Sociology and Social Policy
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![The European Social Model in Crisis]()
The European Social Model in Crisis
Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
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 is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the impact of...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health]()
Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health
Graham Dukes, John Braithwaite, J. P. Moloney
The pharmaceutical industry exists to serve the community, but over the years it has engaged massively in corporate crime, with the public footing the bill. This readable study by experts in medicine, law, criminology and public health d...eBook:Find out more£34.36
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![Flourishing in Life, Work and Careers]()
Flourishing in Life, Work and Careers
Edited by Ronald J. Burke, Kathryn M. Page, Cary Cooper
Happiness in one aspect of our life can positively impact upon our satisfaction within other domains of our life. The opposite also rings true. Today’s generation of working people have often been called the generation who want it all. B...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Managing the Middle-Income Transition]()
Managing the Middle-Income Transition
Edited by Juhzon Zhuang, Paul Vandenberg, Yiping Huang
The growth model of the People’s Republic of China has been based on high investments, exports, low-cost advantage, and government interventions. This model has successfully transformed the country from a low-income to an upper middle-in...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality]()
Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Edited by Janine Berg
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. Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment co...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Makeshift Work in a Changing Labour Market]()
Makeshift Work in a Changing Labour Market
Edited by Christina Garsten, Jessica Lindvert, Renita Thedvall
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, people who had never before had cause to worry about losing their jobs entered the ranks of the unemployed for the first time. In Sweden, the welfare state has been radically challenged an...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![The Economic Crisis and Occupational Stress]()
The Economic Crisis and Occupational Stress
Ritsa Fotinatos-Ventouratos, Cary Cooper
The global economic crisis of 2008 caused the collapse of the world’s financial institutions, large-scale unemployment, the devaluing of housing stocks leading to mortgage defaults and left many countries in debt, unable to meet their fi...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe]()
Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe
Colin Crouch
In this illuminating book Colin Crouch examines the diverse approaches presented by advanced societies in their attempts to resolve a central dilemma of a capitalist economy: the need to combine buoyant mass consumption with insecure wor...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Coping with Excess
Edited by Barbara Czarniawska, Orvar Löfgren
What does a stockbroker in Istanbul navigating the rush of incoming trading figures have in common with a mother in Stockholm trying to organize a growing pile of baby clothes? They are both coping with excess or overflow. This book expl...eBook:Find out more£24.76
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Gender, Development and Disasters
Sarah Bradshaw
Sarah Bradshaw critically examines key notions, such as gender, vulnerability, risk, and humanitarianism, underpinning development and disaster discourse. Case studies are used to demonstrate how disasters are experienced individually an...eBook:Find out more£19.96
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The Political Economy of Status
Theodore Koutsobinas
In this timely book Theodore Koutsobinas explores the system of status markets and their social effects including inequality. He explains how media fascination with superstars and luxury consumption goods amplify positional concerns for ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Policy in a Developing World
Edited by Rebecca Surender, Robert Walker
This volume provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing social protection systems in the global south, and examines current strategies for addressing poverty and welfare needs in the region. In particular, the...eBook:Find out more£24.76
