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Teaching the History of Economic Thought
Edited by Daniela Tavasci, Luigi Ventimiglia
Stemming from the idea that economics is a social science that tends to forget its own history, this refreshing book reflects on the role of teaching with historical perspectives. It offers novel ways of integrating the history of econom...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Regionalisms and Higher Education
Edited by Susan L. Robertson, Kris Olds, Roger Dale, Que Anh Dang
This original book provides a unique analysis of the different regional and inter-regional projects, their processes and the politics of Europeanisation, globalisation and education. Collectively, the contirbutors engage with internation...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2016
Edited by Michael H. Morris, Eric W. Liguori
The second edition of Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy provides entirely new insights into a number of the leading issues surrounding the teaching of entrepreneurship and the building of entrepreneurship programs. Prepar...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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The Market Oriented University
John A. Davis, Mark A. Farrell
The next decade will be transformative for the higher education sector. Government funding is decreasing. Through their marketing activities universities have created the ‘student consumer.’ The student consumer is prepared to shop aroun...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Childcare, Early Education and Social Inequality
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Nevena Kulic, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi
Recognising that social change over recent decades has strengthened the need for early childhood education and care, this book seeks to answer what role this plays in creating and compensating for social inequalities in educational attai...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The University and the Economy
Aldo Geuna, Federica Rossi
This book provides readers with an in-depth understanding of the many ways in which universities contribute to economic development and growth. It demonstrates the causal interactions between universities’ activities and economic outcome...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Managing Academics
Richard Philip Winter
Managing Academics contrasts three alternative perspectives of managing (professionalism, quality of worklife, prosocial identity) with the dominant perspective of managerialism in higher education institutions. The intention of the cont...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality]()
Models of Secondary Education and Social Inequality
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi
From an international comparative perspective, this third book in the prestigious eduLIFE Lifelong Learning series provides a thorough investigation into how social inequalities arise during individuals’ secondary schooling careers. Payi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Civic University
Edited by John Goddard, Ellen Hazelkorn, Louise Kempton, Paul Vallance
This innovative book addresses the leadership and management challenges of maximising the contribution of universities to civil society both locally and globally. It does this by developing a model of the civic university as an academic ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Education, Occupation and Social Origin
Edited by Fabrizio Bernardi, Gabrielle Ballarino
This innovative book takes a comparative approach to the social origin–education–destination triangle (OED), looking at the intergenerational transmission of advantage in 14 countries. The intention is to debate the claim that education ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, Sandra Buchholz
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Restructuring Welfare Governance
Edited by Tanja Klenk, Emmanuele Pavolini
This innovative book explores the introduction and impact of marketization and managerialism in social policy by adopting a dual perspective, considering both governance and human resources. Welfare governance (e.g. welfare mix, regulati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
