This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the changing face of New Zealand education policy over the past 25 years. It highlights the phase of socio-economic trans-formation in the late 1980s and its far-reaching impact on the education system, before turning to the last two decades, in...

Packaging water -- From containers to contents : branding water -- Frequent sipping : assembling the subject of hydration -- Drinking water arrangements in Bangkok : accommodating bottles -- Enacting water scarcity in Chennai -- Practices of economization : recycling plastic bottles in Hanoi --...

This volume develops the concept of intimate economies by showing how contemporary historical archaeologists apply the perspective to their research. The chapters in this volume address intimate economies across multiple historical contexts, and through various case studies provide the reader...