SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY January - March 2025 New Titles Update www.e-elgar.com www.elgaronline.com www.elgar.blog THOUGHTFUL INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING
TEXTBOOKS FROM ELGAR From affordable essential student books to highly specialised upper level courses, we produce highquality undergraduate and postgraduate textbooks across Sociology and Social Policy. Our textbooks are course focused and extensively evaluated to ensure they offer the very best in student learning and pedagogy. Many Elgar textbooks are accompanied by additional online teaching resources. Complementary materials include teaching notes and slides, toolkits, example answers to practice questions, links to useful online resources and multimedia links. We offer a range of digital and print formats, for individual and institutional purchase. Examination Copies: Free and immediate access to examination copies is available through Vitalsource for many of our textbooks. Browse our textbooks ▲ ▲ ▲
3 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com Handbook of Progressive Politics Edited by Alice Mattoni, University of Bologna, Italy ‘This volume is a must-read resource for scholars and activists interested in contemporary progressive politics in a historical context. Excellent chapters by a wide range of scholars examine progressive politics around the world, key actors such as political parties and unions, numerous issues such as racism and climate change, and new developments such as digitalization.’ – Suzanne Staggenborg, University of Pittsburgh, US March 2025 c 528 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 063 4 c £230.00 / c $320.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks in Political Science AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK Rethinking Political Identity Citizens and Parties in Europe Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany ‘Colin Crouch’s essentially geographical approach helps to explain why most of the established political parties of Europe persist, yet come to represent and have the support of a declining share of the electorate, almost regardless of their performance whilst in government. An extremely valuable contribution.’ – Danny Dorling, University of Oxford, UK March 2025 c 326 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 152 5 c £110.00 / c $155.00 March 2025 Paperback 978 1 80088 154 9 c £33.95 / c $49.95 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Political Science and International Studies series Research Handbook on Multiculturalism Edited by Geoffrey Brahm Levey, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia ‘This important collection will be invaluable both to those thinking about multiculturalism for the first time and to those who have long been engaged with the debates. It is particularly interesting in exploring the resistance of indigenous peoples to incorporation within a multicultural framework, and a recent disappointment with the effects of multicultural policies among some of those who remain strong defenders.’ – Anne Phillips, London School of Economics, UK March 2025 c 502 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 399 4 c £185.00 / c $260.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbooks in Political Thought series The Intersection of Global Health and Sustainable Development An International Perspective Edited by Corinne Schuster-Wallace and Lalita Bharadwaj, University of Saskatchewan, Canada This perceptive book highlights the significance of the natural intersection between global health and sustainable development, presenting new ways to simultaneously advance progress in both fields. March 2025 c 196 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 597 4 c £85.00 / c $120.00 eBook • Elgaronline SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025
4 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025 Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South Edited by Nikhil Deb, California Polytechnic State University, Manjusha Nair, George Mason University, USA and Glenn W. Muschert, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates ‘The idea of social justice has inspired generations of people to struggle for more humane societies. Yet the paths have always been marked by chasms and blocks. This excellent Handbook introduces a variety of sites, in addition to organized struggles, where people imagine and claim justice. The excellence of the book rests on the variety of scholarship... These chapters, their emphases, and cadences showcase the wealth of scholarship in the Global South and contribute to the ongoing process of decolonizing sociology.’ – Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut, USA March 2025 c 608 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 114 3 c £245.00 / c $345.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies Edited by Rob Cover, RMIT University and Christy E. Newman, UNSW Sydney, Australia ‘This is an outstanding collection of new work, which introduces the curious reader to vibrant snapshots of the rich and innovative research being pioneered within queer studies today. Its view of the field is comprehensive and the Encyclopedia is likely to be a rich source for students and activists to draw upon for years to come. It would also make a brilliant gift!’ – Sally R. Munt, University of Sussex, UK March 2025c 408 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 209 6 c £200.00 / c $280.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series A Modern Guide to Refugee Education Comparative Perspectives and Innovative Practices Edited by Julie Matthews, The University of Adelaide and Quentin Maire, The University of Melbourne, Australia ‘This new collection of interdisciplinary research takes stock of educational research, policy, and practice across diverse contexts. Thoughtfully selected cases document how different educational systems, policies, and possibilities for belonging produce unequal consequences for refugees in settings of asylum and resettlement.’ – Michelle J. Bellino, University of Michigan, USA March 2025 c 434 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 839 5 c £130.00 / c $180.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Modern Guides Research Handbook on Adult Learning and Education Edited by Nalita James, University of Warwick, Kevin Orr, University of Huddersfield and Sharon Clancy, University of Nottingham, UK ‘Based on critical dialogues around the many facets of adults’ learning experiences, this book unconventionally highlights ways to rethink emancipatory adult education in the contemporary world. Professionals engaged with adults’ education and learning in various settings should read this book. They will find countless sources of inspiration to make education accessible and empowering for all.’ – Marcella Milana, University of Verona, Italy March 2025 c 258 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 665 0 c £170.00 / c $240.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks in Education Robot Law: Volume II Edited by Ryan Calo, University of Washington School of Law, A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law, USA and Kristen Thomasen, University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Canada ‘Robot Law: Volume II assembles cuttingedge scholarship from leading experts, many of whom are regular contributors to the prestigious We Robot Conferences. This timely volume offers incisive analysis of pressing legal and ethical challenges posed by AI and robots; from autonomous machines to algorithmicgenerated issues. This is an indispensable resource for interested scholars, policymakers, and anyone grappling with the societal impacts of emerging technologies.’ – Fumio Shimpo, Keio University, Japan March 2025 c 384 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 729 9 c £130.00 / c $180.00 eBook • Elgaronline Handbook on Child Poverty and Inequality Edited by Alberto Minujin, Equity for Children, The New School and Enrique Delamonica, UNICEF ‘This is an essential Handbook for all those who recognize that children remain invisible in the economic policy debate and want to do something about it, both by improving the way in which we understand and measure child poverty, and by transforming political priorities and policies so that child poverty is effectively addressed in its complexity.’ – Leonardo Garnier, Minister of Education (2006-2014), Costa Rica March 2025 c 576 pp Hardback 978 1 80220 042 3 c £240.00 / c $335.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks on Inequality
5 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com The Elgar Companion to Regulating Platform Work Insights from the Food Delivery Sector Edited by Kurt Vandaele and Silvia Rainone, European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels, Belgium ‘Bringing together leading voices, this Companion offers a critical and forwardlooking analysis of how to regulate the industry’s impact on work and workers. With insightful case studies and expert analysis, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of work and the gig economy.’ – Mark Graham, University of Oxford, UK March 2025 c 312 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2113 1 c £180.00 / c $250.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbook on Classroom Observation Edited by Sean Kelly, University of Pittsburgh, USA ‘This Research Handbook is urgently needed. Efforts to improve teaching and learning are incomplete without attention to what’s actually happening in classrooms. Meanwhile, developments in technology have opened new vistas for classroom-based research. Scholars and instructional leaders alike will find this Research Handbook to be an essential resource for understanding the challenge and opportunities of classroom observations.’ – Adam Gamoran, William T. Grant Foundation, USA March 2025 c 400 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2153 7 c £200.00 / c $280.