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  • Smart Development in Smart Communities

    Series series Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
    The concept of smart cities has become one of the most significant new lines of thinking to emerge in the social sciences in recent years, both from the research and policy angles. To date, the focus in smart specialization has been on what regions as a whole can do to bring about innovation, but it hasn’t necessarily addressed the role cities play within the field. This book aims to address that ... Read more

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  • Inequality in Economics and Sociology

    New Perspectives

    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    Inequality remains one of the most intensely discussed topics on a global level. As well as figuring prominently in economics, it is possibly the most central topic of sociology. Despite this, there has been no book until now that unites approaches from economics and sociology.Organized thematically, this volume brings international scholars together to offer students and researchers a cutting ... Read more

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  • Urban Theory

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    What is Urban Theory? How can it be used to understand our urban experiences? Experiences typically defined by enormous inequalities, not just between cities but within cities, in an increasingly interconnected and globalised world. This book explains:Relations between urban theory and modernity in key ideas of the Chicago School, spatial analysis, humanistic urban geography, and ‘radical′ ... Read more

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    Series series Mapping Social Reproduction Theory
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  • Theories of Development

    Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives

    This widely adopted text starts with the fundamentals--what is economic growth, what is development, and what is the relationship between these two concepts? The authors examine orthodox theories of growth grounded in different schools of economics (classical, neoclassical, Keynesian, neoliberal) before considering critical alternatives (Marxist, socialist, poststructuralist, and feminist). The ... Read more

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  • The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography

    Series Book 21 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Geography
    The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography presents students and researchers with a comprehensive overview of the field, put together by a prestigious editorial team, with contributions from an international cast of prominent scholars.Offers a fully revised, expanded, and up-to-date overview, following the successful and highly regarded Companion to Economic Geography published by ... Read more

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    Rationality, Culture, and Structure

    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure is a revised second edition of the volume that guided students and scholars through the intellectual demands of comparative politics. Retaining a focus on the field's research schools, it now pays parallel attention to the pragmatics of causal research. Mark Lichbach begins with a review of discovery, explanation and evidence and Alan ... Read more

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    Series series Contemporary Philosophy in Focus
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