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  • Effective Interventions for Unemployed Young People in Europe

    Social Innovation or Paradigm Shift?

    Edited by Tomáš Sirovátka, Henk Spies ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Health and Social Policy
    Young people in Europe have been disproportionally affected by unemployment as a result of the economic crisis and a large number of the most disadvantaged are migrant youth, or those of a different ethnic origin, living in deprived city neighbourhoods. This book examines the need for more appropriate interventions aimed at improving the inclusion of young people in the labour market, bringing ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Social Work and Social Innovation

    Emerging Trends and Challenges for Practice, Policy and Education in Europe

    by Susan Baines, Annica Brummel, Zsolt Bugarszki, Geof Cox, Leendert De Bell, Luc De Droogh, Lena Dominelli, Koen Dortmans, Kristel Driessens, Rosa Engebrigtsen Bye, Tony Evans, Isabel Ferreira, Chris Fox, Marta Gaboardi, Sandra Geelhoed, Jeroen Gradener, Nathalie Grahame, Knud Erik Hilding-Hamann, Eva Heijmans, Maria Inês Amaro, Jana Javornik, Antonela Spinola Jesus, Meike Koop, Alfonso Lara-Montero, Sabina Licursi, Vicky Lyssens-Danneboom, Dagmar Narusson, Sitsel Therese Natland, Nathalie Nunes, Emanuela Pascuzzi, Ole Pedersen, Ankie Schoenmaker, Henk Spies, Lineke Van Hal, Mara A. Yerkes, Ina Tilma ...
    Series series Research in Social Work
    Written by leading experts from across Europe, this book provides a grounded exploration of innovation in the practice, research and education of social work. It focuses on the role of participation, collaboration and co-creation as key drivers of social innovation within these fields, providing practical examples of social entrepreneurship, people-centred design and participatory led innovation ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

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  • Co-Production and Co-Creation

    Engaging Citizens in Public Services

    Edited by Taco Brandsen, Bram Verschuere, Trui Steen ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    Co-production and co-creation occur when citizens participate actively in delivering and designing the services they receive. It has come increasingly onto the agenda of policymakers, as interest in citizen participation has more generally soared. Expectations are high and it is regarded as a possible solution to the public sector’s decreased legitimacy and dwindling resources, by accessing more ... Read more

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  • Enabling the City

    Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Encounters in Research and Practice

    Edited by Josefine Fokdal, Olivia Bina, Prue Chiles, Liis Ojamäe, Katrin Paadam ...
    Enabling the City is a collaborative book that focuses on how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary processes of knowledge production may contribute to urban transformation at a local level in the 21st century, striking a balance between enthusiastic support for such transformational potential and a cautious note regarding the persistent challenges to the ethos as well as the practice of inter ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Evidence and Results in International Development eBook

    Playing the game to change the rules?

    Edited by Rosalind Eyben, Irene Guijt, Chris Roche, Cathy Shutt ...
    Understanding and demonstrating the effectiveness of efforts to improve the lives of those living in poverty is an essential part of international development practice. But who decides what counts as good or credible evidence? Can the drive to measure results do justice to and promote transformational change – change that challenges the power relations that produce and reproduce inequality, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Business School in the Twenty-First Century

    Emergent Challenges and New Business Models

    by Howard Thomas, Peter Lorange, Jagdish Sheth ...
    Questions about the status, identity and legitimacy of business schools in the modern university system continue to stimulate debate amongst deans, educational policy makers and commentators. In this book, three world experts share their critical insights on management education and new business school models in the USA, Europe and Asia, on designing the business school of the future, and how to ... Read more

    $78.39 CAD

  • Perspectives on the Impact, Mission and Purpose of the Business School

    Edited by Eric Cornuel, Howard Thomas, Matthew Wood ...
    Series series EFMD Management Education
    With contributions from some of the leading thinkers in business school education, this book explores the impact and purpose of the business school, and addresses some of the most important questions facing management education today.The diverse perspectives brought together by the EFMD in this volume examine a number of common questions, themes and challenges. These include: whether business ... Read more

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  • Human Resource Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries

    by Dennis Nickson ...
    Please note: this title will publish in January 2012.This textbook explores the policies and practices employed in the management of people working in the tourism, hospitality and events industries.It considers the nature of these industries and the varied approaches that organizations take with the handling of matters such as recruitment, health and welfare and remuneration. This book is enriched ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • The New Synthesis of Public Administration Fieldbook

    by Jocelyne Bourgon ...
    The New Synthesis (NS) brings together the role of government, people and society in a co-dependent and dynamic governing system. The purpose is to invent new solutions and build a better future - together. One thousand participants have been involved in some ways in the NS Initiativein the period between 2012-2015. One thousand journeys of discovery have been unfolding since. This second NS book ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Wicked Problems in Public Policy

    Understanding and Responding to Complex Challenges

    by Brian W. Head ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This is an open access book.This book offers the first overview of the ‘wicked problems’ literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the ‘problem’ and the preferred ‘solution’ being strongly contested. It contextualises the debate using a wide range of relevant policy examples, explaining why these issues attract so much attention.There is an increasing ... Read more

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  • Transformative Pathways to Sustainability

    Learning Across Disciplines, Cultures and Contexts

    Edited by Adrian Ely ...
    Transformations to sustainability are increasingly the focus of research and policy discussions around the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the different roles played by transdisciplinary research in contributing to social transformations across diverse settings have been neglected in the literature. Transformative Pathways to Sustainability responds to this gap by presenting a set of ... Read more

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  • University Social Responsibility and Quality of Life

    A Global Survey of Concepts and Experiences

    Edited by Daniel T. L. Shek, Robert M. Hollister ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book provides a critical review of the theory and practice of University Social Responsibility. In addition to addressing the nature of and concepts surrounding University Social Responsibility, as well as its ties to areas such as service learning or engaged scholarship, the book also presents effective practices from around the world. Dedicated chapters demonstrate how University Social ... Read more

    $115.29 CAD