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks in Education Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals Critical Case Studies and Contexts to Advance Agenda 2030 Edited by Roser Manzanera-Ruiz, María Pilar Tudela-Vázquez and Nacho AlvarezLucena, University of Granada, Spain ‘With clarity and confidence, this remarkable collection critically reflects on the role of universities as promoters of sustainable development. Through different experiences and case studies, it also produces a manifesto inspiring lecturers and researchers, students and civil society to act towards a future that is truly just and sustainable.’ – Daria Quatrida, University of Padua, Italy March 2025 c 208 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 4282 2 c £95.00 / c $135.00 eBook • Elgaronline Progressing the Sustainable Development Goals series Handbook of Trust and Social Psychology Edited by the late Kenneth J. Rotenberg, formerly Keele University, UK, Serena Petrocchi, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland, Annalisa Levante and Flavia Lecciso, University of Salento, Italy ’Research on trust, gullibility, and mistrust has contributed to the study of close relationships, whether romantic or therapeutic and to research on our navigation of conflicting testimony whether online, in the courtroom, or beyond. This Handbook with contributors from social psychology, developmental psychology and psychopathology is a rich – and trustworthy – guide to this flourishing field.’ – Paul Harris, Harvard University, USA March 2025 c 352 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 940 8 c £190.00 / c $265.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbooks on Social Psychology series Handbook of Sensitive Research in the Social Sciences Edited by Pranee Liamputtong, VinUniversity, Vietnam ‘This excellent and informative Handbook relates to research that is “sensitive” by virtue of topic, context, or the nature of the research relationship itself. Emphasising qualitative approaches and working with vulnerable individuals and groups, the diverse contributions cover conceptual understandings, research methods, many of them innovative, and the ethical challenges encountered by researchers. Of particular interest are the many reflexive accounts of specific research projects which give insight into carrying out sensitive research in practice.’ – Raymond M. Lee, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK March 2025 c 586 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 1522 2 c £240.00 / c $335.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Analytical Sociology Daniel Little, University of MichiganDearborn and University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA ‘Daniel Little’s book provides an accurate and up-to-date interpretation of the foundational assumptions of analytical sociology, along with a critical assessment of them. Little demonstrates how relaxing some of these assumptions and engaging more actively with other approaches to explanatory sociology could broaden the scope of analytical sociology. Little has produced an insightful, wide-ranging book that is highly recommended for anyone interested in analytical sociology.’ – Tuukka Kaidesoja, University of Eastern Finland, Finland March 2025 c 256 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 1773 8 c £85.00 / c $120.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Sociology series SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025
6 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Crime Rob White, University of Tasmania, Australia ‘If the victory of capital goes hand-in-hand with the ruination of the planet, then this volume is a chronicle of the “wins” of the former and the “losses” of the latter. But the Elgar Encyclopedia of Environmental Crime is also an innovative playbook, and with Rob White’s balanced team of seasoned and emerging scholars, there are reasons for optimism.’ – Avi Brisman, Eastern Kentucky University, USA Feb 2025 c 354 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 382 6 £180.00 / $255.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series The Elgar Companion to Health and the Sustainable Development Goals Edited by Susannah H. Mayhew, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Michael Hammer, Keele University, UK ‘This book is a refreshing addition to the steady stream of publications on the Sustainable Development Goals. The editors describe the book as offering a “hopeful vision”; that indeed it does, providing lessons from history, policy and practice in what can work to enhance health and wellbeing in the midst of a volatile and insecure world.’ – Janet Seeley, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK Feb 2025 c 420 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 723 7 £210.00 / $295.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Companions to the Sustainable Development Goals series Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health Edited by Toba Bryant, Ontario Tech University, Canada ‘This volume provides a much needed critical, contemporary and global analysis of the social determinants of health in an increasingly unequal world. With chapters by leading experts from across the world, I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand and reduce global health inequalities.’ – Clare Bambra, Newcastle University, UK Feb 2025 c 478 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 0208 6 £220.00 / $310.