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  • Contesting Aviation Expansion

    Depoliticisation, Technologies of Government and Post-Aviation Futures

    by Steven Griggs, David Howarth ...
    This book analyses the strategies used by public authorities to expand the UK aviation industry in relation to growing political opposition and the negative impact of flying on local communities and climate change.Its genealogical investigations show how governmental practices and technologies designed to depoliticise aviation and expand airports have generally failed to constitute an effective ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • New Developments in Urban Governance

    Rethinking Collaboration in the Age of Austerity

    by Jonathan S. Davies, Ismael Blanco, Adrian Bua, Ioannis Chorianopoulos, Mercè Cortina-Oriol, Andrés Feandeiro, Niamh Gaynor, Brendan Gleeson, Steven Griggs, Pierre Hamel, Hayley Henderson, David Howarth, Roger Keil, Madeleine Pill, Yunailis Salazar, Helen Sullivan ...
    This book presents the findings of a major Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project into urban austerity governance in eight cities across the world (Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Melbourne, Dublin, Leicester, Montréal and Nantes). It offers comparative reflections on the myriad experiences of collaborative governance and its limitations.An international collaborative from across the ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • French Politics

    Debates and Controversies

    by Robert Elgie, Steven Griggs ...
    Accessible, up-to-date and comprehensive, this is an essential introduction to the French political system. Featuring detailed analysis of the most important debates and controversies concerning French politics today, the expert authors conclude that study of this subject is being transformed in response to a changing global, European and domestic environment. Includes coverage of: * the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The politics of airport expansion in the United Kingdom

    Hegemony, policy and the rhetoric of ‘sustainable aviation’

    by Steven Griggs, David Howarth ...
    Series series Issues in Environmental Politics
    The massive expansion of global aviation, its insatiable demand for airport capacity and its growing contribution to carbon emissions make it a critical societal problem. Alongside traditional concerns about noise and air pollution, airport politics has been connected to the problems of climate change and peak oil. Yet it is still thought to be a driver of economic growth and connectivity in an ... Read more

    $93.99 USD

  • Practices of Freedom

    Decentred Governance, Conflict and Democratic Participation

    Edited by Steven Griggs, Aletta J. Norval, Hendrik Wagenaar ...
    The shift from government to governance has become a starting point for many studies of contemporary policy-making and democracy. Practices of Freedom takes a different approach, calling into question this dominant narrative and taking the variety, hybridity and dispersion of social and political practices as its focus of analysis. Bringing together leading scholars in democratic theory and ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Sustainable Aviation Futures

    Edited by Lucy Budd, Steven Griggs, David Howarth ...
    Series Book 4 - Transport and Sustainability
    This volume brings together some of the leading names in global aviation policy research to provide a unique and ground breaking synthesis of current debates on sustainable aviation. Unlike previous edited works, this volume is inter-disciplinary and international in nature, drawing on the work of social scientists, transport specialists, and policy experts working in the domains of academia, ... Read more

    $136.99 USD

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    A Practical Guide

    by Richard Rose ...
    This textbook offers a fresh approach to the study of comparative politics and public policy. Instead of concentrating on why countries differ, Learning From Comparative Public Policy explores how countries can learn from each other about the success and failure of policy initiatives. With its theory and practice focus, the lively narrative analyzes the cultural and resources problems involved in ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • A Globalizing World?

    Culture, Economics, Politics

    Edited by David Held ...
    Series series Understanding Social Change
    Today's news media is full of references to 'globalization' - a buzz word that is quickly becoming ubiquitous. But what exactly is globalization? What are its main driving forces? Does it truly embrace all aspects of our lives, from economics to cultural developments?A Globalizing World? examines these and other key questions in a highly accessible fashion, offering a clear and intelligent guide ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Place Identity, Participation and Planning

    Edited by Cliff Hague, Paul Jenkins ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
    The central concern of this book is place identity, and its representation and manipulation through planning. Place identity is of growing international concern, both in planning practice and in academic work. The issue is important to practitioners because of the impact of globalisation on notions of place. This book includes comparisons between Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and Scotland, ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Are Trade Unions Still Relevant?

    Union Recognition 100 Years On

    by Dr Tom Turner, Dr Daryl D'Art, Dr Michelle O'Sullivan ...
    This edited collection examines the relevance of trade unions 100 years on from the 1913 Lockout in Dublin. The general argument underpinning the papers in this book is that trade unions are still relevant in the 21st century, since they provide an independent collective representation for workers and address the power imbalance between the worker and employer. All of the chapter authors are based ... Read more

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  • Elite Mobilities

    Edited by Thomas Birtchnell, Javier Caletrío ...
    Series series Changing Mobilities
    Small in number but great in influence, mobile elites have shaped the contours of global capitalism. Today these elites continue to flourish globally but in a changing landscape. The current economic crisis—and rising concerns about the moral legitimacy of extreme wealth—coincides with stern warnings over the risks posed by climate change and the unsustainable use of resources. Often an out-of ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Transformational Moments in Social Welfare

    What Role for Voluntary Action?

    by Georgina Brewis, Angela Ellis Paine, Irene Hardill, Rose Lindsey, Rob Macmillan ...
    ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence.During the consolidation of the welfare state in the 1940s, and its reshaping in the 2010s, the boundaries between the state, voluntary action, the family and the market were called into question.This interdisciplinary book explores the impact of these ‘transformational moments’ on the role, position and contribution of voluntary action to ... Read more

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