Sociology and Social Policy

Labour Markets, Gender and Institutional Change

Edited by Hugh Mosley, Jacqueline O’Reilly

The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Günther Schmid.

Hardback (2002)

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The Social Impact of the Asian Financial Crisis

Edited by Yun-Peng Chu, Hal Hill

This volume presents a scholarly insider’s perspective on the Asian economic crisis, examining the social, economic and political consequences of the crisis in six influential Asian economies: Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines,...

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Social Exclusion and European Policy

Edited by David G. Mayes, Jos Berghman, Robert Salais

The purpose of this book is to analyse one of the most pressing social problems of recent years, namely exclusion. The authors bring a richness of perspective, drawing on the experiences of eight European countries and a range of discipl...

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The Global Market for Higher Education

Tim Mazzarol, Geoffrey N. Soutar

The authors of The Global Market for Higher Education discuss this industry from a strategic and services marketing perspective and suggest a model to explain how to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage. The book draws on more tha...

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Globalisation and Social Development

Edited by Ludo Cuyvers

The impact of globalisation on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In Globalisation and Social Development, leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more speci...

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Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work

Edited by Jordi Gual, Joan E. Ricart

New technologies, global markets and increased competitive pressures mean that companies are having to reinvent themselves, reappraise their competitive strategies and rethink the ways in which they organize business activities. This tim...

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Economic Theory and the Welfare State

Edited by Nicholas Barr

This authoritative collection brings together 100 key articles on the subject of the welfare state selected by one of the world’s leading experts. The first volume discusses the economic theory and related matters which underpin analy...

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Labour Market Policy and Unemployment

Edited by Jaap de Koning, Hugh Mosley

This book examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies and their contribution to the prevention of social exclusion. The evaluation studies reported in this volume focus on two aspects of active labour market policies tha...

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The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse

Edited by Michael Grossman, Chee-Ruey Hsieh

This book extends the frontiers of research on the economics of substance use and abuse in a variety of extremely significant ways. It focuses on the determinants and consequences of the consumption of cigarettes, alcohol, betel quid, an...

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Environment, Society and Natural Resource Management

Edited by Geoffrey Lawrence, Vaughan Higgins, Stewart Lockie

As greater significance is placed on the relationship between people and their environment it is increasingly acknowledged that few environmental problems can be solved without considering the social context in which they arise. But what...

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Contemporary Minority Migration, Education and Ethnicity in China

Robyn Iredale, Naren Bilik, Wang Su, Fei Guo, Caroline Hoy

Rural–urban migration is an important aspect in the development of countries. Until the late 1980s China was one of the few countries that controlled population movement both directly and indirectly through policies of economic and socia...

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