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Vertical Cities
Edited by Thomas Maloutas, Nikos Karadimitriou
Exploring the social implications of dense and compact cities, this enlightening book looks at micro-scale segregation through several lenses. These include the ways that the housing market constantly reconfigures social mix, how the str...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Poverty and Inequality in East Asia
Edited by Inhoe Ku, Peter Saunders
This insightful book addresses the urgent need for robust evidence on recent trends and factors contributing to poverty and inequality in East Asia. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How to Enhance Your Research
Don J. Webber
Accessible in its style, yet comprehensive in content, this groundbreaking book provides a wealth of advice on how academics can enhance their research practices. It also highlights the fundamental role of research leaders and how their ...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime
Edited by Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin, Juan Vargas
A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Trade Shows in the 21st Century
Edited by Anne-Sophie Béliard, Sidonie Naulin
Why do professionals keep attending face-to-face industry gatherings when digitization offers cheap, fast and time-saving technological solutions for professional interactions? This book sets out to explain such a phenomenon by analysing...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe
Edited by Mi A. Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
Foreword by Ian Gough 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 seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what... -
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Speaking Truth to Power
Benjamin Ginsberg, Collin Paschall
Truth and power have a difficult relationship. Decision makers are often required to make judgements that depend upon specialized knowledge and thus reluctantly surrender power. They are apt to reject advice inconsistent with their perce...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Imagining Pathways for Global Cooperation
Edited by Katja Freistein, Bettina Mahlert, Sigrid Quack, Christine Unrau
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-SA 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This book examines the role of imagination in initiating, contesting, and changing the pathways... -
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Contemporary Sociological Theology
Andrea Cerroni
This book examines how ancient myths have developed and still survive in the collective public imagination in order to answer fundamental questions concerning the individual, society and historical heritage: On what basis do we form our ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Modern Guide to Creative Economies
Edited by Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian, Jarna Heinonen, Nick Wilson
Bringing together a series of new perspectives and reflections on creative economies, this insightful Modern Guide expands and challenges current knowledge in the field. Interdisciplinary in scope, it features a broad range of contributi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for COVID-19 and Society
Edited by Steve Matthewman
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. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of anthropology, communications, disas...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Participation Income
Heikki Hiilamo
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 innovative book provides the first in-depth analysis of participatory income and its po...eBook:Find out more$40.00
