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Global political demography : the politics of population change
This open access book draws the big picture of how population change interplays with politics across the world from 1990 to 2040. Leading social scientists from a wide range of disciplines discuss, for the first time, all major political and policy aspects of population change as they play out differently in each major world region: North and South America; Sub-Saharan Africa and the MENA regio…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030730659
- Collation
- x, 459. : ill.
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- 304.6 GOE g
Geographic Citizen Science Design : No one left behind
Little did Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and other ‘gentlemen scientists’ know, when they were making their scientific discoveries, that some centuries later they would inspire a new field of scientific practice and innovation, called citizen science. The current growth and availability of citizen science projects and relevant applications to support citizen involvement is massive; every cit…
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- 9781787356122
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- 365p. ; ill.
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- 303.483 ART g
Asia-Pacific fishing livelihoods
This open access book explores fishing livelihoods in the context of the wider contexts in which they are embedded. Drawing on case studies from across the Asia-Pacific region, the book highlights how fishing livelihoods are shaped by globalisation, social relationships and governance. The book concludes by showing how better understanding these relationships can contribute to governance for he…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030795917
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- xv, 112 p. : ill.
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- -
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- 333.956095 FAB a
Space, Place and Educational Settings
This open access book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that are, both, shaping and being reshaped by socio-economic and political processes. It gives insight into the complex interplay of educational inequalities and practices of educational governance in the neighborhood and at larger geographical scales. The book ado…
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- vol. 16
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030785970
- Collation
- 227p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- Knowledge and Space
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- 306.43 FRE s
Regional and Local Development in Times of Polarisation: Re-thinking Spatial …
Despite the emphasis of the European Regional Policy on territorial cohesion, regional disparities have been increasing within Europe in the past years. The metropolitan areas in almost all countries are considerably growing while regions outside of agglomerations are stagnating or even declining. Against this background this book aims to provide an understanding of the underlying processes of …
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- 1st ed. 2019.
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789811311901
- Collation
- XXIV, 382 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 304.2 REG r
Pilot society and the energy transition : the co-shaping of innovation, parti…
This open access book examines the role of pilot and demonstration projects as crucial devices for conducting innovation in the context of the energy transition. Bridging literature from sustainability transitions and Science and Technology Studies (STS), it argues that such projects play a crucial role, not only in shaping future energy and mobility systems, but in transforming societies more …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030611842
- Collation
- vii, 130p. : ill.
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- 354.3 RYG p
Asylum matters : on the front line of administrative decision-making
This open access book examines everyday practices in an asylum administration. Asylum decisions are often criticised as being ‘subjective’ or ‘arbitrary’. Asylum Matters turns this claim on its head. Through the ethnographic study of asylum decision-making in the Swiss Secretariat for Migration, the book shows how regularities in administrative practice and ‘socialised subjectivity’…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030615123
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- xvii, 203p. : ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 342.494083 AFF a
Atlas of challenges and opportunities in European neighbourhoods : stemming f…
This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic. Detailing key socio-economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive territorial analysis at a local scale and explore the potential for regional integration and cooperation. Thes…
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- -
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- 9783319285214
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- xxiii, 198p. : ill.
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- -
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- 304.2 ATL a
Rethinking interdisciplinarity across the social sciences and neurosciences
This book offers a provocative account of interdisciplinary research across the neurosciences, social sciences and humanities. Setting itself against standard accounts of interdisciplinary 'integration,' and rooting itself in the authors' own experiences, the book establishes a radical agenda for collaboration across these disciplines. Rethinking Interdisciplinarity does not merely advocate int…
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- 9781137407962
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- x, 157p. : ill.
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- -
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- 001 CAL r
Mobilities of knowledge
This collection of essays examines how spatial mobilities of people and practices, technologies and objects, knowledge and ideas have shaped the production, circulation, and transfer of knowledge in different historical and geographical contexts. Targeting an interdisciplinary audience, Mobilities of Knowledge combines detailed empirical analyses with innovative conceptual approaches. The first…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319446530
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- x, 303p. : ill.
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- -
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- 304.2 MOB m
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