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Manufactured Insecurity is the first book of its kind to provide an in-depth investigation of the social, legal, geospatial, and market forces that intersect to create housing insecurity for an entir …

A masterful narrative—with echoes of Evicted and The Color of Law—that brings to life the structures, policies, and beliefs that divide us Mark Lange and Nicole Smith have never met, but if they make …

After Pinochet’s dictatorship ended in Chile in 1990, the country experienced a rapid decline in poverty along with a quickly growing economy. As a result, Chile’s middle class expanded dramatically, …

Shortlisted for the 2024 Speaker’s Book Award •  Nominated for the 2024 Heritage Toronto Book Award •  A Hamilton Review of Books Best Book of 2023 Deborah Dundas is a journalist …

The world is moving towards its destiny. The interdependence of peoples and nations of the world is no more an imagination but a fact. Accepting others as part of our family is vital to create a sens …

‘You’ve been cheated, ‘ Earl Shorris tells a classroom of poor people in New York City. ‘Rich people learn the humanities; you didn’t. . . . It is generally accepted in America that the liberal arts …

Most people think of class as a ranking systemthe more you have, the higher your class status. In contrast to this view, in this new study author Gus Bagakis demonstrates that class is a tool that ex …

A tantalizing, droll study of the idiosyncratic existence of the very rich, through the unexpected lens of the naturalist. Journalist Richard Conniff probes the age-old question ‘Are the rich differe …

This book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re-examines the artistic distinctions between fantasy and reality, pornography and erotica, an …

How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite, and how their consumer habits affect us all In today’s world, the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite. Highly educated and defined b …