In Curved Being, Knowing, and Ethics in Psychoanalysis, Todd Anderson develops a Moebius model of analytic life in which knowing and being fold continuously into one another.

The book explores how ethical orientation arises within the curved structure of analytic perception itself, where epistemology and ontology invert through recursive movement. Drawing on Winnicott, Loewald, Levinas, Derrida, and contemporary relational psychoanalysis, Anderson develops a curved topology of analytic experience in which subject and object emerge as Moebius inflections within a shared field. Clinical vignettes, philosophical reflections, and engagements with music and aesthetic form demonstrate how paradox operates as a generative condition of analytic life rather than a problem to be resolved.

By reframing psychoanalysis through topology and ethical relation, Curved Being, Knowing, and Ethics in Psychoanalysis offers clinicians and theorists a new vocabulary for working with uncertainty and symbolic remainder while remaining grounded in the immediacy of the analytic encounter.

Competence and Self-Care in Counselling and Psychotherapy explores care and replenishment of the self as an essential requirement for maintaining competence in practice and offers a framework for understanding what being competent means for practitioners, both generally and in work with clients.

The book proposes a culture of care for practitioners that begins with the individual, influences the quality of personal and therapeutic relationships created both inside and outside the professional environment, and extends into the frameworks that support and validate professional practice. It goes further, discussing the role of therapy in caring for society and the contribution it can make as humankind faces extraordinary challenges. As well as exploring relevant concepts, the book is fully updated with practical suggestions for addressing the core training requirements of maintaining professional competence, of practising reflectively, ethically and sustainably and of considering the wider social environment, including issues of culture, identity and social justice.

This book is an ideal choice for counsellors, psychotherapists, supervisors and trainers who wish to maintain a robust standard of practice, and for those employing them.

This book offers an interdisciplinary view of the relationship between COVID-19 and psychological disorders among different populations.

During and after the pandemic, there was a sharp increase in mental distress and subsequent diagnoses of mental disorders. This book explores the impact of COVID-19 on psychological disorders, including the impact on children, adolescents, and adults; the impact on key workers and the healthcare sector; and the impact alongside other risk factors and comorbidities. The global editors and contributors provide insights into lessons learned and interventions moving forward.

This is an ideal resource for clinicians, researchers, and students seeking to evaluate mental health assessment and treatment guided by real-life experiences.

Rooted in Carl Rogers' person-centred approach, this book skilfully combines person-centred theory with social commentary to explore the root of many problems people face - namely, a lack of authenticity.

A Therapist's Reflections on Authenticity is written by an experienced therapist and blends real-world experience with grounded reflection; it offers a human, emotionally-literate guide through the messy, non-linear path to authenticity. Molyneux combines relatable observations, social commentary, and personal experience to accompany the reader through this profound journey. This book does not offer quick fixes or linear steps, but rather, it offers the reader a mirror and gently encourages each person to uncover what authenticity means to them and how to reclaim it from an increasingly performative and disconnected world.

The book begins by using a grounding in person-centred theory of development to show how we begin to deny ourselves and experience from a young age. The book then moves to look at the place of social media, capitalism, and the workplace to show how this process is continued into adulthood, explaining the rise in our mental health struggles and the impacts of the modern world. Finally, it explores the ways that we can increase our self-awareness, which lies at the heart of becoming more authentic. Suggestions are offered to develop both our self-awareness and authenticity, ultimately resulting in a decrease in tension, anxiety, and many of the mental health problems we are increasingly facing in the 21st century.

Grounded in therapeutic theory and personal insight, this book is written for anyone feeling the strain of performance, avoidance, people-pleasing, burnout, anxiety, or persistent difficulties.

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed media and journalism teaching and practice, introducing efficiencies and innovations that can help streamline content creation and dissemination, albeit with inherent limitations and ethical considerations requiring careful critical examination.

Artificial Intelligence in African Media and Communication investigates AI's impact on media landscapes within Africa, offering a range of practical case studies and strategic recommendations for practice, teaching, governance, and regulation. This book delves into how AI technologies are rapidly being integrated into African journalism, broadcasting, public relations, advertising, and media and communications education. As well as providing real-world case studies of how AI is changing content creation, distribution, and consumption in Africa, this book also critically analyses the ethical challenges posed by AI, such as misinformation, algorithmic bias, and job displacement. It concludes by providing strategic recommendations for how educators, media professionals, and policymakers can effectively harness AI's potential.

