigate the possible role of industrial
relations, and social policies more generally, in reducing these
inequalities. The volume pays particular attention to the
contribution of social partners and social dialogue to achieving
concrete outcomes, notably in terms of flexibility and security for
both employers and workers. The key aim is to identify elements of
a response to a number of important questions: which countries have
succeeded in carrying out the necessary reforms without generating
further inequalities? What industrial relations systems seem to
perform better in this respect? What policy measures, institutions
and actors play a determinant role in achieving more balanced
outcomes? How can social dialogue address future transformations of
the world of work, while limiting inequalities? The scope of this
volume goes beyond pay to address other types of inequality ? in
the distribution of working time, access or re-access to jobs,
training and career opportunities, and social protection and
pensions. It also looks at inequalities that may affect particular
groups of workers, including women or young people, as well as
people in certain types of work arrangements, such as part-time or
temporary work or the self-employed. This book is vital reading for
anyone concerned with labour policy, industrial relations and
social welfare but, above all, with how advances in these areas can
contribute to the global fight against growing inequalities.
Contributors include: D. Anxo, B. Bembic, G. Bosch, P. Courtioux,
C. Erhel, K. Espenberg, G. Fiorani, G. Giakoumatos, D. Grimshaw, M.
Johnson, M. Karamessini, I. Marx, J. Masso, I. Mierina, R. Munoz de
Bustillo, B. Nolan, F. Pinto Hernandez, W. Salverda, A. Simonazzi,
M. Tverdostup, L. Van Cant, D. Vaughan-Whitehead, R.
Vazquez-Alvarez
'A do-er, not a dreamer, Gow has become one of our most outspoken
rewilders.' Countryfile Magazine 'In this warm and funny
autobiography, [Gow] writes with a whimsical fluency about the
moments of humour and pathos in an unusual life.' Country Life 'Gow
reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.'
Guardian 'Courageous, visionary, funny.' Isabella Tree, author of
Wilding Tearing down fences literally and metaphorically, Birds,
Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of Britain's most
colourful rewilder, Derek Gow. How he raised a sofa-loving wild
boar piglet, transported a raging bison bull across the UK, got
bitten by a Scottish wildcat and restored the ancient white stork
to the Knepp Estate with Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree. After a
Shetland ewe captured a young Derek's heart, he grew up to become a
farmer with a passion for ancient breeds. But when he realised how
many of our species were close to extinction, even on his own land,
he tore up his traditional Devon farm and transformed it into a
rewilding haven for beavers, water voles, lynx, wildcats, harvest
mice and more. Birds, Beasts and Bedlam is the story of a rewilding
maverick and his single-minded mission to save our wildlife.
The global crisis of forced displacement is growing every year. At
the same time, Western Christians' sympathy toward refugees is
increasingly overshadowed by concerns about personal and national
security, economics, and culture. We urgently need a perspective
that understands both Scripture and current political realities and
that can be applied at the levels of the church, the nation, and
the globe. In Refuge Reimagined, Mark R. Glanville and Luke
Glanville offer a new approach to compassion for displaced people:
a biblical ethic of kinship. God's people, they argue, are
consistently called to extend kinship-a mutual responsibility and
solidarity-to those who are marginalized and without a home.
Drawing on their respective expertise in Old Testament studies and
international relations, the two brothers engage a range of
disciplines to demonstrate how this ethic is consistently conveyed
throughout the Bible and can be practically embodied today.
Glanville and Glanville apply the kinship ethic to issues such as
the current mission of the church, national identity and
sovereignty, and possibilities for a cooperative global response to
the refugee crisis. Challenging the fear-based ethic that often
motivates Christian approaches, they envision a more generous,
creative, and hopeful way forward. Refuge Reimagined will equip
students, activists, and anyone interested in refugee issues to
understand the biblical model for communities and how it can
transform our world.
Why have so few countries managed to leave systematic corruption
behind, while in many others modernization is still a mere facade?
How do we escape the trap of corruption, to reach a governance
system based on ethical universalism? In this unique book, Alina
Mungiu-Pippidi and Michael Johnston lead a team of eminent
researchers on an illuminating path towards deconstructing the few
virtuous circles in contemporary governance. The book combines a
solid theoretical framework with quantitative evidence and case
studies from around the world. While extracting lessons to be
learned from the success cases covered, Transitions to Good
Governance avoids being prescriptive and successfully contributes
to the understanding of virtuous circles in contemporary good
governance. Offering a balanced but always grounded perspective,
this collection combines analytic narratives of existing virtuous
circles and how they were established, with an analysis of the
global evidence. In doing so the authors explain why governance is
so resistant to change, and describe the lessons to be remembered
for international anti-corruption efforts. Exploring the primacy of
politics over economic development, and in order to understand how
vicious circles can be broken, the expert contributions trace the
progress of countries that have successfully transitioned.
Unprecedentedly, this book goes beyond the tests of different
variables to showcase human agency on every continent, and reveals
why some nations make the best and others the worst of the same
development legacies. This comprehensive examination of virtuous
circles of governance will appeal to all scholars with an interest
in transitions, democratization, anti-corruption and good
governance. Policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of
international development, good governance and democracy support
will find it an invaluable resource. Contributors include: A.
Bozzini, D. Bupuet Corleto, C. Goebel, M. Johnston, V. Kalnins, L.
Khatib, A. Kupatadze, M. Martini, A. Mungiu-Pippidi, P. Navia, R.
Pineiro, D. Sebudubudu, E. Villarreal, B.W. Wilson, J.-S. You
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