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<p>The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine EvaristoBernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker win - the first by a Black woman - was a revolutionary moment both for British culture and for her. After three decades as a trailblazing writer, teacher and activist, she moved from the margins to centre stage, taking her place in the spotlight at last. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history.</p><p>MANIFESTO is Bernardine Evaristo's intimate and inspirational, no-holds-barred account of how she did it, refusing to let any barriers stand in her way. She charts her creative rebellion against the mainstream and her life-long commitment to the imaginative exploration of 'untold' stories. And drawing deeply on her own experiences, she offers a vital contribution to current conversations around social issues such as race, class, feminism, sexuality and aging.</p><p>This is a unique book about staying true to yourself and to your vision. It's about how to be unstoppable - in your craft, your work, your life. It is Bernardine Evaristo's manifesto for never giving up.</p><p>'Bernardine Evaristo is one of those writers who should be read by everyone, everywhere.' Elif Shafak'Bernardine Evaristo is one of Britain's best writers, an iconic and unique voice, filled with warmth, subtlety and humanity. Exceptional' Nikesh Shukla'Bernardine Evaristo is the most daring, imaginative and innovative of writers' Inua Ellams</p>

<p>The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public.</p><p>Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collecting habit.</p><p>In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts - including gems found in bookshops, charity shops and record stores - from those featuring whisky, animals, cars and superheroes, to souvenirs of marathons and a Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story 'Tony Takitani'. Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.</p>

One of the most significant challenges facing the international community today is how to secure stability and rebuild societies emerging from civil wars. International peace-building missions have been deployed in a range of countries emerging from civil war. The empirical record of international efforts to advance peace has been mixed. While some post-war countries have made significant strides towards peace and democracy, other countries have experienced a return to war. In yet other cases the outcome has been a partial implementation of peace where new conflicts have been generated in the process. In Building Peace, Creating Conflict? a group of experts discuss the conflictual dimensions of peace-building. The authors specialize in various aspects and cover several themes such as frozen conflicts and unending peace processes; the efficiency of peacekeeping operations in promoting democracy, and individual and collective dimensions of justice and reconciliation. Contributors: Karin Aggestam, Department of Political Science, Lund University Annika Björkdahl, Department of Political Science, Lund University Hanne Fjelde, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University Linnéa Gelot, School of Global Studies & Centre of Globalization and Development, University of Gothenburg Birger Heldt, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Stockholm Kristine Höglund, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University Anna K. Jarstad, Folke Bernadotte Academy & Department of Government, Uppsala University Roland Kosti, Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University Johanna Mannergren Selimovic, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm Elisabeth Olivius, Department of Political Science & Umeå Centre for Gender Studies, Umeå University Louise Olsson, Folke Bernadotte Academy, Stockholm Fredrik Söderbaum, School of Global Studies (SGS), University of Gothenburg