Bringing together leading researchers and practitioners, Artificial Intelligence in African Media and Communication provides a platform for informed discussions, knowledge-sharing, and innovation in African media and communication studies.

What does it mean to inhabit a world in which human activity has become a geological force? As climate change, ecological crisis, and environmental uncertainty increasingly reshape life on Earth, the humanities are compelled to rethink some of their most enduring
assumptions about history, nature, agency, and the human itself.

Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines, Inhabiting the Anthropocene explores how the Anthropocene unsettles familiar distinctions between human and natural history, culture, and environment, and the human and the nonhuman. Moving across philosophy, literary studies, environmental humanities, historiography, media studies, ecology, and cultural theory, the essays in this volume engage questions of climate, technology, species life, ecological consciousness, and planetary transformation.

Addressing themes such as posthumanism, phenomenology, climate fiction, ontology, nonhuman worlds, and South Asian histories and ecologies, the collection reflects on the intellectual and ethical challenges of living in an age of accelerating environmental change. The volume will interest scholars, students, and readers concerned with ecology, climate, and the future of life on a rapidly changing planet.

Adopting an interdisciplinary and inclusive approach, leading experts provide insights into domestic and international challenges faced by policymakers and governing entities amid rising migration. They argue that, in the light of issues such as anti-migrant sentiment and social integration challenges, migration in Asia is not only shaped by economic factors and intra-regional dynamics, but also by widespread social change and shifting global geopolitics. The Handbook covers critical topics such as regional migration, differential skills policies, incorporation, and displacement and irregular migration, highlighting gaps in governance structures at global, regional, national and sub-national levels.

Timely and incisive, this Handbook is a crucial resource for scholars and students of migration, development studies, sociology and Asian politics. Policymakers and government officials will likewise benefit from its astute insights and practical recommendations.

Contributing authors analyse the central role of learning in addressing existential and transformative challenges while also highlighting the risks of drawing incorrect conclusions or learning for the wrong purposes. The Handbook examines cutting-edge topics in both democratic and authoritarian systems, including emotions and narrative learning. Chapters showcase a diverse range of learning theories and mechanisms across scholarship, practice and teaching, paving the way for future research to become more explicit about its subjects, objects, contexts and outcomes.

Outlining the multifaceted nature of learning and its impact on both public policy and broader society, the Handbook of Policy Learning is a valuable resource for scholars and students of political science, public administration, governance, sociology, anthropology and economics.

Broadening the international scope of the original Handbook, this edition includes case studies in Botswana, Hungary, Papua New Guinea and Thailand, assessing how different national administrative environments shape corruption, and how governments seek to eradicate the unique problems it poses. Additional chapters address the global governance challenges of state capture, open data, AI and anti-money laundering. Enhancing the conceptual framing of the first edition, the Handbook strengthens the links between corruption, ethics and integrity systems, analysing new data and policy developments and advancing research in this fast-developing field.

This Handbook is a key resource for scholars and students of public administration and management, politics and public policy and sociology. Policy-makers, government employees, anti-corruption watchdogs and public sector agencies will also benefit from the proposed strategies for tackling corruption and building integrity.

Drawing on primary empirical research, this book considers the democratic outcomes of political news avoidance, selective news exposure, and misinformation.

Political information environments across democracies are in flux, fundamentally changing the way citizens gain political information and leading to widespread concerns about consequences for democracy. From selective media use leading to increased attitudinal polarisation, to declining trust in legacy media and journalists compounding political disengagement, the need for a detailed, comparative account of what these changes in the supply of, and demand for, political information mean for democracies is evident. This book focuses on three developments that are seen as particularly concerning for democracies: news avoidance, selective news exposure, and misinformation. Using in-depth interviews, web-tracking, panel surveys, and experiments, it investigates the extent of these threats, their causes, consequences, and remedies. Further, it shines a critical empirical light, for the first time, on these developments across four different types of democracies found in countries around Europe as well as Israel and the US. The results of the study are nuanced and contex- specific, with the authors finding generally that the prevalence of these three developments may be less than previously anticipated.

This is a critical study for researchers and advanced students of journalism and political communication, and bears global implications.

