Sociology of Development
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Asia’s Rising Research Dominance
Mats Benner
‘If you want to understand how the global balance of research power is rapidly shifting, then this is the book. Moving authoritatively across Asian “knowledge nations”, the emerging research landscape is expertly navigated, probed and ex... -
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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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Handbook on Social Protection Systems
Edited by Esther Schüring, Markus Loewe
‘A unique tour de force through the world of social protection. The volume is distinguished by a novel systemic approach that takes account of the entire range of instruments, institutions, policies and actors that make up social protect... -
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Handbook on Teaching and Learning for Sustainable Development
Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Amanda Lange Salvia, Fernanda Frankenberger
‘Walter Leal Filho and his team have been tireless advocates for the power of education to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Now, at a time when the world needs fresh ideas for sustainability as it never has before, this book...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Productivity and the Pandemic
Edited by Philip McCann, Tim Vorley
‘If ever there was a timely book on an important question this is it. The need to address the spatial and human aspects of Britain’s low productivity had no sooner reached the top of the political agenda than COVID-19 struck, plunging us...eBook:Find out more$36.00
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Handbook of Social Policy and Development
Edited by James Midgley, Rebecca Surender, Laura Alfers
‘If you read one book to understand current scholarship on social policy and development in the global south, this should be it. Lucid and comprehensive, it is encyclopaedic in scope. The role of the state is set out and powerfully defen...eBook:Find out more$58.36
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Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy
Edited by Jacques Charmes
‘Jacques Charmes and Edward Elgar Publishing are to be warmly congratulated for this Handbook, which reflects on 50 years of academic discussion on the informal economy, and offers us new insights and inspiration for the next 50 years of...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice
James Midgley
‘The issue of inequality has returned to global agendas. James Midgley, the doyen of global social policy research, insists that social protection has a role to play in tackling inequality. He sets out an agenda of institutional reform t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
Edited by Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones, Mahmood Messkoub
This book presents a state of the art in the developing field of social policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an up-to-date conceptual analysis of social policy programmes and discourses in the MENA region b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalizing Welfare
Edited by Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle, Sven E.O. Hort
‘Globalizing Welfare: An Evolving Asian-European Dialogue is a much needed and welcome contribution to the yet scarce literature. The book is a recommended addition to the libraries of scholars specialized in sociology, political science...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Welfare in China
Edited by Beatriz Carrillo , Johanna Hood, Paul Kadetz
‘The Handbook of Welfare in China is a good example of a handbook. The text finds the balance between the contributors’ detailed knowledge and the editors’ efforts to produce coherent contribution. It is a publication entering what will ...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Social Investment and Social Welfare
Edited by James Midgley, Espen Dahl, Amy Conley Wright
‘This is an exciting and welcome contribution to the debates surrounding social investment and to the comparative social welfare literature more generally. Edited by leading scholars in the field, the volume provides an intelligent and w...eBook:Find out more$40.00