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Upgrading the Global Garment Industry
Edited by Mohammad B. Rana, Matthew M.C. Allen
This timely book focuses on the upgrading of firms within the global garment industry, examining how garment manufacturers and retailers in different countries internationalize, develop their capabilities and enhance their sustainability... -
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Field Guide for Research in Community Settings
Edited by M. R. Islam, Niaz A. Khan, Siti H.B.A.B. Ah, Haris B.A. Wahab, Mashitah Hamidi
‘Occasionally, a particularly insightful work is published with much potential for fostering improved learning and application. This is such a book. The Field Guide offers vital guidance on conducting fieldwork across contexts for commun... -
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Advanced Introduction to Law and Development
Mariana M. Prado, Michael J. Trebilcock
‘The Advanced Introduction to Law and Development is the most comprehensive and interdisciplinary textbook on the role of law in socioeconomic development. The authors cover an impressive range of topics, including a new chapter on healt... -
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Research Handbook on Law, Governance and Planetary Boundaries
Edited by Duncan French, Louis J. Kotzé
‘The planetary boundaries concept provides an ideal framework for connecting science with law at the global level. This book explores this connection in great detail, from our undeniable need for limits and the fundamental concepts of et... -
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Global Youth Unemployment
Ross Fergusson, Nicola Yeates
‘Rarely has a study of global youth unemployment so adeptly combined an empirically-grounded scrutiny of its levels and trends, with a conceptually nuanced analysis of its political economy drivers at multiple scales. Fergusson and Yeate... -
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Handbook on the Governance and Politics of Migration
Edited by Emma Carmel, Katharina Lenner, Regine Paul
‘A great line up of contributors provide rich, informative, engaged and engaging analyses of how governance systems play a key role in shaping migration: through their operation and effects, their inclusion and omissions, and the ways in... -
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Handbook on Global Value Chains
Edited by Stefano Ponte, Gary Gereffi, Gale Raj-Reichert
‘Finally, a Handbook of global value chains. This collection establishes the state of the art in knowledge on the industrial form – the GVC – that has transformed capitalism for better and worse and which is at the centre of contemporary...eBook:Find out more$55.96
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A Research Agenda for Place Branding
Edited by Dominic Medway, Gary Warnaby, John Byrom
‘Most key themes of interest to anyone involved in place branding research are covered in the governance, contexts and experiences sections, and along with the key grounding issues, the book contains some very insightful case studies. In... -
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The Interplay between the EU's Return Acquis and International Law
Támas Molnár
‘Analysing interactions between EU and international law in the specific field related to return of migrants, this book reveals intriguing dynamics. As a unique contribution to legal scholarship, it explores how the EU Return Directive h... -
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Poverty and Human Rights
Edited by Suzanne Egan, Anna Chadwick
‘Suzanne Egan and Anna Chadwick have brought together a range of emergent and established voices in this collection on the tensions and contradictions inherent in the roles of human rights in combating poverty. Multidisciplinary contribu... -
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Handbook for Sustainable Tourism Practitioners
Edited by Anna Spenceley
‘This book is a timely and important resource which includes relevant, practical guidance to support the sustainable development and growth of the tourism industry. Numerous case studies provide essential tools and techniques for promoti... -
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Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media
Edited by Emre E. Korkmaz
‘The book is a timely contribution on how digital technology is used in the establishment, management and enforcement of physical and virtual borders. It offers a multi-faceted view into digital technologies used in the context of migrat...