Sociology and Social Policy
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Protecting Minority Rights in African Countries
John M. Mbaku
In this enlightening book, John Mukum Mbaku analyses the main challenges of constitutional design and the construction of governance institutions in Africa today. He argues that the central issues are: providing each country with a const...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Transnational Environmental Crime
Edited by Lorraine Elliott, William H. Schaedla
Crimes associated with the illegal trade in wildlife, timber and fish stocks, pollutants and waste have become increasingly transnational, organized and serious. They warrant attention because of their environmental consequences, their h...eBook:Find out more$60.76
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Leadership, Popular Culture and Social Change
Edited by Kristin M.S. Bezio, Kimberly Yost
The newest generation of leaders was raised on a steady diet of popular culture artifacts mediated through technology, such as film, television and online gaming. As technology expands access to cultural production, popular culture conti...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Mobilities Paradox
Maximiliano E. Korstanje
The theory of mobilities has gained great recognition and traction over recent decades, illustrating not only the influence of mobilities in daily life but also the rise and expansion of globalization worldwide. But what if this sense of...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on the Family and Marriage in China
Edited by Xiaowei Zang, Lucy X. Zhao
This Handbook advances research on the family and marriage in China by providing readers with a multidisciplinary and multifaceted coverage of major issues in one single volume. It addresses the major conceptual, theoretical and methodol...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The Evolution of Social Innovation
Edited by Frances Westley, Katherine McGowan, Ola Tjörnbo
At a time when governments and civil society organizations are putting ever-greater stock in social innovation as a route to transformation, understanding what characterizes social innovation with transformative potential is important. E...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regulating for Equitable and Job-Rich Growth
Edited by Colin Fenwick, Valérie Van Goethem
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. This book offers a critical reflection on the operation and effects of labour regulation. It...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Trade Unions and Migrant Workers
Edited by Stefania Marino, Judith Roosblad, Rinus Penninx
This timely book analyses the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015. It constitutes an extensive update of a previous comparative anal...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times
Edited by Hans-Uwe Otto, Valerie Egdell, Jean-Michel Bonvin, Roland Atzmüller
Following the 2008 economic crisis, the situation for young people deteriorated dramatically in many European countries. Employment and training opportunities have reduced, and levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased. This ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Migration, Health and Survival
Edited by Frank Trovato
Publications in this field have, in general, been based predominantly on the experiences of individual national settings. Migration, Health and Survival offers a comparative approach, bringing together leading international scholars to p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Services Disrupted
Edited by Flavia Martinelli, Anneli Anttonen, Margitta Mätzke
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. This book revives the discussion on public social services and their redesign, with a focus ... -
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Timespace and International Migration
Edited by Elizabeth Mavroudi, Ben Page, Anastasia Christou
Furthering understanding of the temporalities and spatialities of how people move across international boundaries, this book analyses how timespace intersects with migrant journeys as an integral aspect of the rhythms of daily lives. Ind...eBook:Find out more$40.00