This textbook helps students analyse the causes of violent extremism using different disciplinary approaches, and suggests concrete solutions from those perspectives. Why do individuals join violent extremist movements? This book approaches that question through seven disciplinary lenses: security, ideology, sociology, socio-economics, psychology, gender, and youth. Rather...

Si diriges —en la empresa, en el sector público o en la sociedad civil—, este libro no te dará tranquilidad. Te dará claridad. Y, en tiempos de confrontación, la claridad es poder. Si lo utilizas con inteligencia, será creador. Pascual Montañés reúne décadas de experiencia docente...

The Real Pain of Punishment explores the true pains of incarceration using insights from empirical sciences and people with lived prison experiences. The book highlights the concept of ‘belonging’ as an unprecedented lens for critically interrogating the legitimacy of incarceration across penal theory, sentencing practice,...

Sustainable Marketing Strategies provides postgraduate, MBA and upper-level undergraduate students with a clear and applied framework for understanding, critiquing and implementing sustainability within marketing practice. Designed for courses in ethical, responsible and sustainable marketing, this textbook aligns closely with class learning outcomes and contemporary curriculum...

Un ensayo riguroso y evocador que reconstruye la evolución de la Hispania romana y su legado histórico. Cuando las naves romanas llegaron a las costas de Iberia en el verano del 218 a.C., no desembarcaron en una tierra salvaje ni desconocida. Ante ellas se extendía un...

Get the spanish version here! This book explores the often-overlooked democratic principle of ‘rotation of power’. It considers two key questions: what happens when power stops changing hands in a democracy, and when incumbents manipulate the system to entrench themselves in office, can democracy survive? Democracies are often...

Get the spanish edition here! Data doesn’t make decisions. People do. Artificial intelligence lets us analyze more information, generate visualizations and explore new ways of communicating. But turning data into decisions still demands judgment, context and a clear narrative. This book sets out a practical method for...

Popular debates about AI and democracy rest on misconceptions about both democracy and AI. Theodore Lechterman, an ascendant thinker in the philosophy and governance of AI, dismantles these misconceptions and shows how to rethink democracy for an algorithmic age. Recoding Democracy reveals that democratizing AI is not...

La fuerza de una sociedad no se mide solo por sus instituciones, sino por el compromiso de su gente. La sociedad civil y la participación ciudadana son el motor que impulsa cambios, construye puentes y da voz a quienes buscan un futuro más justo e inclusivo....

Read the book here! It is often assumed that architects and urban planners are responsible for shaping our cities. Especially since the onset of global capitalism, however,much urban expansion worldwide has been driven by developers and builders in the pursuit of profit. Despite the considerable...

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