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  • New Developments in Urban Governance

    Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity

    de Jonathan S. Davies, Ismael Blanco, Adrian Bua, Ioannis Chorianopoulos, Mercè Cortina-Oriol, Andrés Feandeiro, Niamh Gaynor, Brendan Gleeson, Steven Griggs, Pierre Hamel, Hayley Henderson, David Howarth, Roger Keil, Madeleine Pill, Yunailis Salazar, Helen Sullivan ...
    This book presents the findings of a major Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project into urban austerity governance in eight cities across the world (Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Melbourne, Dublin, Leicester, Montréal and Nantes). It offers comparative reflections on the myriad experiences of collaborative governance and its limitations.An international collaborative from across the ... Leer más

    $41.99 USD

  • Governing Cities

    Politics and Policy

    de Madeleine Pill ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In our urban world, cities are where most of us experience how our economies and societies are organised and the inequalities which result.This textbook introduces ideas, theories, concepts and examples to help us understand the political and policy challenges of governing cities, centred on the principal challenge of how to make our cities more equitable. It poses critical questions – about how ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

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  • A Globalizing World?

    Culture, Economics, Politics

    Edición de David Held ...
    Series series Understanding Social Change
    Today's news media is full of references to 'globalization' - a buzz word that is quickly becoming ubiquitous. But what exactly is globalization? What are its main driving forces? Does it truly embrace all aspects of our lives, from economics to cultural developments?A Globalizing World? examines these and other key questions in a highly accessible fashion, offering a clear and intelligent guide ... Leer más

    $91.99 USD

  • Rethinking Governance

    The Centrality of the State in Modern Society

    de Stephen Bell, Andrew Hindmoor ...
    Several problems plague contemporary thinking about governance. From the multiple definitions that are often vague and confusing, to the assumption that governance strategies, networks and markets represent attempts by weakening states to maintain control. Rethinking Governance questions this view and seeks to clarify how we understand governance. Arguing that it is best understood as 'the ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Economic Geography

    Globalisation, Uneven Development and Place

    de Danny MacKinnon, Andrew Cumbers ...
    In the context of great economic turmoil and uncertainty, the emergent conflict between continued globalisation and growing economic nationalism means that a geographical economic perspective has never been so important. An Introduction to Economic Geography guides students through the key debates of this vibrant area, exploring the range of ideas and approaches that invigorate the wider ... Leer más

    $84.99 USD

  • The Struggle for Development

    de Benjamin Selwyn ...
    The world economy is expanding rapidly despite chronic economic crises. Yet the majority of the world's population live in poverty. Why are wealth and poverty two sides of the coin of capitalist development? What can be done to overcome this destructive dynamic?In this hard-hitting analysis Benjamin Selwyn shows how capitalism generates widespread poverty, gender discrimination and environmental ... Leer más

    $19.00 USD

  • Spaces of Work

    Global Capitalism and Geographies of Labour

    de Noel Castree, Kevin Ward, Neil Coe, Mike Samers ...
    Spaces of Work is an accessible examination of the role of labour in the modern world. The authors critically assess the present condition and future prospects for workers through the geographies of place, space and scale, and in conjunction with other more commonly studied components of the globalisation such as production, trade and finance.Each chapter presents examples of labour practice from ... Leer más

    $111.99 USD

  • Globalization and Social Change

    People and Places in a Divided World

    de Diane Perrons ...
    Globalization and Social Change takes a refreshing new perspective on globalization and widening social and spatial inequalities. Diane Perrons draws on ideas about the new economy, risk society, welfare regimes and political economy to explain the growing social and spatial divisions characteristic of our increasingly divided world.Combining original argument with a clear exposition of the ... Leer más

    $106.99 USD

  • Global Governance

    Critical Perspectives

    de Steve Hughes, Rorden Wilkinson ...
    In recent years, the role of global institutions such as the United Nations, World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has never been more important to the lives of individuals throughout the world. This edited book provides critical perspectives on the role of these institutions and how they use their policies, procedures and practices to manage global political, ... Leer más

    $65.99 USD

  • World Yearbook of Education 2008

    Geographies of Knowledge, Geometries of Power: Framing the Future of Higher Education

    Edición de Debbie Epstein, Rebecca Boden, Rosemary Deem, Fazal Rizvi, Susan Wright ...
    Series series World Yearbook of Education
    This volume examines higher education in globalized conditions through a focus on the spatial, historic and economic relations of power in which it is embedded. Distinct geometries of power are emerging as the knowledge production capability of universities is increasingly globalized. Changes in the organization and practices of higher education tend to travel from the ‘West to the rest’. Thus, ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Global Poverty, Ethics and Human Rights

    The Role of Multilateral Organisations

    de Desmond McNeill, Asunción Lera StClair ...
    Series series Rethinking Globalizations
    Severe poverty is one of the greatest moral challenges of our times. But what place, if any, do ethical thinking and questions of global justice have in the policies and practice of international organizations? This books examines this question in depth, based on an analysis of the two major multilateral development organizations - the World Bank and the UNDP - and two specific initiatives where ... Leer más

    $70.99 USD

  • Local Partnership and Social Exclusion in the European Union

    New Forms of Local Social Governance?

    Edición de John Benington, Mike Geddes ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
    This book explores local partnership-based initiatives to tackle European-wide problems of poverty and social exclusion. A major comparative study of the fast developing theme of social exclusion, the contributors look at its causes, effects and at the ways it might be combatted. Based on in-depth, cross-national research from areas across Europe it provides a uniquely authoritative account of the ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD