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  • Security and Space

    In Pursuit of Interconnections

    by Keith Hayward, Joe Greener, Laura Naegler, Anna Schliehe, Elspeth Van Veeren, Jason Luger, Katharina Newbery, Christopher Peys, Julie Berg, Clifford Shearing, William Vlcek, Nick Brooke, Pınar Bilgin, Alistair Fraser, Andrew N. Neal, Lauren Rogers, Roy B. Gardner, Max Cohen ...
    This book brings fresh insights into how social spaces shape the way we experience and understand security. Chapters unite voices from critical security studies, urban geography, criminology and political science to rethink the link between security and space, from neighbourhood crime to global conflict.By viewing security through a spatial lens, the book uncovers the social, economic and ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Offshore Finance and Global Governance

    Disciplining the Tax Nomad

    by William Vlcek ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes shifting international taxation strategies in pursuit of tax nomads, individuals and companies who minimize their tax obligations among multiple countries. Focusing on the efforts of the United States, the collective endeavours of the European Union and the global initiative of the OECD under G20 guidance, it investigates their attempts to understand and control the mechanisms ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Greater China in an Era of Globalization

    by Thomas Cieslik, Edward Friedman, Antonio C. Hsiang, Jerome S. Hsiang, James C. Hsiung, Wenshan Jia, Jing Men, Xiaoyang Tang, William Vlcek, Marion Chyun-Yang Wang, Katja Weber ...
    Series series Challenges Facing Chinese Political Development
    China's growth in the past few decades has been unprecedented, and continues to stay strong as it expands its influence around the globe. However, in many ways, the once insular China is still looking to find its footing as an international player in the globalization game. Greater China in an Era of Globalization looks at the success of China and its surrounding territories of Taiwan, Hong Kong, ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

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  • Inventing the Future

    Postcapitalism and a World Without Work

    by Nick SRNICEK, Alex Williams ...
    This major new manifesto offers a “clear and compelling vision of a postcapitalist society” and shows how left-wing politics can be rebuilt for the 21st century (Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism)Neoliberalism isn’t working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The SAGE Handbook of Globalization

    Edited by Paul Battersby, Manfred B. Steger, Joseph M Siracusa ...
    Global studies is a fresh and dynamic discipline area that promises to reinvigorate undergraduate and postgraduate education in the social sciences and humanities. In the Australian context, the interdisciplinary pedagogy that defines global studies is gaining wider acceptance as a coherent and necessary approach to the study of global change. Through the Global Studies Consortium (GSC), this new ... Read more

    $280.79 USD

  • After the Fact?

    The Truth about Fake News

    by Marcus Gilroy-Ware ...
    Why do we no longer trust facts, experts and statistics? In this essential guide to the turbulent times in which we live, Marcus Gilroy-Ware investigates our era of post-truths and fake news and answers the question of where we can go from here.We are supposed to have more information at our disposal now than at any time in history. So why, in a world of rising sea levels, populist leaders, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Theories of the Information Society

    by Frank Webster ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    Information is regarded as a distinguishing feature of our world. Where once economies were built on industry and conquest, we are now part of a global information economy. Pervasive media, expanding information occupations and the development of the internet convince many that living in an Information Society is the destiny of us all. Coping in an era of information flows, of virtual ... Read more

    $106.99 USD

  • A Dictionary of Human Geography

    by Alisdair Rogers, Noel Castree, Rob Kitchin ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference
    A Dictionary of Human Geography is a brand new addition to Oxford's Paperback Reference Series, offering over 2,000 clear and concise entries on human geography terms. From basic terms and concepts to biographical entries, acronyms, organisations, and major periods and schools in the history of human geography, it provides up-to-date, accurate, and accessible information. It also includes entry ... Read more

    $4.08 USD

  • Urban Politics Now / Reflect 6

    re-Imagining Democracy in the Neoliberal City

    Edited by nai010 uitgevers/publishers ...
    The form and future of cities is increasingly regarded as the product of inescapable processes: the strategic decisions of businesses, consumer preferences, deeply rooted cultural reflexes. Specifically, with the rise of a neoliberal and neo-conservative view of society, fundamental decisions about the everyday environment are increasingly determined by the laws of supply and demand or the clash ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Urban Planning Imagination

    A Critical International Introduction

    by Nicholas A. Phelps ...
    Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination, with a stock of wisdom and an array of useful methods for making decisions and getting things done.This critical introduction uncovers and celebrates this imagination and its creative ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Cultural Policy

    by David Bell, Kate Oakley ...
    Series series Key Ideas in Media & Cultural Studies
    David Bell and Kate Oakley survey the major debates emerging in cultural policy research, adopting an approach based on spatial scale to explore cultural policy in cities, nations and internationally. They contextualise these discussions with an exploration of what both ‘culture’ and ‘policy’ mean when they are joined together as cultural policy.Drawing on topical examples and contemporary ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Being Sociological

    by Sara Salman, Daniel R. Smith, Suzanne Woodward, Adrian Franklin, Kate Huppatz, Mary Holmes, Raelene Wilding, Farzana Shain, Chamsy el-Ojeili, Dylan Taylor, David Bartram, Luke Goode, Chris Rojek, Stephanie Baker, Thomas Thurnell-Read, Tracey McIntosh, Dr Lucy Mayblin ...
    Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.The book encourages readers to examine both ... Read more

    $42.09 USD