4 Save up to 20% at e-elgar.com I For our digital content, visit: elgaronline.com SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL POLICY & EDUCATION TITLES, APRIL-JUNE 2025 OPEN ACCESS Families, Welfare States and Resilience Low-Resource Families Navigating Care, Employment and Welfare in Europe Edited by Mary Daly, University of Oxford, UK ‘The comparative research presented in this book deepens our understanding of how disadvantaged families deal with their multiple constraints and how social policies may function as a resource, but also an additional constraint. This is an important book for researchers, social workers and policy makers.’ – Chiara Saraceno, University of Turin, Italy and Berlin Social Science Center, Germany June 2025 c 226 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 4675 2 c £95.00 / c $130.00 eBook • Elgaronline NEW IN PAPERBACK Age and Dignity Anti-Ageist Theory and Practice Neil Thompson, Independent writer, educator and adviser and Visiting Professor at the Open University, UK and Gerry R. Cox, Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, US ‘Respect for the individual regardless of their age upholds their dignity. Age and Dignity by Neil Thompson and Gerry R. Cox will enlighten you, whatever your relationship to older people, on how they should be treated. I highly recommend Age and Dignity for the wisdom that is conveyed throughout this amazing, comprehensive book.’ – Inge Corless, MGH Institute of Health Professionals, US 2024 260 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 3047 8 £100.00 / $140.00 June 2025 Paperback 978 1 0353 6912 6 c £30.95 / c $44.95 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 May 2025 c 576 pp Hardback 978 1 80220 042 3 £245.00 / $345.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks on Inequality Rethinking Symbolic Interactionism Thomas Janoski, University of Kentucky, USA ‘This well-written book dramatically expands the reach of symbolic interaction as a school of theorizing and research, and as such, it should be read by all those engaged in various forms of symbolic interactionist scholarship.’ – Jonathan Turner, University of California, Riverside, USA June 2025 c 186 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2417 0 c £85.00 / c $120.00 eBook • Elgaronline Rethinking Sociology series Handbook of Literacy in Families and Communities Edited by Patricia A. Edwards, Michigan State University, Catherine Compton-Lilly, University of South Carolina, USA and Guofang Li, University of British Columbia, Canada ’This Handbook promises to be a new landmark in the field of family literacy studies. It includes an impressive group of researchers, teacher educators, and mother/scholars focused on equitable flows of knowledge between families, teachers, community programs, PK-12 school systems, and teacher education. The Handbook is accessible and thoughtfully compiled and features a diverse array of approaches and empirical research grounded in history and relevant to recent developments in the field. Collectively, the authors shine a light on the expanding relevance of family literacy scholarship in our global, multilingual world. Essential reading for experienced and novice researchers and educational practitioners.’ – Rebecca Rogers, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA June 2025 c 426 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 2697 6 c £175.00 / c $245.00 eBook • Elgaronline Elgar Handbooks in Education Understanding Advanced Decision Making Hassan Qudrat-Ullah, York University, Canada ‘This book addresses complex environments, strategic and tactical analysis, information valuation, ethical considerations, and human– AI collaboration. With actionable frameworks and insights, it empowers professionals, leaders, and scholars to make informed, transparent, and impactful decisions in an ever-evolving landscape.’ – Mohamed Mostafa Saleh, Egypt University of Informatics and Cairo University, Egypt June 2025 c 288 pp Hardback 978 1 0353 4623 3 c £105.00 / c $150.00 eBook • Elgaronline Understanding series
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