Sociology and Social Policy
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The New Global Politics of Science
Mats Benner
Science has become a central political concern with massive increases in public investments and expectations, but resources are embedded in a complex web of societal expectations, which vary between countries and regions. This book outli...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Meeting the Challenge of Cultural Diversity in Europe
Robin Wilson
Europe has talked itself into a refugee and security crisis. There is, however, a misrecognition of the real challenge facing Europe: the challenge of managing the relationship between Europeans and the currently stigmatized ‘others’ whi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Household Debt and Economic Crises
Heikki Hiilamo
The trajectories of increasing household debt are studied in the contexts of the US and the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Norway. Household Debt and Economic Crises examines remedies to prevent and alleviate the over-indebted...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Gender and Generational Division in EU Citizenship
Edited by Trudie Knijn, Manuela Naldini
Family law, gender equality, care arrangements and the consequences of demographic change have long been on the agenda of the European Union. However, these are coloured by national and cultural factors more than any other disputes, and ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Defining Landscape Democracy
Edited by Shelley Egoz, Karsten Jørgensen, Deni Ruggeri
This stimulating book explores theories, conceptual frameworks, and cultural approaches with the purpose of uncovering a cross-cultural understanding of landscape democracy, a concept at the intersection of landscape, democracy and spati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Capital and Development
Ju-Ho Lee, Hyeok Jeong, Song Chang Hong
During recent decades, Korea has been one of only a handful of countries that have made the successful transformation to become a developed nation by simultaneously achieving persistent economic growth combined with a democratic politica...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Seven Deadly Sins in Consumption
Edited by Henna Syrjälä, Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen
Offering a novel view on morality in consumption, this book creatively examines how the seven deadly sins - pride, greed, lust, gluttony, envy, wrath, and sloth – are embodied in contemporary consumer society. Each of the seven chapters ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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De-Centering State Making
Edited by Jens Bartelson, Martin Hall, Jan Teorell
Bridging the gap between international relations and comparative politics, this book transposes Eurocentric theories and narratives of state-making to new historical and geographical contexts in order to probe their scope conditions. In ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Moving Beyond Barriers
Edited by Sandra Seubert, Marcel Hoogenboom, Trudie Knijn, Sybe de Vries, Frans van Waarden
This book identifies, analyses and compares a variety of possible ‘barriers’ to the exercise of European citizenship and discusses ways to move beyond these barriers. It contributes in a multi-disciplinary way to a highly topical issue a...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reducing Inequalities in Europe
Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
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. International debate has recently focused on increased inequalities and the adverse effects ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How to Live Well
Tony Fitzpatrick
The ancient moral philosophy of Epicureanism offers many valuable lessons for the modern world. How to Live Well updates and modifies Epicurean philosophy to offer an exciting new framework for contemporary social reform.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Reconsidering EU Citizenship
Edited by Sandra Seubert, Oliver Eberl, Frans van Waarden
25 years after the introduction of EU citizenship this book reconsiders its contradictions and constraints as well as promises and prospects. Analyzing a disputed concept and evaluating its implementation and social effects Reconsidering...eBook:Find out more$40.00