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For decades, the world’s governments have struggled to move from talk to action on climate. Many now hope that growing public concern will lead to greater policy ambition, but the most widely promoted strategy to address the climate crisis – the use of market-based...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-10-07
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The book is a comprehensive study of the strategic position of Yangtze River Economic Belt in the political and economic development of China. It is a holistic and precise qualitative and quantitative delineation of Jiangsu’s position in this belt and its development...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-10-06
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This book examines user and community co-production of public services and outcomes, currently one of the most discussed topics in the field of public management and policy. It considers co-production in a wide range of public services, with particular emphasis on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-10-03
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This book looks at the COVID-19 pandemic and its likely aftermath through a four-dimensional prism - aspirations, emotions, thoughts, and sensations to understand human behavior. That perspective opens possibilities to turn the current crisis into an opportunity for...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-10-01
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This book is the first to explore collaborative governance arrangements in Israel. It offers a new, modular definition of collaborative governance, focusing on its contributions toward public values and democracy. The book discusses different kinds of collaborations,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-30
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Unions face a once in a generation opportunity for renewal. Decades of decline have been compounded by a global elite who increasingly generate profit from financial engineering in ways that side-step labour and undermine the power of organised workers. However, as this...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2020-09-29
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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,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
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
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2020-09-19
Collection :
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...
Editeur :
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...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-09-16
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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...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-09-14
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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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
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...
Editeur :
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 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...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2020-09-03
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