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Cover Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South
Edited by Laura Alfers, Martha Chen, and Sophie Plagerson

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline. Illustrating how current social contracts may be considered inadequate, irrelevant or unjust, Social Contracts and Informal Workers in the Global South draws on the accounts of informal workers to advocate for radically new conceptualizations of state-society, capital-labour and state-capital-labour relations characterised by recognition, responsiveness and reciprocity.

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Monograph Book
Published:
10 Jun 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839108068
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Handbook on the Politics of International Development
Handbook on the Politics of International Development
Edited by Melisa Deciancio, Pablo Nemiña, and Diana Tussie

This timely Handbook considers the increasing struggles facing international development in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates the role global co-operation must play in resolving the multiple crises of the pandemic, resultant economic devastation and existing climate changes and external-debt concerns. Contributions identify the need to question current assumptions and approaches to international development in the context of how markets are constructed, states reformed and resources distributed.

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Handbook
Published:
27 May 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839101915
Collection:
Political Science and Public Policy 2022
Cover Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development
Handbook on Participatory Action Research and Community Development
Edited by Randy Stoecker and Adrienne Falcón
This Handbook is a critical resource for carefully considering the possibilities and challenges of strategically integrating participatory action research (PAR) and community development (CD). Utilizing practical examples from diverse contexts across five continents, it looks at how communities are empowering themselves and bringing about systemic change.
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Handbook
Published:
08 Apr 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100970
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2022
Cover Ethical Value Networks in International Trade
Ethical Value Networks in International Trade
Social Justice, Sustainability and Provenance in the Global South
Edited by Warwick E. Murray, John Overton, and Kelle Howson
This forward-looking book introduces the concept of Ethical Value Networks, building upon a theoretical exploration with primary evidence of their impacts in the Global South. It moves away from focusing on the consumption section of networks, with grounded impact studies that explore ethicality as a concept, how ethical value is created and how this is distributed through the socio-economy.
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Monograph Book
Published:
11 Feb 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800374508
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover The Violence of Conservation in Africa
The Violence of Conservation in Africa
State, Militarization and Alternatives
Edited by Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, and Tafadzwa Mushonga
Offering insights on violence in conservation, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state in Africa pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indigenous groups, the insertion of global green agendas onto the continent, a lack of resource sovereignty, and neoliberal conservation account for why violence is a permanent feature of conservation in Africa.
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Monograph Book
Published:
14 Jan 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800885615
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2022
Cover Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies
Handbook of Critical Agrarian Studies
Edited by A. H. Akram-Lodhi, Kristina Dietz, Bettina Engels, and Ben M. McKay
Exploring the emerging and vibrant field of critical agrarian studies, this comprehensive Handbook offers interdisciplinary insights from both leading scholars and activists to understand agrarian life, livelihoods, formations and processes of change. It highlights the development of the field, which is characterized by theoretical and methodological pluralism and innovation.
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Handbook
Published:
14 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788972468
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo and Cathy Garner
Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions.
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Monograph Book
Published:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883666
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021
Cover Handbook of Digital Inequality
Handbook of Digital Inequality
Edited by Eszter Hargittai
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes.
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Handbook
Published:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116572
Collection:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development
Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development
Edited by Stephen P. Marks and Balakrishnan Rajagopal
This collection addresses human rights and development for researchers, policymakers and activists at a time of major challenges. ‘Critical issues’ in the title signifies both the urgency of the issues and the need for critical rethinking. After exploring the overarching issues of development and economic theory, gender, climate change and disability, the book focuses on issues of technology and trade, education and information, water and sanitation, and work, health, housing and food.
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Monograph Book
Published:
09 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781005972
Collection:
Law 2021
Cover Knowledge For The Anthropocene
Knowledge For The Anthropocene
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo and Günter Koch
With human-induced environmental impacts disrupting human life in deeper ways and at a wider scale than anything previously experienced, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ways that current knowledge bases seem inadequate to help us deal with such realities. It offers a critical appraisal of the current knowledge infrastructure, including science, technology, innovation, education and informal knowledge systems.
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Monograph Book
Published:
09 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800884298
Collection:
Geography, Planning and Tourism 2021