Sociology and Social Policy
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![STRATEGIC CHOICE AND PATH-DEPENDENCY IN POST-SOCIALISM]()
STRATEGIC CHOICE AND PATH-DEPENDENCY IN POST-SOCIALISM
Edited by Jerzy Hausner, Bob Jessop, Klaus Nielsen
Strategic Choice and Path-Dependency in Post-Socialism focuses on the distinctive institutional legacies of state socialism and their impact on the transformation of Poland, Hungary and the former Czechoslovakia. Strategic dilemmas and ... -
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![THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, THE STATE AND SOCIAL WORK IN BRITAIN]()
THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR, THE STATE AND SOCIAL WORK IN BRITAIN
Jane Lewis
The Voluntary Sector, the State and Social Work in Britain offers a different perspective which shows that Britain has always had a mixed economy of welfare with the voluntary sector playing a major role. This book traces the ideas and ... -
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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... -
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![Environmental Problems in the Shortage Economy]()
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...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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... -
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![EUROPEAN MIGRATION IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY]()
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]()
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... -
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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]()
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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![The Politics of British Feminism, 1918–1970]()
The Politics of British Feminism, 1918–1970
Olive Banks
The Politics of British Feminism traces the history of the women’s movement from the achievement of suffrage in 1918 to the revival of feminism in the late 1960s. Offering new insights into a neglected period of women’s history, Olive Ba... -
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Work and Citizenship in the New Europe
Edited by Harry Coenen, Peter Leisink
This innovative book presents new work by an international group of leading social scientists offers historical analysis and empirical description, as well as theoretical and political assessments, of work and citizenship in Europe. It e...
