Science, Technology

and Society
Spring/Summer 2022
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Welcome
Established in 2019, Bristol University Press’s youngest list publishes
books that examine the social, political and economic implications of
developments in science and technology.

It’s home to work that emerges from the field of science and technology
studies, but we also welcome authors who identify with other intellectual
traditions. Recent highlights have included Slow Computing, The Imposter
as Social Theory, and The Mutant Project (longlisted for the prestigious
Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction). We publish many of our titles on an
individual basis while offering pathbreaking book series such as Dis-
positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS, and Contemporary Issues
in Science Communication.

We’re expanding our publishing programme and would be delighted to

receive enquiries from prospective authors. We are especially interested in
the following areas:

• Digital economies
• Science, technology, medicine and health
• Online culture
• Technology and politics
• New directions in theory, method and methodology

If you would like to discuss ideas for your next book,

please contact our senior editor Paul Stevens:
paul.stevens@bristol.ac.uk
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Resisting AI
An Anti-Fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence

Dan McQuillan, Goldsmiths, University of London

Artificial intelligence (AI) is pervasive yet its implications for

society are still poorly understood. In this timely call to action, Dan
McQuillan provides an analysis of AI’s technology and its political
effects.
He traces the ways that AI resonates with contemporary political
and social currents, from global austerity to the rise of the far right.
Placing it alongside other modes of ordering, such as bureaucracy
and speculative finance, he examines AI’s intensification of social
crises and states of emergency. Most importantly, he offers the
reader an alternative vision of an anti-fascist AI rooted in feminist Paperback £19.99 | US $29.95
and decolonial politics, addressing matters of care through mutual ISBN 9781529213508
Hardback £85.00 | US $149.95
aid and solidarity. He invites us to play an active part in AI’s
ISBN 9781529213492
structural renewal through mechanisms like workers’ and people’s ePUB £19.99 | US $29.95
councils. ISBN 9781529213515
234 x 156 mm 160 pages
Academically rigorous, yet accessible to a socially engaged UK July 2022
readership, this unique book will be of interest to all who wish to US August 2022
challenge the social logic of AI by reasserting the importance of the
common good.
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SERIES

Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and

Theory in STS
Series Editors: Mike Michael, University of Exeter and Alex Wilkie, Goldsmiths, University of London

This pioneering book series provides a platform for adventurous projects that redraw the disciplinary
boundaries of Science and Technology Studies (STS).. Across the series, innovative conceptual
frameworks will be extended, novel fields of inquiry will be identified and elaborated, and inventive
methodological practices will be fostered and illustrated.

For more information, see: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/dis-positions

Ecological Reparation Paperback £27.99 | US $47.95

ISBN 9781529216059
Repair, Remediation and Resurgence Hardback £85.00 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529216042
in Social and Environmental Conflict
ePUB £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529216066
Dimitris Papadopoulos, University 234 x 156 mm 352 pages
of Nottingham, Maddalena Tacchetti, UK September 2022
University of Nottingham and US October 2022
Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, University of
Dis-positions: Troubling Methods
Warwick and Theory in STS

How do we address the threat of social and environmental

destruction while creating and maintaining liveable worlds?

Expert scholars of diverse backgrounds unpack the

question in this research-oriented, real-world challenges-
focused collection.

The authors explore practices of repairing damaged

ecologies across different locations and geographies and
propose innovative ideas for the conservation, mending,
care and empowerment of human and non-human
ecologies.

This groundbreaking collection establishes ecological

reparation as an urgent and essential topic of public and
scholarly debate.
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Moral Gravity
Staying Together at the End of the World

David W. Hill, York St John University

Thinking about climate change can create a paralyzing sense of

hopelessness. But what about the idea of a planetary exodus?
Are high-tech solutions like colonising other planets just another
distraction from taking real action?

This radical book unsettles how we think about taking

responsibility for environmental catastrophe.

