Explores the human drama, and long-term lessons, of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Based on interviews with more than 300 government officials, power plant operators, and military personnel during the years since the disaster, Meltdown is a meticulous recounting and analysis of the human stories behind the response to the Fukushima disaster.
For years, intellectuals have argued that, with the triumph of capitalist, liberal democracy, the Western World has reached "the end of history." Recently, however, there has been a rise of authoritarian politics in many countries. Concepts of post-democracy, anti-politics, and the like are gaining currency in theoretical and political debate. Now ......
Campaign Fundraising in the 2020 Presidential Election
Money in Politics explores the political fundraising of the 2020 presidential election from the primaries through the General Election, illustrating the importance of campaign fundraising and examining how campaign contributions are now a political topic in the 2020s.
From Passionate Activism to Violent Insurgency in Egypt
This book explores the wave of violent radicalization in post-2011 Egypt and argues that it is the result of unrelenting tension between aspirations, grievances, emotions, meanings, and societal beliefs.
In this landmark volume of short essays, a group of 17 distinguished lawyers, politicians, economists, journalists and military experts look back at the failure and promise of the Libyan revolution, ten years on. The goal of the book is to add context and innovation to a hyper-politicized space.
On 2 October 2018, the Saudi Arabian Jamal Khashoggi flew from London to Istanbul to visit the Saudi consulate to collect routine marriage papers. After entering he was invited to have tea with the consul, captured and assassinated. The disappearance of the fifty-nine-year old was ordered by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman according to the CIA. ......
Telling the remarkable story of Harrop Fold School in Salford, from their unprecedented GBP2.5m debt to being featured in the BAFTA-award nominated Educating Manchester TV series. Drew Povey was one of the youngest Heads in the country when he was appointed aged 32 in 2010. Through sheer determination and strong, visionary leadership, Drew and his ......
A Campaign Bloated with Bombastry, Bigotry, and Blatant Lies
When people look back at the 2016 Election, they will use many words to describe it. Among them will not be 'decorous', 'thoughtful', 'reasoned' or 'civil'. The campaign, at times, has seemed as if it was waged in an alternate cartoon universe. This has been all part of the craziness and unseemliness that has the rest of the world wondering if ......
Changing Schools is a collection of essays by teachers, researchers and administrators who have been on the front line of the revolutionary changes taking place in state education over the last five years. Their chapters cover topics such as assessment, academy chains, use of educational research, free schools and social media, and will be ......
Taking to the Streets critically examines the conventional wisdom that the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings happened spontaneously and were directed by tech-savvy young revolutionaries. Pairing first-hand observations from activists with the critical perspectives of scholars, the book illuminates the concept of activism as an ongoing process, rather ......