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking the Sociology of Ageing Towards a Sociology of Later Life Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard, University College London, UK ‘“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?” Higgs and Gilleard, in light of emergent circumstances of aging in the 21st century, rightly challenge us to engage with frameworks from contemporary social theory in order to revitalize sociology’s read on later life.’ – David J. Ekerdt, University of Kansas, USA March 2025 c 270 pp Hardback 978 1 80220 211 3 £100.00 / $145.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Sociology series Research Handbook on Social Influence Edited by Radmila Prislin, San Diego State University, USA ‘The Research Handbook on Social Influence offers an unparalleled resource for researchers and scholars of social influence. By casting a net that is both remarkably wide and deep, the Handbook provides the most thoroughgoing consideration I know of how people affect change and are affected by change in others. Serious students of these processes should have a copy readily available on their shelves or devices.’ – Robert Cialdini, Arizona State University, USA Feb 2025 c 424 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 0966 5 £210.00 / $295.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbooks on Social Psychology series Gender, Family and Policy International Perspectives Edited by Sirin Sung, Queen’s University Belfast, UK ‘This book forensically examines the crucial topic of the gendered division of labour in paid and unpaid work, especially care for children, in a wide range of countries. It prompts us to think more deeply about the complex issues involved and the changes in both cultures and policies that could most successfully address these.’ – Fran Bennett, University of Oxford, UK Feb 2025 c 288 pp Hardback 978 1 80220 554 1 £115.00 / $160.00 eBook • Elgaronline New Horizons in Social Policy series SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025
7 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com OPEN ACCESS Critical Perspectives on Predictive Policing Anticipating Proof? Edited by Vasilis Galis, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Helene O.I. Gundhus, University of Oslo, Norway and Antonis Vradis, University of St Andrews, UK ‘This book provides rich empirical and thoughtful conceptual analyses. With its STSinspired, international, interdisciplinary as well as critical approach, it contributes significantly to the debate on predictive policing, which is still incomplete despite numerous related publications.’ – Simon Egbert, Bielefeld University, Germany Feb 2025 c 196 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2302 9 £95.00 / $135.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Educational Theory Education as Expanding Dialogue Rupert Wegerif, University of Cambridge, UK ‘This book offers an original, interesting and very thoughtful perspective on the role of dialogue in education.’ – Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge, UK Feb 2025 c 164 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 640 7 £80.00 / $115.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Education series Handbook on Families and Education Theory, Research and Practice Edited by Sivanes Phillipson, Swinburne University of Technology, Wendy Goff, Australian Catholic University and Susanne Garvis, Griffith University, Australia ‘Families play a pivotal role in optimizing learning. This Handbook makes explicit this under-stated factor in the learning equation. Activating the power of families has the potential to transform the educational experience of every learner … and the effectiveness of every teacher. This book is the first of its kind, providing insights, frameworks, tools and intentional strategies from leaders of the field world-wide to catalyze the impact of families in the education ecosystem. It is timely and profound.’ – Donna Pendergast, Griffith University, Australia Feb 2025 476 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 0067 9 £225.00 / $315.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks in Education Families with Children in a Turbulent Era Edited by Katja Repo, Mia Tammelin, Tampere University and Petteri Eerola, University of Jyväskylä, Finland ‘This impressive book illuminates how global polycrises play out in the everyday life of families. Adopting the original framework of “turbulence”, Katja Repo, Mia Tammelin and Petteri Eerola show how parents and children negotiate unsettling experiences. Microlevel familial routines, as well as macro-level “institutional anchors”, all play a part in creating hope for a better future.’ – Margaret O’Brien, University College London, UK Feb 2025 c 232 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2051 6 £100.00 / $145.00 eBook • Elgaronline In a Turbulent Era series OPEN ACCESS Transforming Development in Education From Coloniality to Rethinking, Reframing and Reimagining Possibilities Edited by Moira V. Faul, Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and NORRAG, Switzerland ‘This fine book of reflections on the decolonising of education by Moira Faul and her colleagues illuminates the continuing role of education in sustaining colonial regimes of truth. But unlike many critiques, we can also find in these pages ways to break the colonial chains both within ourselves and within society. Fascinating collection.’ – Budd Hall, University of Victoria, Canada Feb 2025 c 232 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 3778 1 £100.00 / $145.00 eBook • Elgaronline NORRAG Series on International Education and Development Economyths of Work, Value, and Success in America Elisa Jayne Bienenstock and Skaidra Smith-Heisters, Arizona State University, USA ‘In a clear and accessible style, Economyths punctures some of the longstanding misapprehensions we have about how American society works – about who gets ahead and how – and in doing so, gives us penetrating insights into the nature of inequality and into the dark truths behind the American Dream.’ – Katherine Giuffre, Colorado College, USA Feb 2025 c 144 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 4173 3 £75.00 / $110.00 eBook • Elgaronline SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025
8 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships Edited by Nickola C. Overall,University of Auckland, New Zealand, Jeffry A. Simpson, University of Minnesota, and Justin A. Lavner, University of Georgia, USA ‘A definitive and essential resource, Overall, Simpson, and Lavner’s Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships offers compelling research-based insights into our most important social bonds. Drawing from an impressive team of scholars, this outstanding volume fills a key gap in the field and will be indispensable for anyone studying or treating couples and families. Highly recommended!’ – Thomas Bradbury, University of California, Los Angeles, US Jan 2025 436 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 0925 2 £205.00 / $285.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbooks on Social Psychology series Handbook of Education and Work Edited by Maarten H.J. Wolbers, Radboud University, the Netherlands and Dieter Verhaest, KU Leuven, Belgium ‘This Handbook brings together fantastic scholars who present overviews of and innovations in the scientific study of the education and work nexus. The authors testify that the school-to-work linkage is more complicated than some decades ago. The Handbook is a must-read for those who wish to engage with this ever-expanding field.’ – Herman van de Werfhorst, European University Institute, Italy Jan 2025 452 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 0990 0 £175.00 / $245.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks in Education Handbook of Research Methods in Social Work Edited by Margaret Alston, Penny Buykx, Wendy Foote, and David Betts, University of Newcastle, Australia ‘With so many new challenges facing social work globally, this excellent book provides a timely guide to the uniqueness and strengths of the profession’s diverse research paradigm....... With its special emphasis on Indigenous ways of knowing and the ethical practice of research with populations that are too often silenced, this book will be particularly useful to social workers conducting and using research, now and in the future.’ – Michael Ungar, Dalhousie University, Canada Jan 2025 478 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 1016 6 £220.00 / $310.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Encyclopedia of Global Migration New Mobilities and Artivism Edited by Laura Oso, Universidade da Coruña (UDC) and CISPAC, Natalia Ribas-Mateos, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain and MESOPOLHIS (Aix-en-Provence, Marseille), France and Melissa Moralli, University of Bologna, Italy ‘With a remarkable 195 short and synthetic contributions, this impressive book characterizes diverse transformations and struggles brought on by world migration. Its key concept, artivism, speaks to the meanings, expressions, and values involved in migration, as well as the economics and politics that organize it.’ – Josiah Heyman, University of Texas at El Paso, USA Jan 2025 614 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 0037 2 £270.00 / $380.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series How to Use Writing for Teaching and Learning Suzanne S. Hudd, Robert A. Smart, Andrew Delohery, Quinnipiac University and JT Torres, Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning, Washington and Lee University, USA ‘More than ever in this post-pandemic era, grappling with the advent of AI, writing — no matter the discipline — is the essential tool for deep learning. New and experienced teachers alike will find strategies and exercises to dramatically enhance thinking and learning.’ – Glenda Pritchett, Quinnipiac University, USA Jan 2025 160 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 776 3 £80.00 / $110.00 eBook • Elgaronline How To Guides Handbook of Culture and Social Networks Edited by Nick Crossley, The University of Manchester and Paul Widdop, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK ‘This innovative Handbook advances cultural sociology through a network perspective. Its studies of the social worlds of cultural and leisure activities – music, film, theatre, art, and photography, plus science, sport, and festivals – are complemented by theoretical reflections on the traditional sociology of knowledge temporal dynamics, and the communicative flow of meanings. It is an essential guide for those interested in social network analysis, cultural sociology, and theoretical sociology.’ – John Scott CBE, Universities of Plymouth, Leicester, Essex and Strathclyde, UK Jan 2025 304 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 877 7 £180.00 / $250.00 eBook • Elgaronline Research Handbooks on Social Networks series SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025
