Sociology & Social Policy

Corporate Welfare..

This title was first published in 2001. Its main focus is on corporatism - which is largely concerned with representative structures between the state and organized interests. The book covers corporatism in both theoretical and descriptive forms and looks at consensus building in practice...

This book presents a discussion of the relation between organized criminals and corruption in the EU’s 27 Member States. The book draws on research and scholarly work carried out to provide an analysis of the specific national contexts in which corruption and organised crime thrive, and presents cas..

This book presents a discussion of the relation between organized criminals and corruption in the EU’s 27 Member States. The book draws on research and scholarly work carried out to provide an analysis of the specific national contexts in which corruption and organised crime thrive, and presents cas..

Renowned editors and contributors have come together to produce one of the first books to tackle cosmopolitanism from a geographical perspective. It employs a range of approaches to provide a valuable grounded treatment...

First published in 1999. This text aims to consider how the financial controller/management accountant decides to design a cost management system given the range of approaches to cost managment advocated in recent years...

First published in 1998. This work contributes to the discussion of Knight by showing that uncertainty broadens the conception of economic welfare, and that a new cost analysis holds the key to unlocking the Knightian corpus...

Published in 1993. Valid and useful costings in social and health care depend not only on a knowledge of costing theory but also on overcoming the practical difficulties involved. The authors of this book draw on eighteen years of research at the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) to des..

Covering Disaster..

Covering the Courts..

Covering the Courts..

Published in 1997. Providing an analysis of the science and technology policies of the United States and Japan, this book shows how these policies have led to different market outcomes...