Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Mittermaier's posthumous work bridges the gap between philosophy and economics by integrating subjectivism from both fields. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of economic theory, this is a key contribution to contemporary debates.

Impact investment is the latest trend in ethical finance, but what does it really mean and how is it practiced across different regions and organizations? This book explores the malleability of impact investing, and how it overlaps with the development sphere to give finance a new role.

Based on in-depth fieldwork with Belgian children aged 10 to 16, this book examines how children in shared physical custody define and negotiate their place within the household of each parent. Challenging stereotypes, the book provides valuable insights for practitioners and scholars to better understand and support children and their parents.

Highlighting the substandard living conditions faced by many residents in social housing communities in Ireland, this book provides key information on housing quality at the community level and identifies practical solutions in the health, community care and housing sectors.

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book takes an expansive view of vocational education and training. Drawing on case studies across rural and urban Uganda and South Africa, the book offers a new way of seeing this through an exploration of the multiple ways in which people learn to have better livelihoods.

This book develops a theoretically rigorous and politicized concept of the planetary to intervene in contemporary debates on global development, and to enhance our critical understanding of development as we approach the second quarter of the twenty-first century.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. As climate change accelerates, our window for action is closing. This book explores the technological and legal changes needed to keep global warming below 2°C. Revealing the controversies of rapid technological adoption and legal reform, experts provide solutions for a complex future.

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This book reviews the social, political, cultural, ethical and military dimensions of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS). The book uncovers the practices that construct LAWS as both a technological reality and a futuristic possibility in military and political contexts.

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book examines how Sweden’s consent-based rape laws challenge outdated legal frameworks and offers insights applicable globally. It reveals how emotional and contextual factors impact legal reasoning and advocates for training in emotional reflexivity and empathy.

Where someone lives can have devastating impact on the quality of care they receive. This book demonstrates that reducing health inequalities is possible and provides a roadmap for today’s governments to follow.

This vital book brings together scholars from interconnected disciplines to discuss the eco-social debate, providing a critical overview on extant scholarship and reflecting on future research pathways on the eco-social nexus from a variety of analytical perspectives.

Since the mid-2010s, virtual reality (VR) technology has advanced rapidly. This book explores the many opportunities that VR can offer for humanities and social sciences researchers. It provides a user-friendly, non-technical methods guide to using ready-made VR content and 360° video as well as creating custom materials.