9 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com Rethinking Environmental Sociology Moral Claims and Moral Meanings John Hannigan, University of Toronto, Canada ‘John Hannigan’s book offers a comprehensive perspective on environmental morality that stands out in the literature on environmental sociology. An important book that will be of great value to students and especially academics concerned with the relationship between society, morality and the environment.’ – Cristiano Luis Lenzi, University of São Paulo, Brazil Jan 2025 188 pp Hardback 978 1 80392 883 8 £85.00 / $120.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Sociology series NEW IN PAPERBACK How to Stop Being Stuck with your Academic Writing Seonaidh McDonald ‘It was a pleasure to read this book – the personal tone, the flow of the text, the engagement with a subject that I am passionate about. It has truly inspired me to explore new mindsets and techniques for writing. I will start using them right away.’ – Sara Persson, Södertörn University, Sweden 2024 164 pp Hardback 978 1 78990 395 9 £82.00 / $115.00 March 2025 Paperback 978 1 0353 6262 2 c £22.50 / c $35.00 eBook • Elgaronline How To Guides NEW IN PAPERBACK Unconditional Towards Unconditionality in Social Policy Malcolm Torry, University of Bath, previously London School of Economics, Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and formerly Citizen’s Basic Income Trust. He is a Priest in the Church of England and Priest in Charge of St Mary Abchurch, City of London, UK ‘This is an important and timely book. Malcolm Torry rightly argues that the time has come to shift social policy away from the punitive, exclusionary failures commonplace to neoliberalism and towards a more effective, compassionate, and generative unconditionality fit for the complexities of the 21st Century....... This is an important text for anyone wishing to re-think contemporary social policy.’ – Neil Howard, University of Bath, UK 2024 284 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 1324 2 £105.00 / $145.00 2025 Paperback 978 1 0353 5834 2 £32.95 / $47.45 eBook • Elgaronline Generative AI in Higher Education The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Edited by Kätlin Pulk and Riina Koris, Estonian Business School, Estonia ‘This groundbreaking collection explores the terrain of generative AI across education, learning, and pedagogy. Through bringing together a range of perspectives in one volume it offers an entry point for students and researchers seeking to develop an appreciation for, and critical understanding of, the phenomena.’ – John Preston, University of Essex, UK Jan 2025 214 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2601 3 £85.00 / $120.00 eBook • Elgaronline Planetary Biostyles Community-Making and Futures Design in the Age of Extremes Rodanthi Tzanelli, University of Leeds, UK ‘Rodanthi Tzanelli is a superb, thoughtprovoking thinker. This book requires concentration and immersion from its readers, but it rewards plentifully. Planetary Biostyles gives us a meta-perspective to rethink the world we live and act in, with tools and vocabulary that can help us transform mobility and tourism for the better.’ – Johan Edelheim, Hokkaido University, Japan Jan 2025 330 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 4681 3 £110.00 / $155.00 eBook • Elgaronline Handbook on Crime and Inequality Edited by Stephen Farrall, University of Nottingham and Susan McVie, University of Edinburgh, UK ‘The Handbook on Crime and Inequality provides a comprehensive and exciting collection of cutting-edge contributions on the complex relationship between different aspects of crime and inequality. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in theoretically insightful, methodologically innovative, and substantively interesting work on one of the key themes of criminology.’ – Manuel Eisner, University of Cambridge, UK Jan 2025 512 pp Hardback 978 1 80088 359 8 £225.00 / $315.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks on Inequality SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025
