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45 produkter
Understanding Biosocial Criminology
A Paradigm for the 21st Century
Inbunden, 2024
1798 kr
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Informative and insightful, this prescient book argues that biosocial criminology is a powerful paradigm for understanding criminal behavior, crucially outlining its nature via nurture perspective, as opposed to nature versus nurture.Examining the core correlations between criminal activity and the …
Understanding Policy Mobility
Inbunden, 2025
1385 kr
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Russell Prince investigates the concept of policy mobility in this concise and accessible book, demonstrating that policy change is not something that happens within a particular jurisdiction, but is a globally interconnected and ongoing process.Focusing on conceptual foundations, Understanding …
Understanding Collaborative Consumption
Av Pia A. Albinsson, B. Y. Perera m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1936 kr
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This dynamic book explores the importance of collaborative consumption. Doing so is relevant at a time when the sharing economy has established itself as part of the mainstream market. Nearly 40 expert scholars across the globe go beyond the existing literature to investigate understudied community …
Understanding the Sociology of Religion
Inbunden, 2026
1343 kr
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This illuminating book provides an essential overview of the sociology of religion. Staf Hellemans explores the core concepts and rationales that have been developed since the discipline expanded in the West after 1960, shedding light on existing literature and future avenues of research. Hellemans …
Understanding Cultural Diplomacy and International Cultural Relations
Av Jonathan Vickery, Stuart MacDonald m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2074 kr
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This compelling book provides a comprehensive overview of cultural diplomacy, examining history, theory, practice and real world examples from an array of spheres and institutions. Leading scholars and practitioners discuss the role of culture within international affairs, exploring how it can be …
Understanding Environmental Sociology
Av Mark C.J. Stoddart, Myanna Lahsen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1902 kr
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This book examines how environmental problems and solutions are intertwined with cultural meanings, power relations and inequality. It highlights the essential role played by environmental sociology in understanding the social dynamics that create opportunities and barriers to sustainability and …
Understanding Personal Mobilities
Inbunden, 2023
1437 kr
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In this thought-provoking book, Aharon Kellerman presents a wide-ranging understanding of personal mobilities; the mobilities which individuals initiate, direct, and operate physically and virtually and which constitute an expression of personal autonomy. He readdresses existing concepts and …
Understanding Travel Narratives
Av Jennifer Frost, Warwick Frost
Inbunden, 2026
1471 kr
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Highlighting the importance of travel narratives in understanding tourism imaginaries, Jennifer and Warwick Frost present global examples of the enduring stories that underpin the way we conceptualise and imagine travel.Chapters explore the historical antecedent of travel narratives, discussing the …
Understanding Mathematical Sociology
Inbunden, 2026
1729 kr
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Drawing on the tools of mathematics and formal modeling, this engaging book provides a foundational understanding of mathematical sociology through a case-by-case exploration of sociological questions.John Skvoretz underscores that the application of mathematics to sociology is integral to the …
Understanding the Urban Sharing Economy
Sustainability and Institutionalisation
Av Oksana Mont
Inbunden, 2025
1902 kr
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This book considers the potential solutions that the sharing economy offers to tackle the increasing challenges of urbanisation and sustainability facing cities. It emphasises the need for robust policies to ensure that the sharing economy supports urban sustainability and resilience by promoting …
Understanding Place and Destination Branding
Av Stella Kladou, Ahmet Uşaklı
Inbunden, 2025
1559 kr
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Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this book explores the ways in which branding intersects with identity, politics and the complex relationship with our past. It focuses on providing a comprehensive understanding of the differences and similarities between place and destination branding …
Understanding Nighttime Tourism
Av Manuel Garcia-Ruiz, Jordi Nofre
Inbunden, 2024
1523 kr
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Looking beyond traditional nightlife dominated by bars, discos, and organized parties, this timely book explores the shift in the nightlife tourism industry motivated by growing environmental awareness and a move towards more sustainable tourism. Manuel Garcia-Ruiz and Jordi Nofre bring together …
Understanding Human Security and Climate Change
Av Ross M. Pink, Luthfi Dhofier
Inbunden, 2024
1678 kr
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In this timely work, Ross Michael Pink and Luthfi Dhofier detail specific case studies across eight countries to provide a crucial overview of the impacts of climate change. They highlight the importance of the human security paradigm, prioritising the rights of citizens rather than those of …
Understanding Political Economy
Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality
Av Bob Hancké, Toon Van Overbeke m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1385 kr
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This book unpacks what political economy is and does through an investigation of its main questions and approaches. Bob Hancké, Toon Van Overbeke and Dustin Voss offer a historical and thematic review of the evolution of political-economic thought, centred on the relation between capitalism and …
Understanding Political Corruption
Inbunden, 2025
1353 kr
