Edited by Emmanuel Lazega, Tom A.B. Snijders, Rafael P.M. Wittek
‘A stimulating read that has left me – as any good book on a developing topic should – with more questions raised than answered. Its mix of perspectives is truly inspiring because it is unusually rich and still necessarily incomplete.’
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‘Francisco Javier Carrillo tackles the most existential challenge of our time, the need for an environmentally viable economic system. He provides a sound and hopeful answer based on unlocking the potential and value of knowledge. Carril...
Edited by Sylvia I. Bergh, Sony Pellissery, C. Sathyamala
‘This insightful and comprehensive overview of diverse accountability efforts underscores persistent gaps between policy discourse, practices and outcomes. All routes to accountability turn out to be long routes. The rich case studies re...
Edited by Philippe Régnier, Daniel Frey, Samuel Pierre, Koshy Varghese, Pascal Wild
‘The chapter authors take a comprehensive and eclectic approach to “global engineering” in all its aspects, from academic research and learning, to practical approaches by international organizations and NGOs, to the experience of practi...
‘A Research Agenda for Civil Society provides a much needed synopsis of the antecedents, internal contradictions, and promises of civil society within a comparative African-Global Southern Context. At a time of pervasive political and ep...
Edited by Katja Freistein, Bettina Mahlert, Sigrid Quack, Christine Unrau
‘This exciting collection combines sharp theoretical analysis with a rich array of illuminating case studies to show the powerful role played by creative human imagination in shaping transformative processes of global cooperation. In dep...
‘Food – what we eat and how it is produced – has become a hot button issue. In this book, Wyn Grant draws on his deep knowledge and experience of agricultural and food policies to provide an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the ...
‘It is abundantly clear that sustainability transformations will not happen of their own accord; they must be actively guided by coalitions of actors working together. This wonderful new Handbook brings the challenges of governing for su...
‘Poverty remains a global challenge that the Coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated. This accessible and engaging book offers some financially forgiving entrepreneurial ideas out of poverty using the lens of informational economics.’
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‘Global financial innovations are reshaping markets and bringing hundreds of millions of people into the formal financial sector. With these changes, understandings of economies, technologies, and
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Edited by Laura Alfers, Marty Chen, Sophie Plagerson
‘An original and insightful contribution to rethinking the social contract. Instead of prescribing from above, the authors redirect attention to the perspective of informal workers, to their needs, demands and agency, and to the new real...
Edited by Melisa Deciancio, Pablo Nemiña, Diana Tussie
‘Development is as much a political outcome as an economic one. This remarkable handbook, edited and written by the leading experts from developing countries themselves, is the essential pairing for any development economics course and s...