10 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com NEW IN PAPERBACK Handbook on Frugal Innovation Edited by André Leliveld, Leiden University and Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities, the Netherlands, Saradindu Bhaduri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, Peter Knorringa, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities and Cees van Beers, Delft University of Technology and Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities, the Netherlands ‘As we confront the growing pressures of resource scarcity and sustainability challenges across the globe, frugal innovation becomes a valuable lens to explore the types of solutions that are needed. This book captures the complexities of frugal innovation and highlights the value of innovations that emerge from constrained environments, mainly in the Global South. A must-read.’ – Erika Kraemer-Mbula, University of Johannesburg, South Africa 2023 444 pp Hardback 978 1 78811 886 6 £206.00 / $299.00 March 2025 Paperback 978 1 0353 6261 5 c £45.95 / c $66.95 eBook • Elgaronline NEW IN PAPERBACK Understanding Society and Knowledge Nico Stehr, Zeppelin University, Germany and University of Alberta, Canada ‘In his new book well known sociologist Nico Stehr draws on several decades of research on the thesis that we live in a knowledge society. One of the many interesting questions he discusses is if knowledge society will turn into knowledge capitalism and what this entails.’ – Richard Swedberg, Cornell University, US 2023 196 pp Hardback 978 1 80220 378 3 £85.00 / $120.00 2025 Paperback 978 1 80220 380 6 £28.95 / $41.95 eBook • Elgaronline Understanding series SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL POLICY TITLES, JAN-MARCH 2025
www.e-elgar.com www.elgaronline.com Join our conversation. Keep up to date on new resources, research and events in your areas of interest. Follow Us on Social Media. BlueSky @elgarpublishing.bsky.social Facebook @Edward Elgar Publishing Instagram @elgar_publishing LinkedIn @Edward Elgar Publishing Youtube @edwardelgarpublishing X @Elgar_Sociology
The digital content platform for libraries. Allows multiple user, university wide access Annual Collection in Sociology & Social Policy www.elgaronline.com sales@e-elgar.co.uk www.e-elgar.com info@e-elgar.co.uk ASK YOUR LIBRARIAN TO REQUEST A FREE TRIAL sales@e-elgar.co.uk (UK & RoW) elgarsales@e-elgar.com (N & S America) Subject Specific eBook Collections include: Our major subject collections are non-overlapping and provide the most cost effective way of acquiring our eBooks. With our Sociology and Social Policy list, we seek to publish the very best research from around the world. Our portfolio in Sociology and Social Policy research includes cutting-edge publications on everything from ageing and pensions,to terrorism and security studies. Our handbooks boast specially commissioned contributions from the key thinkers in their field and are essential for any library. UK & ROW ORDERS Wiley European Distribution Centre New Era Estate Oldlands Way Bognor Regis West Sussex PO22 9NQ UK Tel : +44 1243 843291 customer@wiley.com INFORMATION Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Lypiatts 15 Lansdown Road Cheltenham Glos, GL50 2JA, UK Tel: +44 1242 226934 info@e-elgar.co.uk N & S AMERICA ORDERS Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. PO Box 960 Herndon, VA 20172-0960 US Tel: (800) 390-3149 Fax: (703) 996-1010 elgar.orders@ presswarehouse.com INFORMATION Edward Elgar Publishing Inc The William Pratt House 9 Dewey Court Northampton, MA 01060-3815, US Tel: (413) 584-5551 elgarinfo@e-elgar.com elgarsales@e-elgar.com Essential Collections We have used citation, sales, and Elgaronline usage data to curate Essentials Collections - titles that have stood the test of time in key areas of our list. Featuring wide ranges of topics and written by geographically and ideologically diverse selections of our authors, these are essential collections for libraries building well-rounded and comprehensive collections. Elgaronline allows for unlimited simultaneous user access and DRM free chapter downloading so these resources can easily be used in courses. With this collection, your researchers will have access to some of the best writing from across their field. In the Essentials Collections Available Now: Essentials in Climate Change Essentials in Education Policy Essentials in Sociology Essentials in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Essentials in Social Policy Essentials in UN Sustainable Development Goals AI & Disruptive Technology Comparative Social Policy & Welfare Development Studies Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Gender Health & Well-being Indigenous Studies Migration & Citizenship Social Justice Sustainability UN Sustainable Development Goals Handbook eBook Collections include: Social Policy & Sociology Handbooks UN Sustainable Development Goals Handbooks Benefits for Faculty • Quick and easy access to hundreds of titles in your field – from classic backlist to the latest releases. New titles are added every month. • Read chapters online, or download a PDF to print or read offline. • Set up a user account and save your searches, export citations,and bookmark chapters you want to refer back to. • Easily link directly to chapters in your syllabi and course management system or as part of digital course packets.
your-brochure-online.co.ukRkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NTI5NzM=