Electronic Books

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A Philosophical Examination of Social Justice and Child Poverty

This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It ...

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Advances in Integrated Soil Fertility Research in sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Food insecurity is a central concern and a fundamental challenge for human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Low agricultural ...

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Advancing Energy Policy

This open access book advocates for the Social Sciences and Humanities to be more involved in energy policymaking. It forms ...

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Ages, Generations and the Social Contract

Our societies are ageing. The Family is changing. Labour force behaviour is evolving. How is the organisation of family and ...

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Agricultural Biodiversity and Biotechnology in Economic Development

The topics addressed in this book are of vital importance to the survival of humankind. Agricultural biodiversity, encompassing ...

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Amartya Sens Capability Approach

Kuklys examines how Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen’s approach to welfare measurement can be put in practice ...

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Biofuels and Sustainability

This open access book presents a comprehensive analysis of biofuel use strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective using ...

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Biological Nitrogen Fixation: Towards Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Agriculture

This volume covers recent developments in both fundamental and applied research in biological nitrogen fixation. It emphasizes ...

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Care Poverty : When Older People’s Needs Remain Unmet

This book turns the research attention of social policy scholars and long-term care researchers from comparative descriptions ...

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Chasing the Chinese Dream Four Decades of Following China’s War on Poverty

This book explores the historical, cultural and philosophical contexts that have made anti-poverty the core of Chinese society ...

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China's Energy Revolution in the Context of the Global Energy Transition

This book is an encyclopaedic analysis of the current and future energy system of the world’s most populous country and ...

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Climate Change and Community Resilience : Insights from South Asia

This book documents myriads of ways community-based climate change adaptation and resilience programs are being implemented ...

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Development Policies and Policy Processes in Africa

The book examines the methodological challenges in analyzing the effectiveness of development policies. It presents a selection ...

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Disability, Health and Human Development

This open access book introduces the human development model to define disability and map its links with health and wellbeing, ...

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Energy Demand Challenges in Europe

This book examines the role of citizens in sustainable energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem framing, ...

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Energy Poverty

This open access book aims to consolidate and advance debates on European and global energy poverty by exploring the political ...

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Entrepreneurial Responses to Chronic Adversity : The Bright, the Dark, and the in Between / Dean A. Shepherd, Vinit Parida, Joakim Wincent

Extends recent work on entrepreneurship in response to adverse events to explore entrepreneurial responses by people who ...

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Ethics, Hunger and Globalization

The book concludes that much of the rhetoric by policy makers is not followed up with appropriate action, and discusses the ...

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Financing Clean Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa Risk Mitigation Strategies and Innovative Financing Structures

This book analyses barriers and challenges associated with the financing of clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa. By ...

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Fiscal Equalization : Challenges in the Design of Intergovernmental Transfers

These original essays highlight the state of knowledge in intergovernmental transfer design. They represent creative new ...

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