Sustainable Development Goals
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Handbook on Global Social Justice
Edited by Gary Craig
‘This wide-ranging Handbook demonstrates how the concept of social justice provides a valuable lens for the analysis of diverse contemporary policy and political issues. Drawing on a number of disciplines and theoretical perspectives, it...eBook:Find out more$58.40
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The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education
Edited by Katja Repo, Maarit Alasuutari, Kirsti Karila, Johanna Lammi-Taskula
This timely book reveals how policies of childcare and early childhood education influence children’s circumstances and the daily lives of families with children. Examining how these policies are approached, it focuses particularly on th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Austerity, Retrenchment and the Welfare State
Bent Greve
‘This book presents a comprehensive stock taking exercise of welfare state developments over the last two decades. It shows that, contrary to widespread perceptions and analyses that emphasize austerity and retrenchment, welfare spending...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Local Resources, Territorial Development and Well-being
Edited by Jean-Christophe Dissart, Natacha Seigneuret
‘Local Resources, Territorial Development and Well-being provides a timely and innovative contribution to the literature on regional development. The edited book explores the relationships between territorial actors and resources and loc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on Global Climate Constitutionalism
Edited by Jordi Jaria-Manzano, Susana Borrás
‘Anyone concerned about an orderly and principled human response to the planetary consequences of climate change will find guidance and insight in this collection of engaged essays ranging from conceptual perspectives on global governanc...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Global Challenges, Governance, and Complexity
Edited by Victor Galaz
There is an increased interest in integrating insights from the complexity sciences to studies of governance and policy. While the issue has been debated, and the term of ‘complexity’ has multiple and sometimes contested interpretations,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Capital, Social Support and Stratification
Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, Nan Lin
This insightful book explores the spread of 'social' network imagery in three areas of sociology – social capital, social support, and China – using as its protagonist a man active in all three: Nan Lin. Social Capital, Social Support an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Gender and Violence
Edited by Laura J. Shepherd
'This book is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in understanding and addressing gender violence. The relationship between gender and violence is complex, and constitutive. This Handbook provides analytical tools for think...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The Politics of Oil
Dag Harald Claes
‘Dag Harald Claes has a unique knowledge of the politics, economics and (even more importantly from my point of view) the history of oil. He is one of the few who can blend together the three aspects in a simple and vibrant narrative. Th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Governing Marine Living Resources in the Polar Regions
Edited by Nengye Liu, Cassandra M. Brooks, Tianbao Qin
‘The polar regions are sentinels for biophysical change, changes that are in turn likely to have a range of impacts on geopolitics, human activities, resource use and environmental management. This book provides a timely and significant ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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State Governance of Mining, Development and Sustainability
Tracy-Lynn Field
‘In a time of ecological crisis, with ever present evidence of social conflict arising from mining development, Tracy-Lynn Field's painstaking examination of the contested discourses of sustainable mining and the role of the state makes ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Towards Collaborative Research in International Development
John Spriggs, Barbara Chambers, Carole Kayrooz
‘For more than 40 years, small numbers of researchers have been trying to change how they collaborate with farmers to make their work more responsive to farmers' needs and local conditions. This book pulls this experience together to dev...eBook:Find out more$40.00