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Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia
Robert J. Brent
This ground-breaking book expertly brings together the many effective dementia interventions to reduce the symptoms of this debilitating condition and also, for the first time, a Cost-Benefit Analysis of those interventions to establish ...eBook:Find out more£13.56
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African Philanthropy
Edited by Bhekinkosi Moyo, Mzukisi Qobo, Nomfundo Ngwenya
Opening novel avenues of knowledge in the study of African philanthropy and development, this incisive book provides a critical assessment of philanthropic responses during crisis and non-crisis periods. It explores how collaboration bet...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa
Edited by Lars Buur, José J. Macuane, Faustin P. Maganga, Rasmus H. Pedersen
In response to the recent surge in extractive natural resource investments in Africa, this insightful book explores how relations between investors, ruling elites, and local populations develop when large-scale investments in gas, minera...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Concise Encyclopedia of Human Geography
Edited by Loretta Lees, David Demeritt
With 78 specially commissioned entries written by a diverse range of contributors, this essential reference book covers the breadth and depth of human geography to provide a lively and accessible state of the art of the discipline for st...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development
Edited by Valentina Hartarska, Robert J. Cull
This timely Handbook collates a range of evidence from top scholars in the field to help readers understand who microfinance reaches, how it helps, and why clients come back. It offers updated views on important concepts that enable a br...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Handbook on Governance and Development
Edited by Wil Hout, Jane Hutchison
This Handbook provides readers with an expert overview of the key theoretical approaches to governance and development, covering a broad range of policy areas and domains. Utilising a critical approach to issues from a multidisciplinary ...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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A Modern Guide to Knowledge
Francisco J. Carrillo
Outlining an integrative theory of knowledge, Francisco Javier Carrillo explores how to understand the underlying behavioural basis of the knowledge economy and society. Chapters highlight the notion that unless a knowledge-based value c...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The State of Accountability in the Global South
Edited by Sylvia I. Bergh, Sony Pellissery, C. Sathyamala
Political leaders and institutions across the Global South are continually failing to respond to the needs of their citizens. This incisive book sets out to establish the pathways to and outcomes of accountability in a development contex...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Handbook of Digital Inequality
Edited by Eszter Hargittai
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital m...eBook:Find out more£36.76
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A Research Agenda for Social Networks and Social Resilience
Edited by Emmanuel Lazega, Tom A.B. Snijders, Rafael P.M. Wittek
This cutting-edge Research Agenda demonstrates how social network analysis can be used to address problems of social resilience and advance knowledge and policy intervention in the face of the existential crises that threaten our contemp...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Handbook of Innovation & Appropriate Technologies for International Development
Edited by Philippe Régnier, Daniel Frey, Samuel Pierre, Koshy Varghese, Pascal Wild
This timely Handbook provides a conceptual discussion and an empirical review of new disruptive forms of innovation producing appropriate technologies, which address both the needs of low-income populations worldwide, and provides altern...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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A Research Agenda for Civil Society
Edited by Kees Biekart, Alan Fowler
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Mapping a wide range of civil society research perspectives, this pioneering Research Agenda...eBook:Find out more£25.00