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“robin hambleton”

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  • Cities Against Democratic Backsliding

    Evidence from Europe and Beyond

    by Enrico Antonio La Vina, Su Yun Woo, Ayda Eraydın, Ignazio Vinci, Arturo Flores, Eric Corijn, Robin Hambleton ...
    As nationalist and populist movements gain traction worldwide, democracy faces growing threats. In many cases, large cities have emerged as strongholds of progressive and democratic values, pushing back against authoritarian pressures.This timely book explores the evolving power struggle between cities and central governments, particularly in countries led by populist regimes. It examines key ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Cities and Communities Beyond COVID-19

    How Local Leadership Can Change Our Future for the Better

    by Robin Hambleton ...
    The COVID-19 virus outbreak has rocked the world and it is widely accepted that there can be no return to the pre-pandemic society of 2019. However, many suggestions for the future of society and the planet are aimed at national governments, international bodies and society in general.Drawing on a decade of research by an internationally renowned expert, this book focuses on how cities and ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Local Government in Europe

    New Perspectives and Democratic Challenges

    by Marta Derek, Jarosław Neneman, Jerzy Bartkowski, Gro Sandkjær Hanssen, Wirginia Aksztejn, Robin Hambleton, Kristof Steyvers, Ulrik Kjaer, Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė, Gábor Dobos, Esther Pano, Jan Erling Klausen, Kurt Houlberg, Lawrance E. Rose, Harald Baldersheim, Rachel Wall, Alistair Jones, António F Tavares, Julita Łukomska, Hubert Heinelt, Adam Gendzwill, Colin Copus ...
    Drawing on classical and emerging research perspectives, this comprehensive book provides an up-to-date review of local government in Europe.Featuring an impressive range of contributors from both eastern and western Europe, the book addresses three main topics: territorial reforms, democratic empowerment of citizens and the role of local leadership, as well as new trends in local finances ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Leading the Inclusive City

    Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet

    by Robin Hambleton ...
    Cities are often seen as helpless victims in a global flow of events and many view growing inequality in cities as inevitable. This engaging book rejects this gloomy prognosis and argues that imaginative place-based leadership can enable citizens to shape the urban future in accordance with progressive values – advancing social justice, promoting care for the environment and bolstering community ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance

    Impact and Practice

    by Alasdair Blair, Paweł Swianiewicz, Christine Cheyne, Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska, Colin Copus, Petr Jüptner, Adam Gendzwill, Paul Burton, James Svara, Nasrul Ismail, Paul Hepburn, Nicola Headlam, Howard Elcock, Thom Oliver, Robin Hambleton ...
    Directly elected mayors are political leaders who are selected directly by citizens and head multi-functional local government authorities. This book examines the contexts, features and debates around this model of leadership, and how in practice political leadership is exercised through it.The book draws on examples from Europe, the US, and Australasia to examine the impacts, practices, and ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

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    by Mats Benner, Jonathan Grant, Mary O’Kane ...
    This open access book explores the impact of Covid-19 on universities, and how students, staff, faculty and academic leaders have adapted to and dealt with the impact of the pandemic. Drawing on experiences from Britain, Australia and Sweden, it showcases how Covid has challenged routines and procedures in universities, and thrown them into a disarray of ever-changing events and short-term ... Read more

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  • Is the EU Doomed?

    by Jan Zielonka ...
    Series series Global Futures
    The European Union is in crisis. Crippled by economic problems, political brinkmanship, and institutional rigidity, the EU faces an increasingly uncertain future.In this compelling essay, leading scholar of European politics, Jan Zielonka argues that although the EU will only survive in modest form - deprived of many real powers - Europe as an integrated entity will grow stronger. Integration, he ... Read more

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  • Wasted

    How Misunderstanding Young Britain Threatens Our Future

    by Georgia Gould ...
    Young people growing up in Britain today face a narrowing job market, high housing costs and the prospect of a lifetime of hard work with less reward. The ideas of social responsibility that arose after the Second World War are straining under the demands of a globalised world.Too often public debate divides Britain's youth into the 'feral rats' of the London riots and the 'posh boys' of Eton. ... Read more

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  • Democracy and Prosperity

    Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century

    by Torben Iversen, David Soskice ...
    A groundbreaking new historical analysis of how global capitalism and advanced democracies mutually support each otherIt is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global capitalism, in turn explaining rising inequality and mounting populism. This book, written by two of the world’s leading political economists, ... Read more

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  • Irish Business and Society

    Governing, Participating and Transforming in the 21st Century

    Edited by John Hogan, Paul F. Donnelly, Brendan K. O'Rourke ...
    A collection of stimulating essays exploring the wide-ranging debates surrounding the relationship between business and society in 21st century Ireland.Wide-ranging, diverse and thought-provoking contributions from leading business researchers, economists, sociologists and political scientists from Ireland and abroad probe five central themes: the making and unmaking of the Celtic Tiger; ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of the European Union

    by Erik Jones, Anand Menon ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    This is an authoritative, one-volume, and independent treatment of the history, functioning and nature of the European integration. Written by a selection of leading scholars. It covers the major institutions, policies, and events in the history of integration, whilst also providing a guide to the major theoretical approaches that have been used to study it over time. By bringing together such a ... Read more

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  • Open Minds

    Academic freedom and freedom of speech of Australia

    by Carolyn Evans, Adrienne Stone ...
    Recently the alarm has been raised – basic freedoms are under attack in our universities. A generation of ‘snowflake’ students are shutting out ideas that challenge their views. Ideologically motivated academics are promoting propaganda at the expense of rigorous research and balanced teaching. Universities are caving in and denying platforms to ‘problematic’ public speakers. Is this true, or is ... Read more

    $7.99 USD