A Research Agenda for Global Crime
A Research Agenda for Global Crime

Author: Tim Hall

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1786438674

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This multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading international scholars explores many pressing issues related to global crime. The book opens with essays that look across this diverse terrain and then moves on to consider specific areas including organised crime, cyber-crime, war-crimes, terrorism, state and private violence, riots and political protest, prisons, sport and crime and counterfeit goods. The book emphasises the centrality of crime to the contemporary global world and mobilises diverse disciplinary positions to help understand and address this.

A Research Agenda for Climate Justice
A Research Agenda for Climate Justice

Author: Paul G. Harris

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1788118170

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Climate change will bring great suffering to communities, individuals and ecosystems. Those least responsible for the problem will suffer the most. Justice demands urgent action to reverse its causes and impacts. In this provocative new book, Paul G. Harris brings together a collection of original essays to explore alternative, innovative approaches to understanding and implementing climate justice in the future. Through investigations informed by philosophy, politics, sociology, law and economics, this Research Agenda reveals how climate change is a matter of justice and makes concrete proposals for more effective mitigation.

A Research Agenda for Housing
A Research Agenda for Housing

Author: Markus Moos

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1788116518

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Housing is one of the most pertinent issues of our time. Shaped by rapid urbanization, financialization, and various changes in demography, technology, political ideology and public policy, the provision of affordable, adequate, and suitable housing has become an increasingly challenging feat. From high-rise apartment towers constructed in global cities around the world to informal settlements rapidly expanding across the global south, this volume focuses on how political, economic, and societal changes are shaping housing in a variety of contexts.

A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship
A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship

Author: Anne de Bruin

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1788972325

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In the last two decades social entrepreneurship has grown in energy and impact as entrepreneurial spirit has increasingly turned to finding solutions for social, cultural and environmental issues. As social entrepreneurship has grown in popularity, so too has its academic study. A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship brings together contributions from developing paths in the field to signpost the directions ahead for the study of social entrepreneurship.

A Research Agenda for Economic Anthropology
A Research Agenda for Economic Anthropology

Author: James G. Carrier

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1788116100

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The financial crisis and its economic and political aftermath have changed the ways that many anthropologists approach economic activities, institutions and systems. This insightful volume presents important elements of this change. With topics ranging from the relationship of states and markets to the ways that anthropologists’ political preferences and assumptions harm their work, the book presents cogent statements by younger and established scholars of how existing research areas can be extended and the new avenues that ought to be pursued.

A Research Agenda for Tourism and Development
A Research Agenda for Tourism and Development

Author: Richard Sharpley

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1788112415

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Tourism is integral to local, regional and national development policies; as a major global economic sector, it has the potential to underpin economic growth and wider development. Yet, transformations in both the nature of tourism and the dynamic environment within which it occurs give rise to new questions with regards to its developmental role. This Research Agenda offers a state-of-the-art review of the research into the tourism-development nexus. Exploring issues including governance, policy, philanthropy, poverty reduction and tourism consumption, it identifies significant gaps in the literature, and proposes new and sometimes provocative avenues for future research.

A Research Agenda for Transport Policy
A Research Agenda for Transport Policy

Author: John Stanley

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1788970209

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Everyone has an opinion on transport: it significantly affects daily lives. This book highlights key transport opportunities and challenges, and identifies research requirements to inform policy discussion and support better societal outcomes. It does this by scanning across modes, continents, technologies and socio-economic settings, looking for common threads, points of difference and opportunities to make a difference. The book should appeal to prospective post-graduate students, professionals in transport and related fields, and those interested in better places and good discussions.

A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance
A Research Agenda for Financial Inclusion and Microfinance

Author: Marek Hudon

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1788114221

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How can financial services, such as credit, deposit accounts, financial transfers, and insurance be provided to people in need? This challenging and complex issue has been a topic of interest for the international aid community for decades. Drawing on renowned experts in microfinance and financial inclusion, this Research Agenda sheds much-needed light on this multifaceted challenge and points the way ahead for future research.

A Research Agenda for Economic Crime and Development
A Research Agenda for Economic Crime and Development

Author: Barry Rider

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-08-14

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 1802201386

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This contemporary Research Agenda examines the threats to stability and sustainability presented by economically motivated crime and misconduct. Featuring contributions from distinguished experts in the field of criminal law and justice, this book proposes avenues for future research into the legal frameworks designed to prevent and manage economic crime and corruption.

A Research Agenda for Family Business
A Research Agenda for Family Business

Author: Andrea Calabrò

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-09-25

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1788974077

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This exciting Research Agenda expertly addresses the question: What will be important within the family business field and for family businesses in practice over the next decade? Top international contributors explore farsighted theories, methods and topics, often taking a multi-disciplinary approach in order to outline the potential routes for further advancing family business research. Chapters cover the significance of new family trends, entrepreneurial legacy, board diversity, spatial-familiness, corruption, innovation and digital business transformation, challenging core assumptions surrounding the family business phenomenon and mapping the future of the discipline.