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Autograph.This issue of Soundings focuses on the ways we live our lives. Contributors try to find alternative ways of grappling with some of the anxieties and problems of twenty-first century life.
Fiona Williams writes on the concept of care; Hetan Shah outlines a well-being approach to politics; Andrea Westall explores alternative resources for economics; Molly Scott Cato argues for more control over our working lives; Farhad Dalal looks at the dynamics of group racialisation processes; Tom Shakespeare discusses the politics of disability; and Nira Yuval-Davis looks at problems in contemporary theories of cosmopolitanism.
Elsewhere in the issue, Ken Worpole describes ways in which architecture can contribute to more humane cities; Stephan Harrison writes on climate change in Kazakhstan; John Gittings provides analysis of changes currently underway in China; and Michael Rustin looks at what lies ahead for New Labour in its third term.
Contributors
Moniza Alvi, Caroline Bassett, Farhad Dalal, Eunice de Souza, John Gittings, Stephan Harrison, Stephen Maddison, Jacqueline Rose, Michael Rustin, Molly Scott Cato. Hetan Shah, Tom Shakespeare, George Szirtes, Sarah Wardle, Andrea Westall, Fiona Williams, Ken Worpole, Yang Lian, Nira Yuval-Davis