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  • Digital Inclusion

    An International Comparative Analysis

    by Massimo Ragnedda, Gerard Goggin, Hamid Abdollahyan, Mahin Sheikh Ansari, Orit Ben-Harush, Anfan Chen, Lorenzo Dalvit, Christiana Hammond, Jianbin Jin, Hanna Kreitem0, Andrea Limberto1, Sue Malta2, Fanxin Meng3, Bianca C. Reisdorf4, Amit M. Schejter5, Lin Shi6, Noam Tirosh7, Norbert Wildermuth8, Raelene Wilding9, Colin Rhinesmith0, Kehbuma Langmia1, Bruce Mutsvairo2 ...
    Series series Communication, Globalization, and Cultural Identity
    The volume examines the risks and opportunities of a digital society characterized by the increasing importance of knowledge and by the incessant rise and pervasiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs). At a global level, the pivotal role of ICTs has made it necessary to rethink ways to avoid forms of digital exclusion or digital discrimination. This edited collection comprises ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Methodological Reflections on Researching Communication and Social Change

    Edited by Norbert Wildermuth, Teke Ngomba ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book identifies the strengths and weaknesses of different methodological approaches to research in communication and social change. It examines the methodological opportunities and challenges occasioned by rapid technological affordances and society-wide transformations. This study provides grounded insights on these issues from a broad range of proficient academics and experienced ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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  • How Numbers Rule the World

    The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics

    by Lorenzo Fioramonti ...
    Series series Economic Controversies
    Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our economies. Stock market indices flood our media and national debates. Statistical calculations define how we deal with climate change, poverty and sustainability. But what is behind these numbers?In How Numbers Rule the ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Innovating for the Global South

    Towards an Inclusive Innovation Agenda

    by Janice Gross Stein, Joseph Wong, Dilip Soman ...
    Series series Munk Series on Global Affairs
    Despite the vast wealth generated in the last half century, in today’s world inequality is worsening and poverty is becoming increasingly chronic. Hundreds of millions of people continue to live on less than $2 per day and lack basic human necessities such as nutritious food, shelter, clean water, primary health care, and education.Innovating for the Global South offers fresh solutions for ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Mixed Methods Research in Poverty and Vulnerability

    Sharing Ideas and Learning Lessons

    Edited by Keetie Roelen, Laura Camfield ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The added value of mixed methods research in poverty and vulnerability is now widely established. Nevertheless, gaps and challenges remain. This volume shares experiences from research in developed and developing country contexts on how mixed methods approaches can make research more credible, usable and responsive to complexity. ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Towards Sustainable Rural Regions in Europe

    Exploring Inter-Relationships Between Rural Policies, Farming, Environment, Demographics, Regional Economies and Quality of Life Using System Dynamics

    Edited by John M. Bryden, Sophia Efstratoglou, Tibor Ferenczi, Karlheinz Knickel, Tom Johnson, Karen Refsgaard, Kenneth J. Thomson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development and Society
    This book presents the methodology and results of a three-year, eleven-country science-to-policy research project – Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development – undertaken between 2005 and 2008 and financed under the European Union's Sixth Framework program. It deals with an important contemporary policy issue: how best to ensure that an agriculturally-based policy ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Religion, Community, and Education

    The Case of Rural Bihar

    by Mohd. Sanjeer Alam ...
    Religion-based educational disparities, especially relative educational backwardness amongst the Muslims in India, are the focus of serious debate. The 2006 Sachar Committee Report rekindled public interest and attention in this important issue. Yet, considerable gaps exist in our understanding of the dynamics of religion and access to education. In Religion, Community, and Education, Alam uses a ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Uprooted

    Improving Humanitarian Responses to Forced Migration

    by Susan F. Martin, Patricia Weiss Fagen, Kari M. Jorgensen, Andrew Schoenholtz, Lydia Mann-Bondat ...
    Series series Program in Migration and Refugee Studies
    By conservative estimates about 50 million migrants are currently living outside of their home communities, forced to flee to obtain some measure of safety and security. In addition to persecution, human rights violations, repression, conflict, and natural and human-made disasters, current causes of forced migration include environmental and development-induced factors. Today's migrants include ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Achieving Social Impact

    Sociology in the Public Sphere

    by Marta Soler Gallart ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book presents the findings of research projects conducted by CREA (Community of Researchers on Excellence for all), a research community based in Barcelona, showing how social transformation combines scientific excellence with the political and social impact of the research. Analyzing the impact of pursuing social sciences research by providing examples of achievements and opportunities ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Cultures of Wellbeing

    Method, Place, Policy

    Edited by Sarah White, Chloe Blackmore ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    The authors challenge psychological perspectives on happiness and subjective wellbeing. Highlighting the politics of quantitative and qualitative methodologies, case studies across continents explore wellbeing in relation to health, children and youth, migration, economics, religion, family, land mines, national surveys, and indigenous identities. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Movers and Stayers: Social Mobility, Migration and Skills

    by Izabela Grabowska ...
    Series Book 3 - Migration – Ethnicity – Nation: Studies in Culture, Society and Politics
    The author examines social mobility in the enlarged EU by analysing the work sequences of 1865 movers and stayers in Poland. Using indicators of upward and downward social mobility, she explores the role of migration in careers. Her research shows that migration adds dynamism to work paths and contributes to the improvement of people’s working lives. It also suggests that agency and reflexivity ... Read more

    $69.99 USD

  • Global Environmental Challenges of the Twenty-First Century

    Resources, Consumption, and Sustainable Solutions

    Edited by David E. Lorey ...
    Series series The World Beat Series
    The most serious environmental problems of the twenty-first century have the potential to alter the course of life on this planet. Global warming, toxic waste, water and air pollution, acid rain, and shrinking energy supplies are frightening challenges that may threaten our future if we do not face up to them. Global Environmental Challenges provides important information and gives us hope about ... Read more

    $29.99 USD