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Asylum Matters : On the Front Line of Administrative Decision-Making

This book examines everyday practices in an asylum administration. Asylum decisions are often criticised as being ‘subjective’ or ‘arbitrary’. Asylum Matters turns this claim on its head.

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Building the Inclusive City : Governance, Access, and the Urban Transformation of Dubai

This book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-Western perspective and explores the cultural context for its positioning. Three insights inform the author’s approach. First, disability research, much like other urban or social issues, must be situated in a particular place

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An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China ; Vol.2 : The Movement

This book contains the oral histories that were inspired by the work of the Special Olympics in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of its founding. The foreword and prefatory materials provide an overview of the Special Olympics and its growth in the People’s Republic of China.

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An oral history of the Special Olympics in China ; Vol.1 : Overview

This book is unique in presenting the first oral history of individuals with an intellectual disability and their families in China.

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A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty

Investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of child poverty, relates them to the well-being of children, and discusses who has a moral responsibility to secure social justice for children.

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