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Planetary Improvement: Cleantech Entrepreneurship and the Contradictions of Green Capitalism by Jesse Goldstein 9780262535076
$45.98An examination of clean technology entrepreneurship finds that "green capitalism" is more capitalist than green. Entrepreneurs and investors in the green economy have encouraged a vision of addressing climate change with new technologies. In... -
Economics of Healthcare: A Brief Introduction by Andrew Friedson 9781009258432
RRP: $45.14$39.91An approachable beginner's guide to health economics that brings the economist's way of viewing the world to bear on the fundamentals of the US healthcare system. The conversational writing style, with occasional doses of humour, allows students to see... -
Towards a more equal society?: Poverty, inequality and policy since 1997 John Hills 9781847422019
RRP: $36.11$28.34When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. As it approaches the end of an unprecedented third term in office, this book asks whether Britain has... -
Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community by Karen T. Litfin 9780745679501
RRP: $23.21$22.10In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin... -
Looked After Children and Offending: Reducing Risk and Promoting Resilience by Gillian Schofield 9781910039045
RRP: $19.29$12.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039045Author Gillian SchofieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher... -
The Profit Doctrine: Economists of the Neoliberal Era by Robert Chernomas
RRP: $32.24$21.13The economics profession has a lot to answer for. After the late 1970s, the ideas of influential economists have justified policies that have made the world more prone to economic crisis, remarkably less equal, more polluted and less secure than it might... -
Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet--And How We Fight Back by Kate Aronoff 9781568589473
RRP: $38.70$24.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568589473Author Kate AronoffFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 243mm * 164mm *... -
The World After GDP: Politics, Business and Society in the Post Growth Era Lorenzo Fioramonti 9781509511358
RRP: $20.63$18.59GDP is much more than a simple statistic. It has become the overarching benchmark of success and a powerful ordering principle at the heart of the global economy. But the convergence of major economic, social and environmental crises has exposed the... -
Financial Inclusion: Critique and Alternatives Rajiv Prabhakar (The Open University) 9781447355939
RRP: $34.82$26.88Should the public play a greater role within the financial system? Decisions about money are a part of our everyday lives. Supporters promote financial inclusion as a way of helping people navigate decisions about money. However, critics fear these... -
Reputation and Power: Organizational Image and Pharmaceutical Regulation at the FDA by Daniel Carpenter
RRP: $64.50$51.75The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the most powerful regulatory agency in the world. How did the FDA become so influential? And how exactly does it wield its extraordinary power? Reputation and Power traces the history of FDA regulation of... -
Give People Money: How a Universal Basic Income Would End Poverty, Revolutionize Work, and Remake the World by Annie Lowrey 9781524758776
RRP: $24.51$12.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018.Book InformationISBN 9781524758776Author Annie LowreyFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back by Donald Cohen
RRP: $27.08$18.82The book the American Prospect calls "an essential resource for future reformers on how not to govern," by America's leading defender of the public interest and a bestselling historian "An essential read for those who want to fight the assault on public... -
Health and Illness Mike Bury (University of London) 9780745630311
RRP: $20.63$18.59Health and illness underpin our everyday existence. Health allows us to live full lives and to function as social beings; illness disrupts our lives, sometimes seriously. But health not only affects individuals, it also impacts upon society as a whole... -
Research Skills for Policy and Development: How to Find Out Fast by Alan Thomas
RRP: $65.79$53.33This book is a critical guide to conducting investigations under time- and resource-pressured conditions, equipping readers with the key skills and approaches for research designed to influence or inform development policies. Unlike a simple 'how to'... -
Collaboration in Public Policy and Practice: Perspectives on Boundary Spanners Paul Williams (Australian National University) 9781847428479
RRP: $37.40$28.75Collaborative working is an established feature of the public, business and third sector environments, but its effectiveness can be hampered by complex structural and personal variants. This original book explores the influence of agency through the... -
How to Democratize Europe by Stephanie Hennette
RRP: $41.22$32.47An all-star cast of scholars and politicians from Europe and America propose and debate the creation of a new European parliament with substantial budgetary and legislative power to solve the crisis of governance in the Eurozone and promote social and... -
Critical Ecologies: The Frankfurt School and Contemporary Environmental Crises by Andrew Biro
RRP: $43.86$38.56Environmental movements are the subject of increasingly rigorous political theoretical study. Can the Frankfurt School's critical frameworks be used to address ecological issues, or do environmental conflicts remain part of the "failed promise" of this... -
Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life by Jennifer Kavanagh 9780833099945
RRP: $41.28$39.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833099945Author Jennifer KavanaghFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint RANDPublisher RAND -
Beyond Technology: Children's Learning in the Age of Digital Culture David Buckingham 9780745638812
RRP: $23.21$20.69Beyond Technology offers a challenging new analysis of learning, young people and digital media. Disputing both utopian fantasies about the transformation of education and exaggerated fears about the corruption of childhood innocence, it offers a... -
Can We Solve the Migration Crisis? by Jacqueline Bhabha 9781509519408
RRP: $12.89$11.55Every minute 24 people are forced to leave their homes and over 65 million are currently displaced world-wide. Small wonder that tackling the refugee and migration crisis has become a global political priority. But can this crisis be resolved and if so,... -
