Böcker av Simone Abram

Focusing on the provision of new housing in suburban and rural areas of southern England, this volume explores how the state seeks to adjudicate conflicts around development and conservation. The authors observe the replacement of "developmental" by "sustainable development" rationalities.

Examines culture as a socio-historical concept, introducing a line of scholarship to show what 'culture' does and why. This book addresses the materialisation of abstract concepts (magic, ownership), performance and embodiment (citizenship, bodies in politics) and social categorisation (house-society, the public).

This collection brings together the leading research in maternity care from the United States, Canada and Europe to discuss systems of care for pregnancy and childbirth. A groundbreaking work which provides a truly international understanding