Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South... Læs mere
Why do top-down reforms to public services so often over-promise and under-deliver? Using five concepts from psychology, economics and organisational sociology and diverse examples of successes and failures, Thomas Elston addresses this pressing question of good governance.
East Asian societies and welfare systems are rapidly changing. This original volume considers welfare attitudes in East Asia,... Læs mere
How do we engage with the threat of social and environmental degradation while creating and maintaining liveable and just worlds? Researchers from diverse backgrounds unpack this question through a series of original and committed contributions to this wide-ranging volume.
Capitalism only celebrates success, and it can be difficult to know what to do when it is confronted with failure. This book explores what happens when people go broke, and what the experience of bankruptcy and insolvency is like up close.
This book focuses on migrant smuggling and trafficking in Italy, Spain and Greece, tackling key issues such as the role of criminals and the economic factors that expose migrants to exploitation upon arrival.
This volume brings together findings and insights on innovation in the practice, research and education of social work, with a particular focus on the role of participation, collaboration and co-creation as key drivers of social innovation in these fields.
Despite the high aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, they face barriers that... Læs mere
This book explores the connections between race, place and space, and their role in maintaining racial hierarchies. Focusing on... Læs mere
Drawing on the experiences of young adults after the 2008 economic crisis in Spain, Emotions in Crisis analyses the impact of structural changes in society on individual and collective emotions.
Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Why does scholarship on innovation tend to fixate on particular classes of... Læs mere
Engaging imaginatively with the future of money, this book examines the real-life efforts of grassroots movements and activists from across the... Læs mere