Emerald Group Publishing (United Kingdom)

Exploring tailored family planning strategies for marginalized groups, this work delves into comparative insights from Asian contexts, providing actionable approaches to empower and transform communities, foster sustainable development and improve reproductive health outcomes.

Social capital has become a core theoretical concept in the Social Scienceslinking deep insights from sociology and political theory to eminently practical applied interventions within communities and organizations. With this book, Dr Singh provides a clear, cogent review of the current state of the field and how researchers and policymakers can leverage social capital for deep, positive social change. The scholarship is thorough and insightful, tracing the roots of the idea and linking it with modern digital developments and applications across multiple policy domains. This book deserves a place on the shelf of anyone engaged in development research, practice, and policy making. -Prof James Moody, USA

His research focus and consultancy is on governance, regulations and internal controls (i.e. risk management, internal audit and compliance) and has over 30 years of experience varied between financial services and with public entities in academia, internal controls, investments and IT. He acts as an Independent Director for Financial Services Firms, sits on Risk, Compliance, Procurement, Investment and Audit Committees and carries out duties as a Compliance Officer, Internal Auditor and Risk Manager. He has acted as Co-chair and is a Member of the Scientific Program Committee on some international conferences and is a Chief Editor, Editor and Review Editor of some Journals and Book Series. He has been awarded Outstanding Reviewer for

This series embraces a broad, pluralistic understanding of "the historical" and its potential applications to criminology. Providing an inclusive platform for a range of approaches which, in various ways, seek to orient criminological inquiry to history or to the dynamics of historical time, the series also offers a platform both for conventional studies in the history of crime and criminal justice, but also for innovative and experimental work which extends the conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and topical range of historical criminology. In this way, the series encourages historical scholarship on nontraditional topics in criminology (such as environmental harms, war, and state crime) and inventive modes of theorizing and practising historical research (including processual approaches and futures research). The series thus makes a valuable contribution to criminology irrespective of disciplinary affiliation, theoretical framing, or methodological practice.

The digital revolution has transformed the selling and buying of illicit substances, upending how the market is policed and regulated, as explored in this book.

Easily digestible for even the busiest of readers, this book serves as a succinct, engaging, and informative guide on how the practice of painting can help improve or maintain health and wellbeing, both within and outside of professional settings.

Sameness and Repetition in Contemporary Media Culture theorises and historically grounds the idea of repetition in relation to media as something that is deeply embedded in our cultural tradition.

Life course analysis recognizes that, depending on the exact life stage, different factors and contexts can become important in shaping identity and experience, as well as the ability to accomplish and respond to certain life transitions and events. Prioritizing individuals’ lived experiences, Disabilities and the Life Course broadens the application of life course perspective to explore how impairments and disabilities factor across life span and impact assorted life stages. Conceptual, methodological, and empirical, chapters consider how individuals might think about, maneuver, and encounter impairments, or ‘become disabled,’ in a variety of ways depending on time, place, and life contexts. Contributors highlight commonalities and differences in identity and experience with special attention to intersecting social locations and the diversity of impairments and disabilities. Featuring a framework rarely applied in the field of disability studies, Disabilities and the Life Course explores not only a range of disabilities and impairments but also a diverse array of life course experiences, deepening knowledge across both fields for the widest possible impact. The Research in Social Science and Disability series is essential reading for researchers and students across the social sciences interested in disability, social movements, activism, and identity.

A fair society is one that is just, inclusive and embracing of all without any barriers to participation based on sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, ethnicity, age, class, ability or any other social difference. One where there is access to healthcare and education, technology, justice, strong institutions, peace and security, social protection, decent work and housing. But how can research truly contribute to creating global equity and diversity without showcasing diverse voices that are underrepresented in academia or paying specific attention to the Global South? Including books addressing key challenges and issues within the social sciences, which are essential to creating a fairer society for all with specific reference to the Global South, Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society amplifies underrepresented voices -showcasing Black, Asian and minority ethnic voices, authorship from the Global South, and academics who work to amplify diverse voices. With the primary aim of showcasing authorship and voices from beyond the Global North, the series welcomes submissions from established and junior authors on cutting-edge and high-level research on key topics that feature in global news and public debate, specifically from and about the Global South in national and international contexts. Harnessing research across a range of diversities of people and place to generate previously unheard insights, the series offers a truly global perspective on the current societal debates of the twenty-first century -bringing contemporary debate in the social sciences from diverse voices to light.