Going beyond both hopelessness and false hope in his development

of a ‘sociology of the very worst’, Hill debunks the idea of a society
that centres human beings and calls for us to take responsibility for
Hardback £47.99| US $83.95
sustaining a coexistence of animals, plants and minerals bound by ISBN 9781529222661
one planet. ePUB £16.99 | US $29.95
ISBN 9781529222678
We would then find the centre of our moral gravity here together 203 x 127 mm 144 pages
on earth. UK July 2022
US August 2022
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Disrupted Urbanism Paperback £29.99 | US $49.95

ISBN 9781529218572
Situated Smart Initiatives in African Hardback £85.00 | US $149.95
ISBN 9781529218565
Cities
ePUB £29.99 | US $49.95
ISBN 9781529218589
Nancy Odendaal, University of Cape Town 234 x 156 mm 176 pages
UK October 2022
US October 2022
The smart city is often promoted as a top-down,
technology-driven solution to complex urban issues.
This book provides a much-needed alternative view,
exploring how ‘home-grown’ digital disruption, driven
and initiated by local actors, upends the mainstream
corporate narrative. Drawing on original research
conducted in a range of urban African settings, Odendaal
shows how these initiatives can lead to meaningful
change.

Robots and Immigrants Hardback £80.00 | US $139.95

ISBN 9781529212716
Who Is Stealing Jobs? ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529212730
234 x 156 mm 176 pages
Kostas Maronitis, Leeds Trinity University UK September 2022
and Denny Pencheva, University College US October 2022
London

This book scrutinises the narratives created around

stealing jobs, opening new debates on the role of
automation and migration policies. The authors reveal
how the advances in AI and demands for constant flow
of immigrant workers eradicate political and working
rights, propagating fears over job theft and ownership.
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Being Human During Hardback £45.99 | US $80.95

ISBN 9781529223125
COVID-19 ePUB £16.99 | US $29.95
ISBN 9781529223132
203 x 127 mm 144 pages
Paul Martin, Warren Pearce, Stevienna
UK April 2022
de Saille and Kirsty Liddiard, University US May 2022
of Sheffield

“...a challenging read inviting readers

to consider the breadth of people’s
experiences during COVID-19 and
is thought-provoking for post-
pandemic times.”
JENNY FISHER, MANCHESTER
METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

This transdisciplinary collection engages with key issues

of social exclusion, inequality, power and knowledge
in the context of COVID-19. The authors reframe
ongoing debates and highlight how they might lead to
new ways of thinking and acting in relation to public
policy, culture and the economy.

Experiments in Automating Hardback £42.99 | US $75.95

ISBN 9781529219845
Immigration Systems ePUB £15.99| US $27.95
ISBN 9781529219852
203 x 127 mm 128 pages
Joe Tomlinson, University of York and
UK January 2022
Public Law Project and Jack Maxwell, US January 2022
Public Law Project

“Timely and important. Three

detailed and persuasive case
studies show the challenges for
regulation and redress in this area.”
OLIVER BUTLER, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Exploring three different automated immigration

systems, this book identifies a pattern of risky
experimentation with automated systems in the Home
Office.

Assessing the consequences of automation, the book

argues that a precautionary approach is essential
to ensuring that society benefits from government
automation without exposing individuals to
unacceptable risks.
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Gender Inequalities in Hardback £85.00 | US $149.95

ISBN 9781529219470
Tech-Driven Research and ePUB ISBN 9781529219487

Innovation
234 x 156 mm 248 pages
UK June 2022
US July 2022
Living the Contradiction

Gabriele Griffin, Uppsala University

ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-

NC-ND licence.

This volume centres on the lived experience of women

working in tech-driven research and innovation areas in
Nordic countries. The author examines how women
negotiate living in the contradictory situation of a
strongly embedded public equality rhetoric and the fact
that, despite numerous programmes, they constitute a
minority.

Women in Supramolecular Paperback £24.99 | US $42.95

ISBN 9781447362371
Chemistry ePUB ISBN 9781447362388
216 x 138 mm 160 pages
Collectively Crafting the Rhythms of UK April 2022
Our Work and Lives in STEM US May 2022

POLICY PRESS POLICY & PRACTICE

Jennifer Leigh, University of Kent, et al

ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-

NC-ND licence.

