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    • Constitutions of Value

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Feichtner, Isabel; Gordon, Geoff

    Abstract: Gathering an interdisciplinary range of cutting-edge scholars, this book addresses legal constitutions of value. Global value production and transnational value practices that rely on exploitation and extraction have left us with toxic commons and a da...

    The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Lehmann, Harry; Hinske, Christoph; de Margerie, Victoire; Slaveikova Nikolova, Aneta

    Abstract: The fifth Factor X publication from the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy provides an overview of the limits to the circular economy, emphasising the relationship between integrated resource ...

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    Climate Neutral and Resilient Farming Systems

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Nagothu, Udaya Sekhar

    Abstract: This book presents evidence-based research on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems and further to provide innovative and practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change. Intensive farming s...

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    Rural Governance in the UK

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Attorp, Adrienne; Heron, Sean; McAreavey, Ruth

    Abstract: This book provides a multidisciplinary analysis of rural society in a post-Brexit UK by examining the emergence of new environmental and rural policies and the implications of this transition for rural communities. Through the Common Agricultural Polic...

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    Universities and Regional Engagement

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Iakovleva, Tatiana; Thomas, Elisa; Nordstrand Berg, Laila; Pinheiro, Rómulo; Benneworth, Paul

    Abstract: The study of universities’ role in regional engagement has traditionally been focusing on exceptional cases. This book presents a reconceptualision which embraces its underlying complexity, and proposes a roadmap for a renewed research agenda. Starting...

    The Political Economy of Coal

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Jakob, Michael; Steckel, Jan C.

    Abstract: This volume provides an overview of the political economy of coal in diverse country contexts. Coal is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally, accounting for about 40 percent of energy-related CO2 emissions. Continued construction of c...

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    Gender, Food and COVID-19

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Castellanos, Paige; Sachs, Carolyn E.; Tickamyer, Ann R.

    Abstract: This book documents how COVID-19 impacts gender, agriculture, and food systems across the globe with on-the-ground accounts and personal reflections from scholars, practitioners, and community members. During the coronavirus pandemic with many people u...

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    The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Gallien, Max; Weigand, Florian

    Abstract: The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling offers a comprehensive survey of interdisciplinary research related to smuggling, reflecting on key themes, and charting current and future trends. Divided into six parts and spanning over 30 chapters, the volume cov...

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    The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Ludwig, David; Boogaard, Birgit; Macnaghten, Phil; Leeuwis, Cees

    Abstract: This book develops an integrated perspective on the practices and politics of making knowledge work in inclusive development and innovation. While debates about development and innovation commonly appeal to the authority of academic researchers, many c...

    Generational Tensions and Solidarity Within Advanced Welfare States

    Publication Type: eBook

    Authors:
    • Falch-Eriksen, Asgeir; Takle, Marianne; Slagsvold, Britt

    Abstract: This book explores generation as both a reference to family or kinship structures, and a reference to cohorts or age sets. The principal objective is branching out this two-part concept through studies of tensions and solidarity within and between gene...

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