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The pro-business effects of paramilitary terror in Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts (2021)
Book Chapter
Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts. In J. Hristov, J. Sprague-Silgado, & A. Tauss (Eds.), Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization : political violence, elites, and security (35-52). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279430-4

Scholarly investigations into conflict and development have typically highlighted the acutely negative economic effects of political violence. This includes terrorism, which, according to the relevant literature, can have deeply inimical effects on e... Read More about The pro-business effects of paramilitary terror in Colombia : appreciating different types of political violence and their economic impacts.

Postdigital place-mixing in the Wild City (2021)
Book Chapter
Scott, J. (2021). Postdigital place-mixing in the Wild City. In L. Jarvis, & K. Savage (Eds.), Avatars, activism and postdigital performance : precarious intermedial identities (161-186). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350159341.ch-7

This chapter opens up processes of ‘place-mixing’ in wild urban landscapes. Place-mixing is a digital mixing practice arising from encounters with the city, which pays particular attention to wild forces, feelings and happenings in play. Framed throu... Read More about Postdigital place-mixing in the Wild City.

Playing with taskscapes : representing medieval life through video games technologies (2021)
Book Chapter
Hiriart, J. (2021). Playing with taskscapes : representing medieval life through video games technologies. In K. Alvestad, & R. Houghton (Eds.), The Middle Ages in Modern Culture: History and Authenticity in Contemporary Medievalism (174-185). Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350167452.0020

This paper explores the affordances and limitations of video games as a medium for the representation and meaningful understanding of the past, focusing on the early medieval period of British history. This study is led by the ideas exposed by Tim In... Read More about Playing with taskscapes : representing medieval life through video games technologies.

Hat Snap! (2021)
Book Chapter
Talbot, R., & Dormann, C. (2021). Hat Snap!. In L. Postlethwaite (Ed.), The treasury of arts activities for older people (33). London: The Baring Foundation

The social and economic context (2021)
Book Chapter
Hickson, K., & Williams, B. (2021). The social and economic context. In B. Jones, P. Norton, & I. Hertner (Eds.), Politics UK (Tenth edition) (62-81). UK: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003028574-4

his chapter analyses the changing social and economic context of British politics. The study of politics would have included a legal and historical discussion of the constitution and the major political institutions such as the monarchy, the Houses o... Read More about The social and economic context.

Women’s representation in politics (2021)
Book Chapter
Wolchik, S., & Chiva, M. (2021). Women’s representation in politics. In K. Fábián, J. Johnson, & M. Lazda (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia (441-449). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781138347762-74

This chapter argues that in order to understand the historical trajectory of women’s representation in politics in Central-Eastern Europe since the collapse of state socialism, it is important to focus on the interaction of two main factors: the pers... Read More about Women’s representation in politics.

How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth (2021)
Book Chapter
Sant, T. (2021). How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth. In Media, Technology and Education in a Post-Truth Society: From Fake News, Datafication and Mass Surveillance to the Death of Trust (133–143). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80043-906-120211010

The world's most popular noncommercial website is built on five pillars, which include an assumption of good faith and ensuring all points of view are included in every encyclopedia article. How does this pan out in the day-to-day reality of fake new... Read More about How Can Wikipedia Save Us all?: Assuming Good Faith from all Points of View in the Age of Fake News and Post-truth.

La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro (2021)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2021). La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro. In A. Giovannini, & L. Mosca (Eds.), Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2021 (57-78). Bologna: Mulino

This chapter (which is an Italian translation of an article published in Contemporary Italian Politics) analyses the Italian government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the period until the end of 2020, and the impact this had on the political... Read More about La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro.

Intelligence for security (2021)
Book Chapter
Lomas, D. (2021). Intelligence for security. In A. Masys (Ed.), Handbook of Security Science (1-17). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51761-2_38-1

The use of intelligence by states to improve decision making and per se national security has been commonplace. Intelligence – the collection, processing, analysis and sharing of information – has been seen as a state-based process, ensuring that dec... Read More about Intelligence for security.

The Gendered Practice of The TV Opt-Out (2021)
Book Chapter
Beedles, P. (2021). The Gendered Practice of The TV Opt-Out. In A. O'Brien, & S. Liddy (Eds.), Media work, mothers and motherhood negotiating the international audio-visual industry (179-224). London: Routledge

This interdisciplinary and international volume offers an innovative and critical exploration of the impact of motherhood on the engagement of women in media and creative industries across the globe. Diverse contributions critically engage with the i... Read More about The Gendered Practice of The TV Opt-Out.

Diplomacy and intelligence (2021)
Book Chapter
Lomas, D. (2021). Diplomacy and intelligence. In J. Spence, C. Yorke, & A. Masser (Eds.), New perspectives on diplomacy : a new theory and practice of diplomacy (55-76). I.B. Tauris

Enlargement (2021)
Book Chapter
Chiva, C. (2021). Enlargement. In G. Abels, A. Krizsán, H. MacRae, & A. van der Vleuten (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of gender and EU politics (183-194). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351049955-18

This chapter argues that the European union's (EU’s) eastwards expansion in particular marked a watershed moment in the development of the EU’s enlargement policy, and that this had momentous consequences for gender equality policy in the new member... Read More about Enlargement.

Driving industrial innovation: FOX International channels and the global appeal of The Walking Dead (2021)
Book Chapter
Gaynor, S. (2021). Driving industrial innovation: FOX International channels and the global appeal of The Walking Dead. In L. Jowett, & S. Abbott (Eds.), Global TV Horror (161-177). Wales: University of Wales Press

The Horror genre has become one of the most popular genres of TV drama with the global success and fandom surrounding The Walking Dead, Supernatural and Stranger Things. Horror has always had a truly international reach, and nowhere is this more appa... Read More about Driving industrial innovation: FOX International channels and the global appeal of The Walking Dead.

Introduction : the role of terminology translation in China's contemporary identities and cultures (2021)
Book Chapter
Li, S., & Hope, W. (2021). Introduction : the role of terminology translation in China's contemporary identities and cultures. In S. Li, & W. Hope (Eds.), Terminology translation in Chinese contexts - theory and practice (1-17). Abingdon, New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003006688-1

This introduction identifies the challenges that face translators and terminologists working between Chinese and English in the age of globalization, and it discusses factors that have facilitated effective terminology development. It also outlines t... Read More about Introduction : the role of terminology translation in China's contemporary identities and cultures.

Negotiating Two Models Of Truth (2021)
Book Chapter
Lichtenfels, A. (2021). Negotiating Two Models Of Truth. In T. Barker, & M. Korolkova (Eds.), Miscommunications: Errors, Mistakes, Media (179-194). (1). New York: Bloomsbury Publishing