This paper uses a social semiotic approach to analyse the posts of women fitness
experts/influencers on Chinese Weibo. On the posts, we find a harmonized world where all …

This thesis investigates the possibilities and forms of subaltern politics through an empirical
study of Brazilian domestic workers' mobilisations. Domestic work, often described as a …

I began the project that would eventually result in this book, with a research trip to Chile. As
a typically ambitious graduate student I hoped to develop a comparison between the …

In 1992, Lieutenant Colonel Hugo Chávez failed to replace the beleaguered government of
President Carlos Andrés Pérez but succeeded in capturing the hearts and imaginations of a …

If the 'move to the left'in the 2000s in Argentina and Brazil was the result of a longer process
of contentious mobilization from below, enacted primarily during the latter part of the …

When Western ideas, values and identities are imported into new markets, they are given
local nuances and configured with local culture. Scholars have begun to take an interest in …

In recent decades, neoliberalism has transformed South Korean society, going far beyond
simply restructuring the economy. In response, a number of civic organizations that emerged …

In Ecuador, the government of the Citizen's Revolution, collecting the proposals of Andean
peoples, raises the question of Buen Vivir as the central objective of State policy1. i …

This book provides a theoretical framework for understanding polarised politics. Contrary to
the common understanding that polarisation is associated with populism and illiberal …

In directing its attention to those who are seeking haven and refuge in Europe, this chapter
focuses on reclaiming the ethics of human security as a people-centred, first-order principle …