Sociology and Social Policy
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Governance, Globalization and Public Policy
Edited by Patricia Kennett
Governance, Globalization and Public Policy is concerned with exploring the nature of the policy arena in the context of globalization and the reconstitution of the state. The contributors to this book seek to broaden, extend and integ...eBook:Find out more$52.76
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The Role of International Organizations in Social Policy
Edited by Rune Ervik, Nanna Kildal, Even Nilssen
这本书认为国际组织的作用nizations and their promotion of ideas and recommendations in social and health policy. It explores a wide range of organizations, scrutinizing their ideas-based content, their role as po...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Defiance in Taxation and Governance
Valerie Braithwaite
This innovative book presents a theory of tax defiance, integrating five years of research on people’s hopes, fears and expectations of the tax system and the authority that administers it.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Public or Private Economies of Knowledge?
Mark Harvey, Andrew McMeekin
This book presents an analytical framework for understanding the shifting ‘great divide’ in capitalist economies of knowledge. The authors develop a novel economic sociology of innovation, based on the ‘instituted economic process’ app...eBook:Find out more$52.76
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Long-run Growth, Social Institutions and Living Standards
Edited by Neri Salvadori, Arrigo Opocher
This engaging book contains a set of original contributions to the much-debated issues of long-run economic growth in relation to institutional and social progress.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Population Ageing, Pensions and Growth
John Creedy, Ross Guest
This highly topical book explores key issues in evaluating the long-run implications of population ageing for pensions, taxation, intergenerational equity and social welfare. -
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The Impact of the WTO
Trish Kelly
This volume is the first to provide a comprehensive analysis of the nine environmental and health disputes that have been adjudicated at the WTO since 1995. The investigation concludes that criticism of the WTO has been overstated and, s... -
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Women and Employment
Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi
How is women’s employment shaped by family and domestic responsibilities? This book, written by leading experts in the field, examines twenty-five years of change in women’s employment and addresses the challenges facing women today.eBook:Find out more$59.96
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Education and Inequality Across Europe
Edited by Peter Dolton, Rita Asplund, Erling Barth
The relationship between education and income inequality is of fundamental importance. In this book, an international group of renowned contributors focus on patterns of inequality and their relationship to education using recent data fr... -
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Taxing the Working Poor
Achim Kemmerling
In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy in an Ageing Society
David Reisman
Around half the world’s population live in countries where the fertility rate is far below the replacement rate and where life expectancy is increasing dramatically. Using Singapore as a case study, Social Policy in an Ageing Society exp...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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When Marriage Ends
Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Dina Hummelsheim
In recent decades the probability of divorce and separation among married and cohabiting couples has increased significantly in most European countries. Focusing on both economic and social aspects, this comprehensive volume explores the...eBook:Find out more$40.00
