Sociology and Social Policy
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as Human Rights
Edited by Olivier De Schutter
This volume offers a selection of those major contributions which have shaped debate in the field of economic, social and cultural rights. The broad range of discussion includes: the nature of economic, social and cultural rights and the... -
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Pharmaceutical Economics
Edited by William S. Comanor, Stuart O. Schweitzer
Pharmaceutical Economics begins with an investigation of the structure of the industry and its three main components: the research firms which produce innovative products; the generic drug industry and its expanding role; and the biotech... -
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Economic and Social Integration
Dagmar Schiek
The book draws on a unique content and discourse analysis of all Grand Chamber decisions on substantive EU law since May 2004. It finds the EU’s ‘judicial constitution’ to be more nuanced and more uniform than expected. While the Court o...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Labour Administration in Uncertain Times
Edited by Jason Heyes, Ludek Rychly
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. The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Improving Health Services
Walter Holland
This insightful book describes how Health Services Research (HSR) can be developed and used to evaluate, advance and improve all aspects of health services. It demonstrates the need for good HSR to avoid the continuation or development o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Forests and Climate Change
Anthony Hall
Controlling deforestation, which is responsible for about one-fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, has become a major tool in the battle against global warming. An important new international initiative – Reduced Emissions fro...eBook:Find out more$48.76
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The Politics of Structural Reforms
Edited by Hideko Magara, Stefano Sacchi
For countries undertaking economic or political reform the case of Italy and Japan is both highly instructive and sobering. The Politics of Structural Reforms reveals what Italy and Japan gained and lost through a series of social and in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Older Workers in an Ageing Society
Edited by Philip Taylor
Prolonging working lives is high on the agenda of policy makers in most of the world’s major industrialized nations. This book explains how they are keen to tackle issues associated with the ageing of populations, namely the funding of p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Research Methods in Migration
Edited by Carlos Vargas-Silva
Covering both qualitative and quantitative topics, the expert contributors in this Handbook explore fundamental issues of scientific logic, methodology and methods, through to practical applications of different techniques and approaches...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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Regenerative Sustainable Development of Universities and Cities
Edited by Ariane König
Now that the Earth has reached the limits of its biophysical carrying capacity, we have to change technologies, social practices and social norms relating to material production and consumption to ensure that we do not further jeopardize...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on the Experience Economy
Edited by Jon Sundbo, Flemming Sørensen
This illuminating Handbook presents the state-of-the-art in the scientific field of experience economy studies. It offers a rich and varied collection of contributions that discuss different issues of crucial importance for our understan...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change
Edited by James Midgley, David Piachaud
This highly original and thought-provoking book examines the recent expansion of social protection in China, India, Brazil and South Africa – four countries experiencing rapid economic growth and social change.eBook:Find out more$40.00