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  • Information Literacy in Everyday Life

    6th European Conference, ECIL 2018, Oulu, Finland, September 24–27, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2018, held in Oulu, Finland, in September 2018.The 58 revised papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 241 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of information literacy and focus on information literacy in everyday ... Read more

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  • Methodology and Research Practice in Southeast Asian Studies

    Edited by M. Huotari, J. Rüland, J. Schlehe ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book addresses the question of how to ground research practice in area-specific, yet globally entangled contexts such as 'Global Southeast Asia'. It offers a fruitful debate between various approaches to Southeast Asia Studies, while taking into consideration the area-specific contexts of research practice cross-cutting methodological issues. ... Read more

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    Sharing Ideas and Learning Lessons

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    From Theory to Practice

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    The Planner in Dirty Shoes

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
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    Financializing Poverty

    by Philip Mader ...
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    According to the author, rather than alleviating poverty, microfinance financialises poverty. By indebting poor people in the Global South, it drives financial expansion and opens new lands of opportunity for the crisis-ridden global capital markets. This book raises fundamental concerns about this widely-celebrated tool for social development. ... Read more

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