Sociology and Social Policy

THE ECONOMICS OF AGEING

Edited by John Creedy

The fundamental role of individual ageing is something that everyone is necessarily aware of, and the division of the life cycle into a number of distinct stages has been recognised for many centuries. This volume collects 32 articles c...

Hardback (1995)

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WOMEN AND MARKET SOCIETIES

Edited by Barbara Einhorn, Eileen J. Yeo

Women and Market Societies explores the problems and possibilities for women which arise from the transition to a market economy in East Asia, the dismantling of state socialism in Eastern Europe and the restructuring of the economies an...

Hardback (1995)

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Feminism

Edited by Susan M. Okin, Jane Mansbridge

This important reference collection focuses on central issues in contemporary feminist debate. It includes sections on the critique of mainstream political theories, the feminist reconstruction of political concepts, the impact on moral...

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Positivist Sociology and its Critics

Edited by Peter Halfpenny, Peter McMylor

This is a carefully edited selection of the seminal articles and papers on positivism which has been an important cornerstone of sociology. Positivism has had an enormous influence on both the theoretical ambitions and empirical researc...

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Environmental Problems in the Shortage Economy

Ann-Mari S. Åhlander

Environmental Problems in the Shortage Economy is one of the first books to analyse environmental disruption under the Soviet economic system. Using original Soviet data the author shows that considerable damage has been done to the envi...

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Transnational Citizenship

Rainer Bauböck

Regional integration, mass migration and the development of transnational organizations are just some of the factors challenging the traditional definitions of citizenship. In this important new book, Rainer Bauböck argues that citizensh...

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NEW APPROACHES TO WELFARE THEORY

Edited by Glenn Drover, Patrick Kerans

New Approaches to Welfare Theory draws on recent work from the sociology of social action, feminist literature and critical social theory, to counter the current impasse in social policy. Interdisciplinary in scope and including work by...

Paperback (1994)

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Hardback (1993)

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EUROPEAN MIGRATION IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Edited by Heinz Fassmann, Rainer Münz

Migration in Europe is a pressing social and political issue for the policy makers of the 1990s. Drawing upon a wide body of knowledge, expertise and analysis, European Migration in the Late Twentieth Century combines an important surve...

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THE WELFARE STATE IN BRITAIN

Michael Hill

The Welfare State in Britain presents a history of British social policy from the election of Clement Attlee to the fall of Margaret Thatcher. Michael Hill focuses upon the political processes which influenced the key reforms of the lat...

Paperback (1994)

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THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM AND THE PROTESTANT ETHIC

Michael H. Lessnoff

Max Weber, recognized as one of the world’s most important sociologists, saw his life’s work as nothing less than the comparative analysis of world civilizations. Above all, he was fascinated by the differing historical paths traced by ...

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Women and Social Policies in Europe

Edited by Jane Lewis

This thoroughly documented book provides an overview of social policies affecting women in Germany, Italy, Denmark, Britain, Ireland, Norway, France and Sweden. The central theme is the relationship between paid and unpaid work, somethin...

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