International migration and migrants have long been among the most debated topics in Europe and around the globe. How do immigrant policies differ between different nation-states? How are migrants and refugees met? Conflicting opinions on migration are not new. History gives ample examples of varying solutions and views.<br/><br/>In <i>Reaching a State of Hope</i>, the authors shed new light on refugee and labour immigration to twentieth-century Sweden. They focus on themes such as refugee policies, and refugee relief and reception. The discourse on the relation between refugees, labour migration, immigration, and the trade unions is another focus of this anthology. The essays are set against the background of the Swedish welfare state, from its first emergence before the Second World War until the 1990s. In 1930, Sweden had a population where only a fragment had foreign backgrounds, but seventy years later it had become a country of notable immigration.<br/><br/>This is the first time historians have taken up the challenge of presenting the Swedish experience to an international audience, with distinguished Swedish and international historians collaborating to put the Swedish case into a European context. <i>Reaching a State of Hope</i> is a significant contribution to the field of European migration history, and will make invaluable reading for scholars of history as well as anyone interested in migration politics and issues related to international migration and welfare states.<br/><br/>Contributors: Klas Åmark, Mikael Byström, Frank Caestecker, Pär Frohnert, Christina Johansson, Jesper Johansson, Georg Kreis, Karin Kvist Geverts, Attila Lajos, Paul A. Levine, Louise London, Cecilia Notini Burch, Pontus Rudberg, Johan Svanberg, Malin Thor Thureby, Zeki Yalcin.<br/><br/><b>Swedish information text about the book:</b><br/><br/>Internationell migration och invandrare har länge varit bland de mest omdebatterade ämnena i Europa och runt om i världen. Hur skiljer sig migrationspolitiken åt mellan olika länder? Hur bemöts invandrare och flyktingar? Motstridiga åsikter om migration är inget nytt - historien ger många exempel på olika lösningar och synsätt.<br/><br/>I <i>Reaching a State of Hope</i> kastar författarna nytt ljus på flykting- och arbetskraftsinvandring till Sverige under 1900-talet. De fokuserar på teman såsom flyktingpolitik, flyktinghjälp och flyktingmottagande. Diskursen om relationen mellan flyktingar, arbetskraftsinvandring, invandring och fackföreningarna är ett annat fokus i denna antologi. Essäerna är skrivna med den svenska välfärdsstaten som kontext, från dess första uppkomst före andra världskriget fram till 1990-talet. År 1930 hade endast en ringa andel av Sveriges invånare utländsk bakgrund, men sjuttio år senare var Sverige ett betydande invandringsland.<br/><br/>Detta är första gången som historiker har antagit utmaningen att presentera de svenska erfarenheterna av migration för en internationell publik, i ett samarbete där framstående svenska och internationella historiker sätter in det svenska fallet i ett europeiskt sammanhang. <i>Reaching a State of Hope</i> är ett viktigt bidrag till forskningen kring europeisk migrationshistoria, och det är värdefull läsning för historiker och alla med intresse för migrationspolitik, samt frågor som rör internationell migration och välfärdsstater.<br/><br/>Medverkande: Klas Åmark, Mikael Byström, Frank Caestecker, Pär Frohnert, Christina Johansson, Jesper Johansson, Georg Kreis, Karin Kvist Geverts, Attila Lajos, Paul A. Levine, Louise London, Cecilia Notini Burch, Pontus Rudberg, Johan Svanberg, Malin Thor Thureby, Zeki Yalcin.

Vad innebär det egentligen att arbeta inom offentlig sektor i Norden idag?<br/><br/>I antologin <i>In Tension between Organization and Profession</i> diskuterar en rad svenska och skandinaviska forskare olika vardagsproblem som individer i offentlig verksamhet upplever. Varför tycks sjukfrånvaro och utbrändhet ständigt öka samtidigt som resurserna inom offentlig sektor blir allt mindre? Är det förresten en bild som stämmer?<br/><br/>I denna antologi sätts individen i centrum; det är individens roll i ett större kollektiv som undersöks. Nya organisationsstrukturer, teknologi och ledarskapsprofiler innebär att verksamheten inom offentlig sektor ständigt förändras. I relationen mellan individ och struktur uppstår spänningar.<br/><br/>Med exempel från så vitt skilda fält som lärare, poliser och sjuksköterskor illustrerar författarna vilken typ av konsekvenser dessa spänningar orsakar.

The post-Cold War era is characterised by shifting patterns of war and peace. The new demands and challenges facing external actors, such as international peacekeeping forces and mediators, are therefore manifold. In <i>War and Peace in Transition</i> the authors address some of the critical and transformative issues in war and peacemaking, such as the roles of private military and security companies and the use of force in peace support operations. The authors discuss how states, organisations and individuals contribute to conflict resolution. Another focus is the challenge of coordinating various peacemaking efforts.<br/><br/>The contributors - scholars in the field of Peace and Conflict Research - take a systematic approach to analysing some of these transient aspects of war and peace with empirical cases ranging from Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Sri Lanka to the Armenian genocide.<br/><br/>The Authors:<br/><br/>Karin Aggestam, Associate Professor in Political Science and Director of Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.<br/>Annika Björkdahl, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University.<br/><br/>Joakim Berndtsson, Postdoctoral Researcher in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.<br/>Birger Heldt, Director of Research at the Folke Bernadotte Academy, and Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Research.<br/>Kersti Larsdotter, Research Assistant at the Department of War Studies at the Swedish National Defence College, and Ph.D. student at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.<br/>Kristine Höglund, Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.<br/>Anna Leander, Professor at Copenhagen Business School.<br/>Michael Schulz, Associate Professor in Peace and Development Research, University of Gothenburg.<br/>Maria Småberg, Ph.D. and Lecturer at the Department of History and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.<br/>Isak Svensson, Assistant Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.