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Handbook of Food Security and Society
Edited by Martin Caraher, John Coveney, Mickey Chopra
Events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have drawn the subject of food security firmly into the public eye. This timely Handbook examines and responds to this pertinent topic, offering calculated solutions to food ins... -
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![Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation]()
Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation
Edited by Shumaila Yousafzai, Colette Henry, Monique Boddington, Shandana Sheikh, Alain Fayolle
This Research Handbook highlights the importance of women as agents of change, acknowledging women entrepreneurs’ efforts and supporting their value-creation activities. With important implications for policymaking, contributing authors ...eBook:Find out more$50.40
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Constitutional Crises and Regionalism
Vito Breda
This informative book analyses regional constitutional crises, where a large portion of residents no longer believe that the rule of law, as defined by central institutions, governs them. Laying out a framework for effective governance i... -
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Political Change through Social Innovation
Frank Moulaert, Bob Jessop, Erik Swyngedouw, Liana Simmons, Pieter Van den Broeck
This book addresses the key question of why socially innovative initiatives, including attempts to rejuvenate democracy by introducing new modes of participation, are not leading to a democratization of the State or overcoming the gap be...eBook:Find out more$24.76
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Research Handbook on the Sociology of Globalization
Edited by Christian Karner, Dirk Hofäcker
This Research Handbook takes stock of the state of the art in sociological research on globalization and the contributors outline future trajectories for this, one of the most pressing and challenging sociological themes of our time. -
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Handbook on Migration and Ageing
Edited by Sandra Torres, Alistair Hunter
This comprehensive Handbook explores the fundamental concepts surrounding the ageing-migration nexus. It is indispensable reading, presenting interdisciplinary research to investigate the unique experiences of older migrants, migrant eld... -
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The Future of Social Care
Peter Beresford, Colin Slasberg
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. Foreword by David Brindle In the face of major global demographic change, social care polic... -
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Advanced Introduction to Critical Global Development
Uma Kothari, Elise Klein
This stimulating and accessible Advanced Introduction critically engages with dominant, modernist and ahistorical narratives of development, foregrounding the overlooked dissonant discourses that are largely written out of mainstream dev... -
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![A Research Agenda for Event Impacts]()
A Research Agenda for Event Impacts
Edited by Nicholas Wise , Kelly Maguire
Exploring the social, economic and environmental impacts of events on people, places and communities, this timely Research Agenda highlights the links between theory and practice in event impacts research. Top scholars critically assess ...eBook:Find out more$37.60
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Urban Violence, Resilience and Security
Edited by Michael R. Glass, Taylor B. Seybolt, Phil Williams
Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature of urban violence within Latin America, Asia and Africa. It further analyzes how regular and irregular governing mec...eBook:Find out more$33.56
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![Welfare States in a Turbulent Era]()
Welfare States in a Turbulent Era
Edited by Bent Greve
This insightful book provides a systematic analysis of the development of affluent Western welfare states in this turbulent era. It explores the consequences for welfare states of modern crises such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandem... -
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![Handbook on International Development and the Environment]()
Handbook on International Development and the Environment
Edited by Benedicte Bull, Mariel Aguilar-Støen
Fifty years after the Stockholm Conference first placed the environment on the international development agenda, this Handbook continues the debate. Not only does it discuss the profound environmental and theoretical critique against ‘de...eBook:Find out more$65.00
