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Third Way and beyond: criticisms, futures and alternatives
The Third Way is said to be the guiding philosophy for New Labour and centre-left parties and governments across the globe. Moving beyond attempts to define and defend the Third Way, this innovative collection embarks on a critical examination of this key concept. The editors draw on expert contributions from a range of disciplines and perspectives to dissect the Third Way in theory and in prac…
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- 9780719065989
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- vi, 206 p. ; 24 cm.
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- 330.126 HAL t
Doing the right thing
This book is for all those who are seeking a human perspective on economic and organizational processes. It lays the foundations for a value based approach to the economy. The key questions are: “What is important to you or your organization?” “What is this action or that organization good for?” The book is directed at the prevalence of instrumentalist thinking in the current economy a…
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- 9781909188938
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- 174.4 KLA d
Governing social protection in the long term: social policy and employment re…
This open access book examines the comparative evolution of social protection in Australia and New Zealand from 1890 to the present day, focusing on the relationship between employment relations and social policy. Utilising longstanding and more recent developments in historical institutionalist methodology, Ramia investigates the relationship between these two policy domains in the context of …
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- 9783030420543
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- x, 281p.
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- 368.994 RAM g
Political economy of clean energy transitions
The 21st Conference of the Parties (CoP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) shifted the nature of the political economy challenge associated with achieving a global emissions trajectory that is consistent with a climate. The shifts generated by CoP21 place country decision-making and country policies at centre stage. Under moderately optimistic assumptions c…
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- 9780198802242
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- xxxvi, 594 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- 324.7 ARE p
Food of Association: biocultural perspectives on foods and beverages that med…
This fascinating book examines the biology and culture of foods and beverages that are consumed in communal settings, with special attention to their health implications. Nina Etkin covers a wealth of topics, exploring human evolutionary history, the Slow Food movement, ritual and ceremonial foods, caffeinated beverages, spices, the street foods of Hawaii and northern Nigeria, and even bottled …
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- 9780816539321
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- xiii, 250p.: ill.
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- 394.12 ETK f
Theories of social capital
Tracing the evolution of social capital since his highly acclaimed contribution of 2001 (Social Capital Versus Social Theory), Ben Fine consolidates his position as the world's leading critic of the concept. Fine forcibly demonstrates how social capital has expanded across the social sciences only by degrading the different disciplines and topics that it touches: a McDonaldisation of social the…
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- 9781849644426
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- 302 FIN t
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