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  • The Role of Education in Enabling the Sustainable Development Agenda

    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    The Role of Education in Enabling the Sustainable Development Agenda explores the relationship between education and other key sectors of development in the context of the new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. While it is widely understood that there is a positive relationship between education and other dimensions of development, and populations around the world show a clear ... Read more

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  • Spatial Mobility, Migration, and Living Arrangements

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book brings together ten original empirical works focusing on the influence of various types of spatial mobility – be it international or national– on partnership, family and work life. The contributions cover a range of important topics which focus on understanding how spatial mobility is related to familial relationships and life course transitions. The volume offers new insights by ... Read more

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