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Athlete activism : contemporary perspectives
This book examines the phenomenon of athlete activism across all levels of sport, from elite and international sport, to collegiate and semi-pro, and asks what this tells us about the relationship between sport and wider society.With contributions from scholars around the world, the book presents a series of fascinating case studies, including the activism of world-famous athletes such as Sere…
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- 9781003140290
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- xv + 206 p
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- 796.092 MAG a
International impacts on social policy : short histories in global perspective
This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific s…
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- 9783030866457
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- XXVIII, 542 p
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- 361.61 INT i
Knowledge resistance in high-choice information environments
This book offers a truly interdisciplinary exploration of our patterns of engagement with politics, news, and information in current high-choice information environments. Putting forth the notion that high-choice information environments may contribute to increasing misperceptions and knowledge resistance rather than greater public knowledge, the book offers insights into the processes that inf…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781003111474
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- 308 p.
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- 507.105 KNO k
Young people as agents of sustainable society : reclaiming the future
This book analyses young people’s societal participation as a central dimension of their well-being and as vitally important to secure the sustainable future of humankind and the whole eco-social system. It develops a theoretical framework for analysing youth participation holistically, embedded in its everyday context, and as a relational phenomenon, underpinned by universal human needs. …
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- Ed. 1
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- 9781003345114
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- 258 p.
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- 304.2 YOU y
The Asian 21st century
This open access book consists of essays written by Kishore Mahbubani to explore the challenges and dilemmas faced by the West and Asia in an increasingly interdependent world village and intensifying geopolitical competition. The contents cover four parts: Part One The End of the Era of Western Domination. The major strategic error that the West is now making is to refuse to accept this re…
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- 9789811668111
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- vii, 270p. : ill.
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- 320.95 MAH a
Algorithmic reason : the new government of self and other
Are algorithms ruling the world today? Is artificial intelligence making life-and-death decisions? Are social media companies able to manipulate elections? As we are confronted with public and academic anxieties about unprecedented changes, this book offers a different analytical prism to investigate these transformations as more mundane and fraught. Aradau and Blanke develop conceptual and met…
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- 9780192859624
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- ix; 288 pg; ill.
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- 363.230285 ALG a
A samaritan state revisited : historical perspectives on canadian foreign aid
Canada’s foreign aid programs are an area of ongoing interest, yet there is little knowledge of Canada’s 70-year aid history, the historic forces that have shaped Canadian aid policy, and the many complex factors that affect Canada’s future foreign aid policy. A Samaritan State Revisited brings together a refreshing group of emerging and leading scholars to reflect on the history of Canad…
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- 9781773850412
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- 377p. : ill
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- 338.917101724 GRE s
Lives in peace research
This open access book explains how PRIO, the world’s oldest peace research institute, was founded and how it survived through crises. In this book, twenty-four of its researchers and associates, including Johan Galtung, Ingrid Eide, and Mari Holmboe Ruge, who founded the institute back in 1959, tell the stories of their roles in inventing and developing peace research. They reflect on their p…
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- 9789811647178
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- xx; 508 PG; ill.
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- Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies
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- 327.172072 LIV l
Technology and innovation for sustainable development
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on bloomsburycollections.com. Continuation along current development pathways is not sustainable. Available technology and production practices and the consumption patterns of modern societies are leading to global warming and ecological destruction. Business as usual is not an option. There is a…
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- 9781472580788
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- xiii, 215p.; ill
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- 338.927 VOS
Post-war architecture between Italy and the UK : exchanges and transcultural …
Italy and the UK experienced a radical re-organisation of urban space following the devastation of many towns and cities in the Second World War. The need to rebuild led to an intellectual and cultural exchange between a wave of talented architects, urbanists and architectural historians in the two countries. Post-war Architecture Between Italy and the UK studies this exchange, exploring how th…
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- 9781800080836
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- xi, 277 p. ill;
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- 724.6 POS L
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