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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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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
14 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883154
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Political Science and Public Policy 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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Handbook
Publication Date:
14 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906851
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
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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Handbook
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10 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100710
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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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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106118
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
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
Publication Date:
07 Dec 2021
DOI:
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
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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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Monograph Book
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07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907155
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Business 2021
Cover Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology
Research Handbook on International Migration and Digital Technology
Editor:
Marie McAuliffe
This forward-looking Research Handbook showcases cutting-edge research on the relationship between international migration and digital technology. It sheds new light on the interlinkages between digitalisation and migration patterns and processes globally, capturing the latest research technologies and data sources. Featuring international migration in all facets from the migration of tech sector specialists through to refugee displacement, leading contributors offer strategic insights into the future of migration and mobility.
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Handbook
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07 Dec 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100611
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Comparative Methods in Law, Humanities and Social Sciences
Comparative Methods in Law, Humanities and Social Sciences
Editors:
Maurice Adams
and
Mark Van Hoecke
This cutting-edge book facilitates debate amongst scholars in law, humanities and social sciences, where comparative methodology is far less well anchored in most areas compared to other research methods. It posits that these are disciplines in which comparative research is not simply a bonus, but is of the essence.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802201468
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Law 2021
Cover Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
Conducting and Financing Low-carbon Transitions in China
A Governmentality Perspective
Le-Yin Zhang
Utilizing a governmentality lens, this timely book offers an explanation for China’s decarbonization performance in the early 21st century. Le-Yin Zhang investigates one of the most ambitious governing projects in history, analyzing the political rationalities of Chinese leaders for decarbonization and the governing techniques and technologies at multiple levels of governance.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788977395
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Political Science and Public Policy 2021
Cover Handbook of Digital Inequality
Handbook of Digital Inequality
Editor:
Eszter Hargittai
This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and differences in their digital skills, it unpacks the implications of digital inequality on life outcomes.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
19 Nov 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788116572
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Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021