Sociology and Sociological Theory
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Reimagining Home in the 21st Century
Edited by Justine Lloyd, Ellie Vasta
Providing ways of reimagining home, this book demonstrates that thinking differently about home advances our understanding of processes of belonging. Authors in this collection explore home in relation to the figure of the stranger and p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Housing Wealth and Welfare
Edited by Caroline Dewilde, Richard Ronald
Both growth and unevenness in the distribution of housing wealth have become characteristic of advanced societies in recent decades. Housing Wealth and Welfare examines, in various contexts, how housing property ownership has become cent...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Working with Paradata, Marginalia and Fieldnotes
Edited by Rosalind Edwards, John Goodwin, Henrietta O’Connor, Ann Phoenix
This book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves? This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume considers the analytic value of a range of ‘by-produ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Corporate Power and Responsible Capitalism?
Bryn Jones
In this important book, Bryn Jones uses insights from political economy, historical analysis and sociological concepts of the corporation, as a socially disembedded but political actor, to address concerns over the over-reach of Anglo-Sa...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Education, Occupation and Social Origin
Edited by Fabrizio Bernardi, Gabrielle Ballarino
This innovative book takes a comparative approach to the social origin–education–destination triangle (OED), looking at the intergenerational transmission of advantage in 14 countries. The intention is to debate the claim that education ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Migration and Freedom
Brad K. Blitz
Migration and Freedom is a thorough and revealing exploration of the complex relationship between mobility and citizenship in the European area. Drawing upon over 170 interviews, it provides an original account of the opportunities and c...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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![Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State]()
Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State
Gunnar L.H. Svendsen, Gert T. Svendsen
Denmark exemplifies the puzzle of socio-economic success in Scandinavia. Populations are thriving despite the world’s highest levels of tax and generous social benefits. Denmark would appear to be a land of paradise for free-riders and t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Leadership Imagination
Donald R. LaMagdeleine
In the interest of reimagining leadership as a highly contextual activity with moral overtones, LaMagdeleine argues for blending sociology and history of religions scholarship in leadership analysis of black swan leadership dilemmas. His...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Putting Sustainability into Practice
Edited by Emily H. Kennedy, Maurie J. Cohen, Naomi Krogman
Putting Sustainability into Practice offers a robust and interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary consumption routines that challenges conventional approaches to social change premised on behavioral economics and social psychology...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The New Consumer Online
Edward F. McQuarrie
It’s a new world online, where consumers can publish their writing and gain a public presence, even a mass audience. This book links together blogging, writing reviews for Yelp, and creating pinboards for Pinterest, all of which provide ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Concerned Markets
Edited by Susi Geiger, Debbie Harrison, Hans Kjellberg, Alexandre Mallard
When political, social, technological and economic interests, values, and perspectives interact, market order and performance become contentious issues of debate. Such ‘hot’ situations are becoming increasingly common and make for rich s...eBook:Find out more$43.96
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Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, Sandra Buchholz
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
