Sociology and Social Policy
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The Violence of Conservation in Africa
Edited by Maano Ramutsindela, Frank Matose, Tafadzwa Mushonga
Offering insights on violence in conservation, this timely book demonstrates how and why the state in Africa pursues conservation objectives to the detriment of its citizens. It focuses on how the dehumanization of black people and indig...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Politicisation of Social Europe
Francesco Corti
Preface by Anton Hemerijck, Professor of Political Science and Sociology, European University Institute, Florence, Italy While for some scholars the Euro crisis dashed the dream of Social Europe, this thought-provoking book proposes a m...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Nationalism and Democracy in the Welfare State
Edited by Pauli Kettunen, Saara Pellander, Miika Tervonen
This multidisciplinary book unpacks and outlines the contested roles of nationalism and democracy in the formation and transformation of welfare-state institutions and ideologies. At a time when neo-liberal, post-national and nationalist...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The New World of Work
Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Youcef Ghellab, Rafael M. de Bustillo Llorente
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Actors in the world of work are facing an increasing number of challenges, including automatiz... -
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A Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income
Malcolm Torry
Debate on the desirability, feasibility and implementation of a Citizen’s Basic Income – an unconditional, nonwithdrawable and regular income for every individual – is increasingly widespread among academics, policymakers, and the genera...eBook:Find out more£27.16
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Challenges to the Welfare State
Edited by Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E.O. Hort, Stein Kuhnle
This comprehensive and innovative book demonstrates the dynamics of welfare policies in different socioeconomic settings by providing comparative analyses of the Baltic and Nordic welfare state systems. The book contributes to finding an...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Governance of Labour Administration
Edited by Jason Heyes, Ludek Rychly
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Focusing on public administration activities in the field of national labour policy, this ti...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism
Edited by Julieta Haidar, Maarten Keune
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This engaging and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of work and labour relations wit...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Comparative Methods in Law, Humanities and Social Sciences
Edited by Maurice Adams, Mark Van Hoecke
This cutting-edge book facilitates debate amongst scholars in law, humanities and social sciences, where comparative methodology is far less well anchored in most areas compared to other research methods. It posits that these are discipl...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Cultural (Im)mobilities and the Virocene
Rodanthi Tzanelli
This unique book considers COVID-19 as one pandemic amongst many, forming an episodic era of ebbing and flowing crises: the Virocene. Investigating COVID-19 in the context of the phenomenology of the crisis, it offers critical exploratio...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Le-Yin Zhang
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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A Research Agenda for Social Innovation
Edited by Jürgen Howaldt, Christoph Kaletka, Antonius Schröder
This insightful Research Agenda offers unique perspectives into the different strands of social innovation research, covering the history and theory of this ever-growing research field. Chapters show the range and depth of the social adv...eBook:Find out more£25.00