Encyclopedia
Our acclaimed Encyclopedia provide balanced and comprehensive coverage of a major branch within a discipline. Each theme or volume is overseen by a leading scholar with entries prepared by an expert in the field, providing an in-depth and authoritative overview of the individual topic, combined with an exhaustive bibliography.
Online editions are enhanced with Elgaronline’s powerful search tools, facilitating the search for key terms across the entire Encyclopedia, whilst the browse function allows users to move seamlessly between the volumes. These elements combine to create a powerful research tool for any researcher or scholar.
Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights
The most comprehensive reference work in the field of international human rights protection.
Comprising over 340 entries, presented alphabetically, the Encyclopedia addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world.
The Encyclopedia boasts an incredibly diverse author team, featuring contributions from close to 300 scholars and practitioners from more than 65 countries, representing all regions of the world. Contributors include leading experts in their respective fields - among them current and former UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts, renowned academics, judges of national, international and regional (human rights) courts, members of universal and regional human rights bodies, members of the International Law Commission, as well as legal advisors of foreign offices and international and non-governmental organizations.
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Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights
Watch Philipp Janig discuss the Elgar Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Comprising over 340 entries, presented alphabetically, and available exclusively on Elgaronline, the Encyclopedia addresses the full range of themes associated with the study and practice of human rights in the modern world.
Encyclopedia of Tourism
Management and Marketing
Edited by Dimitrios Buhalis, Bournemouth University Business School, UK
The Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing is, quite simply, the definitive reference work in the field.
This is the largest tourism management and marketing ontology that has ever been put together and offers a holistic examination of this interdisciplinary field. Bringing together a wealth of expertise, a team of international authors from all parts of the world shed light on the current state of tourism research and practice around the globe and provide unique insights into the field.
Carefully curated by leading tourism scholar Dimitrios Buhalis, the Encyclopedia is an invaluable resource for academics, students and practitioners and provides the ideal starting point for any research journey. The concise entries present an accessible and condensed overview of each topic and the selected references that follow each entry suggest directions for further detailed exploration.
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Encyclopedia of Law and Development
This comprehensive Encyclopedia includes more than 80 entries, organised alphabetically for ease of reference, from both eminent scholars and up-and-coming voices in the field.
The Encyclopedia spans a variety of approaches, contextualised histories, recent developments and forward-looking insights into the role of law in development. It is an invaluable reference point for scholars seeking to engage with issues at the intersection of law and development from both within and outside of the legal field.
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World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship
This comprehensive reference work contains 76 entries written by leading academics in the field.
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Encyclopedia of Islamic Insurance, Takaful and Retakaful
A much-needed thorough reference on Islamic insurance policy and the ways in which this can be modelled to cohere with Shari’ah law.
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Luke Adams
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Francine O'Sullivan
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Matt Pitman
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Alex Pettifer
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Alan Sturmer
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Stephen Gutierrez
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Katy Crossan
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Ben Booth
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Catherine Elgar
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Harry Fabian
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