Sociology and Social Policy

Migration and the Globalisation of Health Care

John Connell

The international migration of health workers has been described by Nelson Mandela as the ‘poaching’ of desperately needed skills from under-privileged regions. This book examines the controversial recent history of skilled migration, an...

Hardback (June 2010)

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Innovation and Commercialisation in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Bruce Rasmussen

This path-breaking book addresses the ongoing implications for traditional pharmaceutical companies and biopharmaceutical start-ups of the realignment of the industry knowledge-base. The theoretical approach draws on the modern theory of...

Hardback (June 2010)

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Health Tourism

David Reisman

In this unique and pathbreaking book, David Reisman examines the relatively new phenomenon of health travel. He presents a multidisciplinary account of the way in which lower costs, shorter waiting times, different services, and the chan...

Hardback (June 2010)

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Work–Family Balance, Gender and Policy

Jane Lewis

This important book looks at the three main components of work–family policy packages – childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care – across EU15 Member States, with comparative ref...

Paperback (2010)

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Hardback (May 2009)

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Terrorism, Organised Crime and Corruption

Edited by Leslie Holmes

There has been a marked growth in the awareness of corruption, organised crime and terrorism in recent years, especially since the end of the Cold War. Yet the linkages and resonances between these three forms of anti-social and anti-sta...

Paperback (April 2010)

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Hardback (May 2007)

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Global Exchange and Poverty

Edited by Robert E.B. Lucas, Lyn Squire, T. N. Srinivasan

This book examines how policies implemented by members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) affect development and poverty in developing and transition economies.

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Aging and Working in the New Economy

Edited by Julie Ann McMullin, Victor W. Marshall

The case studies and analyses developed in this timely book provide insight into the structural features of small and medium-sized firms in the information technology sector, and the implications of these features for the careers of peop...

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Older Workers in a Globalizing World

Dirk Hofäcker

This timely book investigates the growth of the early retirement trend and its varying spread among different groups of older workers in fourteen modern societies. It argues for a differentiated political approach to reverse early retire...

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The Minimum Wage Revisited in the Enlarged EU

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 book provides in-depth and innovative analysis of the minimum wage in Europe. The autho...

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Distributive Justice and the New Medicine

George P. Smith II

The author begins by examining various economic constructs as aids for achieving a fair and equitable delivery of health care services. He then assesses their level of practical application and evaluates the costs and benefits to society...

Paperback (March 2010)

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Hardback (July 2008)

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