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Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance
‘Transgovernance: Advancing Sustainability Governance’ analyses the question what recent and ongoing changes in the relations between politics, science and media – together characterized as the emergence of a knowledge democracy – may imply for governance for sustainable development, on global and other levels of societal decision making, and the other way around: How can the discussion…
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- 9783642280092
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- 344.046 MEU t
Successful Public Policy: Lessons from Australia and New Zealand
In Australia and New Zealand, many public projects, programs and services perform well. But these cases are consistently underexposed and understudied. We cannot properly ‘see’—let alone recognise and explain—variations in government performance when media, political and academic discourses are saturated with accounts of their shortcomings and failures, but are next to silent on their a…
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- 9781760462796
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- xix, 529p. : ill.
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- 320.994 SUC s
Blockchain and crypto currency : building a high quality marketplace for cryp…
This open access book contributes to the creation of a cyber ecosystem supported by blockchain technology in which technology and people can coexist in harmony. Blockchains have shown that trusted records, or ledgers, of permanent data can be stored on the Internet in a decentralized manner. The decentralization of the recording process is expected to significantly economize the cost of transac…
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- 9789811533761
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- xiii, 141p. : ill.
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- 005.74 BLO b
International Labour Organization and global social governance
This open access book explores the role of the ILO (International Labour Organization) in building global social governance from multiple and mutually complementary perspectives. It explores the impact of this UN´s oldest agency, founded in 1919, on the transforming world of work in a global setting, providing insights into the unique history and functions of the ILO as an organization and the…
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- 9783030554002
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- 331.88 INT i
Poverty reduction policies and practices in developing Asia
This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from population growth, rapid urbanization, provision of services, climate change and the need to redress declining growth after the g…
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- 9789812874207
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- xi, 314p. : ill.
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- 338.95 POV p
From Colonialism to International Aid External Actors and Social Protection …
This open access volume addresses the role of external actors in social protection in the Global South, from the Second World War until today, analysing the influence of colonial powers, superpowers during the Cold War and contemporary donor agencies. Following an introduction to the analysis of external actors in social policy making in the Global South, the contributions explore which externa…
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- 9783030382001
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- xxv, 384p.: ill.
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- 341.584
Promoting active citizenship : markets and choice in Scandinavian welfare
This book analyses the considerable variation in the shares of private provision for core services in education, health and social services, in the Scandinavian countries. The chapters compare countries, service areas, and the for-profit, non-profit and public sectors. Each focuses on different levels of change: the mix of welfare providers, national laws and regulations, governance in munic…
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- 9783319553818
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- xiv, 325p. : ill.
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- 305 PRO p
Housing market dynamics in Africa
This open access book utilizes new data to thoroughly analyze the main factors currently shaping the African housing market. Some of these factors include the supply and demand for housing finance, land tenure security issues, construction cost conundrum, infrastructure provision, and low-cost housing alternatives. Through detailed analysis, the authors investigate the political economy surroun…
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- 9781137597922
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- xviii, 272p. : ill
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- 330.91732 BAH h
Disability, health and human development
This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, based on Sen’s capability approach. The author uses panel survey data with internationally comparable questions on disability for Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda. It presents evidence on the prevalence of disability and its strong and consistent association with…
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- 9781137536389
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- xxi, 177p. : ill.
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- 362.4091724 MIT d
Child protection in England, 1960-2000 : expertise, experience, and emotion
This open access book explores how children, parents, and survivors reshaped the politics of child protection in late twentieth-century England. Activism by these groups, often manifested in small voluntary organisations, drew upon and constructed an expertise grounded in experience and emotion that supported, challenged, and subverted medical, social work, legal, and political authority. New…
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- 9783319947181
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- ix, 215p. : ill.
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- 362.70942 CRA c
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