Sociology and Social Policy
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Immigration and the Financial Crisis
Edited by John Higley, John Nieuwenhuysen, Stine Neerup
Structural needs for immigrant labour in health care, restaurant, tourism, agricultural and other economic sectors, together with harsher economic circumstances in most sending countries, almost certainly ensure the continuation of large...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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International Migration and Economic Integration
Roger White, Bedassa Tadesse
This essential volume examines the influence of immigrants on the process of international economic integration – specifically, their influences on bilateral and multilateral trade flows. It extends beyond the identification and explanat...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Welfare State and Life Transitions
Edited by Dominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch, Jill Rubery
This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some lif...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Measuring More than Money
Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo, Enrique Fernández-Macías, José-Ignacio Antón, Fernando Esteve
Job quality is a crucial link between the economy and well-being. This original book proves that it can and should be measured, proposing a theoretically based multidimensional ‘Index of Job Quality’ that is tested in the EU member State...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Employment and Society
Edited by Susan McGrath-Champ, Andrew Herod, Al Rainnie
This Handbook deepens and extends the engagement between research concerned with work and employment and labour geography. It links fundamental concepts concerning the politics of place that human geographers have developed in recent yea...eBook:Find out more$71.16
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Handbook of Research on Cost–Benefit Analysis
Robert J. Brent
This Handbook provides an authoritative overview of current research in the field of cost–benefit analysis and is designed as a starting point for those interested in undertaking advanced research. The Handbook contains major contributio... -
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New Welfare States in East Asia
Edited by Gyu-Jin Hwang
The fast changing economic climate is creating substantial pressure for welfare state restructuring worldwide. Yet the discussion regarding challenges faced and the responses required has been confined to the ‘standard welfare states’ in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Sport, Health and Happiness
Edited by Plácido Rodríguez , Stefan Késenne, Brad R. Humphreys
Including an array of distinguished contributors, this novel book fills a gap in the literature by addressing an important, yet under-researched, issue in the field of sports economics. It places great emphasis on the notion that sport i...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on Third Sector Policy in Europe
Edited by Jeremy Kendall
While scholarship on the social, economic and political contributions of organisations existing between the market and the state has proliferated in recent years, no sustained attention has previously been paid to how such organisations ...eBook:Find out more$64.76
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Ethnic Diversity in European Labor Markets
Edited by Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann
This highly accessible book illustrates how policy makers can address and nurture the effects of growing ethnic diversity in European labor markets.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Welfare States and Public Opinion
Claus Wendt, Monika Mischke, Michaela Pfeifer
Welfare States and Public Opinion comprises an informed inquiry into three fields of social policy – health policy, family policy, and unemployment benefits and social assistance. Though the analyses stem from research spanning fifteen c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
Edited by Rafeal Ziegler
This timely book sets social entrepreneurship in a historical context, from its philanthropic beginnings in the Victorian era to the present day, against the backdrop of contemporary global capitalism.eBook:Find out more$55.16