Sociology and Social Policy

The Economics of Affirmative Action

Edited by Harry J. Holzer, David Neumark

Hardback (2004)

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Worker Displacement in the US/Mexico Border Region

Edited by José A. Pagán

Worker Displacement in the US/Mexico Border Region provides a comprehensive analysis of the social and economic impact of worker displacement in border communities. The contributors – experts from a variety of fields – evaluate the conse...

Hardback (2004)

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Exploring the Tomato

Mark Harvey, Stephen Quilley, Huw Beynon

Exploring the Tomato engages with an apparently simple fruit in order to reveal major changes to society and economy. It treats the tomato as an object of fascination and as a probe into major historical changes in twentieth century capi...

Paperback (2004)

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Hardback (2003)

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The End of Marriage?

Jane Lewis

The modern day sees fewer marriages than before, and cohabitation is a major driver of family change. Jane Lewis questions whether this is – as many commentators argue and fear – a sign of ever-increasing individualism. Just as the or...

Paperback (2002)

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Competing Capitalisms: Institutions and Economies

Edited by Richard Whitley

This authoritative collection brings together the leading contributions to the comparative study of forms of capitalism. An introductory essay presents the context in which these contributions developed, discusses the major issues raised...

Hardback (2002)

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Social Exclusion and European Policy

Edited by David G. Mayes, Jos Berghman, Robert Salais

The purpose of this book is to analyse one of the most pressing social problems of recent years, namely exclusion. The authors bring a richness of perspective, drawing on the experiences of eight European countries and a range of discipl...

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Strategy, Organization and the Changing Nature of Work

Edited by Jordi Gual, Joan E. Ricart

New technologies, global markets and increased competitive pressures mean that companies are having to reinvent themselves, reappraise their competitive strategies and rethink the ways in which they organize business activities. This tim...

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Economic Theory and the Welfare State

Edited by Nicholas Barr

This authoritative collection brings together 100 key articles on the subject of the welfare state selected by one of the world’s leading experts. The first volume discusses the economic theory and related matters which underpin analy...

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Contemporary Minority Migration, Education and Ethnicity in China

Robyn Iredale, Naren Bilik, Wang Su, Fei Guo, Caroline Hoy

Rural–urban migration is an important aspect in the development of countries. Until the late 1980s China was one of the few countries that controlled population movement both directly and indirectly through policies of economic and socia...

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Regulation Theory and the Crisis of Capitalism

Edited by Bob Jessop

This five-volume collection (with individual volumes available separately) provides a comprehensive overview of the regulation approach to capitalism and its crisis-tendencies. Edited by a major British contributor to the approach, the c...

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European Working Lives

Edited by Steve Jeffreys, Frederik M. Beyer, Christer Thörnqvist

The contributors examine global trends such as the decentralisation of industrial relations and the revival of neo-liberalism, and discuss them from a theoretical and empirical perspective. They go on to argue that these global trends ca...

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