Sociology and Social Policy

International Handbook of Trade Unions

Edited by John T. Addison, Claus Schnabel

This Handbook is an authoritative and invaluable reference tool, uniquely analysing the forces governing unionism, union behaviour and union impact from a variety of perspectives, both theoretical and empirical. The 14 chapters are writt...

Paperback (2005)

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The Political Sociology of Freedom

Ronald Hamowy

Adam Ferguson and Friedrich Hayek, separated by a period of almost two hundred years, made original but similar contributions to the field of theoretical sociology. In this collection of essays, Ronald Hamowy explores the life and work o...

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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...

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Flexible Working and Organisational Change

Edited by Bram Peper, Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes, Laura den Dulk

The central aim of this book is to consider to what extent changes in organisations and in the nature of jobs are compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The bo...

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Democracy and Exchange

David Reisman

Democracy is the rule of the people. Exchange is supply and demand. Individualism, agreement, tolerance and choice are the underlying values that make possible the productive collaboration of the market and the state. This book assesses ...

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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...

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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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Economy and Morality

Yuichi Shionoya

Economy and Morality is a remarkable contribution to economic ethics exploring key philosophical issues including efficiency versus justice and liberty versus excellence. Its unique emphasis is the economics of virtue, which is concerned...

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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...

Hardback (August 2005)

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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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