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![A Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness]()
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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Migrants’ Attitudes and the Welfare State
Karen N. Breidahl, Troels F. Hedegaard, Kristian Kongshøj, Christian A. Larsen
‘The question of whether immigration is compatible with a robust welfare state has received much attention in recent times. However, the extent to which immigrants in welfare states share the welfare attitudes of natives, and to which we...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Advanced Introduction to Community-based Conservation
Fikret Berkes
‘Fikret Berkes didn’t invent the concept of community-based conservation, but he has been its most vigorous and high-profile academic advocate and analyst. His towering impact on the social science of conservation makes this masterful vo...eBook:Find out more$19.96
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![Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course]()
Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course
Edited by Joachim Scheiner, Henrike Rau
‘This rich collection of research relating to mobility biographies provides a thorough insight into this immensely important field. It highlights innovative research from scholars that take seriously the role of everyday practices and th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Ending Childhood Obesity
Edited by Amandine Garde, Joshua Curtis, Olivier De Schutter
‘Ending Childhood Obesity is an authoritative source that advances the case for a greater role of law in tackling the root causes of obesity as a public health emergency within the current global food environment. It is a must read for a...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Myths, Narratives and Welfare States
Bent Greve
‘Bent Greve investigates the stories we tell ourselves about the welfare state and its workings. This book is not only a quick and authoritative reality check on these stories, it is also a path-breaking study of how such popular narrati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Politics for Hire
Stefan Svallfors
‘Unelected political professionals loom increasingly large in European governance. But what do these professionals do, how do they do it, and what difference does it make? In a single study, Stefan Svallfors recasts our understanding of ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Poverty, Crisis and Resilience
Edited by Marie Boost, Jennifer Dagg, Jane Gray, Markus Promberger
‘The aftermath of the 2008 crisis left many communities across Europe facing serious problems, with the capacity of households to endure hardships pushed to the limit. In this exceptional volume the editors have brought together and dist...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Research Handbook on the Sociology of Law]()
Research Handbook on the Sociology of Law
Edited by Jiří Přibáň
‘This rich collection is an extremely valuable resource, a reliable and instructive vade mecum to the sociology of law broadly conceived. It covers relations between it and neighbouring disciplines, core themes within the discipline its...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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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$32.00
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![Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change]()
Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change
Edited by David C. Holmes, Lucy M. Richardson
‘This book takes a fiercely needed leap forward to systematically improve climate change communication. We’re well acquainted with intersectional challenges associated with 21st century climate change, but work remains to improve how we ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Debt and Austerity
Edited by Jodi Gardner, Mia Gray, Katharina Moser
‘As problems of debt and overindebtedness loom large in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, this rich and interdisciplinary collection of essays provides timely insights into the theoretical, policy and practical issues in addressing p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
