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  • Organized Crime and Statesby Jean-Louis Briquet; Gilles Favarel-Garrigues

    Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 95.00

    In contrast to a globalizing approach to 'transnational organized crime,' this edited volume studies socio-historical environments in which mafia-esque violence has found a fertile ground for growth and development within the political arena. more...

  • Double Standardby James W. Russell

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010; US$ 26.99

    The second edition of Double Standard analyzes how and why social policy and welfare states evolved differently in Western Europe and the United States. Exploring common social problems?from poverty to family support to ethnic and racial conflict?the book shows the disparate consequences to these different approaches. The new edition includes... more...

  • Migration and Social Protectionby Rachel Sabates-Wheeler; Rayah Feldman

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 100.00

    The growing scale of international migration has reshaped the debate on the social rights and social protection available to people outside their countries of origin. This book uses conceptual frameworks, policy analysis and empirical studies of migrants to explore international migrants' needs for and access to social protection across the world. more...

  • The Welfare State in Canadaby Allan Moscovitch

    Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 32.95

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  • A Critical Humanitarian Intervention Approachby Karina Z. Butler

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00

    A Critical Humanitarian Intervention Approach explores ways of reconceptualising security in terms of Ken Booth's Theory of World Security. This approach, focusing on human development more broadly can improve upon the theoretical and practical limitations of solidarist theories on the subject of humanitarian intervention. more...

  • The Third Lieby Richard J Gelles

    Left Coast Press 2011; US$ 22.95

    “I am from the government and I am here to help you” is one of the three biggest lies, or so the old joke goes. Richard J. Gelles, dean of social policy at University of Pennsylvania, explains why government programs designed to cure social ills don’t work in sector after sector…and never could work. He demonstrates how each... more...

  • The New Regulatory Stateby Professor Lutz Leisering

    Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 100.00

    Explores the role of governments in creating and regulating private pensions in the UK and Germany since the 1980s. Private pensions have given rise to a new regulatory state in this area. The contributing authors compare pension regulation and utility regulation, while others analyse the regulatory role of the EU. more...

  • Transformations of the Swedish Welfare Stateby Bengt Larsson; Martin Letell; Håkan Thörn

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 95.00

    Using an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations taking place in the Swedish welfare state.     more...

  • The Sociology of Terrorismby Stephen Vertigans

    Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 44.95

    This is the first terrorism textbook based on sociological research. It adopts an innovative framework that draws together historical and modern, local and global, and social processes for a range of individuals, groups and societies. Individual behaviour and dispositions are embedded within these broader relationships and activities, allowing a more... more...

  • Social Security Programs and Retirement around the Worldby David A. Wise

    University of Chicago Press 2012; US$ 100.00

    In nearly every industrialized country, large aging populations and increased life expectancy have placed enormous pressure on social security programs—and, until recently, the pressure has been compounded by a trend toward retirement at an earlier age. With a larger fraction of the population receiving benefits, in coming decades social security... more...