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Networks and geographies of global social policy diffusion : culture, economy…
This open access book analyses the global diffusion of social policy as a process driven by multiplex ties between countries in global social networks. The contributions analyze links between countries via global trade, colonial history, similarity in culture, and spatial proximity. Networks are viewed as the structural backbone of the diffusion process, and diffusion is anlaysed via several su…
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- 14
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- 978-3-030-83403-6
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- xvi; 272p;
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- 361.61 NET M
The infrastructure finance challenge : a report by the Working Group on Infra…
Infrastructure and its effects on economic growth, social welfare, and sustainability receive a great deal of attention today. There is widespread agreement that infrastructure is a key dimension of global development and that its impact reaches deep into the broader economy with important and complex implications for social progress. At the same time, infrastructure finance is among the most c…
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- -
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- 9781783742950
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- 126p. : ill.
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- 363 WAL t
Fighting nature : travelling menageries, animal acts and war shows
Fighting Nature is an insightful analysis of the historical legacy of 19th century colonialism, war, animal acquisition and transportation. This legacy of entrenched beliefs about the human right to exploit other animal species is yet to be defeated. Throughout the 19th century animals were integrated into staged scenarios of confrontation, ranging from lion acts in small cages to large-scale r…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781743325001
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- xi. ;ill. ;271 p.
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- -
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- 304.27. PET f
Animal death
Animal death is a complex, uncomfortable, depressing, motivating and sensitive topic. For those scholars participating in Human-Animal Studies, it is – accompanied by the concept of 'life' – the ground upon which their studies commence, whether those studies are historical, archaeological, social, philosophical, or cultural. It is a tough subject to face, but as this volume demonstrates, on…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781743325247
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- xv. :ill. ;351 p.
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- -
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- 179.3. JAY a
Towards a natural social contract : transformative social-ecological innovati…
This open access book states that the endemic societal faultlines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security and sustainability of our societies. It states that new ways of inhabiting and cultivating our planet are needed to keep it healthy for future generations. This requires a fundamental shift from the current anthropocentric and eco…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030671303
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- xiv, 205p. : iil.
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- -
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- 303.372 HUN t
One hundred years of social protection : the changing social question in Braz…
While the rise of social protection in the global North has been widely researched, we know little about the history of social protection in the global South. This volume investigates the experiences of four middle-income countries - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - from 1920 to 2020, analysing if, when, and how these countries articulated a concern about social issues and social cohesio…
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- -
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- 9783030549596
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- xxiv, 437p. : ill.
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- -
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- 361.61 ONE o
Animals in our midst : the challenges of co-existing with animals in the anth…
This Open Access book brings together authoritative voices in animal and environmental ethics, who address the many different facets of changing human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene. As we are living in complex times, the issue of how to establish meaningful relationships with other animals under Anthropocene conditions needs to be approached from a multitude of angles. This book offe…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030635237
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- xiii, 579p. : ill.
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- -
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- 179.3 ANI a
Migration to and from welfare states : lived experiences of the welfare-migra…
This open access book explores the role of family, public, market and third sector welfare provision for individual and households’ decisions regarding geographical mobility. It challenges the state-centred approach in research on welfare and migration by emphasising migrants’ own reflections and experiences. It asks whether and in which ways different welfare concerns are part of migrantsâ…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030676155
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- xi, 235p. : ill.
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- -
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- 304.809 MIG m
Bearing Witness : ruth harrison and british farm animal welfare (1920 - 2000)
This open access book is the biography of one of Britain’s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ‘factory farming’ alongside a new way of thinking about animal welfare. Here, historian Claas Kirc…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030627928
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- xxvi. 271p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 179.3092
Cow care in Hindu animal ethics
This open access book provides both a broad perspective and a focused examination of cow care as a subject of widespread ethical concern in India, and increasingly in other parts of the world. In the face of what has persisted as a highly charged political issue over cow protection in India, intellectual space must be made to bring the wealth of Indian traditional ethical discourse to bear on t…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030284084
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- xxx, 269p. : ill.
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- -
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- 179.3 VAL c
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