Sociology and Social Policy
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Aging, Economic Growth, and Old-Age Security in Asia
Edited by Donghyun Park, Sang-Hyop Lee, Andrew Mason
首先,专家贡献者参数ue, Asia must find ways to sustain rapid economic growth in the face of less favorable demographics, which implies slower growth of the workforce. Second, they contend, Asia must find ways to deliver aff...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Leadership Studies
Edited by Michael Harvey, Ronald E. Riggio
This unique, cross-disciplinary volume encourages a new synthesis in the vibrant field of leadership studies. Comprising reflective conversations among scholars from different disciplines, the contributors explore common ground for new r...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Social Capital in Europe
Emanuele Ferragina
The book investigates the determinants of social capital across 85 European regions capturing the renewed interest among social capital theorists for the importance of active secondary groups in supporting the correct functioning of soci...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Housing Markets and the Global Financial Crisis
Edited by Ray Forrest, Ngai-Ming Yip
Housing markets are at the centre of the recent global financial turmoil. In this well-researched study, a multidisciplinary group of leading analysts explores the impact of the crisis within, and between, countries.eBook:Find out more$43.16
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Migration and Development
Edited by Oliver Bakewell
To what extent does development influence migration? How does migration affect development? In recent years, there has been a huge amount of research into such questions about what has come to be known as the migration–development nexus.... -
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Globalization Trends and Regional Development
Edited by Roberta Capello, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho
This timely book investigates the challenges that emerge for local economies when faced with the new globalization trends that characterize today’s world economy.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Migration and Economic Growth
Edited by Mathias Czaika, Carlos Vargas-Silva
This book comprehensively examines the role of economic growth (or lack of) as a driver of migration, as well as the impact of migration on economic growth in receiving and sending countries. Seminal papers have been selected which cover... -
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Women, Gender and Rural Development in China
Edited by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson
This multidisciplinary book explores gender politics in the discourses and practices of development in rural China. The contributors – scholars in political science, anthropology, gender, development and Chinese studies – examine how dif...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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有限公司mmunity Co-Production
Edited by Jane Farmer, Carol Hill, Sarah-Anne Muñoz
This book addresses a clutch of contemporary societal challenges including: aging demography and the consequent need for extended care in communities; public service provision in an era of retrenching welfare and global financial crises;...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen
David Reisman
Thorstein Veblen was a multidisciplinary social scientist whose original insights continue to inspire debate. Rather than focusing on allocation, markets and scarcity, his perspective on economics was rather one of Darwinian evolution an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Big Society Debate
Edited by Armine Ishkanian, Simon Szreter
The book is divided into two sections, history and policy, which together provide readers with a historically grounded, internationally informed, and multidisciplinary analysis of the Big Society policies. The introduction and conclusion...eBook:Find out more$35.96
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Migration in Britain
Tony Fielding
Migration in Britain takes a fresh look at the patterns of migration at both the regional and local levels and develops new theoretical frameworks and novel methods to explain these patterns. It anticipates British society and its intern...eBook:Find out more$40.00