Category: Textbooks

The Irish Welfare State in the Twenty-First Century, (PDF) provides a critical and theoretically-informed assessment of the nature and kinds of structural change occurring in the Irish welfare state in the context of the 2008 economic crisis. Its all-embracing framework for conceptualising and analysing welfare state change and its economic,

Tepperman’s Real-Life Sociology: A Canadian Approach (PDF) incorporates a theoretical approach with relatable and readable examples, providing an interesting and thought-provoking introduction to the key concepts and issues in Canadian sociology today. Keeping pace with our complicated and changing society, this ebook tackles pertinent topics such as cyberbullying, precarious job

From the future of work to the nature of our nearest relationships, how do we comprehend the connections between our personal troubles and broader public issues in society today? Public Sociology, 4th Edition, (PDF) highlights the relevance of a grounded sociological perspective to Australian social life. It encourages students to

The Handbook of Investors’ Behavior during Financial Crises (ePub) provides fundamental information about investor behavior during turbulent periods, such as the 2008 global financial crisis or the 2000 dot-com crash. Contributors share the same behavioral finance techniques and tools while analyzing behaviors across a variety of asset classes and market

Material Culture in Russia and the USSR (PDF) comprises some of the most cutting-edge scholarships across history, anthropology, and material and cultural studies relating to Russia and the Soviet Union, from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin. Material culture in Russia and the USSR holds a particularly important role, as