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Defining Public Goods
David J. O’Brien
Through the lens of an economist’s notion of public goods, David J. O’Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities. The author describes in detail how seemi... -
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Critical Perspectives on Think Tanks
Edited by Julien Landry
‘Think tanks are ubiquitous today. This volume is a stellar contribution by showing how these organizations have evolved and adjusted to the post factual world where experts and policy knowledge is constantly contested. Even so, many thi... -
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The Revised European Social Charter
Karin Lukas
‘In recent years, the European Social Charter has become a living instrument of European constitutional law, thanks to the practice of its Committee of Social Rights. This book offers the most complete study to date of the developing law... -
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Global Production Networks and Rural Development
Edited by Bill Pritchard
‘This edited volume brings together a set of timely and much needed research contributions on the pattern, nature and dynamics of the exports of fresh fruit from Southeast Asian countries to China. A palette of detailed case studies join... -
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Contract Law
Jan M. Smits
Reflecting the most recent changes in the law, the third edition of this popular textbook provides a fully updated, comparative introduction to the law of contract. Accessible and clear, it is perfectly pitched for international students... -
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Internships, Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience
Edited by Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O'Higgins, Anne Hewitt
‘Internships, Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience is a compelling and state-of-the-art look at the global internship phenomenon. A truly international group of scholars probe the topic from nearly every angle, in what... -
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Handbook of Research Methods in Careers
Edited by Wendy Murphy, Jennifer Tosti-Kharas
This Handbook of Research Methods in Careers serves as a comprehensive guide to the methodologies that researchers use in career scholarship. Presenting detailed overviews of methodologies, contributors offer numerous actionable best pra... -
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![Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies]()
Urban Planning, Management and Governance in Emerging Economies
Edited by Jan Fransen, Meine P. van Dijk, Jurian Edelenbos
‘The authors argue that cities in emerging economies can increase their sustainable competitiveness by replacing their traditional system of urban planning and management with a modern system of urban governance. This is a must read for ... -
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Regulating the Use of Force in International Law
Russell Buchan, Nicholas Tsagourias
‘This is a lively, readable and concise account of the regulation of the use of force, bursting with contemporary examples. The use of force is perhaps the most contentious area of international law, its terms being loaded with presuppos... -
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Populism and Corruption
Edited by Jonathan Mendilow, Eric Phélippeau
‘Populist parties claim that political elites are corrupt. This book argues that they are too. Based on the systematic study of a large range of cases, grounded in a common theoretical frame, it exposes the five main types of corruption ... -
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Predatory Urbanism
Agatino Rizzo, Anindita Mandal
‘This book gives much needed attention to the violence of state-led megaprojects in Asia’s contemporary cities. The challenges of “predatory urbanism” examined in Qatar, Malaysia, and India are not harbingers of change; they are the chan...