Global Social Policy in the Making: The Foundations of the Social Protection Floor Bob Deacon (Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield) 9781447312345
RRP: $38.69$29.70The global economic crisis continue to dominate headlines, yet measures to build a social floor under the global economy and reform global governance have received little attention. In 2012 the Social Protection Floor was adopted as a global social... -
Community Care: Policy and Practice by Robin Means
$54.23This new edition has been updated to reflect recent shifts in community and social care whilst still providing the authoritative account of its historical development. Particular attention is paid to partnerships between health and social care, the... -
The Asset Economy, Property Ownership and the New Logic of Inequality by L Adkins
RRP: $51.60$45.24Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion's share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society a middle-class existence is out of reach. What exactly are the economic shifts that have driven the social... -
International Law Obligations on Climate Change Mitigation by Benoit Mayer 9780192843661
$145.73Recent years have witnessed exciting developments in international negotiations, litigation, and scholarship about climate change, but doctrinal research in the field remains in its infancy. In particular, little is known about how fast states are... -
Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK Derek Birrell (Ulster University) 9781447319184
RRP: $32.24$25.53As the system of governance and delivery of social welfare in the UK radically changes, this important new book argues that the extent of this change is such that it could be considered a fundamental transformation or even a revolution. It shows how a... -
The Puzzle of Modern Economics: Science or Ideology? by Professor Roger E. Backhouse 9780521532617
RRP: $34.82$28.24Does economics hold the key to everything or does the recent financial crisis show that it has failed? This book provides an assessment of modern economics that cuts through the confusion and controversy on this question. Case studies of the creation of... -
When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis by Dr McKinney
RRP: $25.16$23.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762242Author Dr McKinneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 222mm * 150mm * 22mm -
The Compassionate Imagination: How the Arts Are Central to a Functioning Democracy by Max Wyman 9781770866997
RRP: $16.76$10.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770866997Author Max WymanFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Cormorant Books,CanadaPublisher Cormorant Books,CanadaWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)... -
A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging by Lauren Markham 9780593545577
RRP: $36.12$21.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593545577Author Lauren MarkhamFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 442g -
The Instinct For Cooperation: A Graphic Novel Conversation with Noam Chomsky Jeff Wilson 9781609808167
RRP: $14.18$10.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609808167Author Jeff WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Working with Disabled People in Policy and Practice: A social model by Sally French 9780230580787
$45.42Part of Palgrave's Interagency Working in Health and Social Care series, this book explores the policy and practice which frames work with disabled people. Providing a critical review of the mainstream services available to disabled people, it assesses... -
The Urbanization of People: The Politics of Development, Labor Markets, and Schooling in the Chinese City by Eli Friedman
RRP: $38.70$30.04Amid a vast influx of rural migrants into urban areas, China has allowed cities wide latitude in providing education and other social services. While millions of people have been welcomed into the megacities as a source of cheap labor, local governments... -
Britain's First Muslims: Portrait of an Arab Community by Fred Halliday 9781848852990
$34.74Fear of the terrorist threat provoked by radical Islam has generated heated debates on multiculturalism and the integration of Muslim migrant communities in to Britain. Yet little is known about Britain's first Muslims, the Yemenis. Yemenis began... -
What's Wrong with Social Security Benefits? Paul Spicker (Robert Gordon University) 9781447337324
RRP: $14.18$11.24In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of the criticisms made of social security benefits - that spending is out of... -
Performance Measurement: Getting Results by Harry P. Hatry 9780877667346
RRP: $52.89$47.06Long before reinventing government came into vogue, the Urban Institute pioneered methods for government and human services agencies to measure the performance of their programs. This comprehensive guidebook synthesizes more than two decades of Harry... -
The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy by Suzanne Mettler 9780226521657
RRP: $19.35$19.18"Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social benefits and so hostile to them in principle, even... -
Why Can't You Afford a Home? Josh Ryan-Collins 9781509523252
RRP: $51.60$45.24Throughout the Western world, a whole generation is being priced out of the housing market. For millions of people, particularly millennials, the basic goal of acquiring decent, affordable accommodation is a distant dream. Leading economist Josh... -
Challenging Conceptions: Children Born of Wartime Rape and Sexual Exploitation by Kimberly Theidon 9780197648315
RRP: $74.82$67.54Governments, international organizations, and international laws and courts increasingly pay attention to conflict-related sexual violence. The core of the UN Women Peace and Security Agenda is stopping conflict-related sexual violence against women... -
The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less by Elizabeth H. Bradley
RRP: $16.76$14.31Foreword by Harvey V. Fineberg, President of the Institute of MedicineFor decades, experts have puzzled over why the US spends more on health care but suffers poorer outcomes than other industrialized nations. Now Elizabeth H. Bradley and Lauren A... -
Sustainable Energy Transitions: Socio-Ecological Dimensions of Decarbonization by Dustin Mulvaney
RRP: $70.94$64.31This textbook introduces the key concepts that underpin sustainable energy transitions. Starting with the basic biophysical principles, current sources and environmental consequences of existing energy resource use, the book takes readers through the key...