Sociology and Social Policy

The Financialization of the Firm

Alexander Styhre

The term ‘financialization’ denotes the general tendency in the advanced Western economies to allow a substantial proportion of taxable profits to accumulate in the finance industry. Alexander Styhre discusses the financialization of th...

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The Sustainability of the European Social Model

Edited by Jean-Claude Barbier, Ralf Rogowski, Fabrice Colomb

This book argues that the European Social Model can only be sustained in the current economic crisis if social and employment policies are adequately recognised as integral parts of European economic policy-making. The contributing autho...

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Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States

Edited by Pauli Kettunen, Sonya Michel, Klaus Petersen

In this interdisciplinary volume, leading and emerging scholars examine the relationship between homogeneity and welfare state development. They trace Gunnar Myrdal’s influence on thinking about race in the US and explore current Europea...

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Social Policies in an Age of Austerity

Edited by John Karl Scholz, Hyungypo Moon, Sang-Hyup Lee

Social Policies in an Age of Austerity is the first major publication on the topic, with a particular interest in the United States and the Republic of Korea. The authors of the ten chapters in this book review recent developments in soc...

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Leadership in Spaces and Places

Edited by Arja Ropo, Perttu Salovaara, Erika Sauer, Donatella De Paoli

By combining new research on leadership and workspaces, Leadership in Spaces and Places argues for a radical reconceptualization of leadership. They argue leadership is not only about leaders themselves, but is also affected by the built...

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The European Social Model in Crisis

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. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic assessment of the impact of...

Hardback (June 2015)

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Interculturalism in Cities

Edited by Ricard Zapata-Barrero

Cities are increasingly recognized as new players in diversity studies, and many of them are showing evidence of an intercultural shift. As an emerging concept and policy, interculturalism is becoming the most pragmatic answer to concret...

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Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health

Graham Dukes, John Braithwaite, J. P. Moloney

The pharmaceutical industry exists to serve the community, but over the years it has engaged massively in corporate crime, with the public footing the bill. This readable study by experts in medicine, law, criminology and public health d...

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Flourishing in Life, Work and Careers

Edited by Ronald J. Burke, Kathryn M. Page, Cary Cooper

Happiness in one aspect of our life can positively impact upon our satisfaction within other domains of our life. The opposite also rings true. Today’s generation of working people have often been called the generation who want it all. B...

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Managing the Middle-Income Transition

Edited by Juhzon Zhuang, Paul Vandenberg, Yiping Huang

The growth model of the People’s Republic of China has been based on high investments, exports, low-cost advantage, and government interventions. This model has successfully transformed the country from a low-income to an upper middle-in...

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Makeshift Work in a Changing Labour Market

Edited by Christina Garsten, Jessica Lindvert, Renita Thedvall

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, people who had never before had cause to worry about losing their jobs entered the ranks of the unemployed for the first time. In Sweden, the welfare state has been radically challenged an...

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