Sociology and Social Policy

  1. Add to Wish List Handbook of Media and Communication Governance

    Handbook of Media and Communication Governance

    Edited by Manuel Puppis, Robin Mansell, Hilde Van den Bulck
    This state-of-the-art Handbook provides unique insights into the governance practices and institutions shaping digitalized public spheres. Focusing on the power relations involved, it presents diverse approaches to key debates in media a...
    Hardback (July 2024)

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  2. Add to Wish List Handbook on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

    Handbook on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

    Edited by David J. Gunkel
    This engaging Handbook identifies and critically examines the moral opportunities and challenges typically attributed to artificial intelligence. It provides a comprehensive overview and examination of the most pressing and urgent proble...
    Hardback (July 2024)

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  3. Add to Wish List Handbook of Futures Studies

    Handbook of Futures Studies

    Edited by Roberto Poli
    This insightful Handbook emphasizes the unique contribution that Futures Studies offers when understanding and managing current situations. Contributing authors argue that by learning to examine the future in the present, individuals and...
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  4. Add to Wish List Homo Anthropologicus

    Homo Anthropologicus

    Jean-François Chanlat
    Skilfully analysing the challenges posed by management practices to the human condition, Jean-François Chanlat examines the sociological evolution of modern management. This book acts as a crucial pedagogical guide to the history and ess...
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  5. Add to Wish List Taxation, Citizenship and Democracy in the 21st Century

    Taxation, Citizenship and Democracy in the 21st Century

    Edited by Yvette Lind, Reuven Avi-Yonah
    Proposing innovative ideas on the links between taxation, citizenship and democracy, this multidisciplinary book contributes to ongoing research and scholarship by emphasizing the importance of taxes to the functioning of democracy.
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  6. Add to Wish List How to Do Migration Research

    How to Do Migration Research

    Edited by Ricard Zapata-Barrero, Daniela Vintila
    This book provides a toolkit for tackling the fundamental questions and challenges in planning and conducting migration research. It illustrates not only how to develop rigorous methodological procedures, but also how to effectively diss...
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  7. Add to Wish List How to do Social Science that Matters

    How to do Social Science that Matters

    Edited by Jerzy Kociatkiewicz, Monika Kostera
    This holistic How to guide provides practical advice on conducting meaningful research within the social sciences, focusing on practices which are sensitive and bespoke. Mapping out the field and inviting further exploration, its insight...
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  8. Add to Wish List Rapidly Increasing Retirement Ages

    Rapidly Increasing Retirement Ages

    Per H. Jensen
    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. This prescient book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of retirement practices in D...
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  9. Add to Wish List The Sociology of Diagnosis

    The Sociology of Diagnosis

    Annemarie G. Jutel
    This incisive brief guide critically examines the role of medical diagnoses in social life, shining light on both health and disease. Annemarie Goldstein Jutel shows that diagnosis is not simply the labelling of natural disease, but rath...
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  10. Add to Wish List Dictionary of Privacy, Data Protection and Information Security

    Dictionary of Privacy, Data Protection and Information Security

    Mark Elliot, Anna M. Mandalari, Miranda Mourby, Kieron O’Hara
    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. The Dictionary of Privacy, Data Protection and Information Security explains the complex tec...
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  11. Add to Wish List What Have Populists Done for Us?

    What Have Populists Done for Us?

    Dani Filc, Amit Avigur-Eshel
    This ground-breaking book goes beyond conventional arguments to explore how and why populists are able to hold power for long periods. It illustrates that exclusionary populist movements maintain power whenever they succeed in stabilizin...
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  12. Add to Wish List Understanding Health Systems and Welfare

    Understanding Health Systems and Welfare

    Bent Greve
    Understanding Health Systems and Welfare explores the ways in which we understand health care systems and recommends how individuals, health care providers and society as a whole can best use the resources within the systems for maximum ...
    Hardback (July 2024)

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