Sociology

Stories [that] Matter: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe

Read now a blog post by Ladan Rahbari & Olga Burlyuk on their latest edited volume 'Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe'

our authors

Professors, Polymaths and Progress: Learning from Thomas Young@250

Read now a new blog by Andrew Robinson on the topic of his latest Open Access title 'The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young'.

Our books

Replanteando la acción social por la música: la búsqueda de la convivencia y la ciudadanía en la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín

Ya disponible: un nuevo blog escrito por Geoffrey Baker en el que presenta su nuevo libro 'Replanteando la acción social por la música: la búsqueda de la convivencia y la ciudadanía en la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín'.

vigilantism

Vigilantes in the Digital Age

Read Christopher Hubbard's blog on digital vigilantism, social media and our new title 'Introducing Vigilant Audiences'.

Language

The Possibility of Signs

This is the first of a series of blog post on one of our latest titles 'Simplified Signs: A Manual Sign-Communication System for Special Populations'. Read William B. Bonvillian's reflections on the Simplified Signs project.

Austerity

Just Managing? and the articulation of Austerity

The Independent has recently reported that in autumn this year, the UN Human Rights Investigator Professor Philip Alston will be researching the impact of Tory austerity measures in Britain.[1] The need for

Austerity

‘Ye shall know them by their fruits’

Read and downloadJust Managing?for free here [http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/591/just-managing--what-it-means-for-the-families-of-austerity-britain] . “If you’re one of those families, if you’re just managing, I want to address you directly.” (Theresa

Daniel Nettle

It's the economy, stupid. (Or is it?)

Everyone thinks they know that poor communities harbour more social problems than rich ones. Well, almost everyone; in academic as well as popular literature, you can also find uplifting accounts of how poverty

Stories [that] Matter: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe

Professors, Polymaths and Progress: Learning from Thomas Young@250

Open Book Publishers takes leading role in £5.8 million project to significantly expand open access book infrastructures

Susan Isaacs: Second Edition

Stories [that] Matter: Migrant Academics’ Narratives of Precarity and Resilience in Europe

Professors, Polymaths and Progress: Learning from Thomas Young@250

Replanteando la acción social por la música: la búsqueda de la convivencia y la ciudadanía en la Red de Escuelas de Música de Medellín

Vigilantes in the Digital Age

The Possibility of Signs

Just Managing? and the articulation of Austerity

‘Ye shall know them by their fruits’

It's the economy, stupid. (Or is it?)