Sociology and Social Policy
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Combating Poverty in Europe
Edited by Rune Halvorsen, Bjørn Hvinden
Discovering methods to combat poverty and social exclusion has now become a major political challenge in Europe. This book offers an original and timely analysis of how actors at the European, national and subnational levels meet this ch...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Migration and Social Policy
Edited by Gary P. Freeman, Nikola Mirilovic
In this detailed Handbook, an interdisciplinary team of scholars explores the consequences of migration for the social policies of rich welfare states. They test conflicting claims as to the positive and negative effects of different typ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment
Edited by Tony Fitzpatrick
Environmental change is central to the global social policy challenges of the twenty-first century. This comprehensive Handbook brings together leading experts from around the world to address the most important questions and issues we f...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe
Edited by Martin Heidenreich, Deborah Rice
A central goal of European activation policies is to integrate social and employment policies into a coherent active inclusion approach that fosters social cohesion and enhances the employment chances of vulnerable groups. This requires ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy
Edited by Sarah Harper, Kate Hamblin, Jaco Hoffman, Kenneth Howse, George Leeson
The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe for government, policy makers, the private sector and civil society. It examines various national stat...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Measuring the Global Shadow Economy
Colin C. Williams, Friedrich Schneider
This book brings together two leading researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the shadow economy from a global perspective. Reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring the informal se...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Class and Social Stratification in China
Edited by Yingjie Guo
This comprehensive, interdisciplinary Handbook illustrates the patterns of class transformation in China since 1949, situating them in their historical context. Presenting detailed case studies of social stratification and class formatio...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Migration and Social Policy
Edited by Jenny Phillimore
This book brings together a collection of papers that examine the connection between social policy and migration. The articles and excerpts selected focus on the critical points of this subject: the emergence of interest in migration and... -
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Putting Sustainability into Practice
Edited by Emily H. Kennedy, Maurie J. Cohen, Naomi Krogman
Putting Sustainability into Practice offers a robust and interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary consumption routines that challenges conventional approaches to social change premised on behavioral economics and social psychology...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Chinese Migration
Edited by Robyn R. Iredale, Fei Guo
The recent unprecedented scale of Chinese migration has had far-reaching consequences. Within China, many villages have been drained of their young and most able workers, cities have been swamped by the ‘floating population’, and many ru...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The New Consumer Online
Edward F. McQuarrie
It’s a new world online, where consumers can publish their writing and gain a public presence, even a mass audience. This book links together blogging, writing reviews for Yelp, and creating pinboards for Pinterest, all of which provide ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Concerned Markets
Edited by Susi Geiger, Debbie Harrison, Hans Kjellberg, Alexandre Mallard
When political, social, technological and economic interests, values, and perspectives interact, market order and performance become contentious issues of debate. Such ‘hot’ situations are becoming increasingly common and make for rich s...eBook:Find out more$43.96