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We publish Open Access content right across our list, encompassing Law, Business and the Social Sciences, and including complete books, individual book chapters and journal articles.
The continued evolution towards scholarly content increasingly being published Open Access is in line with our stated company mission, which is to enrich and support our academic and professional communities through creative commissioning and effective dissemination of high calibre content for a global audience, and by delivering a dynamic, responsive and efficient publishing service to authors, readers and customers.
Our Open Access content is freely available to read and download. You can learn more here or browse our latest titles on Elgaronline.
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Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights
We are delighted to announce that the much-anticipated Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights is now available on Elgaronline. Launching with 70 entries, content will be added regularly over the next few months and entries will be fully cross-linked once the Encyclopedia is complete in 2022.
Comprising over 340 entries, presented alphabetically, the Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world.
We've opened seven entries so you can discover more about this indispensable resource. Visit Elgaronline and recommend the electronic version of the Encyclopedia to your library.
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Manfred Nowak on the Encyclopedia
One of the editor team, leading human rights expert Manfred Nowak, describes the rationale for the Encyclopedia.
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Christina Binder on the Encyclopedia
Christina Binder, Chair for International Law and Human Rights Law at the Bundeswehr University Munich discusses the Encyclopedia.
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Open Access Publishing
Alex Pettifer, our Editorial Director, discusses Elgar’s approach to assessing and publishing new Open...
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The Policy Uptake of Citizen Sensing, exploring what makes civic monitoring influential on policy decisions
by Anna Berti Suman, SensJus Principal Investigator
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