Drawing on research carried out by the Women in

Supramolecular Chemistry (WISC) network, this
book sets out the extent to which women working in
STEM face inequality and discrimination. The authors
use approaches more commonly associated with social
sciences, such as creative research methods, to shed
light on the human experiences lying behind scientific
research. They show how this approach helps make sense
of difficult personal experiences and to create a culture
of change.
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Slow Computing
Why We Need Balanced Digital Lives

Rob Kitchin and Alistair Fraser, Maynooth University

“Convincingly demonstrates how finding the ‘right

speed’ can enhance the pleasure of using digital
technologies and bring agency and balance back
into people’s lives.”
DEBORAH LUPTON, UNSW SYDNEY

“No one knows yet where the digital acceleration

of our lives will lead – this is a most powerful and
illuminating plea for us citizens to take back control!”
HARTMUT ROSA, FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA Paperback £14.99 | US $26.00
ISBN 9781529211269
ePUB £14.99 | US $26.00
“An important contribution to understanding ISBN 9781529211283
our technological present and future. It handles 216 x 138 mm 224 pages
complicated matters with a deft touch, without UK September 2020
US September 2020
minimizing the scholarly arguments.”
PAUL DOURISH, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Digital technologies should be making life easier. And to a large

degree they are, but they also accelerate our lives, affect our
wellbeing and determine our life chances. Initially, the COVID-19
pandemic lockdown seemed to create new opportunities for people
to practise ‘slow computing’, but it quickly became clear that it
was as difficult, if not more so, than during normal times. Is it then
possible to experience the joy and benefits of computing in a way
that asserts individual and collective autonomy?

Drawing on the ideas of the ‘slow movement’, Slow Computing sets

out numerous practical and political means to take back control and
counter the more pernicious effects of living digital lives.
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The Mutant Project

Inside the Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans

Eben Kirksey, Deakin University

Longlisted for the Bailey Gifford Prize 2021

“A riveting jaunt to the cliff-edge of the future, where

scientists, engineers, patients and biohackers struggle
over the power, function and meaning of human
gene editing. Empathetic, provocative and probing, it
is a must-read.”
ALONDRA NELSON, HAROLD F. LINDER PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE
FOR ADVANCED STUDY AND AUTHOR OF THE SOCIAL LIFE OF
DNA
Paperback £14.99
“In this thought-provoking and well-researched ISBN 9781529217292
book, Eben Kirksey wrestles anew with the oldest of ePUB £14.99
ISBN 9781529217308
questions - what it means to be human, and what 304 pages March 2021
our relationship is with technology. There are no easy
answers, but the journey could change your life.” Not for sale outside UK and
Commonwealth
MARK LYNAS, AUTHOR OF SEEDS OF SCIENCE: WHY WE GOT IT
SO WRONG ON GMOS

An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine and technology

to ask: whose values are guiding gene-editing experiments, and what
are the implications for humanity? At a conference in Hong Kong in
November 2018, Dr He Jiankui announced that he had created the first
genetically modified babies - twin girls named Lulu and Nana - sending
shockwaves around the world. A year later, a Chinese court sentenced Dr
He to three years in prison for ‘illegal medical practice’.

As scientists elsewhere start to catch up with China’s vast genetic research

programme, gene editing is fuelling an innovation economy that threatens
to widen racial and economic inequality. Fundamental questions about
science, health and social justice are at stake. Who gets access to gene-
editing technologies? As countries loosen regulations around the globe, can
we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society?

Professor Eben Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet

the key scientists, lobbyists and entrepreneurs who are bringing cutting-
edge genetic modification tools like CRISPR to your local clinic. He also
ventures beyond the scientific echo chamber, talking to doctors, hackers,
chronically ill patients, disabled scholars and activists who have alternative
visions of a genetically modified future for humanity. The Mutant Project
empowers us to ask the right questions, uncover the truth and navigate this
new era of scientific enquiry.
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We Have Always Been Hardback £80.00 | US $110.00

ISBN 9781529219203
Cyborgs ePUB £27.99 | US $47.95
ISBN 9781529219227
Digital Data, Gene Technologies and 234 x 156 mm 240 pages
an Ethics of Transhumanism UK November 2021
US December 2021
Stefan Lorenz Sorgner, John Cabot
University

“… tackles some of the most

challenging ethical issues currently
discussed, including gene editing,
digital data collection, and life
extension ... Highly recommended …”
N. KATHERINE HAYLES, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

In this visionary new book, Stefan Sorgner explores the

critical issues that link transhumanism with digitalization,
gene technologies and ethics. He examines the history and
meaning of transhumanism, offering insightful reflections
on values, norms and utopia. This will be an important
guide for readers interested in contemporary digital culture,
gene ethics and policy making.

