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The Capability Approach
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 53.00An analysis of Amartya Sen's capability approach in the context of poverty and justice. more...
The EU and Social Inclusion
The Policy Press 2006; US$ 99.00Social cohesion is one of the declared objectives of the European Union and, with some 16% of EU citizens at risk of poverty, the need to fight poverty and social exclusion continues as a major challenge. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the EU Social Inclusion Process, the means by which it hopes to meet this objective, and explores the... more...
How to Make Friends
SAGE Publications 2008; US$ 29.00This book provides a comprehensive guide for schools to enable positive peer relationships and enhance social inclusion more...
Changing Values, Persisting Cultures
BRILL 2008; US$ 110.00In 1981, the European and World Values surveys started the empirical investigation of cultural values on a global scale. This book builds upon the findings of these surveys and analyzes value change in various countries around the globe. more...
Measuring and Mapping Cultures
BRILL 2007; US$ 121.00Based on the data from the European and World Values Studies, this volume discusses basic theoretical and methodological issues of value research and focuses on some of the most basic processes of value change: cultural globalization, individualization, secularization and democratization. more...
Measuring Justice
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 26.00Examines and evaluates two approaches to social justice, the capabilities approach and the primary goods approach. more...
Sozialversicherungsrecht und sonstige Bereiche des Sozialrechts
Erich Schmidt Verlag 2009; US$ 29.53Hauptbeschreibung Die Sozialversicherung und die übrigen Bereiche des Sozialrechts bilden eine solide Basis für die soziale Existenz jeden Bürgers. Das Sozialgesetzbuch regelt in seinen 12 Büchern den weitaus größten Teil des Sozialrechts. Die systematische Gliederung dieses Werkes orientiert sich deshalb auch am Aufbau des SGB. Aber das eBook berücksichtigt... more...
Sustainable Justice and the Community
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010; US$ 114.95Sustainable Justice and the Community is an attempt to locate justice in a workable and sustainable way within the community, introducing 'Sustainable Justice' as a key concept for the coming century. This volume is a critical examination of three key concepts which need to be understood for the management of today's flexible and fluid... more...
Why Things Matter to People
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 26.00Andrew Sayer suggests how social science can better understand people's concerns and values, especially their ethical sentiments and dispositions. more...
You're History!
Continuum International Publishing 2005; US$ 160.00This book arose out of a challenge. The challenge was made by Bob Geldof to the British academic and historian Michelle Brown. Pop singers raise huge sums of money for Band Aid and touch the hearts of people from all walks of life. But to give money can be an easy way out. How does the so called intellientsia respond with their minds(not just their... more...









