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![Handbook on Shrinking Cities]()
Handbook on Shrinking Cities
Edited by Karina Pallagst, Marco Bontje, Emmanuèle Cunningham-Sabot, René Fleschurz
Compelling and engaging, this Handbook on Shrinking Cities addresses the fundamentals of shrinkage, exploring its causal factors, the ways in which planning strategies and policies are steered, and innovative solutions for revitalising s... -
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![Poverty and Inequality in East Asia]()
Poverty and Inequality in East Asia
Edited by Inhoe Ku, Peter Saunders
这insightful book addresses the urgent need for robust evidence on recent trends and factors contributing to poverty and inequality in East Asia. -
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![A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime]()
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... -
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![Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe]()
Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe
Edited by Mi A. Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
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 makes welfare states s... -
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![Handbook on Risk and Inequality]()
Handbook on Risk and Inequality
Edited by Dean Curran
This unique Handbook charts shifts in the relationship between risks and inequalities over the last few decades, analysing how inequalities shape risk and how risks condition and intensify inequalities. Expert contributors examine the im... -
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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... -
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![Imagining Pathways for Global Cooperation]()
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]()
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 ... -
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![Research Handbook of Comparative Criminal Justice]()
Research Handbook of Comparative Criminal Justice
编辑大卫Nelken提醒,克莱尔·汉密尔顿
With contributions from leading experts in the field, this timely Research Handbook reconsiders the theories, assumptions, values and methods of comparative criminal justice in light of the challenges and opportunities posed by globalisa... -
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![Trade Shows in the 21st Century]()
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... -
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![The Role of the Public Sector]()
The Role of the Public Sector
Bent Greve
At last – a textbook on the public sector for students of social policy, public policy, political science and sociology. This book explains why we have a public sector and what tasks it is expected to perform. -
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![A Modern Guide to Creative Economies]()
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...
