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The environmental rule of law for oceans: designing legal solutions
Our oceans need a strong and effective environmental rule of law to protect them against increased pressures and demands, including climate change, pollution, fisheries, shipping and more. The environmental rule of law for oceans requires the existence of a set of rules and policies at multiple governance levels that appropriately regulate human activities at sea and ensure that pressures on th…
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- 9781009253741
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- xxxiii, 380 pages; illustration
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- 341.4 POZ t
The individual in the economic and monetary union: a study of legal accountab…
The European Union's response to the financial crisis was designed in a way that prevented EU citizens from holding decision-makers accountable. This book reimagines legal accountability by focusing on the citizen, who should be at the centre of the common interest in the EU, with solidarity and equality as guiding principles.
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- 9781009207942
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- xxv, 220 pages
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- 346.402 BOB t
Trade policy and gender equality
With a range of interdisciplinary contributions and national and regional case studies, this collection offers a systematic, up-to-date evaluation of the debate relating to international trade law, policy, and gender equality. It analyses recent trade negotiations and agreements through a gender lens. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
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- 9781009363716
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- xxvii, 402 pages
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- 343.08 BAH t
Population ageing and Australia's future
This volume provides evidence from many of Australia’s leading scholars from a range of social science disciplines to support policies that address challenges presented by Australia’s ageing population. It builds on presentations made to the 2014 Symposium of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. The material is in four parts: Perspectives on Ageing Population Ageing: Glob…
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- 9
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- 9781760460662
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- xvi, 240 p
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- 304.610994 HAL p
Dilemmas of development : the social and economic impact of the Porgera gold …
The Porgera gold mine in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea is technically one of the most sophisticated and successful mines of recent times. In its second year of operations (1992) it was the third largest gold producing mine in the world. Socially, though, the mine has brought a range of massive changes for the local Ipili community-both positive and negative. Dilemmas of Development is a …
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- 14
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- 9781922144423
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- 338.274109953 FIL d
Social cost-benefit analysis in Australia and New Zealand : the state of curr…
All is not well with the evaluation of government programs and projects. Resources available to any society are limited. If governments are to increase the well-being of their citizens, they must be able to select and implement the socially most beneficial projects and policies. But many government agencies lack the expertise to carry out a cost-benefit analysis, or even to commission one…
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- 14
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- 9781760460198
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- -
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- Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG)
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- 352.439 DOB s
The social sciences in the Asian century
In this collection of essays, we reflect on what it means to practise the social sciences in the twenty-first century. The book brings together leading social scientists from the Asia-Pacific region. We argue for the benefit of dialogue between the diverse theories and methods of social sciences in the region, the role of the social sciences in addressing real-world problems, the need to transc…
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- 9781925022582
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- xi, 191 p
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- -
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- 300.95 CAR t
White gold : the commercialisation of rice farming in the lower mekong basin
This open access book is about understanding the processes involved in the transformation of smallholder rice farming in the Lower Mekong Basin from a low-yielding subsistence activity to one producing the surpluses needed for national self-sufficiency and a high-value export industry. For centuries, farmers in the Basin have regarded rice as “white gold”, reflecting its centrality to their…
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- 1
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- 9789811509988
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- XXVIII, 456 p. ; ill.
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- White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin
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- 633.18 CRA w
Ten crises: the political economy of China’s development (1949-2020)
This open access handbook, Ten Crises systematically traces the economic history of China from 1949 to 2020, unravelling the complex domestic and global factors leading to the cyclical crises identified by WEN and his research team, and examining the corresponding counteracting policies and measures by the government to resolve or defer the crises. The book offers profound insights into China…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9789811604553
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- xxxii, 510p: ill..
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- Global University for Sustainability Book Series
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- 338 WEN t
Saving and investment in the twenty-first century : the great divergence
This open access book offers a new, capital-theoretical perspective on the macroeconomic relationship between desired wealth and investment, and it presents new empirical data on private wealth and its composition in the OECD plus China area. The authors argue that a free economic and social order can only be stabilized if the wealth aspirations of individuals are met under conditions of price …
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- 1
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- 9783030750312
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- xxi, 343p. : ill.
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- -
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- 339 CAR s
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