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  • Conspiracism and Political Conflict

    Edited by Manuela Caiani, Marco Solinas, Hans-Jörg Trenz ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explains how and why conspiracy theories have become such a powerful political weapon. From stolen-election claims to vaccine scepticism and global “elite” plots, conspiracy theories have moved from the political margins to the centre of public life. In an era of polarised politics, digital campaigning, and democratic backsliding, they increasingly shape elections, mobilise voters, and ... Read more

    $192.19 CAD

  • From Aristotle's Teleology to Darwin's Genealogy

    The Stamp of Inutility

    by M. Solinas ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    From Aristotle to Darwin, from ancient teleology to contemporary genealogies, this book offers an overview of the birth and then persistence of Aristotle's framework into modernity, until its radical overthrow by the evolutionary revolution. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Working in Digital and Smart Organizations

    Legal, Economic and Organizational Perspectives on the Digitalization of Labour Relations

    Edited by Edoardo Ales, Ylenia Curzi, Tommaso Fabbri, Olga Rymkevich, Iacopo Senatori, Giovanni Solinas ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Contributing to recent debate on the emergence of digital and agile work, this book explores the implications for labour and employment relations within and beyond organizational boundaries. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the key issues and challenges of digitalization, this collection covers topics such as the gig economy, crowdworking and Industry 4.0. Theory and analysis are combined as ... Read more

    $217.99 CAD

  • Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work

    The Case of Italy

    Edited by Tindara Addabbo, Giovanni Solinas ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The international literature on non-standard employment has mostly focussed on its impact on employment, and more recently on working and living conditions. This volume explores these issues with special reference to Italy. Italy is characterized by very low participation rates (particularly women’s), a high degree of fragmentation of labour contracts and a very intense non-standard work diffusion ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

    A Global Commentary

    Edited by Laura Spence, Mollie Painter-Morland ...
    Series Book 2 - The International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics Book Series
    This book is the first of its kind – a global overview of extant research on ethics in small and medium sized enterprises. While vast amounts of corporate money, government policy and media time are directed at the social and ethical activities of large corporations, small businesses don’t generally attract the spotlight. This is wildly inappropriate, however, since upward of 90% of private ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Digital Dominance

    The Power of Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple

    Edited by Martin Moore, Damian Tambini ...
    Across the globe, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft have accumulated power in ways that existing regulatory and intellectual frameworks struggle to comprehend. A consensus is emerging that the power of these new digital monopolies is unprecedented, and that it has important implications for journalism, politics, and society. It is increasingly clear that democratic societies require ... Read more

    $38.39 CAD

  • The Uberfication of the University

    by Gary Hall ...
    Series series Forerunners: Ideas First
    Even after the 2008 financial crisis, neoliberalism has been able to advance its program of privatization and deregulation. The Uberfication of the University analyzes the emergence of the sharing economy—an economy that has little to do with sharing access to good and services and everything to do with selling this access—and the companies behind it: LinkedIn, Uber, and Airbnb. In this society, ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Creative City

    Cultural policies and urban regeneration between conservation and development

    by Alessia Usai ...
    Series Book 2 - Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Education
    This book focuses on the relationships between the creative city principles and the planning approach introduced by the European Landscape Convention in order to identify best practices for the development of innovative cultural policies and new urban regeneration tools.The research is characterized by a cross-cutting approach to cultural heritage. It proposes a new model for the design of ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • Augmented Exploitation

    Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Work

    Edited by Phoebe Moore, Jamie Woodcock ...
    Series series Wildcat
    Artificial Intelligence is a seemingly neutral technology, but it is increasingly used to manage workforces and make decisions to hire and fire employees. Its proliferation in the workplace gives the impression of a fairer, more efficient system of management. A machine can't discriminate, after all.Augmented Exploitation explores the reality of the impact of AI on workers' lives. While the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Livable Proximity

    Ideas for the City that Cares

    by Ezio Manzini ...
    “Livable Proximity is a passionate and compelling call for a remaking of the city under a novel paradigm of relationality and care by one of the most accomplished design thinkers of our time.” – ARTURO ESCOBAR This book is a contribution to the social conversation on the city and its future. It focuses on an idea that has been in circulation for some time and that, in recent years, has received ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Co-Cities

    Innovative Transitions toward Just and Self-Sustaining Communities

    by Sheila R. Foster, Christian Iaione ...
    Series series Urban and Industrial Environments
    A new model of urban governance, mapping the route to a more equitable management of a city’s infrastructure and services.The majority of the world’s inhabitants live in cities, but even with the vast wealth and resources these cities generate, their most vulnerable populations live without adequate or affordable housing, safe water, healthy food, and other essentials. And yet, cities also often ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Managing situated creativity in cultural industries

    Edited by Fiorenza Belussi, Silvia Sedita ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Industry and Innovation
    Creativity is the emergence of something novel and appropriate, from a person, a group, a society. A creative idea or product must be novel. Yet, novelty is not enough (a novel idea may be ridiculous or nonsensical). In addition to novelty, to be creative an idea or product must also attain some level of social recognition. The individualist approaches to creativity overestimate the role of the ... Read more

    $126.41 CAD