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Societies Beyond Oil
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: John Urry
Categories: Electronic books
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher:

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In this groundbreaking book, John Urry shows how the twentieth century created a mirage of unlimited future growth that masked its limits. He considers the natu
Offshoring
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: John Urry
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-06-05 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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The concealment of income, wealth and profits in tax havens has brought the topic of offshoring into public debate, but as John Urry shows in this important new
The Party's Over
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Richard Heinberg
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-01 - Publisher: New Society Publishers

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The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial socie
The Sociology of Speed
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Judy Wajcman
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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There is widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be. This book argues that popular and scholarly claims about acceleration gloss over the comp
Mobilities and Complexities
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Ole B. Jensen
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-25 - Publisher: Routledge

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The new ‘mobilities turn’ has become a powerful perspective in social theory. John Urry’s oeuvre has been very influential in the emergence of this new fi