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Social Economics
Current and Emerging Avenues
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
A rich collection of current research in the growing field of social economics, covering such issues as culture, gender, ethics, and philanthropic behavior.
The growing field of social economics explores how individual behavior is affected by group-level influences, extending the approach of...
Social Cohesion in the Western World
What Holds Societies Together: Insights from the Social Cohesion Radar
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Many people in the Western world are concerned that the social fabric of societies is fraying. This book constitutes the first-of-its-kind systematic account of social cohesion, from theory through methodology to empirical evidence. Readers are introduced to the academically developed Social Cohesion...
by Lane Kenworthy
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
America is the one of the wealthiest nations on earth. So why do so many Americans struggle to make ends meet? Why is it so difficult for those who start at the bottom to reach the middle class? And why, if a rising economic tide lifts all boats, have middle-class incomes been growing so slowly? Social...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
This timely textbook, reflecting the trends and developments in the nonprofit sector over the past decade, encompasses the core competencies required to lead nonprofit organizations through social innovation and impact during the 21st century. It fills a knowledge gap for leaders, managers, practitioners,...
Decoding the Social World
Data Science and the Unintended Consequences of Communication
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
How data science and the analysis of networks help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences.
Social life is full of paradoxes. Our intentional actions often trigger outcomes that we did not intend or even envision. How do we explain those unintended effects and what can we do to regulate...
Politics in Time
History, Institutions, and Social Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
This groundbreaking book represents the most systematic examination to date of the often-invoked but rarely examined declaration that "history matters." Most contemporary social scientists unconsciously take a "snapshot" view of the social world. Yet the meaning of social events...
Green Social Work
From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally.
This compelling new contribution confronts this topic...
The Limits of Mathematical Modeling in the Social Sciences
The Significance of Gödel's Incompleteness Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
Current mathematical models are notoriously unreliable in describing the time evolution of unexpected social phenomena, from financial crashes to revolution. Can such events be forecast? Can we compute probabilities about them? Can we model them? This book investigates and attempts to answer these...
by Carl L. Bankston III
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015
In recent years, immigration researchers have increasingly drawn on the concept of social capital and the role of social networks to understand the dynamics of immigrant experiences. How can they help to explain what brings migrants from some countries...
Social Movements and Global Social Change
The Rising Tide
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Social Movements and Global Social Change teaches students not only about how social change occurs but also how social movements can contribute to this change. The book links two concepts in sociology that are often related in real life, but that can seem disconnected in traditional approaches to...
Social Stratification
Trends and Processes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Research into social stratification and social divisions has always been a central component of sociological study. This volume brings together a range of thematically organised case-studies comprising empirical and methodological analyses addressing the challenges of studying trends and processes...
Arguments for Welfare
The Welfare State and Social Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
This book makes the case for the welfare state. Nearly every government in the developed world offers some form of social protection, and measures to improve the social and economic well-being of its citizens. However, the provision of welfare is under attack. The critics argue that welfare states...
Global social policy in the making
The foundations of the social protection floor
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
The global economic crisis continue to dominate headlines, yet measures to build a social floor under the global economy and reform global governance have received little attention. In 2012 the Social Protection Floor was adopted as a global social policy measure ensuring that all could have access...
Cinematic Social Studies
A Resource for Teaching and Learning Social Studies With Film
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Action! Film is a common and powerful element in the social studies classroom and Cinematic Social Studies explores teaching and learning social studies with film. Teaching with film is a prominent teaching strategy utilized by many teachers on a regular basis. Cinematic Social Studies moves readers...