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A Research Agenda for New Urbanism
Edited by Emily Talen
New Urbanism, a movement devoted to building walkable, socially diversity cities, has garnered some successes and some failures over the past several decades. A Research Agenda for New Urbanism is a forward-looking book composed of chapt...eBook:Find out more$27.16
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![Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe]()
Big Science and Research Infrastructures in Europe
Edited by Katharina C. Cramer, Olof Hallonsten
This thought-provoking book expands on the notion that Big Science is not the only term to describe and investigate particularly large research projects, scientific collaborations and facilities. It investigates the significant overlap b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Online Political Hate Speech in Europe]()
Online Political Hate Speech in Europe
Giovanni Ziccardi
Thought-provoking and timely, this book addresses the increasingly widespread issue of online political hatred in Europe. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, it examines both the contributions of new technologies, in particular social ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Edited by Marie E. Gispen, Brigit Toebes
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. Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of ... -
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![Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity]()
Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity
Edited by Tijs Laenen, Bart Meuleman, Wim van Oorschot
Has there been change or continuity in the welfare attitudes of Europeans since the 2008 financial crisis? Using data from the European Social Survey, this book reveals how various types of welfare attitudes evolved between 2008, when th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Being a Planner in Society]()
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$40.00
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Social Problems in Southern Europe
Edited by Francisco Entrena-Durán, Rosa M. Soriano-Miras, Ricardo Duque-Calvache
As the European Union continues to struggle to establish a common agenda on tackling social problems, this compelling book presents a set of comparative sociological studies in southern European countries from leading scholars working in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Gender Inequality and Welfare States in Europe]()
Gender Inequality and Welfare States in Europe
Mary Daly
Gender equality has been one of the defining projects of European welfarestates. It has proven an elusive goal, not just because of political opposition but also due to a lack of clarity in how to best frame equality and take account of ...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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![Welfare Deservingness and Welfare Policy]()
Welfare Deservingness and Welfare Policy
Tijs Laenen
This important book builds a bridge between the literature on popular welfare deservingness and social welfare policies. It examines the relationship between the two, exploring the close correspondence between public opinion and public p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![A Research Agenda for Economic Anthropology]()
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$32.76
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Contesting Human Rights
Edited by Alison Brysk, Michael Stohl
Illustrated with case studies from across the globe, Contesting Human Rights provides an innovative approach to human rights, and examines the barriers and changing pathways to the full realisation of these rights. Presenting a thorough ...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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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$40.00
