5 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our electronic content, visit: elgaronline.com Encyclopedia of Technological Hazards and Disasters in the Social Sciences Edited by Duane A. Gill, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, State University and Oklahoma State University, Liesel Ritchie, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Nnenia M. Campbell, The William Averette Anderson Fund for Hazard and Disaster Mitigation Education and Research, USA ‘Hazards and disasters are the flipside of technological systems’ ability to funnel natural forces into social processes, with increasingly complex and far reaching implications. This is a much needed, impressively comprehensive and compelling guide to navigating concepts, theories and events.’ – Luigi Pellizzoni, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy Nov 2024 c 765 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 219 5 c £345.00 / c $485.00 Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series eBook • Elgaronline How Europe Got Russia Wrong Energy, Violence, and the Environment Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, University of Helsinki, Finland ‘This book offers important analysis on how the EU and more widely the democratic world could learn from its strategic mistakes when dealing with authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. It illuminates the destructive interaction of energy and ecopolitics as the core of Russia’s relations with Europe, and suggests that a new European strategy on Russia should rest on conditionality and containment.’ – Katri Pynnöniemi, University of Helsinki and National Defence University, Finland Nov 2024 c 190 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 1949 7 c £80.00 / c $115.00 eBook • Elgaronline Federal Investments in Research and Development in the United States Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US ‘In this era of increased attention to fast technology development, Al Link’s new book points to the important role of government in sparking and using innovation. Rooted in entertaining history and insightful data, this is a must-read for anyone in the science policy world.’ – Andrea Belz, University of Southern California, US Nov 2024 c 148 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 3062 1 c £75.00 / c $105.00 eBook • Elgaronline Political Violence Colonization, Democracy, and Conflict in the Developing World John A. Doces, Bucknell University, US ‘This fine book points out many of the dangers associated with Western efforts to promote democracy in the global South. Relying on extensive historical analysis and original field research, Doces warns that the imposition of liberal democracy in many nonWestern countries has been divisive, inhibiting development and promoting violence.’ – Edward D. Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania, US Nov 2024 196 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2317 3 c £85.00 / c $120.00 New Horizons in International Relations series eBook • Elgaronline Supply Chain Management A Public Sector Perspective Mark L. Fagan, Harvard University, US ‘Mark Fagan’s book is one of the only texts that has successfully described, delineated, and demonstrated, with real-world examples, both the art and science of supply chain management in the public sector. His six guiding principles, learning from failures and masterful integration with public policy are essential for successful managers.’ – Douglas N. Hales, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management, The University of Rhode Island, US Nov 2024 316 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2959 5 c £110.00 / c $155.00 eBook • Elgaronline OPEN ACCESS Crisis Management, Governance and COVID-19 Pandemic Policy and Local Government in the Nordic Countries Edited by Are Vegard Haug, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway ‘This book is a lighthouse for students, scholars, and practitioners who seek to understand crisis management and governance from a Nordic comparative point of view. It provides timely and thoughtprovoking studies about local governments’ role in crisis mitigation – a must read for all interested in an empirically grounded analysis of the COVID-19 crisis.’ – Sabine Kuhlmann, University of Potsdam, Germany Nov 2024 c 274 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 3652 4 c £100.00 / c $140.00 eBook • Elgaronline POLITICAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC POLICY NEW TITLES, OCT – DEC 2024
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