"There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the s…
"There has been a remarkable upsurge of debate about increasing inequalities and their societal implications, reinforced by the economic crisis but bubbling to the surface before it. This has been seen in popular discourse, media coverage, political debate, and research in the s…
The Shame of Poverty invites the reader to question their understanding of poverty by bringing into close relief the day-to-day experiences of low-income families living in societies as diverse as Norway and Uganda, Britain and India, China, South Korea, and Pakistan. The volume…
The COVID-19 crisis: social perspectives
"Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. Well beyond its health effects, the pandemic has wrought major changes in people's everyday lives as they confront restrictions imposed by physical distancing and consequences such as l…
A central banker talks money -- Airtime money -- Money leapfroggers -- Whose money is this? -- Money and wealth-in-people -- Hearthholds of mobile money -- Distributive labors -- Strategic ignorance -- Reimagining debt : the rat and the purse -- Reimagining giving : a design pro…
"A critical examination of modern faith in technology, Techno-Fixers evaluates past mistakes, present implications, and future opportunities for innovating societies." "This is the story of a seductive idea. Over the past century, the potential of new technology to solve social…
Social exclusion: short and long term causes and consequences ; [pr…
by Parodi, Giuliana, Sciulli, Dario, Thematic Session on "Social Exclusion", Chieti-Pescara, Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro, Annual Conference of the Italian Association of Labour Economists (AIEL), Chieti-Pescara
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In 2020, the world is in the throes of the COVID-19 global pandemic - an epidemic the likes of which humankind has not experienced for decades. This book speaks to common and fundamental underlying issues that national communities face from a humanitarian and planetary systems p…
The political economy of Southeast Asia: politics and uneven development under hyperglobal…
by Robison, Richard, Rodan, Garry, Baker, Jacqui, Hughes, Caroline, 1969-, Quimpo, Nathan Gilbert, Hadiz, Vedi R., Al-Fadhat, Faris, Elias, Juanita, Gerard, Kelly, Bal, Charanpal S., Hutchison, Jane, Wilson, Ian D., Rosser, Andrew, Hatcher, Pascale, Hirsch, Philip, Gellert, Paul K.
