Edward Elgar Publishing - Sociology and Social Policy

11 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our electronic content, visit: elgaronline.com SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY NEW TITLES, JULY – SEPT 2024 AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK A Modern Guide to the Informal Economy Colin C. Williams, University of Sheffield, UK ‘Peerless and prolific, Professor Colin Williams has again produced an essential guide for anyone wanting a concise yet sophisticated introduction to contemporary issues in the “informal economy”. With admirable clarity and precision, Professor Williams deftly explains the magnitude, characteristics and drivers of the informal economy. Nuanced assessments of theoretical and policy choices inform the “roadmap” this text provides to understanding such an integral feature of the global economy. Seasoned scholars and newcomers alike will find value in Professor Williams’ latest contribution to this important topic.’ – Monder Ram, Aston University, UK 2023 410 pp Hardback 978 1 78897 560 5 £145.00 / $205.00 Sept 2024 Paperback 978 1 0353 4924 1 c £44.95 / c $64.95 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Modern Guides Handbook of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Administration Edited by Rick Szostak, University of Alberta, Canada ‘Interdisciplinary teaching and learning is becoming an increasingly important and crucial component of academia because it helps the next generation in addressing the complex problems of our times. Yet since universities and programs are largely organized along disciplinary boundaries, interdisciplinarity presents teachers and administrators with multiple challenges – challenges that also tend to differ from context to context. This unique and comprehensive collection addresses a wide range of topics, providing insights and examples from seasoned experts with different backgrounds and nationalities. As such it will be a helpful resource for anyone engaging with interdisciplinary teaching and learning, and their administration.’ – Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Sept 2024 c 512 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 0986 3 c £225.00 / c $315.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbook on Student Engagement in Higher Education Edited by Cathy Stone, The University of Newcastle and Sarah O’Shea, Curtin University, Australia ‘A key point in this very timely and welcome Research Handbook is the need for a plurality of approaches to support a plurality of students. This fascinating book, crammed with exemplars and cases is ideal to “dip in to”; although the whole is complex and contested there is a huge amount of learning being shared here.’ – Liz Marr, Open University and University of London, UK Sept 2024 c 444 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 1428 7 c £205.00 / c $285.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks in Education AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK Handbook of Research Methods in Behavioural Economics An Interdisciplinary Approach Edited by Morris Altman, University of Dundee, UK ‘Morris Altman succeeds in assembling experts from various scholarly disciplines who present the arsenal of research methods in behavioral economics and their potential in applied social research. This is an excellent comprehensive Handbook that is of interest to students and scholars, committed to understanding economic behavior which is often driven by a-rationality and irrationality rather than the capacity to rationally maximize one’s own utility.’ – Erich Kirchler, University of Vienna, Austria 2023532 pp Hardback 978 1 83910 793 1 £220.00 / $315.00 Sept 2024 Paperback 978 1 0353 4925 8 c £48.95 / c $69.95 eBook • Elgaronline

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