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Girls, Power and International Development
  • Agency and Activism in the Global North and South
  • Rosie Walters
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    09 September 2025
    Print publication:
    28 May 2025
  • Drawing on focus groups with United Nations' Girl Up members from the UK, US and Malawi, this book demonstrates how girls use participation in the campaign to develop their own more complex, radical and collective visions of girls' empowerment.

Syntax and Semantics of Petri Nets
  • Roberto Gorrieri
  • Published online:
    09 September 2025
    Print publication:
    25 September 2025
  • Petri nets are one of the most popular tools for modeling distributed systems. This book provides a modern look at the theory behind them, by studying three classes of nets that model (i) sequential systems, (ii) non-communicating parallel systems, and (iii) communicating parallel systems. A decidable and causality respecting behavioral equivalence is presented for each class, followed by a modal logic characterization for each equivalence. The author then introduces a suitable process algebra for the corresponding class of nets and proves that the behavioral equivalence proposed for each class is a congruence for the operator of the corresponding process algebra. Finally, an axiomatization of the behavioral congruence is proposed. The theory is introduced step by step, with ordinary-language explanations and examples provided throughout, to remain accessible to readers without specialized training in concurrency theory or formal logic. Exercises with solutions solidify understanding, and the final chapter hints at extensions of the theory.
Lean as a Healthcare Improvement Approach

Lean as a Healthcare Improvement Approach
  • Zoe Radnor, Sharon J. Williams
  • Published online:
    09 September 2025
    Print publication:
    02 October 2025
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  • Lean is one of the most widely used improvement approaches in healthcare. With origins in manufacturing, it focuses on improving efficiency, eliminating waste, and streamlining processes. This Element provides an overview of the evidence for the use of Lean in healthcare, summarises the supporting tools and techniques, and emphasises the importance of developing an organisational culture committed to continuous improvement. The authors offer two case studies of attempts to implement Lean at scale, noting that, despite its popularity, implementation is not straightforward. Challenges include terminology that isn't always easy to grasp, perceived dissonances between the manufacturing origins of Lean based on repetitive, standardised, automated production and the human-centred world of healthcare, and problems with fidelity. The authors make the case that there is a lack of a robust evidence base for Lean and call for well-designed studies to advance the implementation of Lean and associated process improvement techniques in healthcare. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Metacognitive Artificial Intelligence
  • Edited by Paulo Shakarian, Hua Wei
  • Published online:
    08 September 2025
    Print publication:
    25 September 2025
  • This groundbreaking volume is designed to meet the burgeoning needs of the research community and industry. This book delves into the critical aspects of AI's self-assessment and decision-making processes, addressing the imperative for safe and reliable AI systems in high-stakes domains such as autonomous driving, aerospace, manufacturing, and military applications. Featuring contributions from leading experts, the book provides comprehensive insights into the integration of metacognition within AI architectures, bridging symbolic reasoning with neural networks, and evaluating learning agents' competency. Key chapters explore assured machine learning, handling AI failures through metacognitive strategies, and practical applications across various sectors. Covering theoretical foundations and numerous practical examples, this volume serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, and industry professionals interested in fostering transparency and enhancing reliability of AI systems.

Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities
  • Interrogating Community Development and Participatory Praxis
  • Anuj Kapilashrami, Neil Quinn, Abhijit Das
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    21 May 2025
  • The need for healthier, more resilient societies has never been more urgent. This timely book reveals how empowered and organized communities can lead this change. It offers policymakers, academics and activists real-world examples of organizing and collective actions from across the global North and South.

Embracing the Unknown
  • Experiences of Studying for a PhD in the Social Sciences
  • Edited by Sarah Jones, Mikahil Azad, Liam Miles, Adam Lynes
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    18 June 2025
  • This book provides a real-world view of undertaking a PhD in the social sciences within environments that are underpinned by precarity, insecurity and competition. Demystifying the PhD journey with insightful guidance, it offers strategies to beat imposter syndrome, boost confidence and make connections and networks in higher education.

1000 Platforms
  • Ensembles as Ontological Experiments
  • Adrian Mackenzie
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    28 April 2025
  • In today's digital world, platforms are everywhere, shaping our social and cultural landscapes. This groundbreaking book shows how platforms are not just technical systems, but complex networks involving diverse people, practices and values. It explores a wide range of digital platforms, using insights from science and technology studies, anthropology, sociology and cultural theories to offer fresh perspectives on how platforms, media and devices function and evolve. Blending ethnographic work with technical analysis, this is essential reading for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the digital age.

Burning Swamps
  • Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy
  • Katja Bruisch
  • Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    25 September 2025
  • This groundbreaking environmental history recounts the story of Russia's fossil economy from its margins. Unpacking the forgotten history of how peat fuelled manufacturing industries and power plants in late Imperial and Soviet Russia, Katja Bruisch provides a corrective to more familiar historical narratives dominated by coal, oil, and gas. Attentive to the intertwined histories of matter and labor during a century of industrial peat extraction, she offers a fresh perspective on the modern Russian economy that moves beyond the socialism/capitalism binary. By identifying peat extraction in modern Russia as a crucial chapter in the degradation of the world's peatlands, Bruisch makes a compelling case for paying attention to seemingly marginal places, people, and resources as we tell the histories of the planetary emergency.

Couples at Work
  • Negotiating Paid Employment, Housework, and Childcare
  • Emily Christopher
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    23 June 2025
  • This book offers a unique look into how couples manage paid employment, housework and childcare. The author explores how employment structures, policies and practices intersect with individual attitudes to either reinforce or challenge gender inequalities in the domestic sphere through the 'doing' and 'undoing' of gender.

