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How to Save the City
  • A Guide for Emergency Action
  • Paul Chatterton
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    05 October 2023
  • A call to arms, How to Save the City invites the reader to engage with the challenges of living and working in cities at a time when several conflating emergencies have become more pressing and connected. While the climate crisis is the most urgent, we also face deep social crises in housing, gender and race inequalities, the breakdown of our natural world, our energy consumption, and the deep ripples resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. These emergencies are playing out in acute ways in urban areas. Locked in to high-energy, high-resource use, cities are responsible for about three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions, have ecological and carbon footprints far bigger than their city limits, and are the beating heart of our pro-growth, unequal, consumer-saturated way of life. The city has to change, but how and by whom? Paul Chatterton engages, inspires and empowers the reader to take action to make cities more sustainable, liveable and safer places. He guides the reader through a sequence of challenges, strategies, players, moves and practical tactics of how to save their city.

Europe and the British Left
  • Beyond the Progressive Dilemma
  • Owen Parker, Matthew Louis Bishop, Nicole Lindstrom
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    13 June 2024
  • The European question has divided the Labour Party and the progressive left for over fifty years. The contemporary left-wing antithesis to the EU harks back to Bennite anti-marketeer narratives: a neoliberal EU undermines the potential for national progressive policies in relation to labour markets, state intervention and finance. However, many make the case that the EU's four freedoms support a progressive politics: the single market project embeds social and workers' rights, challenges member state support for large corporate interests and facilitates free movement for EU citizens.

    There is, in short, a progressive dilemma for the British left in relation to the European issue, which the authors navigate through the analysis of four policy issues that arose during the Brexit debate and remain significant for British politics and for the left in particular: free trade and the single market, industrial policy and state aid, free movement of persons and finance. Crucially, they point to a route beyond this dilemma for both Europe and the British left.

The Kurds
  • The Struggle for National Identity and Statehood
  • Mandana Hendessi
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    07 March 2024
  • The Kurds are the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East. An Indigenous people from the Mesopotamian plains and highlands in what is now Southeast Turkey, Northeast Syria, Northern Iraq, northwest Iran and Southwest Armenia, they are the largest stateless people in the world. Denied a national identity, their culture and language have been banned or suppressed throughout the centuries and theirs is a story of resistance and survival.

    This book offers a contemporary overview and critical analysis of the Kurds quest for national identity and statehood from the end of the Ottoman Empire to the modern day. Kurdish nationalism has taken many forms and had to endure periods of rebellion, acceptance, oppression and ethnic cleansing. Mandana Hendessi outlines the contours of the political struggle and military conflict that continue to shape the lives of a people that occupy one of the most contested regions in the world.

Learning and Sustainability in Dangerous Times
  • The Stephen Sterling Reader
  • Stephen Sterling
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    25 April 2024
  • Stephen Sterling is a pioneer in sustainability education. This collection of his essential writings is freshly curated by the author and offers a new overview and chapter by chapter introductions that link together his thinking. Sterling's work offers a compelling and stimulating perspective on the critical issue of how learning and education can make a decisive difference to securing the future in an increasingly uncertain and threatened world. Together these essays provide a critical perspective on the historical context of the role of education and learning with respect to the possibility of securing the future against current negative trajectories. They offer a commentary on current debates on rethinking education in the light of multiple global crises and lay out the key elements of educational thinking and practice based on ecological and relational principles that offer a way forward. These essays inform the growing and urgent debate on the role and nature of education appropriate for these unprecedented times and are essential reading for educationalists and sustainability advocates.

Dictionary of Corruption
  • Edited by Robert Barrington, Elizabeth David-Barrett, Rebecca Dobson Phillips, Georgia Garrod
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    21 November 2023
  • Written by an expert team, the Dictionary of Corruption is a comprehensive resource for students, academics, practitioners and professionals. It establishes a common interpretation of the language and terminology in the field of corruption and anti-corruption studies. From bribery to Watergate, amakudari to zero tolerance and from anti-corruption agencies to whistleblowing, the Dictionary provides explanations of over 300 key terms, events and case studies.

The Handbook of Labour Unions
  • Edited by Gregor Gall
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    01 May 2024
  • Growing levels of income and wage inequality and the precaritization of many sections of the labour force have made labour unions as salient as ever. Although membership levels have decreased, they remain among the world's largest representative organizations and continue to play a significant role as vehicles for democracy, sustainable development and social justice.

    This handbook assembles an array of experts to critically engage with the debates and discussions about the role and purpose of unions and the many means by which they seek to attain them. The book provides insights into how unions can meet the challenges of structural changes in the labour market, including technological progress, the green agenda and the digital platform economy, and how they can better represent the needs of their members, in particular migrant, domestic and informal workers.

    The book is a valuable resource for industrial relations, labour economics, sociology of work, employment and labour law, history of trade unionism, working patterns and practices, workplace culture and workers' rights.

