Sociology and Sociological Theory
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Beyond the Regulation Approach
Bob Jessop, Ngai-Ling Sum
This book presents a detailed and critical account of the regulation approach in institutional and evolutionary economics. Offering both a theoretical commentary and a range of empirical examples, it identifies the successes and failures...eBook:Find out more$71.96
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![The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment]()
The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment
Edited by Henk A. Becker, Frank Vanclay
This important Handbook presents an indispensable overview of the range of new methods and of the conceptual advances in Social Impact Assessment (SIA). Recent increased attention to social considerations has led to substantial developm...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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![The Network Society]()
The Network Society
Edited by Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells – one of the world’s pre-eminent social scientists – has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book ana...eBook:Find out more$58.36
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![The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe]()
The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe
Edited by Eleni Apospori, Jane Millar
Issues of poverty and social exclusion are high on the European policy agenda. The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe reports findings from a study funded by the European Commission, using data from the European Community Household P... -
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![The Ecological Economics of Consumption]()
The Ecological Economics of Consumption
Edited by Lucia A. Reisch, Inge Røpke
Research on consumption from an environmental perspective has exploded since the late 1990s. This important new volume cuts across disciplines to present the latest research in the field.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Identity in the Age of the New Economy]()
Identity in the Age of the New Economy
Edited by Torben Elgaard Jensen, Ann Westenholz
Identity in the Age of the New Economy is a multi-faceted view of contemporary employment and identity that questions a number of the myths related to the so-called new economy, knowledge society or network society. It argues that one of...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Creative Knowledge Environments]()
Creative Knowledge Environments
Edited by Sven Hemlin, Carl Martin Allwood, Ben R. Martin
Although there is an ever increasing demand for new technology and innovations in the economy and society in general, we currently know little about the conditions for stimulating creativity in relation to research and innovative activit...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![What Has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations?]()
What Has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations?
Edited by Edward N. Wolff
The contributors to this volume investigate to what extent welfare has increased in the United States over the postwar period and provide a rigorous examination of both conventional measures of the standard of living, as well as more inc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Beyond Rules in Society and Business]()
Beyond Rules in Society and Business
Verner C. Petersen
This provocative book challenges traditional tenets about behavioral regulation in society as well as in business. Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourag... -
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Negotiating Environmental Change
Edited by Frans Berkhout, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones
This book by leading researchers presents a critical review of debates in environmental social science over the past decade. Three broad areas are covered in ten chapters: the problems of scientific uncertainty and its role in shaping en...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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The Economics of Sin
Samuel Cameron
The Economics of Sin examines the definition and evolution of sin from the perspective of rational choice economics, yet is conscious of the limitations of such an approach. The author argues that because engaging in activities deemed to...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Making Ends Meet in Contemporary Russia]()
Making Ends Meet in Contemporary Russia
Simon Clarke
This book reviews the available data to analyse the forms, scale and incidence of these phenomena. The author finds that so-called ‘survival strategies’ merely represent a continuation of traditional soviet practices. He demonstrates tha...
