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A Modern Guide to Refugee Education
Edited by Julie Matthews, Quentin Maire
Exploring international opportunities and challenges, this incisive Modern Guide provides an authoritative overview of refugee education. Expert authors reconsider dominant paradigms through a postcolonial lens, confronting national poli... -
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A Spatial Theory of the Camp
Richard Carter-White, Claudio Minca
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. From concentration camps to refugee settlements, there is little consensus about what exactl... -
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Gender, Family and Policy in East Asia
Sirin Sung
This book examines gender assumptions in family policies in East Asia, particularly in relation to work-family balance. Reconciling paid and unpaid work has become an important issue for academics and policymakers in Western welfare stat... -
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Critical Perspectives on Predictive Policing
Edited by Vasilis Galis, Helene O.I. Gundhus, Antonis Vradis
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. Taking a critical approach, this book advances understanding of the social, legal and ethica... -
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Economyths of Work, Value, and Success in America
Elisa Bienenstock, Skaidra Smith-Heisters
Economyths of Work, Value, and Success in America is an examination and critique of the economic mythologies about opportunity and prosperity that underlie our discussions and decision making about public policy. Elisa Jayne Bienenstock ... -
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Decolonising Development in Education
Edited by Moira V. Faul
In this thought-provoking book, expert contributors challenge dominant global development narratives, undertaking an academic critique of contemporary coloniality in education and providing constructive ways towards more equal and sustai... -
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Rethinking Educational Theory
Rupert Wegerif
The theory of education as expanding dialogue outlined in this insightful book shows how education can be designed to support the collective intelligence and global citizenship we need in response to the challenges of the Anthropocene an... -
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Families with Children in a Turbulent Era
Edited by Katja Repo, Mia Tammelin, Petteri Eerola
This book analyses how turbulence is interwoven into the everyday life of families with children, thus becoming personal and intimate. Chapter authors use empirical data to highlight the contextual and relational nature of both global an... -
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Unconditional
Malcolm Torry
Can anything ever be truly unconditional? Can public services such as healthcare or education be unconditional? And can an income ever be unconditional? This incisive book responds to these questions with a qualified ‘yes,’ and considers...eBook:Find out more$36.76
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Understanding Society and Knowledge
Nico Stehr
Understanding Society and Knowledge proposes that knowledge rather than nature, violence, or power provides the basis of and the driving force behind human action in modern society. It demonstrates how the legally enforced restricted use...eBook:Find out more$32.76
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Future Public Governance and Global Crises
Edited by Elias Pekkola, Jan-Erik Johanson, Marjukka Mikkonen, Jari Stenvall, Emmi Siirtola
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 timely book provides an in-depth exploration of future public governance in a post-pand... -
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Islamic State, Media, and Propaganda
Moign Khawaja, Christian Kaunert
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 topical book investigates the breadth of visual broadcasts and performances of the Isla...