Desert Dispute
  • The Diplomacy of Boundary-Making in South-Eastern Arabia
  • J. B. Kelly
  • Edited by S. B. Kelly
  • Published by:
    Gerlach Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    20 December 2019
  • This new and previously unpublished study, by the foremost authority on the subject, is an exhaustive one, based on thorough research in the relevant archives and direct experience of the dispute.

    As such it will be the standard reference work on this question for all who have an interest in the Gulf Arab states, their territorial origins and its effects on their increasing role in regional and world affairs.

    The struggle to delineate the boundaries of south-eastern Arabia can claim to be one of the longest running diplomatic disputes of the twentieth century, which has echoes to this day.

A Critical Approach to Youth Sector Peacebuilding
  • Dialogue, Politics, and Power
  • Andy Hamilton, Mark Hammond, Eliz McArdle
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    17 April 2025
  • Using Northern Ireland as a compelling case study, this book offers a critique of peacebuilding approaches with young people in contested societies. Offering a new model to understand peacebuilding, the authors urge peacebuilding communities around the globe to embrace an increasingly politicising and participative youth peace praxis.

Drug Policy Revolutions
  • Trajectories in Argentina, Portugal, and Uruguay
  • Sebastián Cutrona, Nilda García
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    19 May 2025
  • This book analyzes the drug policy liberalization experiences of Argentina, Portugal and Uruguay, highlighting the successes and challenges of the reforms and their impacts on drug consumption, public health and security.

Buildings of Refuge and the Postcoloniality of Asylum Infrastructure
  • Paolo Novak
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    18 June 2025
  • This book examines the buildings used as reception centres for asylum seekers in central Italy to reveal how they reflect the European migration crisis and EU border management. It highlights key debates on the EU border, including their logistical management, the profit-driven industry they create and their colonial implications.

From Poverty to Well-Being and Human Flourishing
  • A Marxian Approach
  • Julio Boltvinik
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    20 May 2025
  • Following the highly respected first volume, this book outlines Julio Boltvinik's Marxian approach to poverty and human flourishing.

Land Rights Now
  • Global Voices on Indigenous Peoples and Land Justice
  • Edited by William Nikolakis
  • Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    25 September 2025
  • Land rights for Indigenous Peoples are a global phenomenon and have become an important part of the liberal democratic state. But despite the promise of restoring land rights to Indigenous Peoples, most land justice frameworks have preserved the status quo in what is a slow and arduous process. In this work, William Nikolakis draws from the diverse experiences of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and legal practitioners across the world to document both persistent barriers to 'Land Back' as well as opportunities to move forward for land justice. By bringing these voices together, Nikolakis seeks to share lessons from the land justice movement with the goal of advancing land rights for Indigenous Peoples across the world. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

Education, Disability and Social Policy
  • 2nd edition
  • Edited by Steve Haines, David Ruebain
  • Published by:
    Bristol University Press
    Published online:
    06 September 2025
    Print publication:
    30 April 2025
  • This new edition of the milestone book Education, Disability and Social Policy outlines critical debates in education concerning the position and experiences of disabled children and young people within a contemporary policy context.

Enhancing Decisions in the Courtroom
  • Exploring a Duty to Enhance Judicial Cognition
  • Giovana Peluso Lopes
  • Published by:
    Intersentia
    Published online:
    05 September 2025
    Print publication:
    20 May 2025
  • This book explores possible ethical justifications for a moral duty for judges to enhance their cognition and examines how this duty sits within the existing legal framework on judicial liability, professional duties, and human rights.

The Circular Economy and Liveable Cities
  • Edited by Robert C. Brears
  • Published online:
    05 September 2025
    Print publication:
    04 September 2025
  • A practical and interdisciplinary guide to creating liveable, circular economy cities. Practical strategies enhance the book's theoretical exploration of circular economies, providing a solution-oriented perspective on creating more resilient, environmentally sustainable and liveable cities. The chapter authors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on the transformative potential of circular economies when incorporating ecological and social aspects with innovative technologies. The topics covered range from sustainable agriculture and water management to renewable energy and environmental justice. Case studies of cities from around the world promote effective best practices in circular economy implementations across diverse cities, including Tokyo, Singapore, New York, Vancouver, Sydney, the Hague, Barcelona, and Stockholm. This book introduces and discusses the 5R framework - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Restore, Recover - as a guiding principle, elaborating its applications across various urban sectors. This book is indispensable for advanced students, researchers, city planners, and policymakers working in urban planning and sustainable development.

Understanding the Language of Virtual Interaction
  • Communities, Knowledge, and Authority
  • Antonio Reyes, Andrew S. Ross
  • Published online:
    05 September 2025
    Print publication:
    25 September 2025
  • Since the advent of Web 2.0, the interaction of user-generated content on participatory platforms has democratized content creation and reshaped communication, identity, authority, and knowledge across various fields, from health to politics, amid the post-truth phenomena. This timely book provides essential insights into the transformative effects of the evolving digital landscape. It gives a comprehensive analysis of how areas such as health, politics, and language ideology have been influenced by digital communication, and explores how online spaces have amplified minority voices, promoting inclusion and representation, while also addressing the backlash that challenges human rights associated with Internet use and the free exchange of information. The book also examines the intersection of law and digital crime, revealing the legal challenges posed by the online world. As our understanding of identity, knowledge, and authority increasingly intersects with Generative AI, it also discusses the impact of intelligent tools and the challenges they present.

Islamist Occidentalism
  • Sayyid Qutb and the Western Other
  • Nadia Duvall
  • Published by:
    Gerlach Press
    Published online:
    05 September 2025
    Print publication:
    01 February 2019
  • Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) was the most important radical Islamist ideologue in modern times. This groundbreaking new study analyses Qutb's thinking from his early years in Cairo to the radical Islamist stance he adopted towards the end of his life.

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