Sociology and Social Policy
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Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology
Edited by Marie McAuliffe
‘This book is a must-read for everyone interested in the intersection between migration and digitalization. As the volume of data grows from expanding forms of technology, the implications for understanding migration are wide-ranging. Im...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Challenges to the Welfare State
Edited by Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E.O. Hort, Stein Kuhnle
‘In this important book, the authors offer a rich and multifaceted comparative analysis of family policies and pension protection systems in the Baltic and Nordic countries. By exploring two rarely contrasted socioeconomic settings, the ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology
Edited by Gianluca Manzo
‘This Research Handbook is an important update on the status of analytical sociology from a rich roster of authors. A riveting read for both novices and the initiated!’ – Delia Baldassarri, New York University, USeBook:Find out more$65.00
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Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory
Edited by Terrence McDonough, Cian McMahon, David M. Kotz
‘Numerous commentators have been asking whether capitalism is entering a new phase, defined by the decline of neoliberalism and its replacement by authoritarian or social democratic institutions. The Social Structure of Accumulation lite...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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The New World of Work
Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Youcef Ghellab, Rafael M. de Bustillo Llorente
Actors in the world of work are facing an increasing number of challenges, including automatization and digitalization, new types of jobs and more diverse forms of employment. This timely book examines employer and worker responses, chal... -
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Ideology
David Reisman
This insightful book sheds light on three competing ideological windows on the world: conservatism, liberalism and socialism. David Reisman explores the importance of these perspectives not only to generating public policy, but also in o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
Edited by Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, Thyra U. Thomsen
‘Few colleagues plan (and prepare) to be an academic leader at the start of their career. But, almost inevitably, many of us will be asked to take up a major leadership role at some point, and often unexpectedly. Managing professionals w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Edited by Janette Webb, Faye Wade, Margaret Tingey
‘At last, a serious review of the interactions between society and energy. The Handbook considers the impacts of decarbonisation options from many angles, but all through the lens of society and social science, and not just from the tech...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Research Handbook on Environmental Sociology
Edited by Axel Franzen, Sebastian Mader
‘Climate change is humankind’s ultimate challenge. It is our behaviour that is causing the climate disaster, because our ancestors were selected to turn resources maximally into offspring. Our evolved heritage are ruthless harvesting str...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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A Research Agenda for Social Innovation
Edited by Jürgen Howaldt, Christoph Kaletka, Antonius Schröder
‘A rich 15-chapter collection from key thinkers in the field ensures this volume will be a beacon for navigating understanding on the diversity of social innovation and creating new impulses for future research. Perceptive organization o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Digital Inequality
Edited by Eszter Hargittai
‘At the dawn of the Internet age, digital inequality was a central concern. But then a combination of triumphalism (in the developed nations) and spiraling complexity (rapid proliferation of ways to go online and things to do there) led ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Advanced Introduction to Gentrification
Chris Hamnett
‘In this book, Chris Hamnett, a key figure in gentrification studies, offers a succinct yet sophisticated overview of this classical topic which abounds with heated debates and lasting vitality. Situating gentrification in wider urban pr...eBook:Find out more$19.96