Sociology and Social Policy
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The International Handbook on Social Innovation
Edited by Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood, Abdelillah Hamdouch
The contributors provide an overview of theoretical perspectives, methodologies and instructive experiences from all continents, as well as implications for collective action and policy. They argue strongly for social innovation as a key...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Changing Behaviours
Rhys Jones, Jessica Pykett, Mark Whitehead
Changing Behaviours charts the emergence of the behaviour change agenda in UK based public policy making since the late 1990s. By tracing the influence of the behavioural sciences on Whitehall policy makers, the authors explore a new ps...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Neighbourhood Governance in Urban China
Edited by Ngai-Ming Yip
As the economy and society of China has become more diversified, so have its urban neighbourhoods. The last decade has witnessed a surge in collective action by homeowners in China against the infringement of their rights. Research on ne...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A World in Emergence
Allen J. Scott
Beginning with the recent history of capitalism and urbanization and moving into a thorough and complex discussion of the modern city, this book outlines the dynamics of what the author calls the third wave of urbanization, characterized...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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Economic Crises and Policy Regimes
Edited by Hideko Magara
In this innovative book, Hideko Magara brings together an expert team to explore both the possibilities and difficulties of transitioning from a neoliberal policy regime to an alternative regime through drastic policy innovations. The ed...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Building the Knowledge Economy in Europe
Edited by Meng-Hsuan Chou, Åse Gornitzka
Building the Knowledge Economy in Europe investigates the integration of emerging knowledge policy domains on the European political agenda, and the dynamics of this in relation to knowledge policies. Professors Meng-Hsuan Chou and åse G...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The LSE Companion to Health Policy
Edited by Alistair McGuire, Joan Costa-Font
The LSE Companion to Health Policy covers a wide range of conceptual and practical issues from a number of different perspectives introducing the reader to, and summarising, the vast literature that analyses the complexities of health po...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Private Rental Housing
Edited by Tony Crook, Peter A. Kemp
A new focus on private renting has been brought into sharp relief by the global financial crisis, with its profound impact on mortgage finance, housing markets and government budgets. Written by specially commissioned international expe...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Extraordinary Cities
Peter J. Taylor
In this innovative, ambitious and wide-ranging book, Peter Taylor demonstrates that cities are the epicenters of human advancement. In exploring cities as sites through which economies flourish, by harnessing the creative potential of my...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Configuring Value Conflicts in Markets
Edited by Susanna Alexius, Kristina Tamm Hallström
Based on fourteen empirical case studies, this far-reaching book explains why and how markets are organized, through examining the role of values and value work in markets.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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$40.00
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Trade in Health
David Reisman
Once exports and imports meant agriculture and industry. Today, in the global economy and the electronic age, trade is also expanding into the service sector. This timely book closely examines trade in health. Professor David Reisman off...eBook:Find out more$40.00