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  • Disaster Prevention

    Redigeret af Ilan Kelman ...
    Serier serie Routledge Recommends
    Leading editors have curated collections of important Routledge research in ebook form to share recommended paths to understanding cutting-edge topics.In this book Ilan Kelman presents his guide to the must-read research on the subject of Disaster Prevention. ... Læs mere

    232,39 kr.

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    The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action

    af Elinor Ostrom ...
    Serier serie Canto Classics
    The governance of natural resources used by many individuals in common is an issue of increasing concern to policy analysts. Both state control and privatization of resources have been advocated, but neither the state nor the market have been uniformly successful in solving common pool resource problems. After critiquing the foundations of policy analysis as applied to natural resources, Elinor ... Læs mere

    204,37 kr.

  • The Value Of Nothing

    How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy

    af Raj Patel ...
    'Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.'Credit has crunched, debt has turned toxic, the gears of the world economy have ground to a halt. Yet despite its failures, the same market-driven ideas are being applied to everything from famine to climate change. We need to ask again one of the most fundamental questions a society ever addresses: why do things cost what ... Læs mere

    94,33 kr.

  • The Soulful Science

    What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters - Revised Edition

    af Diane Coyle ...
    For many, Thomas Carlyle's put-down of economics as "the dismal science" rings true--especially in the aftermath of the crash of 2008. But Diane Coyle argues that economics today is more soulful than dismal, a more practical and human science than ever before. The Soulful Science describes the remarkable creative renaissance in economics, how economic thinking is being applied to the paradoxes of ... Læs mere

    146,74 kr.

  • The Company of Strangers

    A Natural History of Economic Life - Revised Edition

    The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy over the past decade and the financial crisis that succeeded it.Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, history, psychology, ... Læs mere

    192,49 kr.

  • Understanding Institutional Diversity

    af Elinor Ostrom ...
    The analysis of how institutions are formed, how they operate and change, and how they influence behavior in society has become a major subject of inquiry in politics, sociology, and economics. A leader in applying game theory to the understanding of institutional analysis, Elinor Ostrom provides in this book a coherent method for undertaking the analysis of diverse economic, political, and social ... Læs mere

    314,11 kr.

  • Poverty

    A Very Short Introduction

    Serier serie Very Short Introductions
    No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank, over 700 million people lived on less than US $2 a day in 2013. Why is that? What has been done about it in the past? And what is being done about it now? In this Very Short Introduction Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these ... Læs mere

    62,80 kr.

  • The Social Roots of Risk

    Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience

    Serier serie High Reliability and Crisis Management
    "This book about risk and disaster—and how they get amplified—is fascinating and hugely important as we face an ever-more-turbulent world." —Rebecca Solnit, award-winning author of A Field Guide to Getting LostThe first decade of the twenty-first century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that ... Læs mere

    133,49 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • The Environment in Anthropology, Second Edition

    A Reader in Ecology, Culture, and Sustainable Living

    Presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of viewThe Environment in Anthropology presents ecology and current environmental studies from an anthropological point of view. From the classics to the most current scholarship, this text connects the theory and practice in environment and anthropology, providing readers with a strong intellectual foundation as well ... Læs mere

    227,95 kr.

  • Ecological Economics from the Ground Up

    Ecological Economics from the Ground Up takes a unique and much-needed bottom-up approach to teaching ecological economics and political ecology, using case studies that focus on a wide range of internationally relevant topics, to teach the principles, concepts, methods and tools of these fields, which are seen as increasingly important in the context of the current triple social, economic and ... Læs mere

    568,53 kr.

  • Copycats & Contrarians

    Why We Follow Others . . . and When We Don't

    "Why we run with—or avoid—the crowd, and why it matters, from choosing a restaurant in a tourist trap to believing fake news. I learned a lot" (Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist).Rioting teenagers, tumbling stock markets, and the spread of religious terrorism appear to have little in common, but all are driven by the same basic instincts: the tendency to herd, follow, and imitate ... Læs mere

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  • Meeting at Grand Central

    Understanding the Social and Evolutionary Roots of Cooperation

    A revolutionary approach to the study of cooperation that unites evolutionary biology and the social sciencesFrom the family to the workplace to the marketplace, every facet of our lives is shaped by cooperative interactions. Yet everywhere we look, we are confronted by proof of how difficult cooperation can be—snarled traffic, polarized politics, overexploited resources, social problems that go ... Læs mere

    180,11 kr.