Edited by Emmanuel Lazega, Tom A.B. Snijders, Rafael P.M. Wittek
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‘Taking seriously the task of rethinking economics, Richard Wagner has gone to the centre of it. We are spirited beings capable of hoping, hating, learning, and doing, not flesh-covered robots enslaved to our programming. Our liberty of ...
‘The Politics of the Public Encounter unpacks an evolving and increasingly complex, sometimes confronting interaction between citizens and their governments. This book helps to understand how changing communication processes, transformin...
‘This stimulating book redefines the “progressive dilemma”, the fear that immigration and ethno-racial diversity undermine the welfare state. Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, the book ...
‘This is a fine and wonderful book. We know that food systems worldwide have been transformed in recent decades. They have made food a raging success, more people fed than ever. They also cause vast ill-health and planetary harm, and lea...
Edited by Paolo Buonanno, Paolo Vanin, Juan Vargas
A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime discusses the evolution of a field, whose growing relevance among scholars and policymakers is partly related to the persistence of crime and violence around the world and partly to the remarkable...
‘I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the complex relationship between gender equality, corruption and good governance. It clearly shows that the inclusion of women in positions of power is no “quick fix” to reduced level...
‘A Research Agenda for Civil Society provides a much needed synopsis of the antecedents, internal contradictions, and promises of civil society within a comparative African-Global Southern Context. At a time of pervasive political and ep...
Edited by Maribel González Pascual, Aida Torres Pérez
This thought-provoking book examines the state of the European Monetary Union (EMU) and its shortcomings in terms of social rights protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the Euro crisis. Providing a criti...
Edited by Subas Dhakal, Roslyn Cameron, John Burgess
‘A Field Guide to Managing Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in Organisations is an exciting new resource for academic and industry researchers in the diversity, equity and inclusion space. It provides readers with an extremely broad and...
‘In this engaging volume, leading experts utilize high-quality datasets to assess social policies in contemporary East Asia. These excellent and nuanced studies analyze interactions among multiple changes currently underway – including p...
