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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)...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
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
ePub
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17,00€
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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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
Bold Type Books
Parution :
2021-03-30
ePub
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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...
Editeur :
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 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...
Editeur :
Springer
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,...
Editeur :
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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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
ePub
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This book examines the theory and global evidence on structural transformation along with stylised facts and implications using, among others, a dynamic panel model, for South Asia. The characteristics of the structural transformation process in Bangladesh bring out the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-03-18
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By merging public and private tangible and intangible capitals, Public Private Partnerships contracts (PPP) are fundamental to generate public value and to support economic and social development; in the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic, they...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-03-17
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Encouraging more – and different – people to attend the arts remains a vital issue for the cultural sector. The question of who consumes culture, and why, is key to our understanding of the arts. This book examines the relationship of audience development to cultural...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-03-17
Collection :
New Directions in Cultural Policy Research
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Winner of the 2022 Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological Economics Capitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability – and left us ill-prepared for life in a global pandemic. Tim Jackson’s...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-03-09
ePub
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-24%
17,00€
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For decades, a secret army of tax attorneys, accountants and wealth managers has been developing into the shadowy Wealth Defence Industry. These ‘agents of inequality’ are paid millions to hide trillions for the richest 0.01%.In this book, inequality expert Chuck...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-03-08
ePub
Offre spéciale
-23%
18,10€
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