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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...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Pandemic Economics
Peter A.G. van Bergeijk
‘Brilliantly narrated, Pandemic Economics provides the evidence that policymakers should have been better prepared for Covid-19 and the insights on how to strike a better balance between the protection of lives and livelihoods. As it may...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Retiring Women
Philip Taylor, Catherine Earl, Elizabeth Brooke, Christopher McLoughlin
‘This book is among the first to solely focus on the work and retirement of older women. Much needed research in a field that is still dominated by male perspectives, whereas the older workforce consists of increasing shares of women.’ –...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being
Giovanni Bertin, Marion Ellison, Giuseppe Moro
‘The authors provide the reader with the analytical tools needed to understand what has been defined as the “European social model” and to grasp some of the most pressing challenges it is undergoing, including the Covid-19 stress test.’ ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Digital Citizen(ship)
Luigi Ceccarini
‘What does it mean to be a “good online citizen”? While it has become a commonplace to say that the Internet is profoundly changing our political and social lives, few commentators have delved into the full ramifications of its implicati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Innovation as Political Transformation
Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, Angeliki Paidakaki, Constanza Parra
‘Social Innovation as Political Transformation makes a major contribution by going beyond critique of neoliberalism to offering positive proposals for social innovation. It brings together a group of distinguished scholars who show both ...eBook:Find out more$33.56
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Productivity and the Pandemic
Edited by Philip McCann, Tim Vorley
‘If ever there was a timely book on an important question this is it. The need to address the spatial and human aspects of Britain’s low productivity had no sooner reached the top of the political agenda than COVID-19 struck, plunging us...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Robotization of Work?
Barbara Czarniawska, Bernward Joerges
‘Within the rapidly proliferating field of social studies of cybernetics this brilliant book stands out in several ways. It revisits the epistemology of autopoiesis by unearthing how popular culture, science fiction and cybernetics co-co...eBook:Find out more$23.96
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A Research Agenda for Housing
Edited by Markus Moos
‘In A Research Agenda for Housing, editor Markus Moos bring together contributors to illustrate and examine the major theoretical, analytical and empirical developments in the housing field, showing housing to be a complex area and an es...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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A Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness
Edited by Luigino Bruni, Alessandra Smerilli, Dalila De Rosa
Exploring the modern approach to the economics of happiness, which came about with the Easterlin Paradox, this book analyses and assesses the idea that as a country gets richer the happiness of its citizens remains the same. The book mov...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Sexual Harassment, the Abuse of Power and the Crisis of Leadership
James K. Beggan
Within these pages James K. Beggan puts forward a novel approach to understanding sexual harassment by high value superstars in the workplace. The approach integrates ideas derived from evolutionary theory, utility theory, sexual scripti...eBook:Find out more$31.96
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EU Migration Agencies
David Fernández-Rojo
‘In this detailed and precise guide, the author traces how Europe’s border, police, and asylum agencies are evolving in an interactive system of governance. EU Migration Agencies maps out lines of authority, pathways of power, and unexpe...eBook:Find out more$40.00
