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Inequality is the crisis of our time. The growing gap between a few at the top and the rest of society damages us all. No longer able to deny the crisis, every government in the world is now pledged to fix it – and yet it keeps on getting worse. In this book,...
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Polity
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2020-09-29
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The relentless pursuit of economic growth is the defining characteristic of contemporary societies. Yet it benefits few and demands monstrous social and ecological sacrifice. Is there a viable alternative? How can we halt the endless quest to grow global production and...
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Polity
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2020-09-29
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Harshly exploited migrant labour plays a fundamental role in the political economy of contemporary capitalism. The abstract and utopian theorising of many liberals and leftists on the migration question often ignores or downplays patterns of displacement and brutal...
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Polity
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2020-09-29
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In an era of big data and smart cities, this book is an innovative and creative contribution to our understanding of urban energy use. Societies have basic data needs to develop an understanding of energy flows for planning energy sustainability. However, this data is...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-25
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Is Euroscepticism still suited to analyze the variegated nature of opposition to the EU? Starting from this question, this book critically reviews Euroscepticism, reconceptualizes it in terms of political opposition and discovers, disentangles and explains patterns of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2020-09-21
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Jakob Hebsaker hinterfragt bestehende Auffassungen über den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr als Alternative zum Automobil durch eine Kontextualisierung mit gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozessen. Anhand verkehrspolitischer Entscheidungen zum Schnellbahnbau in...
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Springer VS
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2020-09-19
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Studien zur Mobilitäts- und Verkehrsforschung
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This book analyzes the new political economy of land reform in South Africa. It takes a holistic approach to understand South Africa’s land reform, assesses the current policy gaps, and suggests ways of filling them. Due to its cross-disciplinary approach, the book will...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-18
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In the United States, government participation in education has traditionally involved guaranteeing public access, public funding, and public governance to achieve accountability, representativeness and equality. This volume discusses the role of broad regimes of local...
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Springer
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2020-09-18
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This book gathers invited top experts on Public-Private partnership (PPP) in China, from both theoretical and practical fields, to present the most comprehensive analyses of PPP’s practice in China up to 2017.This timely book offers researchers and practitioners a...
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Springer
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2020-09-16
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Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path
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This open access book explores the experience of working as a craftsperson or designer maker in the contemporary creative economy. The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-14
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Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion’s share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society a middle-class existence is out of reach. What exactly are the economic shifts that have driven the social transformations...
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Polity
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2020-09-14
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This open access book attends to the co-creation of digital public services for ageing societies. Increasingly public services are provided in digital form; their uptake however remains well below expectations. In particular, amongst older adults the need for public...
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Springer
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2020-09-14
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This book discusses all the questions related to Kashmiri Pandits and their relation and current issues regarding their return to Kashmir. The book explores the importance of return of Kashmiri Pandits for Kashmir and both major Kashmiri communities, especially those...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-10
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EXPAND YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AFFECTS BUSINESS, THE ECONOMY, AND YOUR LIFE WITH THIS ESSENTIAL RESOURCE Environmental Policy: An Economic Perspective offers readers a comprehensive examination of the ever-broadening scope and impact of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2020-09-09
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This book addresses the role of public policy in regulating the autonomous artificial intelligence and related civil liability for damage caused by the robots (and any form of artificial intelligence). It is a very timely book, focusing on the consequences of judgment...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-03
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Following the catastrophic events of the 2008 global financial crisis, an anonymous hacker released Bitcoin to claw back power from commercial and central banks. It quickly garnered an enthusiastic following who sought to forge a stable and democratic global economy--a...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2020-09-03
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This book explores one of the most pressing public policy questions for the 2020s: how should we regulate cannabis? The global cannabis prohibition regime is fragmenting as more countries experiment with decriminalization and legalization, and this book aims...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-03
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This book develops and tests a typology of local state-society relations. To deliver such a comparative study on institutionalized relations between local government and societal actors at the municipal level in Europe, the book identifies and classifies...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2020-09-01
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Focusing on social work and social service delivery, this book examines the social policies and programmes designed to address different societal issues and concerns across India and China. It focuses on gaining understanding of design and delivery of social welfare...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2020-09-01
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In der wohnungspolitischen Debatte steht meist der Mietwohnungsmarkt im Vordergrund, dabei bietet das Wohneigentum gerade auch für Haushalte mit geringeren Einkommen vielfältige Möglichkeiten. Sei es die Vermeidung jahrelanger Mietzahlungen, die Stabilität...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-08-29
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