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considerable scholarly disagreement. In this timely book, Dr Arnlaug Leira presents both a theoretical and an empirical analysis of...... more

Drawing both on micro and macro, national and comparative studies, this volume traces some of the tr... more

How to respond to the needs of working parents has become a pressing social policy issue in contempo... more

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Despite the growing awareness of globalization, the main bulk of empirical work in the social scienc... more

This analysis of regional cultures is the 17th part in a series on social research. Topics covered i... more

Focusing upon the area of social methodology, this volume examines diverse approaches toward sociolo... more

Demographic and societal changes are strongly affecting the contexts of childhood and the experience... more

This volume represents the present state of the art in theoretical debate in welfare state scholarsh... more