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Ervaringsdeskundigheid is ‘hot’, maar zorgt ook voor heel wat polarisering. Sommigen zijn lyrisch over de meerwaarde voor cliënten, anderen staan erg

De Witte Iris is de nieuwste rage, een lifestyle-trend rond positief denken. Het hippe gedoe verspreidt zich langs alle grote steden, van Rome tot Lut

Éribon laat in dit boek zien dat de samenleving ons allen een bepaalde positie toewijst. De samenleving velt vonnissen die voorgoed richting geven aan

In Terug naar Reims keert Didier Eribon, nadat zijn vader is overleden, terug naar zijn geboortestad Reims, waar hij de Franse arbeiderswereld herontd

As policing has recently become a major topic of public debate, it is also a growing area of ethnographic research. Writing the World of Policing brin

At a glance, 'borders' and 'boundaries' may seem synonymous. But in the real (geopolitical) world, they coexist as distinct, albeit overlapping entiti

The contributors to If Truth Be Told explore the difficulties, dangers, and stakes of having ethnographic research made available, debated, and approp

Takes on one of the most tragic stories of the global AIDS crisis - the failure of the ANC government to stem the tide of the AIDS epidemic in South A

The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment. How can we understand the

As policing has recently become a major topic of public debate, it is also a growing area of ethnographic research. Writing the World of Policing brin

The contributors to If Truth Be Told explore the difficulties, dangers, and stakes of having ethnographic research made available, debated, and approp

The state is often regarded as an abstract and neutral bureaucratic entity. Against this common sense idea, At the Heart of the State argues that it i

In the face of the world's disorders, moral concerns have provided a powerful ground for developing international and local policies. This title draws

"En trois mois, ma mère a perdu onze points. Elle n'a jamais conduit aussi mal que depuis qu'elle est morte. Il faut dire que j'ai laissé la carte gri

This book aims to overcome the disconnect between human and ecological concerns in political theory and political philosophy.

The word “crisis” denotes a break, a discontinuity, a rupture—a moment after which the normal order can continue no longer. Yet our political vocabula

The new form of "humanitarian government" emerging from natural disasters and military occupations that reduces people to mere lives to be rescued.