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Cover Ideology
Ideology
Conservatives, Liberals and Socialists
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 our capacity to explain the very nature of reality.
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14 Dec 2021
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883154
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Preface
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in Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology
Editor: Gianluca Manzo
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14 Dec 2021
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology
Research Handbook on Analytical Sociology
Editor: Gianluca Manzo
Providing an up-to-date portrait of the concepts and methods of analytical sociology, this pivotal Research Handbook traces the historical evolution of the field, utilising key research examples to illustrate its core principles. It investigates how analytical sociology engages with other approaches such as analytical philosophy, structural individualism, social stratification research, complexity science, pragmatism, and critical realism, exploring the foundations of the field as well as its major explanatory mechanisms and methods.
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14 Dec 2021
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906851
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Anna K. Dickie
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in Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Anna K. Dickie
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10 Dec 2021
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Cover Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Research Handbook on Energy and Society
Editors: Janette Webb, Faye Wade, and Margaret Tingey
This incisive Research Handbook examines the relationship between energy and society, across both macro- and micro-scales, in the context of the climate crisis. Featuring an extensive examination of current research in the field from fifty expert international contributors, it offers important insights into the inter-connections between the globally organised fossil fuel energy system and the changing structures of society.
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10 Dec 2021
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100710
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in Challenges to the Welfare State
Editors: Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E.O. Hort, and Stein Kuhnle
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07 Dec 2021
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Challenges to the Welfare State
Challenges to the Welfare State
Family and Pension Policies in the Baltic and Nordic Countries
Editors: Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E.O. Hort, and Stein Kuhnle
This comprehensive and innovative book demonstrates the dynamics of welfare policies in different socioeconomic settings by providing comparative analyses of the Baltic and Nordic welfare state systems. The book contributes to finding and reflecting upon innovative solutions to common challenges in European welfare states.
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07 Dec 2021
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106118
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Cover Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory
Handbook on Social Structure of Accumulation Theory
Editors: Terrence McDonough, Cian McMahon, and David M. Kotz
This pioneering Handbook offers a state-of-the-art exploration of the social structure of accumulation theory, a leading theory of stages of capitalism, expertly summarising its development to date. It breaks new ground in several areas, including econometric evidence for the theory and developing institutional analyses of technology and the environment.
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Handbook
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07 Dec 2021
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788975971
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Economics 2021
Cover How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
Editors: Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, and Thyra U. Thomsen
It is an old cliché that leading and managing academics is like herding cats. This book challenges this myth and presents a way to deal with the many challenges of academic leadership, from managing departments, research groups and teams to managing tensions between research and teaching. The book is a practical and stimulating guide to different pathways to successful academic leadership, both in personal and organizational terms.
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07 Dec 2021
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Business 2021
Introduction to How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
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in How to Lead Academic Departments Successfully
Editors: Adam Lindgreen, Alan Irwin, Flemming Poulfelt, and Thyra U. Thomsen
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07 Dec 2021
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Business 2021