Social Policy category: 9249 books
Innovation Law and Policy in the European Union
Towards Horizon 2020
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
The book provides a critical overview of innovation policy in Europe and a synopsis of the current institutional framework of Europe shaped after the Europe2020 strategy and in view of the upcoming Horizon2020 agenda. What emerges is a rather gloomy outlook for the future of Europe's innovation, unless...
Fixing the Future
How Canada's Usually Fractious Governments Worked Together to Rescue the Canada Pension Plan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2008
In 1993, most Canadians believed that big government deficits were permanent and that the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) was in such deep trouble that younger Canadians would never collect a retirement pension. They believed too that Canada's politicians were incapable of dealing with either problem. Yet...
by William Aspray, George Royer, Melissa G. Ocepek
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Formal approaches are those taken by government bodies through laws, court decisions and actions of government regulatory bodies. Informal approaches are those taken by individuals, non profit organizations, industries working at self-regulation, etc. Because the formal means are tied to a particular...
Delivering Aid Without Government
International Aid and Civil Society Engagement in the Recovery and Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
In a fragile and conflict-ridden context such as the Gaza Strip, where the de facto Hamas government faces isolation and lacks international recognition, the provision of aid and development schemes challenges donors and CSOs delivering services to Palestinians. This volume examines how international...
Right Social Justice
Better ways to help the poor
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
For decades, Social Justice has been trumpeted as the means of assisting the downtrodden. Rarely have any of its proponents proved that it is other than an egalitarian ideology, without an analytical base. Assisting the poor may be a good thing but only if programs to aid them are effective and only...
by Elizabeth Kneebone, Alan Berube
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
It has been nearly a half century since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Back in the 1960s tackling poverty "in place" meant focusing resources in the inner city and in rural areas. The suburbs were seen as home to middle- and upper-class families-affluent commuters and...
Fixing Drugs
The Politics of Drug Prohibition
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world.
Social Quality Theory
A New Perspective on Social Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Social quality thinking emerged from a critique of one-sided policies by breaking through the limitations previously set by purely economistic paradigms. By tracing its expansion and presenting different aspects of social quality theory, this volume provides an overview of a more nuanced approach, ...
Paradiplomacy
Cities and States as Global Players
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Orthodox international relations theory considers foreign affairs to be the exclusive purview of national governments. Yet as Rodrigo Tavares demonstrates, the vast majority of leading sub-states and cities are currently practicing foreign affairs, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Subnational...
Global Good Samaritans
Human Rights as Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
In a troubled world where millions die at the hands of their own governments and societies, some states risk their citizens' lives, considerable portions of their national budgets, and repercussions from opposing states to protect helpless foreigners. Dozens of Canadian peacekeepers have died in Afghanistan...
by Paul J.J. Welfens
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Economic globalization is a complex phenomenon where the links between social security expenditures and globalization are not well understood so far. This study summarizes new key findings and highlights new theoretical insights in the field of social security systems, labor standards, taxation and...
Deportation and Return in a Border-Restricted World
Experiences in Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
This volume focuses on recent experiences of return migration to Mexico and Central America from the United States. For most of the twentieth century, return migration to the US was a normal part of the migration process from Mexico and Central America, typically resulting in the eventual permanent...
Geopolitics, Development, and National Security
Romania and Moldova at the Crossroads
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
This volume focuses on the spotlight on Romania and Moldova, two distinct nations that share a common language, history and culture. Romania is a NATO member since 2004 and a fully integrated nation into the European Union since 2007, while The Republic of Moldova (a former Soviet republic) is attempting...
by Jannick Schou, Morten Hjelholt
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2018
This book provides a study of governmental digitalization, an increasingly important area of policymaking within advanced capitalist states. It dives into a case study of digitalization efforts in Denmark, fusing a national policy study with local institutional analysis. Denmark is often framed as...