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  • Cities and Services

    The geography of collective consumption

    by Steven Pinch ...
    Caught between the twin pressures of rising public expectations and falling resources, public services have become the subject of intense academic scrutiny and public debate. Much of this controversy has been fuelled by a growing realisation that where people live has an important influence upon their access to services. The so-called 'postcode lottery.'The first part of this book considers what ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • Worlds of Welfare

    Understanding the Changing Geographies for Social Welfare Provision

    by Steven Pinch ...
    Throughout the world welfare systems have been experiencing a period of unprecedented change. Understanding these changes is difficult, not only because of their diversity, but also because they vary so much from place to place.Worlds of Welfare provides a clear and concise guide to these changes. The first part of the book examines the range of different welfare states around the world, ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Public Service Provision and Urban Development

    Edited by Andrew Kirby, Steven Pinch, Paul Knox ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Urban Studies
    Originally published in 1984. The authors of this study address a number of major themes related to the analysis of public services: the role of public choice theory, the importance of professors and organisations, the value of neo-Marxist theories and the importance of space. These issues are considered in the context of case studies of school closures, the provision of medical care, the ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Urban Social Geography

    An Introduction

    by Paul Knox, Steven Pinch ...
    The 6th edition of this highly respected text builds upon the successful structure, engaging writing style and clear presentation of previous editions. Examining urban social geography from a theoretical and historical perspective, it also explores how it has developed into the modern day. Taking account of recent critical work, whilst simultaneously presenting well established approaches to the ... Read more

    $103.99 USD

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    Edited by Annabelle Mooney, Betsy Evans ...
    Series series Routledge Key Guides
    Viewed as a destructive force or an inevitability of modern society, globalization is the focus of a multitude of disciplines. A clear understanding of its processes and terminology is imperative for anyone engaging with this ubiquitous topic. Globalization: the Key Concepts offers a comprehensive guide to this cross-disciplinary subject and covers concepts such as:homogenizationneo ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Globalizing Education Policy

    by Fazal Rizvi, Bob Lingard ...
    Rizvi and Lingard's account of the global politics of education is thoughtful, complex and compelling. It is the first really comprehensive discussion and analysis of global trends in education policy, their effects - structural and individual - and resistance to them. In the enormous body of writing on globalisation this book stands out and will become a basic text in education policy courses ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Key Themes in Social Policy

    by Patricia Kennedy ...
    Key Themes in Social Policy provides an accessible and authoritative introduction to the key concepts used in social policy, from autonomy to wellbeing.With over 100 ideas discussed, this is a comprehensive student guide and is designed to help readers to gain a deeper understanding of major debates and issues. Each entry:explains the origin of the worddiscusses its relationship to the social ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Rethinking Industrial Relations

    Mobilisation, Collectivism and Long Waves

    by John Kelly ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Employment Relations
    This original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human resource management. It covers:central problems in industrial relationsthe mobilization theory of collective actionthe growth of non-union workplaces and the prospects and desirability of a new labour-management social partnershipan historical account of ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • The Handbook of Neoliberalism

    Edited by Simon Springer, Kean Birch, Julie MacLeavy ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful discourses toemerge within the social sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic and unfolding process of socio-spatial transformation is astonishing. Even more surprising though is that there has, until now, not been an attempt to provide a wide-ranging volume that engages with the multiple registers ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Globalisation and Equality

    Edited by Keith Horton, Haig Patapan ...
    Series series Challenges of Globalisation
    Is globalisation creating a more unequal world? Is it creating new forms of inequality? Does it make certain pre-existing forms of inequality more morally or politically significant than they would otherwise have been?Globalisation and Equality examines these and related questions, exploring the way increasing globalisation is challenging our conceptions of equality. The contributors explore these ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Global Institutions and Development

    Framing the World?

    Edited by Morten Boas, Desmond McNeill ...
    Series series RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
    This unique book explores a very broad range of ideas and institutions and provides thorough and detailed case studies in the context of broader theoretical analysis.Key topics such as poverty, global governance, sustainable development and the environment are closely examined, with detailed case studies of the World Bank, the WTO, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, UN Development Programme and the ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Anthropology and Development

    Culture, Morality and Politics in a Globalised World

    by Emma Crewe, Richard Axelby ...
    In recent decades international development has grown into a world-shaping industry. But how do aid agencies work and what do they achieve? How does aid appear to the adults and children who receive it? And why has there been so little improvement in the position of the poor? Viewing aid and development from anthropological perspectives gives illuminating answers to questions such as these. This ... Read more

    $44.29 USD