Feminist Political Economy
  • A Global Perspective
  • Sara Cantillon, Odile Mackett, Sara Stevano
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    12 October 2023
  • Feminist political economy is essential to understanding the power relations and hierarchies that shape and sustain contemporary capitalism. Motivated by the rejection of gender-blind approaches in economics feminist political economy provides compelling insights into the relations between the economic, the social and the political in the reproduction of inequality. Sara Cantillon, Odile Mackett and Sara Stevano have written a much-needed introduction to key topics in feminist political economy, including the global division of labour, social reproduction, child and elder care, the household and intra-household inequalities, labour market inequalities, welfare regimes, the feminization of poverty and economic indicators. The authors take a global perspective throughout and engage in debates that are relevant for the Global North and/or the Global South. The book offers readers a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the role of power relations and inequality in the economy and is suitable for a variety of courses in political economy, feminism, gender studies, economics, social policy and development studies.

Sustainable Development, Education and Learning
  • The Challenge of Inclusive, Quality Education for All
  • Victoria W. Thoresen
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    24 August 2023
  • The UN's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number four (4) focuses on inclusive, quality education, galvanizing efforts for substantial educational reform around the globe. Progress is being made but are the initiatives being upscaled and mainstreamed rapidly enough? Has caring become an essential aspect of learning? Have cooperative learning and creativity been given enough attention? Are teachers receiving sufficient support? These are some of the questions raised by Victoria Thoresen as she considers the goals and challenges iterated in the SDG.

    Thoresen argues that unless implementation of the new definitions of inclusive, quality education are prioritized everywhere, sustainable development will be severely hampered and, conceivably, misdirected. She examines the recent evolution of education in light of political and commercial ambitions, technological advancements, and knowledge creation and sharing. Key concerns relating to education for and learning about sustainable development are identified and major obstacles to achieving inclusive, quality education for all are discussed.

Geoliberal Europe and the Test of War
  • Richard Youngs
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    16 April 2024
  • Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed Europe into a new strategic era. The knock-on effects of the war have combined to open a period of reordering across the European continent. European governments and the European Union collectively have begun to fashion policies for this shift, recognizing this to be a pivotal historical moment.

    Richard Youngs unpacks the different dynamics that have come to characterize European policies in the wake of the war: the nature of EU integration, geopolitical power, defence priorities, European borders, liberal values, the green transition and economic sovereignty. The book looks to the future and outlines the issues and choices with which European governments still need to grapple. Youngs develops the notion of geoliberalism as a way of addressing these challenges and guiding European governments and the EU into the fragile order taking shape in the shadow of Ukraine's war.

Social Democracy
  • Eunice Goes
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    13 March 2024
  • Social democracy emerged in the late nineteenth century and has become a leading political ideology in Europe. This short history approaches the evolution of this ideology as a body of political thought and political practices. It expounds the development, transformation and practice of European social democracy through the analysis of four key moments in its history: its origins and rise as a key political force in European politics, the second revisionist phase with the embrace of capitalism in the postwar period, the Third Way of the 1990s and the contemporary crisis of social democracy in an era of fragmented politics. The book offers a fresh and engaging discussion of one of the most enduring ideologies of the European political sphere and its manifestations in different countries of the region.

Taiwan
  • A Contested Democracy under Threat
  • Jonathan Sullivan, Lev Nachman
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    19 October 2023
  • As a top twenty global economy and tech powerhouse, a liberal democracy on the frontline of autocratic pressure and a pivotal component in the free and open Indo-Pacific, the future security of Taiwan has enormous ramifications for today's global order.

    Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman consider Taiwan's complex and multi-layered history and the many dimensions it holds in international politics. They show that an appreciation of its critical role in geopolitics is more than just the crude dichotomies of 'democracy vs authoritarianism' or 'independence vs unification'. Its history and future are intimately tied to wider questions of decolonialism, national identity, economic interdependence, multiculturalism and modern values - all set against an ever-present security threat.

Nudging
  • Mark Whitehead, Rhys Jones
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    16 May 2024
  • Nudging is a controversial technique for changing people's behaviours. It burst into public consciousness in the early 2000s with the launch of 'nudge units' and departments in government. Its use as a policy tool is particularly polarizing as it raises moral and constitutional issues about freedom of choice and coercion.

    Mark Whitehead and Rhys Jones consider how the nudge as a mechanism for policy implementation came about and why it gives rise to such strong feelings. They explain what a nudge is, how it differs from other behavioural prompts, and consider whether we should use them and, if so, when and where they are best deployed. In particular, they explore how the proliferation of digital media throughout our lives has given nudging a new impetus and sphere of operation, which can be both harder for consumers and citizens to detect and more contentious.

