Author : Ronan Paddison
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 20,72 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780803976955
This handbook is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary and up-to-date account of the urban condition, and of the theories through which the structure, development and changing character of the city is understood.
Author : Miguel A. Martínez
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 2024-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1800888902
Emphasising the social, critical and situated dimensions of the urban, this comprehensive Research Handbook presents a unique collection of theoretical and empirical perspectives on urban sociology. Bringing together expert contributors from across the world, it provides a rich overview and research agenda for contemporary urban sociological scholarship.
Author : Rolf Becker
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 621 pages
File Size : 41,23 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Education
ISBN : 1788110420
Presenting original contributions from the key experts in the field, the Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education explores the major theoretical, methodological, empirical and political challenges and pressing social questions facing education in current times.
Author : Kazepov, Yuri
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 2022-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788116151
The importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban social policies in context, and bridges the gap in research.
Author : Portugali, Juval
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 33,99 MB
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789900123
Written by some of the founders of complexity theory and complexity theories of cities (CTC), this Handbook expertly guides the reader through over forty years of intertwined developments: the emergence of general theories of complex self-organized systems and the consequent emergence of CTC.
Author : Manzo, Gianluca
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 46,58 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789906857
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 topic as well as its major explanatory mechanisms and methods.
Author : Norbert F. Schneider
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1788975545
Exploring how family life has radically changed in recent decades, this comprehensive Research Handbook tracks the latest developments and trends in scholarly work on the family. With a particular focus on the European context, it addresses current debates and offers insights into key topics including: the division of housework, family forms and living arrangements, intergenerational relationships, partner choice, divorce and fertility behaviour.
Author : Sako Musterd
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 17,1 MB
Release : 2020-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1788115600
The Handbook of Urban Segregation scrutinises key debates on spatial inequality in cities across the globe. It engages with multiple domains, including residential places, public spaces and the field of education. In addition it tackles crucial group-dimensions across race, class and culture as well as age groups, the urban rich, middle class, and gentrified households. This timely Handbook provides a key contribution to understanding what urban segregation is about, why it has developed, what its consequences are and how it is measured, conceptualised and framed.
Author : Jiří Přibáň
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,51 MB
Release : 2020-12-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 1789905184
This unique Research Handbook maps the historical, theoretical, and methodological concepts in sociology of law, exploring the rich and complex nature of this area of research. It argues that sociology of law flourishes due to its strong capacity for interdisciplinary engagement and links to other scientific concepts, methodologies and research fields.
Author : Franzen, Axel
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 10,97 MB
Release : 2021-11-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1800370458
This Research Handbook presents the state of the art of empirical sociological research on the causes of, and solutions to, pressing environmental problems. It provides cutting-edge insights into some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity, including anthropogenic climate change and environmental pollution. The contributors argue that profound collective efforts to protect the environment are vital for sustainable development and offer practical solutions to specific contemporary issues.
