Sociology and Social Policy
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Social Theory and the Crisis of State Socialism
Larry Ray
Drawing on a wide range of social theory, Social Theory and the Crisis of State Socialism offers a comparative analysis of the democratic revolutions, combining historical understanding with accounts of the crisis of communism in Bulgari... -
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The Economics of Labour Migration
Edited by Julien van den Broeck
The Economics of Labour Migration places migration in a historical context, considers the economic impact of labour emigration and immigration, and examines the migration process in the European Union. The international group of contrib... -
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The Challenges to Trade Unions in Europe
Edited by Peter Leisink, Jim Van Leemput, Jacques Vilrokx
In The Challenges to Trade Unions in Europe, a group of prominent authors examines the unions’ strategic policies in seven European member states and at the European Union level, as well as their responses to the globalization of econom... -
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The Workers’ Movement in Russia
Simon Clarke, Peter Fairbrother, Vadim Borisov
This major book surveys the development of the new workers’ movement in Russia under perestroika to understand how it connected with the workers at shop floor level and the national and local political authorities to whom it addressed it... -
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RACISM, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY EUROPE
Edited by Alec G. Hargreaves, Jeremy Leaman
Racism, Ethnicity and Politics in Contemporary Europe includes an overview of contemporary racism, investigations into its socio-economic and ideological roots, analyses of its role in party politics and studies of multilateral and non-g... -
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STRATEGIC CHOICE AND PATH-DEPENDENCY IN POST-SOCIALISM
Edited by Jerzy Hausner, Bob Jessop, Klaus Nielsen
Strategic Choice and Path-Dependency in Post-Socialism focuses on the distinctive institutional legacies of state socialism and their impact on the transformation of Poland, Hungary and the former Czechoslovakia. Strategic dilemmas and ... -
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THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, THE STATE AND SOCIAL WORK IN BRITAIN
Jane Lewis
The Voluntary Sector, the State and Social Work in Britain offers a different perspective which shows that Britain has always had a mixed economy of welfare with the voluntary sector playing a major role. This book traces the ideas and ... -
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WOMEN AND MARKET SOCIETIES
Edited by Barbara Einhorn, Eileen J. Yeo
Women and Market Societies explores the problems and possibilities for women which arise from the transition to a market economy in East Asia, the dismantling of state socialism in Eastern Europe and the restructuring of the economies an... -
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Environmental Problems in the Shortage Economy
Ann-Mari S. Åhlander
Environmental Problems in the Shortage Economy is one of the first books to analyse environmental disruption under the Soviet economic system. Using original Soviet data the author shows that considerable damage has been done to the envi... -
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Transnational Citizenship
Rainer Bauböck
Regional integration, mass migration and the development of transnational organizations are just some of the factors challenging the traditional definitions of citizenship. In this important new book, Rainer Bauböck argues that citizensh...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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NEW APPROACHES TO WELFARE THEORY
Edited by Glenn Drover, Patrick Kerans
New Approaches to Welfare Theory draws on recent work from the sociology of social action, feminist literature and critical social theory, to counter the current impasse in social policy. Interdisciplinary in scope and including work by... -
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EUROPEAN MIGRATION IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Edited by Heinz Fassmann, Rainer Münz
Migration in Europe is a pressing social and political issue for the policy makers of the 1990s. Drawing upon a wide body of knowledge, expertise and analysis, European Migration in the Late Twentieth Century combines an important surve...