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Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation
Fikret Berkes
‘Fikret Berkes didn’t invent the concept of community-based conservation, but he has been its most vigorous and high-profile academic advocate and analyst. His towering impact on the social science of conservation makes this masterful vo...eBook:Find out more£12.76
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![A Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness]()
A Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness
Edited by Luigino Bruni, Alessandra Smerilli, Dalila De Rosa
Exploring the modern approach to the economics of happiness, which came about with the Easterlin Paradox, this book analyses and assesses the idea that as a country gets richer the happiness of its citizens remains the same. The book mov...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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EU Migration Agencies
David Fernández-Rojo
‘In this detailed and precise guide, the author traces how Europe’s border, police, and asylum agencies are evolving in an interactive system of governance. EU Migration Agencies maps out lines of authority, pathways of power, and unexpe...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![A Modern Guide to Economic Sociology]()
A Modern Guide to Economic Sociology
Edited by Milan Zafirovski
‘A comprehensive and stimulating guide, written by some of the best known scholars in the fìeld, that shows how the theoretical and empirical findings of economic sociology correspond and complement those of economics, as a sort of count...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Migrants’ Attitudes and the Welfare State
Karen N. Breidahl, Troels F. Hedegaard, Kristian Kongshøj, Christian A. Larsen
‘This book on migrants’ attitudes towards the Danish welfare state is a welcome contribution to the ongoing and at times rather anxious and alarming ‘migration–welfare state problematic’ discourse. Its findings show that migrants from a ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course]()
Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course
Edited by Joachim Scheiner, Henrike Rau
‘This rich collection of research relating to mobility biographies provides a thorough insight into this immensely important field. It highlights innovative research from scholars that take seriously the role of everyday practices and th...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Innovation as Political Transformation
Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, Angeliki Paidakaki, Constanza Parra
‘Social Innovation as Political Transformation makes a major contribution by going beyond critique of neoliberalism to offering positive proposals for social innovation. It brings together a group of distinguished scholars who show both ...eBook:Find out more£20.76
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Myths, Narratives and Welfare States
Bent Greve
‘Bent Greve investigates the stories we tell ourselves about the welfare state and its workings. This book is not only a quick and authoritative reality check on these stories, it is also a path-breaking study of how such popular narrati...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Politics for Hire
Stefan Svallfors
‘In most western democracies, trust in government has been going down. In this path-breaking and truly original book, Stefan Svallfors provides an important clue to this worrying development, namely the huge increase of a group of politi...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Poverty, Crisis and Resilience]()
Poverty, Crisis and Resilience
Edited by Marie Boost, Jennifer Dagg, Jane Gray, Markus Promberger
‘This is a thoughtful and thought-provoking contribution to ways of thinking about poverty, based on new research by multi-disciplinary teams in eight countries and putting the concept of resilience centre stage. The comparative approach...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change
Edited by David C. Holmes, Lucy M. Richardson
‘This book takes a fiercely needed leap forward to systematically improve climate change communication. We’re well acquainted with intersectional challenges associated with 21st century climate change, but work remains to improve how we ...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Ending Childhood Obesity
Edited by Amandine Garde, Joshua Curtis, Olivier De Schutter
Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing global public health challenges of the 21st century. In response, States need to employ a multisectoral approach including labelling rules, food marketing restrictions and fiscal policies. Ho...eBook:Find out more£25.00
