HASS Penryn: Recent submissions
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Sectarianism, indiscriminate violence and displacement in the Syrian Regime’s Civil War strategy
(Routledge, 7 May 2024)In the Syrian Civil War, external observers have often misunderstood and misrepresented the nature and significance of indiscriminate violence that drives displacement, with the result that it has been (mis)understood as ... -
Emergence, Development, and Impact of Population Displacement in Damascus During Syria’s Civil War
(Routledge, 15 May 2024)Although displacement has been an important feature of many contemporary conflicts, this has not been accompanied by a sustained recognition or acknowledgement that it is an active or ongoing dimension of conflict, with ... -
Conclusions and future challenges: The end of work and the end of history
(Routledge, 2024)This concluding chapter further dismantles the notion of a technologically determined future of work, championing instead a more nuanced understanding that recognises the significant influence of social, economic and ... -
An Introduction to the Handbook for the Future of Work
(Routledge, 2024)The Handbook for the Future of Work offers a comprehensive and critical analysis of a series of key debates concerning the changing nature of work and employment. The temporal focus is primarily on the last twenty years, ... -
Value struggles in digital Taylorism: Scientific management and social mediation
(SAGE Publications, 2025)In the famous mantra of McKinsey, ‘what gets measured gets managed’. Drawing on previous work (Pitts 2021, 2022a, 2022b), the point of this chapter is to suggest that what gets measured gets mediated, too, and that labour ...