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The Welfare State and Life Transitions
Edited by Dominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch, Jill Rubery
This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some lif...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Human Rights and the Environment
Edited by Dinah L. Shelton
In this topical collection, Professor Dinah Shelton brings together seminal articles published since the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment that discuss and debate the linkages between human rights and environmental protection... -
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Religion in International Politics and Development
John A. Rees
This unique and fascinating book illustrates that in moving the research agenda forward – despite whatever methodological pitfalls that may await in the attempt – the dynamics of religion must now be considered to be of central and abidi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Power of Networks
Mikkel Flyverbom
With an ever-growing number of users, the Internet is central to the processes of globalization, cultural formations, social encounters and economic development. These aside, it is also fast becoming an important political domain. Strugg...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Scientists and the Regulation of Risk
David Demortain
Risks are increasingly regulated by international standards, and scientists play a key role in standardisation. This fascinating book exposes the action of ‘invisible colleges’ of scientists – loose groups of prominent scientific experts...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Republic of Europeans
Kostas A. Lavdas, Dimitris N. Chryssochoou
A Republic of Europeans looks at the changing routes and conditions of the European polity from a liberal republican angle, proposing an innovative regulative ideal for Europe’s future. -
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Does Economic Governance Matter?
Edited by Mehmet Ugur, David Sunderland
This book contributes to the growing governance literature in three ways. First, it extends the analysis to new areas such as power asymmetry, regulation, transnational company strategies, and law enforcement. Secondly, it examines the r...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Mass Justice
Edited by Jenny Steele, Willem H. van Boom
This insightful book considers phenomena such as mass torts, which affect numerous victims, and complex insolvency cases, which concern multiple and often competing interests.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Climate Change and Human Security
Michael R. Redclift, David Manuel-Navarette, Mark Pelling
The challenge presented by climate change is, by its nature, global. The populations of the Mexican Caribbean, the focus of this book, are faced by everyday decisions not unlike those in the urban North. The difference is that for the pe...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Ethics and Global Environmental Policy
Edited by Paul G. Harris
This collection of provocative essays re-evaluates the world’s failed policy responses to climate change, in the process demonstrating how cosmopolitan ethics can inform global environmental governance.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Academic Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement
Edited by Bruce Kingma
This poignant study presents a collection of research on entrepreneurship and community engagement. The context of this book is Syracuse University’s award winning model of Scholarship in Action with its emphasis on sustainable campus–co...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Vulnerable and Marginalised Groups and Human Rights
Edited by David Weissbrodt, Mary Rumsey
This insightful volume addresses human rights from the perspective of those groups whose rights are especially vulnerable to abuse, with particular reference to stateless or internally-displaced persons, linguistic, cultural and sexual m...