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Being a Planner in Society
Nicholas Low
This timely book addresses what it is to be a planner in a changing world: a world in need of transformation in the way planning is done in order to tackle social problems and ecological crises. Nicholas Low argues for the need to revalu...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure
Andy Pike, Peter O’Brien, Tom Strickland, Graham Thrower, John Tomaney
Financialising City Statecraft and Infrastructure addresses the struggles of national and local states to fund, finance and govern urban infrastructure. It develops fresh thinking on financialisation and city statecraft to explain the so...eBook:Find out more£27.16
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Advanced Introduction to Sustainable Tourism
David Weaver
This critical review of sustainable tourism, from its beginnings in the late 1980s to the present, examines the pressing challenges posed by the effects of global warming and the persistence of deep poverty and social unrest in many regi...eBook:Find out more£14.36
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Social Imaginaries of Space
Bernard Debarbieux
Travelling through various historical and geographical contexts, Social Imaginaries of Space explores diverse forms of spatiality, examining the interconnections which shape different social collectives. Proposing a theory on how space i...eBook:Find out more£23.96
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Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization
Edited by Robert C. Kloosterman, Virginie Mamadouh, Pieter Terhorst
Processes of globalization have changed the world in many, often fundamental, ways. Increasingly these processes are being debated and contested. This Handbook offers a timely, rich as well as critical panorama of these multifaceted proc...eBook:Find out more£41.56
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Handbook on the Geographies of Power
Edited by Mat Coleman, John Agnew
The so-called spatial turn in the social sciences means that many researchers have become much more interested in what can be called the spatialities of power, or the ways in which power as a medium for achieving goals is related to wher...eBook:Find out more£37.56
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A Research Agenda for Tourism and Development
Edited by Richard Sharpley, David Harrison
Tourism is integral to local, regional and national development policies; as a major global economic sector, it has the potential to underpin economic growth and wider development. Yet, transformations in both the nature of tourism and t...eBook:Find out more£23.16
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A Research Agenda for Economic Anthropology
Edited by James G. Carrier
The financial crisis and its economic and political aftermath have changed the ways that many anthropologists approach economic activities, institutions and systems. This insightful volume presents important elements of this change. With...eBook:Find out more£23.16
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Spirituality, Organization and Neoliberalism
Edited by Emma Bell, Sorin Gog, Anca Simionca, Scott Taylor
This book brings together analyses from across the social sciences to develop an interdisciplinary approach to understanding spiritualities and neoliberalism. It traces the lived experience of social actors as they engage with new and al...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Innovation and Urban Governance
Edited by Marc Pradel-Miquel, Ana B. Cano-Hila, Marisol García Cabeza
Presenting social innovation initiatives that emerged from organized citizenry in Southern European cities, this book explores the response to austerity policies implemented after the 2008 economic crisis. Chapters look at the common aim...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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A Research Agenda for Regeneration Economies
Edited by John R. Bryson, Lauren Andres, Rachel Mulhall
This Research Agenda provides both a state-of-the-art review of existing research on city-regions, and expands on new research approaches. Expert contributors from across the globe explore key areas for reading city-regions, including: t...eBook:Find out more£23.16
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A Research Agenda for Global Crime
Edited by Tim Hall, Vincenzo Scalia
This multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading international scholars explores many pressing issues related to global crime. The book opens with essays that look across this diverse terrain and then moves on to consider specific ...eBook:Find out more£23.96