In this important book, Ken Gelder offers an account of popular fiction as a distinctive literary and cultural field, tied directly to the logics and practices of entertainment and industry.

An economy low in carbon and high in life satisfaction will require thousands, if not millions of exceptional leaders. This book brings together sustainability knowledge with the leadership skills and tools to help you become one of those leaders. It is suitable for those in or aspiring to sustainability-literate leadership.

The aim of the book is to reveal spaces of resistance and contestation through an engagement with political theory, literature, and film from the postcolonial world, focussing mainly on the Middle East and South Asia.

This work presents an alternative view of the ways in which post-colonial societies have responded to colonial control. It also offers a comprehensive analysis of the major features of post-colonial studies.

This book draws on a wide range of conceptual and empirical materials to identify and examine planning and policy approaches that move beyond the imperative of perpetual economic growth. It offers a toolkit of concepts and examples for urban scholars, activists, and designers seeking to make cities prosper within planetary boundaries.

This volume examines 15 philosophers who have helped shape Western philosophy, including: Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Lacan, Derrida, Irigaray and Baudrillard. Each philosopher is discussed and the importance of theological questions in forming their thinking brought out.

This updated and expanded edition challenges many widely held views on the links between poverty and child health. It brings together new evidence, both historical and contemporary, and considers the practical implications for health and social policy.