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Between the world of commercialized leisure and the world of home cocooning lies a middle groundin Québec replete with public and community organizations that work together by the thousands to offer recreational and leisure opportunities to ...
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Presses de l'Université du Québec
Parution :
2008
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L'évolution des inégalités, au détriment de la main-d'œuvre non qualifiée, des jeunes de moins de 25 ans et des mères célibataires, est certainement l'une des tendances les plus préoccupantes des grandes économies occidentales, qui doivent composer avec les conséquences...
Editeur :
Presses de l'Université Laval
Parution :
2014-03-24
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Les auteurs analysent les formes d’action collective novatrices qui émergent depuis la crise de 2008 et posent les jalons d’un nouveau modèle de mondialisation construit autour de l’inclusion, de la solidarité et de l’écologie. Leurs contributions sont issues du 3e...
Editeur :
Presses de l'Université du Québec
Parution :
2013-02-01
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Innovation sociale
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We are in the midst of the worst drug crisis in American history. What are we going to do about it?Around 100,000 Americans died of a drug overdose last year – nearly double the number who died in Vietnam. More than 1,000,000 have perished since 2000, thanks largely to...
Editeur :
Polity
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2025-11-11
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This book examines the governance of food security policy in Europe amid political crises and turbulence. Focusing on detailed case studies of the Fund for European Aid, food aid programs implemented across Italian cities during the Covid-19 pandemic, and initiatives in...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-10-07
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Building on advancements in research on public policy, interest groups, and governance, this book addresses the translation of drivers and hurdles of change into concrete policy change and transformation. It follows the question how we can understand and explain the...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2025-10-06
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This volume, the second in a set of two, focuses on the challenges faced by countries and regions in implementing sustainable development.This volume addresses the obstacles encountered by emerging economies, particularly in areas such as policy implementation, resource...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This Open Access book reimagines social connection beyond the crisis narrative of loneliness, presenting an innovative interdisciplinary model that bridges individual experiences with community infrastructure. Drawing on research with urban fringe residents, the authors...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-09-30
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Inmitten rasanter geopolitischer Umbrüche und wachsender wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheit analysiert dieses Buch die komplexen Wechselwirkungen zwischen Politik, Wirtschaft und Sicherheit in Zeiten von Trump 2.0. Der Autor – ehemaliger stellvertretender...
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Springer
Parution :
2025-09-30
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Large-scale assessments, such as those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have been crucial in advancing our understanding of climate change. They have affirmed that reducing greenhouse-gas emissions is urgently needed to avoid its disastrous...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-09-30
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This book focuses on various scientific methodologies and policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green land management to the sustainable development of resources.This book highlights an importance of incorporating ecosystem services in policies and...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-09-26
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This book provides new insights into how excessive loyalism hinders Russia’s authoritarian government. When Russian bureaucrats, diplomats and academics go to great lengths to display their loyalty to the regime in Moscow, many observers regard it as a show of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-09-26
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This book explores eco-social policy and its role in the global governance system. By focusing on the eco-social policy discourses of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of how...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-09-26
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This volume examines environmental disasters worldwide, often stemming from extractive industries like fossil fuels. Questioning human desires for comfort, convenience, and national defense, it confronts the relentless pursuit of profit in a capitalist system. From the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-09-26
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An immersive and authoritative history of the school choice movement--from its idealistic roots among Black activists to the costly unaccountable programs of today.
Seventy years after Brown v. Board of Education and demands to desegregate public schools, race and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2025-09-12
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In this book, Aljunied analyses how ASEAN and its key maritime member states of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia govern environmental issues through strategic engagements with social forces.In the new millennium, ASEAN states’ power is enhanced and solidified...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-08-31
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The book aims to address and reflect on the role of governance of the tourism sector in the era of the Anthropocene, also in light of the challenges of climate change and of the Covid-19 pandemic providing an innovative contribution on the discusses lessons for the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-08-30
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This book gives voice to an indispensable yet often overlooked group of care workers in China’s eldercare industry. Drawing on rich, first-hand accounts from frontline care workers and interwoven with a wealth of sociological insights, the author offers a critical...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-08-29
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This volume explores the relationship between humans and technology across a variety of contexts, with particular attention to how technology mediates interactions between individuals. It considers a wide range of settings, including education and training, professional...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2025-08-26
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As China’s flagship platform for cultural diplomacy and international engagement, the global expansion of Confucius Institutes has been accompanied by growing controversy—particularly in the West. This book—and the volumes that follow—is the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2025-08-23
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