The Imposter as Social Hardback £80.00 | US $110.00

ISBN 9781529213072
Theory ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529213096
Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats 234 x 156 mm 288 pages
and Charlatans UK May 2021
US June 2021
Edited by Steve Woolgar, Else Vogel and
David Moats, Linköping University and
Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, Uppsala University

“This book is for anybody bored to

tears with the present, repetitive and
dull, mainstream social theory.”
BARBARA CZARNIAWSKA, UNIVERSITY OF
GOTHENBURG

The figure of the imposter can stir complicated emotions,

from intrigue to suspicion and fear. But what insights can
these troublesome figures provide into the social relations
and cultural forms from which they emerge? Edited by
expert scholars, this volume explores the question through
a diverse range of empirical cases, including click farms,
bikers, business leaders and fraudulent scientists.
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Data Lives
How Data Are Made and Shape Our World

Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University

“An anthropologist and a computer scientist walk

into a café … Using diverse narrative styles, this book
provides an engaging and important account of
the choices and contexts that shape the data that
increasingly impact our lives.”
TERESA SCASSA, UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

“A staggering volume that knowingly and skilfully

upends established visions of our data lives.
Surprising, unpredictable and inspiring. By breaking
the patterns of commentary and mixing up the style Paperback £18.99 | US $28.50
of academic writing this will be a landmark and ISBN 9781529215144
ePUB £18.99 | US $28.50
transformative text from one of the foremost thinkers
ISBN 9781529215151
in the field.” 216 x 138 mm 274 pages
DAVID BEER, UNIVERSITY OF YORK UK February 2021
US March 2021

“Rob Kitchin’s appealing and innovative use of

data stories propels the reader right into complex
discussions about data creation and use - a thought-
provoking and highly enjoyable read.”
SANDRA COLLINS, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND

How can we begin to grasp the scope and scale of our new data-
rich world, and can we truly comprehend what is at stake? Rob
Kitchin explores the intricacies of data creation and charts how
data-driven technologies have become essential to how society,
government and the economy work. Creatively blending scholarly
analysis, biography and fiction, he demonstrates how data are
shaped by social and political forces, and the extent to which they
influence our daily lives. He reveals our data world to be one of
potential danger, but also of hope.
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Social Media and the Hardback £40.00 | US $60.00

ISBN 9781529218152
Automatic Production of ePUB £9.99 | US$ 18.00

Memory
ISBN 9781529218169
203 x 127 mm 128 pages
UK April 2021
Classification, Ranking and the
US May 2021
Sorting of the Past

Ben Jacobsen and David Beer, University

of York

“… an insightful analysis of what

‘technologies of memory’ look like in
data-driven societies.”
JOSÉ VAN DIJCK, UTRECHT UNIVERSITY

Social media platforms hold vast amounts of data

about our lives. Content from the past is increasingly
being presented in the form of ‘memories’. Critically
exploring this new form of memory making, Jacobsen
and Beer ask how social media are beginning to change
the way we remember, and they consider important
implications for the role of content in the algorithmically
defined spaces of our lives.

The Political Economy of Hardback £80.00 | US $139.95

ISBN 9781529212372
Digital Monopolies ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529212396
Contradictions and Alternatives to 234 x 156 mm 208 pages
Data Commodification UK July 2021
US August 2021
Paško Bilić, Institute for Development
and International Relations, Toni Prug,
independent researcher and Mislav Žitko,
University of Zagreb

“… creatively applies Marxist theory

to help us understand the role and
significance of digital titans.”
PETER GOLDING, NORTHUMBRIA
UNIVERSITY

As outrage over the socially damaging practices of digital

companies intensifies, this book asks what it actually
means to hold ‘monopoly’ in the tech world and how
it affects the way companies operate. Combining new
and traditional Marxian perspectives, the authors provide
an in-depth analysis of how the major tech giants are
produced, financialised and regulated.
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Media Technologies for Hardback £80.00 | US $139.95

ISBN 9781529213362
Work and Play in East Asia ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529213379
Critical Perspectives on Japan and 234 x 156 mm 288 pages
the Two Koreas UK May 2021
US June 2021
Edited by Micky Lee, Suffolk University
Boston and Peichi Chung, Chinese
University of Hong Kong

“… a timely, riveting page-turner…”

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

The first comparative study of media technologies

in Japan and the two Koreas, this book illuminates
the peculiar geopolitical relations between the three
countries through their development and use of
digital technologies. Drawing from political economy,
cultural studies and technology studies, this book is
essential reading for researchers and students of media
technologies and popular culture in North East Asia.

