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  • Urban Policy in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda

    Balance and Perspectives from Latin America and Europe

    Edited by María Ángeles Huete García, Adrián Rodríguez Miranda, Vicente Ugalde, Rafael Merinero Rodríguez ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book provides comparative information about the materialization of the 2030 Agenda in urban policy in ten countries located in Europe and Latin America. The Declaration of Quito is the starting point for the implementation of SDGs into public policies in urban areas. However, there are fewer efforts to understand the impact that the 2030 Agenda and, specifically, the instruments developed for ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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  • Towards a Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities between Europe and Latin America

    Edited by Pedro López-Roldán, Sandra Fachelli ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access volume identifies the common and specific aspects of social mechanisms that generate inequalities, through comparative analyses of different dimensions in which inequalities are expressed. It includes studies on social inequalities in 5 European and 5 Latin American countries, along 11 thematic axes: inequalities in the labour market and labour trajectories; asymmetries in the ... Read more

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  • Root-Cause Regulation

    Protecting Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century

    by Michael J. Piore, Andrew Schrank ...
    Work is now more deadly than war, killing approximately 2.3 million people a year worldwide. The United States, with its complex regulatory system, has one of the highest rates of occupational fatality in the developed world, and deteriorating working conditions more generally. Why, after a century of reform, are U.S. workers growing less safe and secure? Comparing U.S. regulatory practices to ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific

    Recent Trends and Future Challenges

    Edited by José Ernesto Rangel Delgado, Antonina Ivanova Boncheva ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book explores recent trends in the knowledge-based society and education field in Asia-Pacific and discusses future challenges in the region. It presents studies on the development of scientific thought in the field on the knowledge-based society in the Pacific Circle. This book explores the theoretical framework of the knowledge-based society framed by the borders imposed by the Pacific ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Ecosystem of an Open Democracy

    by Mara Balestrini, Matías Bianchi, Pablo Collada, Sabrina Díaz Rato, Tomas Diez, Ricard Espelt, Mònica Garriga, Bernardo Gutiérrez, Cristian León, Eduard Martín Borregón, Antonella Perini, Thamy Pogrebinschi, Valeria Righi, Edgar Rovira, Francesc Badia Dalmases, Antoni Gutiérez Rubí ...
    Within the framework of “political experimentation”, a perspective from which to observe the vibrant development of political innovation in Latin America – and also in Spain -, we have published the serie of The ecosystem of an open democracy article. This is a Democracia Abierta initiative in collaboration with apps4citizens, a Barcelona-based platform that promotes the development of technology ... Read more

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  • The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization

    The Rise of the Corporate Legal Sector and its Impact on Lawyers and Society

    Edited by Luciana Gross Cunha, Daniela Monteiro Gabbay, José Garcez Ghirardi, David M. Trubek, David B. Wilkins ...
    This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of globalization's impact on the Brazilian legal profession. Employing original data from nine empirical studies, the book details how Brazil's need to restructure its economy and manage its global relationships contributed to the emergence of a new 'corporate legal sector' - a sector marked by increasingly large and sophisticated law firms and ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • Mexican Business Culture

    Essays on Tradition, Ethics, Entrepreneurship and Commerce and the State

    Edited by John T. Hyatt, Carlos M. Coria-Sánchez ...
    Western business owners and managers are increasingly interested in doing business in Mexico. Yet few have thoroughly investigated the country's business climate and culture. This collection of new essays by contributors who work in and research the business culture of Mexico takes a combined academic and real-world look at the country's vibrant and dynamic commerce. Topics include business and ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Managing Human Resources in Latin America

    An Agenda for International Leaders

    Edited by Marta Elvira, Anabella Davila ...
    Series series Global HRM
    In addition to providing the reader with a thorough overview of the trends in HR strategies and practice and the challenges faced by HR executives in Latin America, this book also explores cultural issues critical to conducting business and understanding human resource management in this region.Structured in two distinct parts, Davila and Elvira's comprehensive book moves from a general overview ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • The Drug Company Next Door

    Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico

    by Alexa S. Dietrich ...
    "This fascinating and most timely criticalmedical anthropology study successfully binds two still emergent areas ofcontemporary anthropological research in the global world: the nature andsignificant impact of multinational pharmaceutical manufacturers on humansocial life everywhere, and the contribution of corporations to the fast-paceddegradation of our life support system, planet Earth. . . . ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Social and Solidarity Economy

    Beyond the Fringe

    by Suzanne Bergeron, Stephen Healy, Carina Millstone, Bénédicte Fonteneau, Georgina Gómez, Marguerite Mendell, Paul Nelson, John-Justin McMurtry, Cecilia Rossel, Abhijit Ghosh, Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, Jean-Louis Laville, Justine Nannyonjo, Professor Bina Agarwal, Béatrice Alain, Prof Cristina Grasseni, Francesca Forno, Silvana Signori, Darryl Reed, Roldan Muradian, José Luis Coraggio, Milford Bateman ...
    Series series Just Sustainabilities
    As economic crises, growing inequality and climate change prompt a global debate on the meaning and trajectory of development, increasing attention is focusing on 'social and solidarity economy' as a distinctive approach to sustainable and rights-based development.While we are beginning to understand what social and solidarity economy is, what it promises and how it differs from 'business as usual ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Fourth Sector

    Sustainable Best-Practices from Across the World

    Edited by María Isabel Sánchez-Hernández, Luísa Carvalho, Conceição Rego, Maria Raquel Lucas, Adriana Noronha ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    “The fourth sector” consists of for-benefit organizations that combine market-based approaches of the private sector with the social and environmental aims of the public and non-profit sectors. This book examines successful experiences around the world in entrepreneurship in the fourth sector in recent times. The chapters also reveal the pivotal role of the public sector collaboration with private ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Urban Design Under Neoliberalism

    Theorising from Santiago, Chile

    by Francisco Vergara Perucich ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Urban Studies
    This book discusses the status of urban design as a disciplinary field and as a practice under the current and pervasive neoliberal regime.The main argument is that urban design has been wholly reshaped by neoliberalism. In this transformation, it has become a discipline that has neglected its original ethos – designing good cities – aligning its theory and practice with the sole profit-oriented ... Read more

    $34.99 USD