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Handbook of Sustainable Development
Edited by Giles Atkinson, Simon Dietz, Eric Neumayer, Matthew Agarwala
This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved.eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Migration and Diversity
Edited by Steven Vertovec
Processes of social change brought about by international migration usually entail multiple kinds of diversification affecting ethnicities and identities, languages, gender balances, social statuses, skills and more. Compiled and introdu... -
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Local Societies and Rural Development
Edited by Shinichi Shigetomi, Ikuko Okamoto
The importance of community-based and participatory approaches to rural development in developing countries has long been emphasized. Rural people, who are economically and politically weak as individuals, can only participate in develop...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Handbook of Research on Development and Religion
Edited by Matthew Clarke
With eighty percent of the world’s population professing religious faith, religious belief is a common human characteristic. This fascinating and highly unique Handbook brings together state-of-the-art research on incorporating religion ...eBook:Find out more£43.96
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World Statistics on Mining and Utilities 2014
UNIDO
World Statistics on Mining and Utilities provides a unique biennial overview of the role of mining and utility activities in the world economy. This extensive resource from UNIDO provides detailed time series data on the level, structure...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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![Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States]()
Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States
Edited by Graham K. Brown, Arnim Langer
The Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars on such important issues as the causes of violent conflicts and state fragility, the cha...eBook:Find out more£39.16
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The International Handbook on Social Innovation
Edited by Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood, Abdelillah Hamdouch
The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key...eBook:Find out more£34.36
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Societal Entrepreneurship
Edited by Karin Berglund, Bengt Johannisson, Birgitta Schwartz
Stating the importance of both the local and the broader societal context, the book reports close-up studies from a variety of social ventures. Generic themes include positioning societal entrepreneurship against other images of collecti...eBook:Find out more£26.36
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Innovation and Inequality
Edited by Susan Cozzens, Dhanaraj Thakur
Inequality is one of the main features of globalization. Do emerging technologies, as they spread around the world, contribute to more inequality or less? This unique interdisciplinary text examines the relationships between emerging tec...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Adaptation to Climate Change in Asia
Edited by Sushil Vachani, Jawed Usmani
The frequency and scale of damage inflicted by climate-related disasters, including floods, drought, heat waves and hurricanes, has been increasing at an alarming rate. This volume provides a timely and thoughtful discussion of strategie...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Culture and Economic Growth
Edited by Enrico Spolaore
This two-volume set provides fundamental analyses of the relations between cultural variables and economic performance. It encompasses indispensable contributions by economists and other influential social scientists in this growing inte... -
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Finance in an Age of Austerity
Johnston Birchall
This is a book in search of an alternative to the discredited investor-owned banks that have brought the rich countries into crisis and the world economy into a long period of austerity. It finds customer-owned banks – credit unions, co-...eBook:Find out more£26.36
