John Rennie Short
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Demography and the Making of the Modern World
How has demography shaped the Arab Spring, migrant flights from Africa to Europe, budget negotiations in the USA, immigration debates in Japan and economic growth in India and Brazil, among others?
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Globalization, Modernity and the City
We live in a world of big cities. Urbanization, globalization and modernization have received considerable attention but rarely are the connections and relations between them the subjects of similar attention.
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John Rennie Short
Hosting the Olympic Games
Hosting the Olympic Games reveals the true costs involved for the cities that hold these large-scale sporting events. It uncovers the financing of the Games, reviewing existing studies to evaluate the costs and benefits, and draws on case study experiences of the Summer and Winter Games from the past forty years to assess the short- and long-term urban legacies for host cities.
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Introduction to Political Geography
Old powers are falling. New states are emerging. The gap between East and West is narrowing. What are the problems facing the emerging new world order?
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