Righting the Economy
  • Towards a People's Recovery from Economic and Environmental Crisis
  • Edited by Marianna Leite, Matti Kohonen
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    25 January 2024
  • Human rights and economics are not often spoken about in the same breath. Yet increasingly, human rights actors are calling for a shift towards a rights-based or human-rights economy. One that puts the economy truly at the service of communities contending with extreme social and economic inequality, climate catastrophe and corporate abuses.

    The economies we live in structure our daily experiences and represent systems which can profoundly affect our ability to enjoy our rights to decent work, adequate healthcare, political participation, freedom from violence and more. This book systematizes academic and practitioners' analyses and experiences, drawing from different epistemologies, literatures and case studies, to flesh out what a rights-based economy would look like, and the tools and actions - economic, legal, environmental and social - needed to get there.

Rights Versus Antitrust
  • Challenging the Ethics of Competition Law
  • Mark D. White
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    08 February 2024
  • Antitrust or competition law is widely considered an essential part of the legal and political structures of most liberal democracies and an integral foundation of a market economy. In this book, Mark D. White disputes this understanding, drawing on concepts from economics, philosophy, and law to argue that the pre-eminent status accorded to the regulation of competition should be reconsidered by any government that claims to support basic property rights.

    Despite its populist origins, antitrust is usually understood today in terms of economic theory, which provides a solid foundation for the analysis of market competition. As this logic goes, governments restrict firms from engaging in behaviour regarded as uncompetitive, with the purpose of protecting consumers, other firms, or the very process of competition itself. However, this neglects the fundamental property rights on which the market economy is based, an unfortunate implication of the utilitarian ethics at the heart of economics. Firms are held responsible for promoting societal welfare and penalized for failing to do so, even when their actions violate no recognized rights of consumers or competitors. This view of commerce sees firms as agents of the state rather than opportunities for individuals to pursue their interests in exchange with others. As White explains, competition or antitrust law serves as an example of how economics privileges welfare and efficiency over rights and justice, promoting the maximization of outcomes while ignoring the rights of those who generate them.

The Wealth of Cities and the Poverty of Nations
  • Christof Parnreiter
  • Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    19 December 2024
    Print publication:
    09 May 2024
  • Cities are seen as essentially 'good': innovative, pro-growth, poverty-reducing. In a challenging corrective to this common portrayal, Christof Parnreiter argues that the same urban properties which make cities so extraordinarily proficient at producing the 'good' innovations - agglomeration economies, network externalities and a massive built environment - also provides fertile ground for the development of the 'bad' ones, on which urban elites have syphoned off wealth from other localities and regions.

    The book scrutinizes the interconnections between wealth creation and poverty generation by putting cities centre stage as a fundamental explanatory category for understanding how the wealth of nations is produced as well as for grasping how the poverty of nations is created. It seeks to correct the developmentalist enthusiasm, commonplace in urban and regional studies, for cities' efficiency, which has displaced interest in cities' role in uneven development.

  • 5 - Thinking beyond SDG 6: links with other SDGs

  • Melvyn Kay, Olcay Ünver, Arizona State University
  • Book:
    Sustainable Development and Water Security
    Published by:
    Agenda Publishing
    Published online:
    05 June 2025
    Print publication:
    05 December 2024, pp 141-170

  • Summary

    Water permeates every aspect of life; as such, water connects with all the SDGs in myriad and complex ways. Inevitably, this means that progress towards SDG 6 will be determined as much by what happens in other sectors as by those actions taken within the water sector (ICSU 2017). The 2030 Agenda emphasizes the importance of these linkages and the immense benefits an integrated approach can bring to sustainable development. Understanding these can help to ensure the appropriate timing and sequencing of policy and institutional reforms and public investments so that limited resources are used more efficiently and sustainably.

    Endless reports describe and discuss the linkages and agree that integration across all the SDGs and within SDG 6 (see Section 4.2) will be vital. However, too often, they are intuitive; they tend to say what should be done rather than how to do it and lack data and analysis to strengthen qualitative arguments. The SDG 6 monitoring system is beginning to change this (see Chapter 3). It provides a wealth of information which can take discussions beyond rhetoric and offer the evidence needed to demonstrate the importance of water connections, particularly those which maximize synergies and reduce the risks that actions to meet one goal, if not well explored, can undermine other goals. For example, decisions on types of energy generation can significantly influence water demand, while growing biofuels can displace food production.

    Although water touches all the SDGs, some linkages are more important than others, and so in this chapter we focus on those linkages that can bring the most benefit. The global financial, energy and food crisis in 2007– 08 reminded everyone that water, energy and food (WEF) connect in vitally important ways, and each sector has the potential to significantly help or harm the other two. In 2011, the Bonn conference on “Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus – Water Resources in the Green Economy?” called for a new approach addressing water security based on IWRM and including WEF. It argued that IWRM was too water centric and suggested a nexus approach stressing a WEF nexus, which focused more on the interrelationships between water, energy and food and included other vital resources, such as land and soil (Hoff 2011).

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