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Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness
Av Luigino Bruni, Alessandra Smerilli m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
599 kr
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Exploring the modern approach to the economics of happiness, which came about with the Easterlin Paradox, this book analyses and assesses the idea that as a country gets richer the happiness of its citizens remains the same. The book moves through three distinct pillars of study in the field: first …
Modern Guide to Cosmopolitanism in the 21st Century
Av Garrett W. Brown, Joshua Hobbs m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2950 kr
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This timely Modern Guide provides a state-of-the-art summary of cosmopolitanism in the 21st century. Moving beyond the certainties of liberal cosmopolitanism from the start of the century, leading experts demonstrate how it can effectively respond to modern challenges.Contributors address critiques …
Modern Guide to Education Politics in the US
Av Lance D. Fusarelli, Bonnie C. Fusarelli
Inbunden, 2027
2952 kr
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This Modern Guide brings together the latest research on the politics of education in the US, addressing fundamental conflicts that affect education practices across the country. Situating educational politics within the broader framework of democracy, leading experts examine pertinent issues such …
Modern Guide to Patents
Challenges of Patenting in the 21st Century
Inbunden, 2025
2555 kr
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With contributions from well-known academics and industry experts, this highly relevant Modern Guide presents an overview of patenting in the 21st century. It analyzes a wide range of cases to illustrate the continuous change in the use, application, and regulatory environment of the patent …
Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research
Av Beverley A. Searle, Jessica Pykett m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
537 kr
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This insightful Modern Guide explores heterodox approaches to modern wellbeing research, with a specific focus on how wellbeing is understood and practised, exploring policies and actions which are taken to shape wellbeing. It evaluates contemporary trends in wellbeing research, including the …
Modern Guide to the Social and Solidarity Economy
Av Marie J. Bouchard, Damien Rousselière
Inbunden, 2026
2518 kr
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This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary knowledge on the social and solidarity economy (SSE). It provides an overview of the conceptual, historical, organizational, and developmental dimensions of the SSE, exploring current issues through the lenses of public policy, …
Modern Guide To Labour and the Platform Economy
Av Jan Drahokoupil, Kurt Vandaele
Häftad, 2023
718 kr
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Providing an insightful analysis of the key issues and significant trends relating to labour within the platform economy, this Modern Guide considers the existing comparative evidence covering all world regions. It also provides an in-depth look at digital labour platforms in their historical, …
Modern Guide to Financial Shocks and Crises
Av Giovanni Ferri, Vincenzo D’Apice
Häftad, 2023
693 kr
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Offering a comprehensive guide to financial shocks and crises, this book explores their increasing occurrence in current market economies, as well as their power to wrench the macroeconomy. It discusses three critical questions: what causes financial shocks; which channels may exacerbate their …
Modern Guide to Migration and Spatial Justice in Europe
Welcoming Spaces in ‘Left Behind’ Places
Av Karin Geuijen, Maggi W.H. Leung m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2778 kr
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This Modern Guide examines how to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in shrinking regions. Leading experts explore solutions for the socio-economic challenges in these areas while also re-thinking migration and integration policies.Chapters assess welcoming initiatives across Europe, …
Modern Guide to Post-Keynesian Institutional Economics
Häftad, 2023
693 kr
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This book advances Post-Keynesian Institutional economics, an integrative tradition - inspired by keen economic observers such as John Kenneth Galbraith, Joan Robinson, and Hyman Minsky - that bridges Institutional and Post Keynesian economics. The tradition proved its worth by addressing the …
Modern Guide to Education, Gender and Sexuality
Av Marie-Pierre Moreau, Kate Hoskins
Inbunden, 2026
2279 kr
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This timely Modern Guide engages with new developments in the fields of gender, sexuality, and education across the Global South and North. It addresses the resurgence of conservative movements and contemporary debates surrounding gender and sexuality.Expert contributors investigate digital …
Modern Guide to Education in East Asia
Globalization and Local Intersections
Av Wing On Lee, Kevin Kester m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2195 kr
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This Modern Guide examines how traditions, values and social contexts in East Asian countries have shaped schools and universities across the globe and in turn how globalization, local forces, national imperatives and indigenous culture have impacted education in East Asia.Integrating traditional …
Modern Guide to Austrian Economics
Häftad, 2024
568 kr
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This Modern Guide explores central ideas, concepts, and themes in the Austrian school of economics, with a focus on how both the school and the overall theory have evolved over recent decades. Leading scholars offer their insights into potential directions of future research in the field, pointing …
Modern Guide to Creative Economies
Av Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
552 kr
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Bringing together a series of new perspectives and reflections on creative economies, this insightful Modern Guide expands and challenges current knowledge in the field. Interdisciplinary in scope, it features a broad range of contributions from both leading and emerging scholars, which provide …
Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime
Av Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
643 kr
