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Young People in Rural Areas of Europe
ISBN: 9781138258587 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Despite an EU-wide commitment to rural development, research has rarely focused on the lives of young people in rural areas, their experiences in education and employment, their perceptions of policies relevant to them, and their possibilities of participation. Based on a two-year European research project on policies and young people in rural development, this edited volume examines these issues and considers young people's experiences of rural life in Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal and Scotland. The volume is organized thematically with each chapter addressing a...
Despite an EU-wide commitment to rural development, research has rarely focused on the lives of young people in rural areas, their experiences in educ...
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225,25 |
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Equity in the City
ISBN: 9781138874008 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Equity in the City is a collection of nine studies of the way the results of public investment in urban services are shared out among city-dwellers. The essays describe the way services such as water supply, electricity, roads and parks are financed and they analyse the way certain residents receive benefits from the public purse while others don't. It examines the impact on planning and zoning and building regulation in terms of who gains the benefits from government. Equity and the city reveals scarce public resources are allocated. This book was first published in... Equity in the City is a collection of nine studies of the way the results of public investment in urban services are shared out among city-dwellers... |
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Primitive Labour
ISBN: 9781138182028 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1924, Dudley Buxton explores the evolution of primitive societies in relation to labour. This is mostly done by studying primitive inventions to try and understand how each of these inventions was used to contribute to everyday living and to develop the society’s material culture. This study places an emphasis on understanding the importance of various industrial tools to societies in relation to different industries and geographical factors such as climate. This title will be of interest to students of Anthropology. Originally published in 1924, Dudley Buxton explores the evolution of primitive societies in relation to labour. This is mostly done by studying pr... |
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166,48 |
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Contemporary Climatology
ISBN: 9781138149564 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in its second edition,Climatology continues to provide an up-to-date stimulating and comprehensive guide to the nature of the earth's climate. It presents a synthesis of contemporary scientific ideas about atmospheric circulation.
Topics covered include: -Energy systems-The hydrological cycle-General circulation, local and regional climate-Application of climate information-Use of satellite observations Now in its second edition,Climatology continues to provide an up-to-date stimulating and comprehensive guide to the nature of the earth's clima...
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906,08 |
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Community Visioning Programs: Processes and Outcomes
ISBN: 9781138085251 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Communities have practiced strategic planning for decades using a variety of tools and programs based on the initial Take Charge programs of the early 1990s. These efforts generated a large amount of research regarding their effectiveness, as well as ways to measure long-term outcomes and other related issues, in efforts to better understand the process of community change. This book provides contributions written by researchers and practitioners describing both visioning and other strategic planning efforts. The Great Recession challenged the future of many small and medium sized... Communities have practiced strategic planning for decades using a variety of tools and programs based on the initial Take Charge programs of the ea... |
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235,04 |
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Development Projects as Policy Experiments: An Adaptive Approach to Development Administration
ISBN: 9781138967465 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International assistance programmes for developing countries are in urgent need of revision. Continuous testing and verification is required if development activity is to cope effectively with the uncertainty and complexity of the development process. This examines the alternatives and offers an approach which focuses on strategic planning, administrative procedures that facilitate innovation, responsiveness and experimentation, and on decision-making processes that join learning with action. A useful text for academics and practitioners in development studies, geography and sociology.
International assistance programmes for developing countries are in urgent need of revision. Continuous testing and verification is required if develo...
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225,25 |
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Handbook of Social Movements Across Disciplines
ISBN: 9783319977904 / Angielski / Miękka / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book revisits the interdisciplinary roots of social movement studies. Written by internationally renowned scholars, it provides up-to-date material on social movements from a wide range of disciplines.
This book revisits the interdisciplinary roots of social movement studies. Written by internationally renowned scholars, it provides up-to-date materi...
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301,89 |
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Between Two Worlds - Society, Politics, and Business in the Philippines
ISBN: 9781138371262 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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181,17 |
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The Politics of Sustainability in the Arctic: Reconfiguring Identity, Space, and Time
ISBN: 9781138491830 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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759,15 |
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Spaces of Congestion and Traffic: Politics and Technologies in Twentieth-Century London
ISBN: 9781138580732 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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710,17 |
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The African Roots of Marijuana
ISBN: 9781478003618 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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440,80 |
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The African Roots of Marijuana
ISBN: 9781478003946 / Angielski / Miękka / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,50 |
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Canadian Perspectives on Immigration in Small Cities
ISBN: 9783319820972 / Angielski / Miękka / 291 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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402,53 |
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The Making of a Maritime Power: China's Challenges and Policy Responses
ISBN: 9789811094477 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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402,53 |
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The White Lotus Teachings in Chinese Religious History
ISBN: 9789004094147 / Angielski / Twarda / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a new hypothesis for understanding the real nature of the term White Lotus Teachings. The author argues that there are actually two different phenomena covered by similar terms: from c. 1130 until 1400, a real lay Buddhist movement existed, which can be called the White Lotus movement. It enjoyed the respect of contemporary literati and religious elites. The movement used the autonym White Lotus Society, which came to be prohibited in the early Ming and was discarded as a result. After 1525, the name reappeared in the form White Lotus Teachings, but now only as a derogatory...
This book provides a new hypothesis for understanding the real nature of the term White Lotus Teachings. The author argues that there are actually two...
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548,16 |
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Theories and Practices of Development
ISBN: 9781138677531 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Global economic crisis, political instability and climate change have led academics and policy-makers to consider how `development' in all parts of the world should be achieved. However, `development' has always been a contested idea. While often presented as a positive process to improve people's lives, the potential negative dimensions of `development' on people and environments must also be recognised. Theories and Practices of Development provides a clear and user-friendly introduction to the complex debates around how development has been understood and achieved. The third...
Global economic crisis, political instability and climate change have led academics and policy-makers to consider how `development' in all parts of th...
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710,17 |
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Anarchy and Geography: Reclus and Kropotkin in the UK
ISBN: 9781138488120 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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747,55 |
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Governance and Sustainable Urban Transport in the Americas
ISBN: 9783319990903 / Angielski / Twarda / 129 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume explores the governance patterns of three cities of the Americas, Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba, which all present different but interesting cases in dealing with sustainable urban transport challenges.
This volume explores the governance patterns of three cities of the Americas, Seattle, Montreal, and Curitiba, which all present different but interes...
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241,50 |
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Borderology: Cross-Disciplinary Insights from the Border Zone: Along the Green Belt
ISBN: 9783319993911 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a unique and multifaceted view on and understanding of borders and their manifestations: physical and mental, cultural and geographical, and as a question of life and death.
This book provides a unique and multifaceted view on and understanding of borders and their manifestations: physical and mental, cultural and geograph...
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402,53 |
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New Approaches to Death in Cities During the Health Transition
ISBN: 9783319994000 / Angielski / Miękka / 241 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents recent efforts and new approaches to improve our understanding of the evolution of health and mortality in urban environments in the long run, looking at transformation and adaptations during the process of rapid population growth.
This book presents recent efforts and new approaches to improve our understanding of the evolution of health and mortality in urban environments in th...
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160,99 |
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