By Theodoros Iosifides, Stelios Gialis, Thanasis Kizos
May 21, 2024
This book thoroughly examines the socio-economic and labor market paths of young NEETs, particularly migrants and women, in the disadvantaged regions of Mediterranean Southern Europe—specifically, the island, coastal, and peripheral areas of Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Spain. It embraces a holistic ...
By Ona Gražina Rakauskienė, Dalia Štreimikienė, Lina Volodzkienė
January 29, 2024
The growing inequality in the global economy across the planet is reaching unprecedented levels. This book seeks to develop frameworks for the assessment of excessive inequality and its impact on social-economic progress and sustainable development. It begins by summarizing the theoretical ...
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By Brian J. Hracs, Taylor Brydges, Tina Haisch, Atle Hauge, Johan Jansson, Jenny Sjoholm
May 31, 2023
This book nuances our understanding of the contemporary creative economy by engaging with a set of three key tensions which emerged over the course of eight European Colloquiums on Culture, Creativity and Economy (CCE): 1) the tension between individual and collaborative creative practices, 2) the ...
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By Lone Riisgaard, Winnie V. Mitullah, Nina Torm
May 31, 2023
The promotion of social protection in Sub-Saharan Africa happens in a context where informal labour markets constitute the norm, and where most workers live uncertain livelihoods with very limited access to official social protection. The dominant social protection agenda and the associated ...
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By C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Edward Morrissey, Celine Germond Duret
December 30, 2022
This book presents state-of-the-art perspectives on the Blue Economy. It applies important geographical and sustainability transitions perspectives and underscores how Blue Economy dynamics are situated in regional contexts and shaped by the people who live there. The book highlights the Blue ...
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By Luca Storti, Giulia Urso, Neil Reid
August 29, 2022
Presenting multidisciplinary and global insights, this book explores the nexus between economies, institutions, and territories and how global phenomena have local consequences. It examines how original and innovative economic related processes embed themselves in societies at the local level; how...
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By Armin Kratzer, Jutta Kister
April 29, 2022
This book critically examines different forms of urban-rural links for sustainable development in different countries. As intertwined processes of globalization, digitalization, environmental challenges and the search for sustainable development continue, rural and urban areas around the world ...
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By Maria Giulia Pezzi, Alessandra Faggian, Neil Reid
February 01, 2022
This book delves into the development opportunities for peripheral areas explored through the emerging practices of agritourism, wine tourism, and craft beer tourism. It celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of people living in peri-urban regions. Peripheral areas tend to be far from urban hubs, ...
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By Fayyaz Baqir, Sanni Yaya
May 19, 2021
This book explores the causes and consequences of market failure in bridging societal differences to create a shared economy. It questions the current world order and evaluates socio-economic gains in reference to the social origins of the economic agents. With a need to counterbalance economic ...
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By Fayyaz Baqir, Nipa Banerjee, Sanni Yaya
October 18, 2019
This book centers around an intense debate among donors, policymakers, development practitioners, and academics on the efficacy of aid in eradicating poverty while promoting human development. It seeks to fill the gap in present literature by presenting stories of better spending through ...
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By C. Patrick Heidkamp, John Morrissey
August 06, 2018
Coastal zones represent a frontline in the battle for sustainability, as coastal communities face unprecedented economic challenges. Coastal ecosystems are subject to overuse, loss of resilience and increased vulnerability. This book aims to interrogate the multi- scalar complexities in creating a ...
By Peter Dannenberg, Elmar Kulke
February 12, 2018
Analysing the ongoing changes and dynamics in rural development from a functional perspective through a series of case studies from the global north and south, this volume deepens our understanding of the importance of new functional and multifunctional approaches in policy, practice and theory. In...