About the Book
The first volume in the Lucy Cavendish College Lecture Series, Coercion and Trust, provides a unique, multi-disciplinary dialogue on the complex links between coercion and trust from perspectives in the social sciences, medicine, and literature, combining high-quality academic research with professional recommendations.
Part I analyses adolescent-adult relationships in youth fiction alongside research on the sexual coercion of women, and the link between animal and domestic violence. Part II investigates blind trust and coercion in social media grooming, challenges, and solutions to coercion by misinformation. Part III investigates coercion and trust in migration-detention-deportation, kidnapping in violent political campaigns, and sentencing in rehabilitation.
The book makes a significant, original contribution to multi-disciplinary research, professional practice, and advanced development, with theoretical and empirical chapters linking theory, practice, and training. This book will be of interest to academic researchers, professional practitioners, and postgraduate students in research and training in multiple fields across the social sciences, humanities, and medicine, for whom there is no comparable book available worldwide.
Table of Contents:
Preface: The History of the College and its Lectures
1. Introduction
Part I: Coercion, trust, and violence in intimate relationships
2. Sexual coercion of women and trust: a study of ever-partnered women in Asia and Africa
3. Sexual Abuse, Coercion, and Consent: Mediating Statutory Rape in Young Adult Literature
4. Coercive practice presenting as domestic abuse against women and animals
Part II: Mis/Disinformation, trust, and coercion
5. Blind Trust and Coercion in Online Social Media Grooming in a Community of Practice to Challenge Hate Crime
6. Coercion by Misinformation: Challenges and Solutions
Part III: Coercion in governance
7. Trust and Coercion: Afghans Navigating the Politics of Welcome: Marissa Quie
8. Kidnappings as a Coercion Technique in Violent Political Campaigns
9. Sentenced to Rehabilitation
10. Conclusion
About the Author :
Saradamoyee Chatterjee is a Bye-Fellow and Director of Studies in Land Economy at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge; an Affiliated Lecturer at the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge (2019–2023); Undergraduate teacher (supervisor), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge (2018 onwards and continuing); and Post-doctoral Research Associate, Von Hügel Institute, University of Cambridge (2012–2016).
Jill Jameson is Professor of Education, Institute for Lifecourse Development, Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, Visiting Fellow (2018) and Associate Member, Lucy Cavendish College and the Cambridge Educational Dialogue Research Group (CEDIR), Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (2018–2024). She is also the editor of five special editions of the British Journal of Educational Technology (2006–2019) and of International Perspectives on Leadership in HE: Critical Thinking for Global Challenges (2019), International Studies on Higher Education, University of Oxford.
Review :
"This is not only an original, lively, and convincing engagement, through relevant disciplines, with a subject that is increasingly recognised as of profound importance. It also succeeds in going deep into particular cases without losing overall perspective, thanks to superb editing that draws out the interrelations and implications of the fine individual chapters. But perhaps most distinctive is the exciting sense of intensive and adventurous thinking among an intergenerational group of women academics: this is collegiality at its best."
Prof David F. Ford, University of Cambridge, UK
"Coercion and Trust is an extraordinary book that examines intricate issues through a rich, multidisciplinary approach. This insightful volume addresses the nuanced relationships between coercion, power and trust, making it a must-read for those in development studies, psychology, sociology, education, and beyond. Its diverse perspectives and thorough analysis make it a valuable resource for academics and professionals alike, providing deep understanding and sparking meaningful dialogue across disciplines."
Dr Flavio Comim, Dean of IQS School of Management, Spain
"A novel compilation on the relationship between coercion and trust. Individual chapters range from those on intimate relations, to the channels along which information regarding trust is disseminated, and in the implications for governance mechanisms at the societal level."
Prof Shailaja Fennell, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK
