Sociology and Social Policy
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Research Methods in Deportation
Edited by Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna
This prescient book explores how to confront the methodological and ethical challenges in researching deportation. Agnieszka Radziwinowiczówna introduces a ‘power-knowledge’ approach, crucially taking into account the power imbalances th...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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China’s Health Silk Road
Gerald Chan
In the fourth instalment of his ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ series, Gerald Chan provides a critical analysis of China’s vaccine diplomacy. Locating it within China’s wider infrastructure development strategy, Chan deploys geo-developmenta...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Work Appropriation of Low-Wage Workers in the Service Sector
Antonia Kupfer
Work Appropriation of Low-Wage Workers in the Service Sector deftly explores how supermarket clerks perceive their work when faced with meagre pay and frequently precarious working conditions. Speaking substantively on current social pro...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Value of Theorizing
Alexander Styhre
In this compelling book, Alexander Styhre presents a comprehensive analysis of the role and purpose of theory within the university setting. Critiquing current university governance practices which assess research quality based on citati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Artificial Intelligence at Work
Edited by Martha Garcia-Murillo, Ian MacInnes, Andrea Renda
This highly topical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on work, assessing its effect on an array of economic sectors, the resulting nature of work, and the subsequent policy implicati...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Research Handbook of Children and Armed Conflict
Edited by Myriam Denov, Maya Fennig
The Research Handbook of Children and Armed Conflict adeptly explores childrens’ lived realities of armed conflict and its aftermath. Featuring empirical, conceptual and policy analyses alongside moving first-hand accounts of the experie...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The Coworking (R)evolution
Edited by Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Gerhard Krauss
The digitalization of work processes and the generalization of IT are creating unprecedented opportunities. An increasing part of the workforce is experimenting with new forms of work, as freelancers, self-employed or highly skilled empl...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Meta-Research
Edited by Alis Oancea, Gemma E. Derrick, Nuzha Nuseibeh, Xin Xu
A collective project arising from a dynamic configuration of research concerned with systematic, critical and reflexive inquiry into the normative frames, institutional workings and lived realities of research, this dexterously-crafted H...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Human Needs and the Welfare State
Bent Greve
This unique and forward-thinking book explores how we understand needs in relation to the welfare state and to what extent we can, if at all, measure need.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social (In)Equality, Community Well-being and Quality of Life
Edited by Patsy Kraeger, M. R. Islam, Rhonda Phillips
Combining theoretical and empirical research with global case studies, this innovative book examines the complex relationships between social (in)equality, community well-being and quality of life centred on Sustainable Development Goal ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Single Parents and Child Support Systems
Edited by Kay Cook, Thomas Meysen, Adrienne Byrt
Taking a novel approach to child support policy analysis, Single Parents and Child Support Systems locates the transfer of payments between separated parents within a wider social policy ecosystem and compares the political, institutiona...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy in Capitalist History
Ayşe Buğra
This invigorating book approaches social policy as a response to socioeconomic tensions and conflicts brought about by capitalist development, exploring how such policy reflects and shapes the world of work and socioeconomic life. Ayşe B...eBook:Find out more$40.00
