Sociology and Social Policy

Productivity and the Pandemic

Edited by Philip McCann, Tim Vorley

This forward-thinking book examines the potential impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on productivity. Productivity and the Pandemic features 21 chapters authored by 46 experts, examining different aspects of how the pandemic is likely to i...

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Hardback (2021)

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Sexual Harassment, the Abuse of Power and the Crisis of Leadership

James K. Beggan

Within these pages James K. Beggan puts forward a novel approach to understanding sexual harassment by high value superstars in the workplace. The approach integrates ideas derived from evolutionary theory, utility theory, sexual scripti...

Hardback (2019)

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Robotization of Work?

Barbara Czarniawska, Bernward Joerges

In this timely book, Barbara Czarniawska and Bernward Joerges examine the hopes and fears around work and job security inspired by automation, from the original coining of the term ‘robot’ to the present day media fascination. Have these...

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A Research Agenda for Housing

Edited by Markus Moos

Housing is one of the most pertinent issues of our time. Shaped by rapid urbanization, financialization, and various changes in demography, technology, political ideology and public policy, the provision of affordable, adequate, and suit...

Hardback (2019)

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Migrants’ Attitudes and the Welfare State

Karen N. Breidahl, Troels F. Hedegaard, Kristian Kongshøj, Christian A. Larsen

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. Analysing two major surveys of 14 different migrant groups connected to Danish register data...

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Social Innovation as Political Transformation

Edited by Pieter Van den Broeck, Abid Mehmood, Angeliki Paidakaki, Constanza Parra

This book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and extractivism in the age of neoliberalism. Ca...

Hardback (2019)

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Ending Childhood Obesity

Edited by Amandine Garde, Joshua Curtis, Olivier De Schutter

Childhood obesity is one of the most pressing global public health challenges of the 21st century. In response, States need to employ a multisectoral approach including labelling rules, food marketing restrictions and fiscal policies. Ho...

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Mobility and Travel Behaviour Across the Life Course

Edited by Joachim Scheiner, Henrike Rau

This thought-provoking book analyses recent innovations for researching travel behaviour over the life course. Original in its approach, it synthesises quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods to contribute to conceptual, methodologic...

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Myths, Narratives and Welfare States

Bent Greve

This unique book explores the question of whether different myths and narratives have an impact on the development of welfare states. After discussing the various definitions of ‘myths’ and ‘narratives’, Bent Greve disentangles their rel...

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Politics for Hire

Stefan Svallfors

This ground-breaking book investigates the work of policy professionals. They consist of political actors who, although not elected to office, are nonetheless employed to affect policy and politics on a partisan basis. Through an analysi...

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Poverty, Crisis and Resilience

Edited by Marie Boost, Jennifer Dagg, Jane Gray, Markus Promberger

Poverty remains a problem in Europe, raising the need for new solutions. In this thought-provoking book the contributors delve deeply into the everyday lives of poor households to see which practices and resources they apply to improve t...

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