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Explains how data for SROI analysis can be collectedFeatures case studies that demonstrate how SROI analyses can be set up and carried outDiscusses potential developments in SROI analysisAuthor:...

This book opens up a unique intellectual space where eleven female scholar-activists explore alternative forms of theorising social reality. These'Women on the Verge' demonstrate that a new radical...

This book seeks to explore a fundamental obscurity in electoral behavior literature: while socioeconomic status is typically robustly and positively associated with a higher propensity for voting...

Social Structure, Value Orientations and Party Choice in Western EuropeAuthor: Oddbj?rn KnutsenPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Aug 03, 2017Number of Pages: 303 pagesBinding: Hardback...

Critically exploring the presuppositions of contemporary social theory, this collection argues for a trans-civilizational dialogue and a deepening of the universe of intellectual discourse in order...

This book explores the relevance of social networking from the perspective of its users to reveal the sociological significance of (inter)active experiences on Facebook. In doing so, the work...

This book explores the multifaceted obstacles to social change that India, Myanmar and Thailand face, and ways to overcome them. With a collection of essays that identify common challenges and...

This book explores responses to authoritarianism in Turkish society through popular culture by examining feature films and television serials produced between 1980 and 2010 about the 1980 coup...

This book explores how social trust impacts the Chinese economy. Due to the profound social changes brought by rapid urbanization, China's traditional social trust system gradually weakens. How to...

This book provides a foundational look at social virtual worlds from the geographer?s perspective. How can the geographer?s craft be applied to social virtual worlds? This question is addressed...

At a time of significant transformations in Chinese society, this book addresses the key issue of social welfare and the reform of the welfare system in 21st century China. Considering both the...

This book is aimed at exploring the relevance of social-emotional competencies for preventing preschool children's behavior problems. The content provides an overview of how evidence from fundamental...

East Germany? economic history is typically told as a story of the unravelling of an inherently flawed system. Yet, while the system? inefficiency is undeniable, its economic history was much richer...

Socialist Internationalism in the Cold War: Exploring the Second WorldAuthor: Patryk BabirackiPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Dec 20, 2016Number of Pages: 355 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

This book bridges the fields of critical youth studies, community psychology, and sociology to offer a transdisciplinary analysis of youth voice, participation, and activism, as well as of creative...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of ?societal deception? - how and why people are deceived and led to believe fake news. Coherently blending critical political economy and sociology, the...

This book provides a broad survey of Chinese rural households, examining ongoing changes in Chinese society and economy through the lens of the situation of rural families in China. Based on data...

This book studies governance capacity and governance legitimacy for societal security and crisis management. It highlights the importance of building organizational capacity by focusing on the...

Welfare state governance is about tackling social issues, empowering citizens, and adding societal value. It is also about improving public health and quality of life, alleviating inequality, and...

Explores the previously under-examined topic of construction activities and their effect on human histories, geographies and sociologies. Offers a cross-disciplinary approach from a broad range of...

This book explores new societal paradigms related to current debates and discusses how we can confront aspects of those debates which do not fit into a traditional social model. It proposes a...

This book offers one of the most comprehensive studies of social pathology to date, following a cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative approach. It is written for anyone concerned with...

The Socio-Economic Approach to Management (SEAM) is a management methodology for developing the sustainable performance of organizations. It finds its roots in a socially responsible vision of...

This book honors the diverse and path-breaking work of Michael Adler, a pioneer of socio-legal scholarship in the UK. The book brings together an international group of scholars?established and...

This book examines the connection between socio-politics and security in the Arab World. In an effort to understand the social and political developments that have been on-going in the Arab World...

1: - Panel Members.- 2: - Socio-technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-food Systems Transformation.- 3;- The State of Agri-food Systems and Agri-food Value Chains in 2020.- 4: - Key External Drivers...

Tackles the crisis and the related growing debate on economic inequalities, the rise of Euroscepticism and the change of the political landscape Engages with timely issues of European fragmentation,...

This textbook analyses the work of classical and contemporary sociological theorists. The first part is dedicated to Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Pareto, and Simmel. The second part covers...

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the various sociologies of New Zealand from the late 19th century to the present day. Opening with previously undocumented insights into the...

This open access book presents a condensed history of Sociology in Mexico from its origins, through to the middle of the 19th century and up to the present day. The book analyses the interaction...