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![Social Justice in a Turbulent Era]()
Social Justice in a Turbulent Era
Edited by Gary Craig
This incisive book examines how the values of social justice can be protected against attacks from the interacting economic, social, environmental, and health crises of the 21st century. Global contributors outline key elements of a poli... -
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![Welfare States in a Turbulent Era]()
Welfare States in a Turbulent Era
Edited by Bent Greve
This insightful book provides a systematic analysis of the development of affluent Western welfare states in this turbulent era. It explores the consequences for welfare states of modern crises such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandem... -
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Fixing Prices
Franck Cochoy, Johan Hagberg, Hans Kjellberg
Shedding light on a range of price fixing mechanisms and price display technologies, this incisive book offers a clear overview of the retail price setting, posting and adjusting processes. Based on a detailed study of a century of prici... -
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![A Research Agenda for Food Systems]()
A Research Agenda for Food Systems
Edited by Colin Sage
Illuminating the global food system as a highly dynamic set of interconnecting interests that continues to drive rapid technological, societal, and cultural change, this cutting-edge Research Agenda examines the pressing issues that conf...eBook:Find out more$37.60
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Religion and Public Administration
Edoardo Ongaro, Michele Tantardini
Exploring the manifold relationships between religion and public administration, this topical book conceptualises and theorises the diverse influence of religions on the functioning of public administrative systems across the globe.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Handbook on Inequality and the Environment]()
Handbook on Inequality and the Environment
Edited by Michael A. Long, Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky
This innovative Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of the complex relationship between inequality and the environment and illustrates the myriad ways in which they intersect. Featuring over 30 contributions from leading experts ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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A Research Agenda for Gentrification
Edited by Winifred Curran, Leslie Kern
Offering a new theoretical framework for understanding gentrification and displacement, this timely Research Agenda focuses on resistance as the central research area in this subject field. Arguing that the future of gentrification resea...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Handbook on the Politics and Governance of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence]()
Handbook on the Politics and Governance of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Andrej Zwitter, Oskar J. Gstrein
Drawing on the theoretical debates, practical applications, and sectoral approaches in the field, this ground-breaking Handbook unpacks the political and regulatory developments in AI and big data governance. Covering the political impli...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Handbook on Home and Migration
Edited by Paolo Boccagni
This dynamic Handbook unpacks the entanglements between the two notions of home and migration, which illuminate the lived experiences of (in)voluntary mobilities and the contested terrain of inclusion and belonging. Drawing on cross-disc...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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(Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations
John H. Morris, Hannah Collins
Using a range of calculative devices, (Mis)managing Macroprudential Expectations explores the methods used by central banks to predict and govern the tail risks that could impact financial stability. Through an in-depth case study, the b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems]()
Handbook on the Political Economy of Health Systems
Edited by Joan Costa-Font, Alberto Batinti, Gilberto Turati
This ground breaking Handbook brings together a number of chapters into one comprehensive book on the timely subject matter of the political economy of health and health care. The book contains up-to-date discussion on the state of the a...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Assessing the Social Impact of Immigration in Europe
Edited by Jussi P. Laine, Daniel Rauhut, Marika Gruber
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. Focusing on the social impact of migration, this book explores migration as an inevitable pa...
