Sociology and Sociological Theory
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The International Handbook of Environmental Sociology, Second Edition
Edited by Michael R. Redclift, Graham Woodgate
This thoroughly revised Handbook provides an assessment of the scope and content of environmental sociology, and sets out the intellectual and practical challenges posed by the urgent need for policy and action to address accelerating en...eBook:Find out more$62.36
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Handbook of Social Capital
Edited by Gert Tingaard Svendsen, Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen
The Handbook of Social Capital offers an important contribution to the study of bonding and bridging social capital networks, balancing the ‘troika’ of sociology, political science and economics. Eminent contributors, including Nobel P...eBook:Find out more$63.96
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Beyond the Regulation Approach
Bob Jessop, Ngai-Ling Sum
This book presents a detailed and critical account of the regulation approach in institutional and evolutionary economics. Offering both a theoretical commentary and a range of empirical examples, it identifies the successes and failures...eBook:Find out more$69.56
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![The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment]()
The International Handbook of Social Impact Assessment
Edited by Henk A. Becker, Frank Vanclay
This important Handbook presents an indispensable overview of the range of new methods and of the conceptual advances in Social Impact Assessment (SIA). Recent increased attention to social considerations has led to substantial developm...eBook:Find out more$59.96
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![The Network Society]()
The Network Society
Edited by Manuel Castells
Manuel Castells – one of the world’s pre-eminent social scientists – has drawn together a stellar group of contributors to explore the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its cultural and institutional diversity. The book ana...eBook:Find out more$55.96
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![The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe]()
The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe
Edited by Eleni Apospori, Jane Millar
Issues of poverty and social exclusion are high on the European policy agenda. The Dynamics of Social Exclusion in Europe reports findings from a study funded by the European Commission, using data from the European Community Household P... -
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Exploring the Tomato
Mark Harvey, Stephen Quilley, Huw Beynon
Exploring the Tomato engages with an apparently simple fruit in order to reveal major changes to society and economy. It treats the tomato as an object of fascination and as a probe into major historical changes in twentieth century capi... -
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![Beyond Rules in Society and Business]()
Beyond Rules in Society and Business
Verner C. Petersen
This provocative book challenges traditional tenets about behavioral regulation in society as well as in business. Verner Petersen asserts that attempts to solve ethical problems by creating explicit guidelines, codes and rules discourag... -
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Negotiating Environmental Change
Edited by Frans Berkhout, Melissa Leach, Ian Scoones
This book by leading researchers presents a critical review of debates in environmental social science over the past decade. Three broad areas are covered in ten chapters: the problems of scientific uncertainty and its role in shaping en...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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The End of Marriage?
Jane Lewis
The modern day sees fewer marriages than before, and cohabitation is a major driver of family change. Jane Lewis questions whether this is – as many commentators argue and fear – a sign of ever-increasing individualism. Just as the or... -
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NEW APPROACHES TO WELFARE THEORY
Edited by Glenn Drover, Patrick Kerans
New Approaches to Welfare Theory draws on recent work from the sociology of social action, feminist literature and critical social theory, to counter the current impasse in social policy. Interdisciplinary in scope and including work by...
