Bristol University Press eBooks

Housing is a fundamental human need but remains one of the most difficult things for disadvantaged people to obtain. Participatory approaches to accessing housing are often complicated and inconsistent and need to be re-examined. The book explores three cases in the Philippines, revealing how people understand and experience participatory housing as both empowering and conflicting. Using an organ…

This groundbreaking book provides an account of how Traveller and other minoritized women understand, assess and experience local politics in Ireland. Through personal narratives and expert interviews, the book explores minoritised women’s exclusion from traditional political spaces, their grassroots activism, and the challenges they face running for office. Drawing from a comparative analysis of…

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of why and when member states threaten to withdraw from regional international organizations (RIOs). A unique dataset covers over 120 exit threats across RIOs from all world regions. The book explains variation as a result of limited specific and diffuse support, such as the inability to exert inf…