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A Research Agenda for Social Networks and Social Resilience
Edited by Emmanuel Lazega, Tom A.B. Snijders, Rafael P.M. Wittek
‘A stimulating read that has left me – as any good book on a developing topic should – with more questions raised than answered. Its mix of perspectives is truly inspiring because it is unusually rich and still necessarily incomplete.’ –... -
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A Research Agenda for Civil Society
Edited by Kees Biekart, Alan Fowler
‘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... -
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A Research Agenda for COVID-19 and Society
Edited by Steve Matthewman
‘A Research Agenda for COVID-19 and Society provides impressive critical analyses and innovative research reflections on the complex social consequences of the SARS-CoV 2 pandemic. The volume has compelling contributions from social scie... -
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Rethinking Social Capital
Carl L. Bankston III
‘Carl Bankston has produced an important book that, I predict, will be read with profit by social scientists for many years to come. His theoretical analysis of “social capital” is original, comprehensive, rigorous and provocative. His c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Ben Spigel
'With rapid digitalisation of the economy, entrepreneurial ecosystems have emerged as a novel cluster type to support the start-up and scale-up of new entrepreneurial ventures. This development creates important challenges for policy and...eBook:Find out more$33.56
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Online Political Hate Speech in Europe
Giovanni Ziccardi
‘With this book, Giovanni Ziccardi confirms his leading position in the field of law and technology. Only a few scholars can claim, at the same time, his legal and technological understanding of the challenges related to online political...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Bureaucracy, Collegiality and Social Change
Emmanuel Lazega
This insightful book theorizes the contrast between two logics of organization: bureaucracy and collegiality. Based on this theory and employing a new methodology to transform our sociological understanding, Emmanuel Lazega sheds light o...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Capital, Social Support and Stratification
Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, Nan Lin
This insightful book explores the spread of 'social' network imagery in three areas of sociology – social capital, social support, and China – using as its protagonist a man active in all three: Nan Lin. Social Capital, Social Support an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Elgar Companion to Social Capital and Health
Edited by Sherman Folland, Eric Nauenberg
‘Did you know that the concept of “social capital” can be traced to Marx? This Companion contains many more startling insights, not least due to its comprehensive review of worldwide empirical evidence suggesting that indeed social capit...eBook:Find out more$65.00