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Governing Oceans
Edited by Catherine Jones
This perceptive book evaluates the effectiveness of current ocean governance as it aims to respond to the threats of increased sea temperatures, salination, biodiversity loss, overfishing, and exploitation of ocean resources. Contributor...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social (In)Equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life
Edited by Patsy Kraeger, M. R. Islam, Rhonda Phillips
Combining theoretical and empirical research with global case studies, this innovative book examines the complex relationships between social (in)equality, community well-being and quality of life centred on Sustainable Development Goal ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Rethinking Development Politics
Ilan Kapoor, Gavin Fridell
In this innovative book, Ilan Kapoor and Gavin Fridell rethink development politics psychoanalytically, investigating its unconscious. Whereas mainstream development politics is organized around stability and rationality, psychoanalysis ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Transforming Rural China
Guy M. Robinson
Over the last four decades, China has witnessed dramatic economic growth, transforming into an economic powerhouse with considerable consequences for its rural regions. In this timely book, Guy M. Robinson adeptly navigates the principal...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Ranking Nations
Stephen Morse
This engaging book assesses the statistical need for using particular ranking systems to compare the status of nations. With an overarching focus on human development, environmental performance and corruption, it carefully maps out some ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals
Edited by Ranjula Bali Swain, Yongyi Min
Interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals explores the complex relationships between the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by 193 United Nations Member States in 2015. The book provides an in-depth analysis of...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Rethinking Nature Relations
E. C. H. Keskitalo
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. This incisive book explores the implications of the nature–culture binary and how it impacts...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Women’s Entrepreneurial Journeys in Sub-Saharan Africa
Michael Z. Ngoasong
This innovative book traces women’s entrepreneurial journeys in Sub-Saharan Africa, examining the linkages between entrepreneurship, gender and development context. With extensive case studies of women’s experiences across the enterprise...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Rethinking Tourism and Development
Richard Sharpley, David J. Telfer
Rethinking Tourism and Development provides a critical analysis of the tourism industry''s impact on development and the environment. While tourism contributes significantly to the global economy, it also generates environmental costs th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Public Diplomacy
Edited by Eytan Gilboa
Public diplomacy has become one of the central instruments of foreign policy and national security; this crucial Research Agenda provides a new outline for its investigation. Aiding the comprehension of the broad boundaries of the field,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia
Robert J. Brent
This ground-breaking book expertly brings together the many effective dementia interventions to reduce the symptoms of this debilitating condition and also, for the first time, a Cost-Benefit Analysis of those interventions to establish ...eBook:Find out more$20.76
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Land, Rights and the Politics of Investments in Africa
Edited by Lars Buur, José J. Macuane, Faustin P. Maganga, Rasmus H. Pedersen
In response to the recent surge in extractive natural resource investments in Africa, this insightful book explores how relations between investors, ruling elites, and local populations develop when large-scale investments in gas, minera...eBook:Find out more$40.00