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Advanced Introduction to the Sociology of Peace Processes
John D. Brewer
This Advanced Introduction establishes the study of peace processes as part of the mainstream of sociology, a position consistent with the new moral re-enchantment of the social sciences. It advances a sociological view of peace that goe...eBook:Find out more£14.38
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![The Politicisation of Social Europe]()
The Politicisation of Social Europe
Francesco Corti
Preface by Anton Hemerijck, Professor of Political Science and Sociology, European University Institute, Florence, Italy While for some scholars the Euro crisis dashed the dream of Social Europe, this thought-provoking book proposes a m...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Research Handbook on Information Policy
Edited by Alistair S. Duff
This comprehensive and innovative Research Handbook tackles the pressing issues confronting us at the dawn of the global network society, including freedom of speech, government transparency and the digital divide. Engaging with controve...eBook:Find out more£48.00
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Defining Public Goods
David J. O’Brien
Through the lens of an economist’s notion of public goods, David J. O’Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities. The author describes in detail how seemi...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Demopathy and the Democratic Malaise]()
Demopathy and the Democratic Malaise
Luigi Di Gregorio
This unique book presents original concepts to characterize the current crisis of democracy. Offering a comparative study of original electoral data and analysis of contemporary trends, models and theoretical frameworks, Luigi Di Gregori...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Digital Citizen(ship)
Luigi Ceccarini
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 cutting-edge book explores the diverse and contested meanings of ‘citizenship’ in the 2...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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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...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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![Capitalism in Transformation]()
Capitalism in Transformation
Edited by Roland Atzmüller, Brigitte Aulenbacher, Ulrich Brand, Fabienne Décieux, Karin Fischer, Birgit Sauer
Presenting a profound and far-reaching analysis of economic, ecological, social, cultural and political developments of contemporary capitalism, this book draws on the work of Karl Polanyi, and re-reads it for our times. The renowned aut...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Individualism and Inequality
Ralph Fevre
A belief in individual self-determination powered the development of universal human rights and inspired social movements from anti-slavery to socialism and feminism. At the same time, every attempt to embed individualism in systems of e...eBook:Find out more£29.56
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![How Welfare States Shape the Democratic Public]()
How Welfare States Shape the Democratic Public
Edited by Staffan Kumlin, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen
Staffan Kumlin and Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen bring together political scientists and sociologists from different and frequently separated research communities to examine policy feedback in European welfare states. In doing so, they off...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Party Politics and Social Welfare
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Silke van Dyk, Martin Roggenkamp
Christian and Social Democratic parties have been the driving force behind welfare state developments post-WWII. This valuable book investigates whether continued party differences have contributed significantly to the design of social w... -
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Governance of Welfare State Reform
Edited by Irene Dingeldey, Heinz Rothgang
Governance is now a major topic in political science. To date, analysts of governance have paid scant attention to social policy or welfare state reform. In this book, the concept of governance is used to analyse the outgoing variety of ...
