Sociology and Social Policy

Gender and Migration

Edited by Katie Willis, Brenda Yeoh

This volume demonstrates the ways in which a gender perspective has been incorporated into existing themes and methods of migration research and has also led to the development of new areas of interest. It draws together the most importa...

Hardback (2000)

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Pensions, Savings and Capital Flows

Helmut Reisen

This book explores the international aspects of pension reform, private savings and volatile capital markets and clarifies how they relate to each other. Building the case for the pension-improving benefits of global asset diversificati...

Hardback (January 2000)

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The Welfare State in Europe

Edited by Marco Buti, Daniele Franco, Lucio R. Pench

This book analyses the main problems in the functioning of the welfare state and possible actions for its reform. Focusing on the European Union, it looks at the achievements of and challenges to the welfare state as we enter the 21st c...

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Paperback (November 1999)

Globalization and the Welfare State

Ramesh Mishra

Globalization and the Welfare State is highly accessible and will be welcomed by students and scholars of social policy, social work, political science and sociology as well as by policymakers in international organizations and government.

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The Formation of a Labour Market in Russia

Simon Clarke

The Russian labour market has been hailed by some economists as being ‘perfectly flexible’ because Russia has achieved enormous employment restructuring with minimal unemployment, and by others as plagued by rigidities since pay structur...

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Education Policy

Edited by James Marshall, Michael Peters

There have been dramatic changes in education policy throughout the world in the final quarter of the 20th Century. This important volume presents an invaluable collection of previously published and specially commissioned articles whic...

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The Sociology of Knowledge

Edited by Volker Meja, Nico Stehr

This authoritative two volume collection presents both the classic articles and the most important recent literature which are essential for an understanding of the sociology of knowledge.

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Migration, Diasporas and Transnationalism

Edited by Steven Vertovec, Robin Cohen

This authoritative collection brings together the most significant papers by leading scholars in an increasingly important area of study. Social scientists and political analysts are becoming more and more aware of the importance of lon...

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Social and Economic Transformation in East Central Europe

Terry Cox, Bob Mason

This book focuses not only on economic and political transformation since the demise of communism in Eastern and Central Europe, but also on the relationships between economic organization, social patterns and institutional change.

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Globalization and Labour Relations

Edited by Peter Leisink

This important book presents an in-depth analysis of the neo-liberal viewpoint on globalization and its impact on labour relations. The policies of states and multinational corporations as well as their effects are analysed from the pers...

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Migration and Social Cohesion

Edited by Steven Vertovec

There is a common assumption that immigrants contribute significantly to the breakdown of social cohesion. However, researchers and policymakers find that, on the contrary, immigrants contribute much to their adopted societies economica...

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