Sociology and Social Policy
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![The Fordism of Ford and Modern Management]()
The Fordism of Ford and Modern Management
Edited by Huw Beynon, Theo Nichols
In an attempt to make sense of changes that have taken place in the workplace worldwide, especially since the last quarter of the twentieth century, the two concepts of Fordism and Post-Fordism are often invoked. These volumes perform a... -
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The Economics of Crime
Edited by Isaac Ehrlich, Zhiqiang Liu
This authoritative and comprehensive collection contains the most important published papers and articles on the economics of crime. It presents a variety of different perspectives and will be an essential reference source for both resea... -
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Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore
Johnny Sung
Explaining the Economic Success of Singapore explores the transformation of Singapore in the last three decades, going beyond the conventional explanations. The book argues that there was more to the transformation than a simple ‘right p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public Pensions and Immigration
Tim Krieger
The rapid ageing of societies in many industrialized countries threatens the stability of unfunded public pension systems. An immigration policy that accepts young workers would appear to be a simple solution to the challenge, by increas...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital]()
The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital
Gunnar L.H Svendsen, Gert T. Svendsen
This book will contribute substantially to academic and popular debates on social capital and will be an invaluable source of reference for all social scientists. It will particularly appeal to students and scholars of public policy, eco...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Working Mothers in Europe
Edited by Ute Gerhard, Trudie Knijn, Anja Weckwert
Working Mothers in Europe combines comparative perspectives on social policies with analyses of mothers’ practices as evidenced in macro data and as explored in country based case studies. Social policy research has emphasised the impact...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![New Developments in Economic Sociology]()
New Developments in Economic Sociology
Edited by Richard Swedberg
Economic sociology has gone through an explosive development, both in the United States and in Europe, in recent years. These new developments are well represented in this work. Articles by key economic sociologists, such as Mark Granove... -
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Innovation and Knowledge Management
J. D. Johnson
Modern organizations must constantly adapt to survive in today’s rapidly changing environment. A stagnant organization that cannot innovate to meet evolving conditions will eventually find itself no longer competitive in an increasingly ... -
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Pension Systems
Edited by Elsa Fornero, Paolo Sestito
Pension Systems enters into the current lively debate on European pensions. The focus of the book is the analysis of public intervention in individuals’ retirement choice, its rationale and the desirability of legislation introducing a s... -
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New Developments in Environmental Sociology
Edited by Michael R. Redclift, Graham Woodgate
This outstanding collection, which is a fully up to date companion to the title The Sociology of the Environment, published in 1995, represents a landmark in a field of academic research that is increasingly important for wider policy qu... -
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The Crisis of Innovation in Water and Wastewater
Duncan A. Thomas, Roger R. Ford
This significant new book highlights a little acknowledged but potentially catastrophic crisis of innovation in the global water sector, which institutions and industries are frighteningly ill-equipped to tackle or even accept. It sugges...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Social Policy
Peter G. Rosner
This unique book demonstrates how instruments of economics can be usefully employed to analyse social policy. The merits and limits of social policy programmes are discussed as answers to problems of market societies.
