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  • The Routledge International Handbook of Time Use Themes and Applications

    Time Use Research Volume 2

    Edited by Michael Bittman, Oriel Sullivan ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This two-volume handbook, written by leading international scholars, provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on the collection, analysis, and application of time use data.Time is a crucial yet finite social resource, fundamental to processes of growth, equality, and well-being. Much of the world’s essential production—raising children, preparing food, household maintenance ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Time Use Data and Methods

    Time Use Research Volume 1

    Edited by Michael Bittman, Oriel Sullivan ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    This two-volume handbook, written by leading international scholars, provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on the collection, analysis, and application of time use data.Time is a crucial yet finite social resource, fundamental to processes of growth, equality, and well-being. Much of the world’s essential production—raising children, preparing food, household maintenance ... Read more

    $325.00 USD

  • The Double Life of the Family

    Myth, hope and experience

    by Michael Bittman ...
    The modern family is under strain. What we crave most from our families is intimacy, warmth and self-fulfilment but we often find this difficult to achieve. We hold onto these expectations of our families even in the face of contradictory experiences, so the family sustains a double life.The authors explore the gap between our values, expectations and yearnings, and our experiences of everyday ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Family Time

    The Social Organization of Care

    Edited by Michael Bittman, Nancy Folbre ...
    Series series Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
    The time we have to care for one another, especially for our children and our elderly, is more precious to us than anything else in the world. Yet we have more experience accounting for money than we do for time. In this volume, leading experts in analysis of time use from across the globe explore the interface between time use and family pol ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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    Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life

    by Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray ...
    The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty. ... Read more

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  • Academically Adrift

    Limited Learning on College Campuses

    by Richard Arum, Josipa Roksa ...
    In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor’s degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they’re born. Almost everyone strives to go, but almost no one asks the fundamental question posed by Academically Adrift: are undergraduates ... Read more

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  • Behavioural Economics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michelle Baddeley ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Traditionally economists have based their economic predictions on the assumption that humans are super-rational creatures, using the information we are given efficiently and generally making selfish decisions that work well for us as individuals. Economists also assume that we're doing the very best we can possibly do - not only for today, but over our whole lifetimes too. But increasingly the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Choices and Constraints in Family Life 2e

    by Maureen Baker ...
    Designed specifically for sociology of the family courses, this text examines the choices and constraints placed on individuals, relationships, and marriages in light of both family circumstances and societal expectations. Using an interdisciplinary approach that draws on the latest research in sociology, psychology, anthropology, and social history, the author explores emerging patterns in family ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Happiness

    A Revolution in Economics

    by Bruno S. Frey ...
    Series series Munich Lectures in Economics
    A leading economist discusses the potential of happiness research (the quantification of well-being) to answer important questions that standard economics methods are unable to analyze.Revolutionary developments in economics are rare. The conservative bias of the field and its enshrined knowledge make it difficult to introduce new ideas not in line with received theory. Happiness research, however ... Read more

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  • Giving Kids a Fair Chance

    by James J. Heckman ...
    Series series Boston Review Books
    A top economist weighs in on one of the most urgent questions of our times: What is the source of inequality and what is the remedy?In Giving Kids a Fair Chance, Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman argues that the accident of birth is the greatest source of inequality in America today. Children born into disadvantage are, by the time they start kindergarten, already at risk of dropping out ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Renegotiating Family Relationships

    Divorce, Child Custody, and Mediation

    by Robert E. Emery, Phd ...
    Long recognized as the authoritative guide for clinicians working with divorcing families, this book presents crucial concepts, strategies, and intervention techniques. Robert E. Emery describes how to help parents navigate the emotional and legal hurdles of this painful family transition while protecting their children's well-being. The book is grounded in cutting-edge research on family ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Behavioural Economics And Policy Design: Examples From Singapore

    by Donald Low ...
    Analysts of government have frequently noted how Singapore's policies are grounded in rigorous economics thinking. Policies are designed to be economically efficient even if they are not always popular. This pioneering book takes a different approach. It aims to demonstrate how successful policies in Singapore have integrated conventional economic principles with insights from the emerging field ... Read more

    $27.59 USD