Hardback £80.00 | US $139.95

Algorithms and the End of ISBN 9781529215311
Politics ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529215328
How Technology Shapes 21st- 234 x 156 mm 198 pages
Century American Life UK February 2021
US March 2021

Scott Timcke, University of the West Indies

at St Augustine

“In this provocative and illuminating

book, Timcke shows how digital
technologies impose capitalism
upon every facet of our lives and
undermine democracy.”
VICTOR PICKARD, UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA

This timely study considers the growing impacts of

digital technologies on populism in the US and beyond.
Analysing the rise of digital devices, social networks and
the technology giants behind them, the author provides
new perspectives from digital and economic sociology
to demonstrate the power of algorithms on political
legitimism and everyday life.
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The Pre-Crime Society Hardback £95.00 | US $155.00

ISBN 9781529205251
Crime, Culture, and Control in the ePUB £29.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529205275
Ultramodern Age
234 x 156 mm 528 pages
UK July 2021
Edited by Bruce A. Arrigo, University of US August 2021
North Carolina at Charlotte and Brian G.
Sellers, Eastern Michigan University

“A wide-ranging, up-to-date and

dynamic exploration of surveillance,
power and social control in
contemporary society.”
MAJID YAR, LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

We live in a pre-crime society, in which information

technology strategies and techniques are used to achieve
hyper-securitization. Exploring developing technologies,
theories and institutional practices, this pioneering book
explains how the pre-crime society operates in the
‘ultramodern’ age and proposes new directions in crime-
control policy.

Responsibility Beyond Hardback £21.99 | US $37.95

ISBN 9781529208177
Growth ePUB ISBN 9781529208368
216 x 138 mm 184 pages
A Case for Responsible Stagnation UK July 2020
US August 2021
Stevienna de Saille, University of Sheffield,
Fabien Medvecky, University of Otago,
Michiel van Oudheusden, Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Kevin Albertson,
Manchester Metropolitan University, Effie
Amanatidou, University of Manchester,
Timothy Birabi, consultant and Mario
Pansera, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

“… an invaluable contribution to
current discussions on economics,
innovation, growth and responsibility.”
ANNA HENKEL, UNIVERSITY OF PASSAU

Critically assessing growth-based models of innovation

policy, this book sparks new debate on the role and nature
of responsible innovation. Drawing on insights from
economics, politics and science and technology studies,
it proposes the concept of ‘responsible stagnation’ as an
expansion of present discussions about growth, degrowth,
responsibility and innovation within planetary limitations.
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The Age of Low Tech

Towards a Technologically Sustainable Civilization

Philippe Bihouix, independent author and engineer

“Without low tech, the fight against climate change,

resource depletion, and species extinctions may fail.
Philippe Bihouix provides evidence and argument
from a range of industries and disciplines, and
handles it with intelligence, ease and humour.”
RICHARD HEINBERG, POST CARBON INSTITUTE

“Every engineer needs to read this book; the world

can’t transition without us having a clear perspective.“
SUSAN KRUMDIECK, HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY Paperback £19.99 | US $34.95
ISBN 9781529213270
Hardback £80.00 | US $139.95
“Provides us with ideas on how to be prepared for ISBN 9781529213263
a future that depends on a problem caused by the ePUB £19.99 | US $34.95
squandering in a few centuries of mineral resources ISBN 9781529213287
234 x 156 mm 198 pages
accumulated over billions of years. Bihouix highlights UK October 2020
how we can maintain civilization if we are more US November 2020
careful with how we use and recycle those resources.“
UGO BARDI, UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE

As we face a profound environmental crisis, we often think that

it can be overcome by smart systems and green innovations, but
this is risky since increasingly complex technological solutions rely
on less abundant materials. A bestseller in France, this English-
language edition introduces readers to an alternative perspective
on our technological future. If ‘high’ technology will not solve
global problems, Bihouix skilfully envisages a more resilient and
sustainable society.
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SERIES

Organizations and Activism

Series Editors: Daniel King, Nottingham Trent University and Martin Parker, University of Bristol

From cooperatives to corporations, Occupy to Facebook, organizations shape our lives. They
engage in politics as well as shaping the possible futures of policy making and social change. This
groundbreaking new series offers critical examinations of organizations as sites of, or targets for,
activism. For more information, see: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/organizations-and-activism

