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This book distinguishes conceptually between indigenous and constructed social capital and the associated spontaneous and induced collective action for rural development and natural resource preservation. While some of the case studies in this book show that induced...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-05-14
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This open access book explores a special species of trouble afflicting modern societies: creeping crises. These crises evolve over time, reveal themselves in different ways, and resist comprehensive responses despite periodic public attention. As a result, these crises...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-05-10
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This open access book asks whether cash-transfer programs for very low-income households promote social and economic citizenship and, if so, under what conditions. To this end, it brings together elements that are too often considered separately: the transformation of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-05-07
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Raphael M. Peresson untersucht in diesem Buch die unterschiedlichen wirtschaftspolitischen Strategien der Linksregierungen in Venezuela und Brasilien. Ab Ende der 1990er Jahre begann sich in Lateinamerika eine politische Linkswende abzuzeichnen, deren gemeinsamer Nenner...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2021-04-28
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The book relates three years of history of social movements from Asia and Europe who work on social justice, as a rough overview.The work for the book is mainly done on the ground, day after day, working in villages and cities, with people and their organisations,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-24
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This book provides the first comparative assessment of the energy-efficiency retrofit programs in the social housing sector of Canadian cities, focusing on program efficiency and effectiveness. The analytical framework explores key policy instruments - regulatory,...
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Springer
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2021-04-21
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This damning account of the forces that have hijacked progress on climate change shares a bold vision of what it will take, politically and economically, to face the existential threat of global warming head-on.In the past few years, it has become impossible (for most)...
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Bold Type Books
Parution :
2021-04-20
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This volume provides an understanding of how systems of child protection evolve in disparate cultural, social and economic contexts. Using the former Soviet Union as a starting point, it examines how 13 countries have developed, defined and evolved their system of...
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Springer
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2021-04-16
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This book addresses the underexposed political dimensions of bioeconomy promotion. Who wins and who loses? How are institutions being shaped, and by whom? Drawing from experiences since the earlier days of biofuels promotion, it explores in unprecedented detail the...
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Springer
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2021-04-15
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Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income? In this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-04-08
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International Organizations (IOs) are important actors within global social governance. They provide forums for exchange, contention and cooperation about social policies. Our knowledge about the involvement of IOs varies significantly by policy fields, and we know...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-04-06
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This book is an earnest effort in understanding the slums and their needs by taking a case study of Kalaburagi, India.This study aims to contribute sustainable methodologies to advance the living conditions of slum dwellers and for better execution of slum policies. The...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-04-01
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Countries and institutions worldwide face the challenge of planning and paying for health care that effectively meets the needs of citizens and employees. While there are many criticisms of existing healthcare models, current literature offers little guidance for...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-03-31
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Across America, universities have become big businesses—and our cities their company towns. But there is a cost to those who live in their shadow. Urban universities play an outsized role in America’s cities. They bring diverse ideas and people together...
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Bold Type Books
Parution :
2021-03-30
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This volume discusses public policy making in Turkey. Using Turkey as an overarching case study, the author presents foundational concepts of public policy analysis. The method followed in the book is from general to specific: in each chapter, the relevant public policy...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-03-26
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This book comprehensively describes the history of Gatineau Park, from the first proposals for a “national park” in the early 1900s to the governance issues in the present period, and it highlights the issues concerning the planning and governance of this unique...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-03-22
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This book unpacks two decades of Nigeria’s National Assembly spanning 4th–8th legislative sessions. It focuses on the core areas of legislative functions – lawmaking, appropriation, oversight and representation – in examining the achievements,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-03-19
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This open access book presents the scientific views of some fifty experts on how they believe the COVID-19 pandemic is currently affecting society, and how it will continue to do so in the years to come. Using the concept of a “common” (in the sense of common values,...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-03-19
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This volume is a collection of essays that provide a comprehensive coverage of multiple aspects of the discourse on environment, development and sustainability. It is designed to bring in a host of perspectives highlighting the synergies and the trade-offs in this...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-03-19
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This book presents a radically new approach of how societies can bring corruption under control.
Since the late 1990s, the detrimental effects of corruption to human well-being have become well established in research.This has resulted in a stark increase in...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-03-18
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