Social Science category: 175800 books
Econodynamics
The Theory of Social Production
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
This book, now in its third edition, explores how human populations grow, based on their creative abilities. To reconsider the theory of economic growth from a physicist's perspective, the book analyses the concepts of value and utility and their relationship to thermodynamic concepts. This approach...
Variations of the Welfare State
Great Britain, Sweden, France and Germany Between Capitalism and Socialism
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In the burgeoning literature on welfare regimes and typologies, this comparative study offers a stimulating new perspective. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, emphasizes norms, culture and history, in contrast to political economy approaches. Comparing Britain, Sweden,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
The Handbook of Rational Choice Social Research offers the first comprehensive overview of how the rational choice paradigm can inform empirical research within the social sciences. This landmark collection highlights successful empirical applications across a broad array of disciplines, including...
by Dr. Richard K. Caputo
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Policy Analysis for Social Workers offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to understanding the process of policy development and analysis for effective advocacy. This user-friendly model helps students get excited about understanding policy as a product, a process, and as performance—a unique...
Money Talks
Explaining How Money Really Works
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make sense of it? Money Talks is the first book to offer a wide range of alternative and unexpected...
by Julie Prescott, Jan Bogg
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Gender segregation is an issue that still exists in today’s society. With the dominance of men in the science, engineering, and technology sectors, there is still a question of the underrepresentation of women. It is even apparent that in the positions that are predominately female, such as nursing,...
Television Drama in Contemporary China
Political, social and cultural phenomena
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Due to high audience numbers and the significant influence upon the opinions and values of viewers, the political leadership in China attributes great importance to the impact of television dramas. Many successful TV serials have served as useful conduits to disseminate official rhetoric and mainstream...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2014
Given the high rate of social media use by the public, organizations are compelled to engage with key audiences through these outlets. Social media engagement requires organizations to actively participate with public groups, and this highly-interactive exchange raises a new set of ethical concerns...
Precision Journalism
A Reporter's Introduction to Social Science Methods
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2002
Philip Meyer's work in precision journalism established a new and ongoing trend-the use by reporters of social science research techniques to increase the depth and accuracy of major stories. In this fully updated, fourth edition of the classic Precision Journalism (known as The New Precision Journalism...
Postgrowth and Wellbeing
Challenges to Sustainable Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This book presents a detailed and critical discussion about how human wellbeing can be maintained and improved in a postgrowth era. It highlights the close links between economic growth, market capitalism, and the welfare state demonstrating that, in many ways, wellbeing outcomes currently depend...
The Great Acceleration
How the World is Getting Faster, Faster
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The Great Acceleration is an energizing account from a brilliant new writer of how our society is speeding up--and why we should embrace it.
In this revelatory study of modern living, Robert Colvile inspects the various ways in which the pace of life in our society is increasing and examines...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
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Written by internationally renowned experts, each chapter provides a full introduction to a key aspect of research methodology....
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Long a fruitful area of scrutiny for students of organizations, the study of institutions is undergoing a renaissance in contemporary social science. This volume offers, for the first time, both often-cited foundation works and the latest writings of scholars associated with the "institutional"...
The Activist's Handbook
Winning Social Change in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of The Activist's Handbook, Randy Shaw’s hard-hitting guide to winning social change, the author brings the strategic and tactical guidance of the prior edition into the age of Obama. Shaw details how activists can best use the Internet and social media,...