Post-Separation Violence and Abuse in the Lives of Women and Children amplifies the voices of women and children to highlight the myriad issues encountered post-separation when perpetrators of domestic violence and abuse (DVA) continue to exert their control.

Despite increased scholarship on DVA and its consequences, post-separation violence and abuse remains an under-studied and written about issue. As the first book dedicated to the subject, this work frames post-separation violence and abuse as a continuum of DVA, too often overlooked and negated, and uses lived experiences to highlight the wide-ranging consequences it can have for women and children. Chapters offer detailed insights into the effects of harassment and stalking, femicide-homicide, the experiences of minoritised women and children, and a discussion of child contact as a form of post-separation violence and abuse. This volume also presents perpetrators' accounts, as well as consideration of what is required for rebuilding lives in the aftermath of post-separation violence and abuse.

This essential work will be of interest to a range of professionals and practitioners across the voluntary and statutory sectors, as well as scholars and students of social work, social policy, gender studies, criminology, and psychology.

This book offers a new way of understanding harm in modern society. Rather than treating violence as the result of breakdown or failure, it argues that many forms of harm are built into the very systems designed to organise and protect social life. Laws, institutions, technologies, and policies can produce damage not by malfunctioning but by working exactly as intended.

Drawing on examples ranging from zones of suspended legality and emergency governance to the theatrical display of political power, the book shows how violence is woven into the normal operation of States and organisations across different regions of the world. It combines theoretical insight with concrete analysis to reveal how systems that promise security and progress often depend on sacrifice, waste, and destruction. The book also proposes a new framework for studying harm that moves beyond traditional approaches in criminology and social science. By rethinking criminology's spatial topography and by attending to how institutions 'feel', it provides readers with tools for analysing contemporary problems such as State violence, border control, technological governance, and systemic inequality.

Written as an exercise in criminological noir, wide-ranging in scope, yet clear in argument, The Architecture of Violence speaks to readers interested in power, society, and the hidden structures that shape everyday life.

Chapters tackle controversial issues that arise from existing policies, such as the continuing challenge of achieving climate goals without generating inequities. They also analyse how the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will affect exporting countries. Contributors assess theoretical principles and the barriers to their implementation, including the polluter-pays principle, whereby those who damage the environment are responsible for funding climate endeavours, rather than taxpayers. Looking to the future, they present a number of global case studies, with a particular focus on Brazil, to explore strategies for successful mergers between environmental policies and tax systems.

Frontiers in the Low-carbon Transition is an essential resource for scholars, students of law, politics and public policy, sustainable development and others seeking to understand how practical taxation systems can help combat climate change. Environmental law practitioners and NGO professionals will similarly benefit from its actionable suggestions.

The central theme that emerges from this collection is that privacy, confidentiality and data protection standards now exert stronger influence on media law than ever before. Analysing key topics such as physical and digital privacy, non-disclosure agreements and data protection claims against the media, the Research Handbook underscores the enduring importance of journalistic reporting and the foundational value of freedom of expression in democratic societies. At the same time, the contributors demonstrate that respect for confidentiality, privacy and data protection is also indispensable for human dignity, autonomy and the flourishing of modern information societies. This collection explores the continuing need for privacy law to adapt to emerging technologies and new social practices, such as the changing dynamics of media production and consumption.

The Research Handbook on Privacy and Confidentiality in Media Law is a crucial resource for scholars and students seeking to better understand the ever-shifting norms governing privacy, confidentiality and data protection in media contexts. Its rigorous analysis and perceptive insights will also be invaluable to media law practitioners, policymakers and regulators.

A diverse array of leading experts survey the latest research in the area, with original insights into the complex legal facets of European integration through the conceptual, terminological, and theoretical lenses of constitutional law. In both analytical and normative terms chapters discuss core topics such as European democracy, the rule of law, federalism, national identity, fundamental rights, citizenship, competences and governmental architecture, reflecting on the challenges facing European constitutional law and the resilience displayed at both EU and member state levels.

Foundational yet forward thinking, this Research Handbook is an essential resource for students and scholars working in European, constitutional and administrative law. Policymakers will also benefit from its timely recommendations for the future of constitutional development and conflict resolution.

