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From Eco-Cities to Sustainable City-Regions
Ernest J. Yanarella, Richard S. Levine
A political scientist and an urban architect explore China’s odyssey to become an ecological civilization and transform its massive, unsustainable, urbanization process into one that creates hundreds of eco-cities. The resulting From Eco...eBook:Find out more$39.96
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A Research Agenda for Global Rural Development
Terry Marsden, Claire Lamine, Sergio Schneider
Setting out a new, path-breaking research agenda for global rural development, this timely book offers an innovative and embedded rural social science capable of both understanding and enacting progress towards diverse and sustainable pa...eBook:Find out more$39.96
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Navigating the Free Trade – Fair Trade Fault-Lines
Michael J. Trebilcock
Is Free Trade desirable? Does it primarily benefit the wealthy? And what are its impacts on individual autonomy and human dignity? These are some of the fundamental questions that acclaimed trade law expert, Michael Trebilcock, sets out ...eBook:Find out more$19.99
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Research Handbook on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Edited by Paresha Sinha, Jenny Gibb, Michèle Akoorie, Jonathan M. Scott
This Research Handbook offers contextualized perspectives on entrepreneurship in emerging economies. Emphasizing how national context profoundly shapes incentives for entrepreneurial efforts, chapters dissect the opportunities emerging f...eBook:Find out more$51.96
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Handbook on Global Value Chains
Edited by Stefano Ponte, Gary Gereffi, Gale Raj-Reichert
Global value chains (GVCs) are a key feature of the global economy in the 21st century. They show how international investment and trade create cross-border production networks that link countries, firms and workers around the globe. Thi...eBook:Find out more$61.56
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A Research Agenda for Sustainable Tourism
Edited by Stephen F. McCool, Keith Bosak
Exploring tourism in an increasingly valuable landscape, this forward-looking book examines the importance of the sustainability of global travel. Leading authors in the field outline the major trajectories for research helpful in develo...eBook:Find out more$42.36
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Research Handbook on International Refugee Law
Edited by Satvinder Singh Juss
In an age of ethnic nationalism and anti-immigrant rhetoric, the study of refugees can help develop a new outlook on social justice, just as the post-war international order ends. The global financial crisis, the rise of populist leaders...eBook:Find out more$61.56
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Research Handbook on Critical Legal Theory
Edited by Emilios Christodoulidis, Ruth Dukes, Marco Goldoni
Critical theory, characteristically linked with the politics of theoretical engagement, covers the manifold of the connections between theory and praxis. This thought-provoking Research Handbook captures the broad range of those connecti...eBook:Find out more$61.56
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Social Innovation as Political Transformation
Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, Angeliki Paidakaki, Constanza Parra
This book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and extractivism in the age of neoliberalism. Ca...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Handbook of Globalisation and Tourism
Edited by Dallen J. Timothy
Globalization entails the world becoming a smaller place through political, socio-cultural and economic processes. These processes have salient implications for tourism, and tourism itself is one of the driving forces behind globalizatio...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Research Handbook on Child Soldiers
Edited by Mark A. Drumbl, Jastine C. Barrett
Child soldiers remain poorly understood and inadequately protected, despite significant media attention and many policy initiatives. This Research Handbook aims to redress this troubling gap. It offers a reflective, fresh and nuanced rev...eBook:Find out more$61.56
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Standing up for a Sustainable World
Edited by Claude Henry, Johan Rockström, Nicholas Stern
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. The world has witnessed extraordinary economic growth, poverty reduction and increased life ...