Human Geography
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Gender Divisions and Working Time in the New Economy
Edited by Diane Perrons, Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Kath Ray, Kevin Ward
Contemporary societies are characterised by new and more flexible working patterns, new family structures and widening social divisions. This book explores how these macro-level changes affect the micro organisation of daily life, with r...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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Gender, Generation and Poverty
Sylvia Chant
In Gender, Generation and Poverty Sylvia Chant challenges the ‘feminisation of poverty’ on the basis of recent fieldwork in The Gambia, Philippines and Costa Rica. Interviews with over 220 women and men of different ages at the grassroot...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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Return Migration in the Asia Pacific
Edited by Robyn Iredale, Fei Guo, Santi Rozario
Globalisation and social transformation theorists have paid significantly less attention to the movement of people than they have to the movement of capital. This book redresses the balance and provides timely insights into recent deve...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Migration in the Asia Pacific
Edited by Robyn Iredale, Charles Hawksley, Stephen Castles
This book examines the overall trends and labour patterns of migrants, their relationship with the state, and the impacts they have on the societies in which they work and sometimes settle. The book adopts a multidisciplinary perspective...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Contemporary Minority Migration, Education and Ethnicity in China
Robyn Iredale, Naren Bilik, Wang Su, Fei Guo, Caroline Hoy
Rural–urban migration is an important aspect in the development of countries. Until the late 1980s China was one of the few countries that controlled population movement both directly and indirectly through policies of economic and socia... -
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International Migration into the 21st Century
Edited by M. A.B. Siddique
Reginald Appleyard occupies an eminent position in the field of international migration and development studies. This enlightening volume of essays, in his honour, brings together contributions from a distinguished group of scholars who ... -
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Measuring Sustainable Development
Giles Atkinson, Richard Dubourg, Kirk Hamilton, Mohan Munasinghe, David Pearce, Carlos Young
This path-breaking book focuses on the theory and practice of economic development as viewed from the perspective of sustainability, and the implications of sustainability for development policy. It demonstrates how various indicators ca...