Evaluating theories, methodologies, performance and practice, the Handbook explains the ideas behind ESG investing and how applications relate to real portfolios. Chapters explore topics including the use of AI and machine learning for measuring ESG performance, the issues surrounding sustainability reporting in global value chains and cognitive biases in ESG investing. Authors highlight the growing need for consistent and transparent data, as differing rating systems and reporting standards make it difficult to compare companies. Ultimately, the Handbook emphasises that ESG investing is becoming an essential part of modern finance but must overcome data and measurement challenges to reach its full potential.

Bridging theory and practice, the Handbook of ESG Investing is a valuable resource for scholars and students of economics, finance and the environment. Its focus on policy and regulatory implications will also benefit policymakers and practitioners in the finance sector.

Tracing its evolution, the Handbook contextualises GCE in the current political and social climate and explores its conceptual framings, practical applications and emerging problems, while also distinguishing GCE from related fields through its integrative and action-focused orientation. Assessing questions of power, sustainability and technology, contributors evaluate topics such as studying abroad, human-centered AI and shared languages. This Handbook supports research and practice in GCE, providing innovative frameworks and case studies that highlight current challenges in the field as well as opportunities for future development.

The Handbook on Global Citizenship Education is a valuable resource for students and scholars of international education, particularly those with a focus on curriculum studies and global citizenship education. This multidisciplinary Handbook also provides crucial insights for researchers interested in global citizenship and nationalism, as well as practitioners and policymakers looking to improve their understanding of how education contributes to the creation of a planetary society.

Leading experts assess a variety of 'culprits' behind the financialization of housing, evaluating the role of institutions, social movements, grass roots initiatives and broader economic contexts. They advocate for an integrated method of analyzing these entry points and argue that stages of financialization must be understood as multi-level processes. Drawing on critical political economy and post-Keynesian economics, the book ultimately calls for a wider understanding of capitalist dynamics in order to synthesize various strategies for resisting financialization.

Resisting the Financialization of Housing is an essential resource for scholars and students of sociology, social policy, public policy, inequalities and sustainable development. Government policymakers and financial regulators will also benefit from its actionable recommendations.

Contributors explore how legal education remains nationalised via local histories, politics and markets, despite borrowing models and language from modern, merit-based, or global approaches. Chapters assess the appearance of law schools as powerful sites where divisions of class, race, gender, empire and prestige are reproduced, contested and sometimes reimagined. The Research Handbook demonstrates how familiar patterns of hierarchies, inequalities and Western-centric ideals travel widely alongside diverse efforts in majority world contexts to resist, revisit and reimagine fairer institutions. Combining doctrinal analysis, institutional histories, archives, interviews and fieldwork, this Research Handbook advances research and promotes further study.

The Research Handbook is a crucial resource for legal education scholars and practitioners and also global scholars of the legal profession. It is prime reading for students and scholars of law and society and comparative institutions seeking more information on the factors shaping the legal landscape today.

Analyzing projects funded by the Small Business Innovation Research program at the US Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health, the authors describe the impact of project managers on entrepreneurial firms' research projects. They argue that these impacts are generally positive, and are felt in terms of commercialization, patenting and publishing, but also in related technical areas and through identifying potential markets for developing technologies. The book concludes with policy recommendations for improving the role of project managers, especially in the area of network development.

Public Sector Support of Scientific Inquiry is an essential resource for scholars and students in economics, business management and innovation policy makers. Public sector project managers as well as their funding supervisors will also benefit from its actionable recommendations.

The Puzzle of Paul in Acts explores the long-standing historical challenge of Luke's story of Paul through a fresh analysis of its major issues based in contemporary linguistic and historiographical theory.

Luke's story of Paul has long been subject to debate in New Testament criticism; it is surprisingly similar to, yet unavoidably different from, Paul's autobiography in his letters. This book provides a new model of historical interpretation built on "linguistic description" and "historical explanation" to reanalyze the central issues in the criticism of Paul in Acts, including the genre and historical content of Luke-Acts, the relation of Acts and Galatians, the "we" material in Acts, and Paul's fabled Athenian address. It advances a new argument that Luke constructed an independent and reliable account of Paul and that he collaborated with plausibly identifiable eyewitness sources in his narrative.

The Puzzle of Paul in Acts is suitable for students and scholars of Paul and Luke-Acts, as well as those working in early Christianity, early Christian historiography, and ancient Greek language and linguistics.