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This book examines the development and persistence of political corruption. Arvind Jain explores how corrupt regimes deploy a range of tools to control and weaken the mechanisms that monitor their actions, allowing them to expropriate a society’s wealth while the international economy helps them …
Understanding Acculturation
The Process of Cultural Adjustment as Applied to International Migration
Inbunden, 2026
1430 kr
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In this timely book, Seth J. Schwartz performs a deep dive into acculturation, the process of adaptation following international migration. Schwartz defines acculturation and explores how interactions between migrants and residents can determine how migrants will adjust to their new …
Understanding Health Systems and Welfare
Av Bent Greve
Inbunden, 2024
1479 kr
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Understanding Health Systems and Welfare explores the ways in which we understand health care systems and recommends how individuals, health care providers and society as a whole can best use the resources within the systems for maximum benefit. In this enlightening book, Bent Greve examines health …
Understanding Referendums
The Comparative Politics of Direct Democracy
Inbunden, 2025
1385 kr
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This incisive book provides a nuanced and authoritative analysis of referendums. Matt Qvortrup applies diverse theoretical and empirical approaches to show how direct democracy is being undermined from the top, and suggests innovative ways in which the referendum can be adapted to once again serve …
Understanding Mass Shootings
Av Emily A. Greene-Colozzi, Jaclyn Schildkraut
Inbunden, 2026
1471 kr
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This timely book presents a balanced and research-based exploration of mass shootings, enabling readers to navigate the array of terminology, statistics, and media stereotypes that accompany this often sensationalized phenomenon. By examining real-world cases and research, Emily A. Greene-Colozzi …
Understanding Interpersonal Relations
Inbunden, 2026
1681 kr
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This enlightening book combines insights from evolutionary psychology, communication studies and other social sciences to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on human connection. Charlotte J.S. De Backer explores cooperation, conflict, language, emotion, body & dress, foodways and silence to …
Understanding Political Methodology
A Quantitative Approach
Inbunden, 2026
1471 kr
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This book presents an accessible overview of the key concepts underlying quantitative political methodology. Nathaniel L. Beck draws on existing quantitative analysis relating to political behavior and institutions to outline how and where these approaches are best used.Providing insights into the …
Understanding Creative Cities
Inbunden, 2026
1471 kr
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This interdisciplinary book adopts a multi-level approach to understanding creative cities. David Emanuel Andersson draws on concepts of cultural individualism, generators of diversity and openness to experience to inform policy recommendations.Andersson utilises a micro-meso-macro framework to …
Understanding Investment Risk and Return
Av Greg Filbeck, Hunter Holzhauer
Inbunden, 2025
2136 kr
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This timely book explores investment risk and return as fundamental concepts that underpin financial decision-making and portfolio management. With contributions from scholars and practitioners, it combines conceptual frameworks with real-world applications, providing insights into the consequences …
Understanding Destination Image
Inbunden, 2026
1557 kr
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Examining the complex processes behind the formation, perception and management of destination images, Raquel Camprubi provides critical insight into how tourism destinations are represented and strategically shaped over time.Combining theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives, the book …
Understanding Environmental Norms
Av Justin Alger, Peter Dauvergne
Inbunden, 2026
1902 kr
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This timely book studies the centrality of norms in global environmental governance. Expert scholars demonstrate why some environmental norms are eroding while others are gaining unexpected force, assessing how their influence changes across cycles of compromise, contestation, backsliding and …
Understanding Human Values
Inbunden, 2026
2015 kr
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This insightful book presents an overview of contemporary research on human values and outlines how a better understanding of them is important for shaping collective futures. Ronald Fischer engages with a re-evaluation of values in an era of generative AI, providing the broadest and most …
Understanding Inclusive Education
Av Diane Lea Ryndak, Morgan Chitiyo
Inbunden, 2026
1764 kr
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This influential book offers a comprehensive and critical examination of how inclusive education has been conceptualized and implemented across diverse global contexts since the adoption of the Salamanca Statement and Framework of Action for Inclusive Education (Salamanca Statement) in 1994. …
Understanding Advanced Decision Making
Inbunden, 2025
1764 kr
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In this insightful book, Hassan Qudrat-Ullah simplifies the complex process of making informed decisions in challenging situations. The book examines how to handle uncertainty, risk and change in both business and everyday life, providing practical tools and methods for how to gather and evaluate …
Understanding Stigma and Health
Inbunden, 2026
1604 kr
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Steve Sussman explores the origins, evolution, and future directions of stigma research and health, providing detailed insights into the impact of stigmatization on quality of life and health behavior outcomes.Stigma is examined through three levels of analysis – individual, microsocial, and …
Understanding the Politics of Artificial Intelligence
Inbunden, 2025
1557 kr
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This interdisciplinary book provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI) and politics. Pascal D. Koenig analyzes what politicizes AI, describes the distinct facets of this relationship, and how they interconnect.Incorporating a wide range of …
