Glenda Jackson stars in this compelling drama series inspired by Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart series, highlighting different aspects of contemporary BritainIn 2015, double Oscar winner Glenda Jackson made a triumphant return to acting in Radio 4's Blood, Sex and Money, a radical reimagining of Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle. Now, she reprises her role as matriarch/narrator in this eclectic mix of dramas inspired by Zola's novels, but s...

Training for and pursuing a career in science can be treacherous for women; many more begin than ultimately complete at every stage. Characterizing this as a pipeline problem, however, leads to a focus on individual women instead of structural conditions. The goal of the book is to offer an alternative model that better articulates the ideas of agency, constraint, and variability along the path to scientific careers for women. The chapters in this volume apply the metaphor of the road to a...

The continuing expansion of neoliberalism into ever more spaces and spheres of life has profound implications for social justice. Despite the number of policies designed to target 'social exclusion', people in many communities continue to be marginalized by economic restructuring.Social Justice and Neoliberalism explores the connections between neoliberalism, social justice and exclusion. The authors raise critical questions about the extent to which neoliberal programmes are able ...

"Für Fans humorvoller, knisternder Liebesgeschichten" Weihnachtswunder … Alma glaubt an Weihnachtswunder. Na ja, sie träumt davon. Und wie könnte sie das auch nicht? Denn die kleine Stadt Jolly Tree im Herzen von Vermont hat sie aufgefangen, nachdem sie durch eine schreckliche Trennung nicht nur ihr Zuhause verloren hat, sondern ihren Traumjob gleich mit. Seither arbeitet sie in einem gemütlichen, kleinen Bed & Breakfast. In der Vorweihnachtszeit ist es dort besonders schön. Urige Weihnach...

Race and Displacement captures a timely set of discussions about the roles of race in displacement, forced migrations, nation and nationhood, and the way continuous movements of people challenge fixed racial definitions.The multifaceted approach of the essays in Race and Displacement allows for nuanced discussions of race and displacement in expansive ways, exploring those issues in transnational and global terms. The contributors not only raise questions about ra...