Guerilla Democracy Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95

ISBN 9781529205640
Mobile Power and Revolution in the 21st Hardback £80.00 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529205619
Century
ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529205671
Peter Bloom, University of Essex, Owain 234 x 156 mm 200 pages
Smolović Jones and Jamie Woodcock, The UK July 2021
Open University US August 2021

Organizations and Activism

“… an indispensable tool for finding
hope and solidarity in digital activism’s
myriad forms.”
TITHI BHATTACHARYA, PURDUE UNIVERSITY

This book offers an in-depth analysis of platform-based radical

movements from the online coalitions of voters and activists
to the Deliveroo and Uber strikes. Combining cutting-edge
theory with empirical research, the authors show how digital
communication technologies revolutionise political and
economic organising. The result is an invaluable contribution
to the emerging literature on the relation of technology and
society.

Anarchist Cybernetics Paperback £26.99 | US $45.95

ISBN 9781529208795
Control and Communication in Radical Hardback £80.00 | US $139.95
ISBN 9781529208788
Politics
ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529208818
Thomas Swann, Loughborough University 234 x 156 mm 190 pages
UK October 2020
“... a masterclass in organisation theory.” US November 2020

RUTH KINNA, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY Organizations and Activism

Igniting a new field of scholarly inquiry, this book introduces
cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies. It
broadens the way in which anarchist activists and theorists
think about organizations, while making a major contribution
to the larger discussion of direct democracy.
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Living Data Hardback £45.00 | US $75.00

ISBN 9781529207507
Making Sense of Health Biosensing ePUB £8.99 | US $16.00
ISBN 9781529207538
198 x 129 mm 208 pages
Celia Roberts, Adrian Mackenzie and UK July 2019
Maggie Mort, Lancaster University US August 2019

“This is an original and timely text –

an absolute pleasure to read and a
unique contribution to the field.”
EMMA RICH, UNIVERSITY OF BATH

As individuals increasingly seek ways of understanding

data about their own bodies, this book critiques the
claim that ‘more information’ equates to ‘better health’.
Through case studies, the authors examine people’s
changing relationships with traditional health systems as
access to data shifts.

Science, Belief and Society Hardback £80.00 | US $110.00

ISBN 9781529206944
International Perspectives on ePUB £26.99 | US $45.95
ISBN 9781529206975
Religion, Non-Religion and the Public
234 x 156 mm 344 pages
Understanding of Science UK May 2019
US June 2019
Edited by Stephen H. Jones, Newman
University, Tom Kaden, University of
Bayreuth and Rebecca Catto, Kent State
University

“…highly recommended for

cross-cultural studies of public
understanding of science...”
PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE

This wide-ranging book critically reviews the ways

in which religious and non-religious belief systems
interact with scientific methods, traditions and theories.
Contributors explore how, for some secularists, ‘science’
forms an important part of social identity. Others
examine how many contemporary religious movements
justify their beliefs by making a claim upon science.

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Shenggen Fan, China
fully Open Access journal. Agricultural University, China,
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How can we reimagine society in an era of climate change,

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New to Bristol University Press

Work in the Global Economy

Volume 2 | 2022, 2 issues

Editors in Chief: Sian Moore, University of Greenwich, UK and

Kirsty Newsome, University of Sheffield, UK

Associate Editors: Donna Baines, University of British Columbia,

Canada, Paul Brook, University of Leicester, UK,
Rachel Cohen, City University of London, UK and
Martin Krzywdzinski, WZB Berlin Social Science Center,
Germany

Managing Editor: Abigail Marks, University of Stirling, UK

Online ISSN: 2732-4176 Consulting Editor: Paul Thompson, University of Stirling, UK

Frequency: May, October

Published in association with the International Labour

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Work in the Global Economy is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed

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Online ISSN: 2752-8499
Frequency: 2 issues per year
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New to Bristol University Press
Consumption and Society
Volume 1 | Issue 1 | 2022
Co-Editors: Marlyne Sahakian, University of Geneva, Switzerland,
Stefan Wahlen, University of Giessen, Germany and Daniel
Welch, University of Manchester, UK
“Consumption is an increasingly important part of
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PROFESSOR JULIET SCHOR, BOSTON COLLEGE, USA
Consumption & Society publishes articles that advance understandings
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constitutive of, socioeconomic, material and cultural configurations.
The field of consumption studies was an early touchstone for
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Initiative (SCORAI) Europe, as well as the British Sociological
Association’s Consumption Study Group. A key feature of the
journal will be to reflect the pluralism of these networks.
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