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  • Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets

    Atypical Employment and Minimum Wage Reform in Spain and Portugal

    Series series Routledge Studies in Labour Economics
    Across Western Europe, the rise of atypical employment has deepened insider–outsider divides. This book asks why two structurally similar countries – Portugal and Spain – pursued different routes to reduce labour market segmentation following the conclusion of the sovereign debt crisis. It argues that the composition of the governing social bloc drives the orientation of reform, while the choice ... Read more

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  • Foreign Policy in North Africa

    Navigating Global, Regional and Domestic Transformations

    Foreign Policy in North Africa explores how the foreign policies of North African states, which occupy a peripheral and subaltern position within the global system, have actively responded to the constraints and opportunities stemming from multi-level transformations in the 2010s.What has been the extent of continuity and change in each country’s foreign policy-making and behaviour under such ... Read more

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  • Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage

    Economic, Cultural and Social Identity

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book offers an interdisciplinary perspective and presents various case studies on music as ICH, highlighting the importance and functionality of music to stimulating social innovation and entrepreneurship. Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) covers the traditions or living expressions proposed by the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in five ... Read more

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  • Conservation, Tourism, and Identity of Contemporary Community Art

    A Case Study of Felipe Seade’s Mural "Allegory to Work"

    This unique volume aims to promote new models of sustainable management in the field of contemporary mural art. Cultural heritage has become an essential tool for society, stressing the necessity to properly conserve cultural resources in order to maintain a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable development.In this book, the mural "Allegory to Work" by the artist Felipe Seade, ... Read more

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  • Cultural and Creative Mural Spaces

    Community, Culture and Tourism of Uruguayan Contemporary Muralism and Other International Mural Spaces

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book puts into context the evolution of mural art in recent years, particularly the case of the contemporary muralism in Uruguay. While the focus of this volume, revolves around Uruguay, the editors demonstrate that circumstances found in Uruguay are also reflected widely in a large number of cases worldwide.Mural art has evolved from an elite audience to a more popular objective. At the same ... Read more

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  • Hotel Mariachi

    Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles

    Series series Querencias Series
    In Boyle Heights, gateway to East Los Angeles, sits the 1889 landmark “Hotel Mariachi,” where musicians have lived and gathered on the adjacent plaza for more than half a century. This book is a photographic and ethnographic study of the mariachis, Mariachi Plaza de Los Angeles, and the neighborhood. The newly restored brick hotel embodies a triumphant struggle of preservation against all odds, ... Read more

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  • The Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the South Iberian Palaeomargin

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book presents the first overview of the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in the southern Iberian paleomargin, in the western Tethys. The study of catastrophic events that affected the ecosystems in the past is of great interest, because it offers the possibility of establishing models that can be applied to current and future environmental changes. The book provides comprehensive information on ... Read more

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  • Ethics and Civil Drones

    European Policies and Proposals for the Industry

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This open access book disseminates some of the results of the European H2020 AiRT Project (Technology transfer of RPAs for the creative industry). In particular, it presents findings related to mitigating safety and security concerns when civil drones are piloted by the service sector (mainly, the creative industry). European policies regarding drones generally focus on outdoor drones, but they ... Read more

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  • Learning from Bogotá

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    Once known as a “drug capital” and associated with kidnappings, violence, and excess, Bogotá, Colombia, has undergone a transformation that some have termed “the miracle of Bogotá.” Beginning in the late 1980s, the city emerged from a long period of political and social instability to become an unexpected model of urban development through the redesign and revitalization of the public realm—parks, ... Read more

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  • Precarious Spaces

    The Arts, Social and Organizational Change

    Using an arts-based inquiry, Precarious Spaces addresses current concerns around the instrumentality and agency of art in the context of the precarity of daily life. The book offers a survey of socially and community-engaged art practices in South America, focusing in particular on Brazil’s 'informal' situation, and contributes much to the ongoing debate of the possibility for change through ... Read more

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  • Festivals and Heritage in Latin America

    Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Culture, Identity and Tourism

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
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