Politics

What is it that makes humans human? As science and technology challenge the boundaries between life and non-life, between organic and inorganic, this ancient question is more timely than ever.

What does it feel like to be forced to turn to foodbanks for help? What does it take to get emergency food, and what's in the food parcel?

Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest Food Banks, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity.

"The trial of Angela Davis is remembered as one of America's most historic political trials, and no one can tell the story better than Davis herself.

This book, originally banned and not available for decades, adds a vital dimension to our understanding of South Africa's recent history.

This book brings together leading voices from academia and practice to discuss whether the government's new life chances agenda is meaningful.

Inequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of the problem talk about the 99% and the 1% is entrenched in public debate but there has

Ivan Dzuyba demonstrates how Stalin and his successors reversed Lenin's policies and reimposed in Ukraine the late-tsarist assimilatory policies of Russification.

Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience reveals untold stories from people who have been left out of the media narrative and left behind by government policy.

What is life like on this island? With a tent and a rusty bike, J.D. Taylor set off to find out. No other subject has spilt so much ink as Britain today.