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  • Social Capital

    by Joonmo Son ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    Social capital is a principal concept across the social sciences and has readily entered into mainstream discourse. In short, it is popular. However, this popularity has taken its toll. Social capital suffers from a lack of consensus because of the varied ways it is measured, defined, and deployed by different researchers. It has been put to work in ways that stretch and confuse its conceptual ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Social Capital and Institutional Constraints

    A Comparative Analysis of China, Taiwan and the US

    by Joonmo Son ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
    The sociological concept of social capital has grown in popularity in recent years and research programs in North America, Europe, and East Asia have demonstrated how social capital has a significant impact on occupational mobility, community building, social movement, and economic development.This book uses new empirical data to test how social capital works in different societies with diverse ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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  • Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculum

    Purposes, Possibilities, and Challenges

    by Yatta Kanu ...
    From improved critical thinking to increased self-esteem and school retention, teachers and students have noted many benefits to bringing Aboriginal viewpoints into public school classrooms. In Integrating Aboriginal Perspectives Into the School Curriculum, Yatta Kanu provides the first comprehensive study of how these frameworks can be effectively implemented to maximize Indigenous students' ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Korean Immigrants in Canada

    Perspectives on Migration, Integration, and the Family

    by Samuel Noh, Ann Kim, Marianne Noh ...
    Series series Asian Canadian Studies
    Koreans are one of the fastest-growing visible minority groups in Canada today. However, very few studies of their experiences in Canada or their paths of integration are available to public and academic communities. Korean Immigrants in Canada provides the first scholarly collection of papers on Korean immigrants and their offspring from interdisciplinary, social scientific perspectives.The ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Inclusive Education

    by Harry (Professor in Special Education and Educational Psychology Daniels, Philip (Professor of Special Education Needs Garner ...
    This volume provides overviews and approaches to inclusive education from around the world. It defines the philosophical, political, educational and social implications of "inclusion", and maps out the dilemmas facing its successful implementation. ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

  • Populist Authoritarianism

    Chinese Political Culture and Regime Sustainability

    by Wenfang Tang ...
    Populist Authoritarianism focuses on the Chinese Communist Party, which governs the world's largest population in a single-party authoritarian state. Wenfang Tang attempts to explain the seemingly contradictory trends of the increasing number of protests on the one hand, and the results of public opinion surveys that consistently show strong government support on the other hand. The book points to ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Public Policy

    Edited by Eduardo Araral, Scott Fritzen, Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh, Xun Wu ...
    This Handbook provides a comprehensive global survey of the policy process. Written by an outstanding line up of distinguished scholars and practitioners, the Handbook covers all aspects of the policy process including:Theory – from rational choice to the new institutionalismFrameworks – network theory, advocacy coalition and development modelsKey stages in the process – Formulation, ... Read more

    $131.91 CAD

  • Freedom Rising

    Human Empowerment and the Quest for Emancipation

    by Christian Welzel ...
    This book presents a comprehensive theory of why human freedom gave way to increasing oppression since the invention of states - and why this trend began to reverse itself more recently, leading to a rapid expansion of universal freedoms and democracy. Drawing on a massive body of evidence, the author tests various explanations of the rise of freedom, providing convincing support of a well ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Social Cohesion and Immigration in Europe and North America

    Mechanisms, Conditions, and Causality

    Edited by Ruud Koopmans, Bram Lancee, Merlin Schaeffer ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Concerns about immigration and the rising visibility of minorities have triggered a lively scholarly debate on the consequences of ethnic diversity for trust, cooperation, and other aspects of social cohesion. In this accessibly written volume, leading scholars explore where, when, and why ethnic diversity affects social cohesion by way of analyses covering the major European immigration countries ... Read more

    $90.68 CAD

  • Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe

    The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity

    Edited by Marge Unt, Michael Gebel, Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, Dirk Hofäcker ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity, and the subsequent consequences.Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences ... Read more

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  • The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

    Edited by Judith Treas, Jacqueline Scott, Martin Richards ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
    Written by an international team of experts, this comprehensive volume investigates modern-day family relationships, partnering, and parenting set against a backdrop of rapid social, economic, cultural, and technological change.Covers a broad range of topics, including social inequality, parenting practices, children’s work, changing patterns of citizenship, multi-cultural families, and changes in ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Open versus Closed

    Personality, Identity, and the Politics of Redistribution

    by Christopher D. Johnston, Christopher M. Federico, Howard G. Lavine ...
    Debates over redistribution, social insurance, and market regulation are central to American politics. Why do some citizens prefer a large role for government in the economic life of the nation while others wish to limit its reach? In Open versus Closed, the authors argue that these preferences are not always what they seem. They show how deep-seated personality traits underpinning the culture ... Read more

    $34.39 CAD