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A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable progress made in recent years in the economic analysis of …
Modern Guide to Uneven Economic Development
Av Erik S. Reinert, Ingrid H. Kvangraven
Häftad, 2024
771 kr
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In contrast to neo-classical mainstream approaches to economics, this innovative Modern Guide addresses the complex reality of economic development as an inherently uneven process, exploring the ways of theorizing and empirically exploring the mechanisms with which the unevenness manifests …
Modern Guide to Sustainable Tourism
Inbunden, 2026
2778 kr
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This innovative Modern Guide provides a future-oriented examination of sustainability in tourism as one of the world’s most influential industries. Moving beyond incremental and growth-focused approaches to tourism, leading experts respond to mounting global challenges including climate change, …
Modern Guide to the Informal Economy
Häftad, 2024
755 kr
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This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary thought on the informal economy, which, as the author demonstrates – far from being a peripheral feature of the global economy – is a system in which the majority of the global workforce are employed and which has pervasive …
Modern Guide to Adult Learning Systems
Av Richard Desjardins, Jan Kalenda
Inbunden, 2025
2868 kr
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of Adult Learning Systems (ALS) in a range of post-industrial market democracies, situating them within historically and spatially comparative contexts. It illustrates the diverse ways in which different systems have responded to the shared and specific …
Modern Guide to Industrial Economics
Av Francesca Spigarelli, Lorenzo Campagnucci m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
2861 kr
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This insightful book provides an overview of the latest theoretical frameworks and applications of industrial economics at different levels and latitudes. Bridging academic theories and practical insights, the authors analyse how and to what extent policies, firms and markets influence economic …
Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Inbunden, 2020
2345 kr
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Malcolm Torry explores Citizen's Basic Income - an unconditional income for every individual - moving the reader from a basic understanding of the concept to an in-depth recognition of its wide-ranging implications. Torry examines debates around the desirability, feasibility and implementation of a …
Modern Guide to Philosophy of Economics
Inbunden, 2021
2629 kr
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This insightful Modern Guide offers a broad coverage of questions and controversies encountered by contemporary economists. A refreshing approach to philosophy of economics, chapters comprise a range of methodological and theoretical perspectives, from lab and field experiments to macroeconomics …
Modern Guide To Labour and the Platform Economy
Av Jan Drahokoupil, Kurt Vandaele
Inbunden, 2021
2639 kr
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Providing an insightful analysis of the key issues and significant trends relating to labour within the platform economy, this Modern Guide considers the existing comparative evidence covering all world regions. It also provides an in-depth look at digital labour platforms in their historical, …
Modern Guide to the Informal Economy
Inbunden, 2023
2771 kr
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This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary thought on the informal economy, which, as the author demonstrates – far from being a peripheral feature of the global economy – is a system in which the majority of the global workforce are employed and which has pervasive …
Modern Guide to Uneven Economic Development
Av Erik S. Reinert, Ingrid H. Kvangraven
Inbunden, 2023
2878 kr
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In contrast to neo-classical mainstream approaches to economics, this innovative Modern Guide addresses the complex reality of economic development as an inherently uneven process, exploring the ways of theorizing and empirically exploring the mechanisms with which the unevenness manifests …
Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness
Av Luigino Bruni, Alessandra Smerilli m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2415 kr
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Exploring the modern approach to the economics of happiness, which came about with the Easterlin Paradox, this book analyses and assesses the idea that as a country gets richer the happiness of its citizens remains the same. The book moves through three distinct pillars of study in the field: first …
Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research
Av Beverley A. Searle, Jessica Pykett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
2345 kr
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This insightful Modern Guide explores heterodox approaches to modern wellbeing research, with a specific focus on how wellbeing is understood and practised, exploring policies and actions which are taken to shape wellbeing. It evaluates contemporary trends in wellbeing research, including the …
Modern Guide to Economic Sociology
Inbunden, 2020
2431 kr
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This accessible guide to the rapidly growing and interdisciplinary field of modern economic sociology offers critical insights into its fundamental concepts and developments. International in scope, contributions from leading economic sociologists and sociologically-minded economists explore the …
Modern Guide to Austrian Economics
Inbunden, 2022
2593 kr
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This Modern Guide explores central ideas, concepts, and themes in the Austrian school of economics, with a focus on how both the school and the overall theory have evolved over recent decades. Leading scholars offer their insights into potential directions of future research in the field, pointing …
Modern Guide to Financial Shocks and Crises
Av Giovanni Ferri, Vincenzo D’Apice
Inbunden, 2021
2718 kr
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Offering a comprehensive guide to financial shocks and crises, this book explores their increasing occurrence in current market economies, as well as their power to wrench the macroeconomy. It discusses three critical questions: what causes financial shocks; which channels may exacerbate their …
