Social Policy category: 9249 books
Social Vulnerability in European Cities
The Role of Local Welfare in Times of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis? Focussing on 20 European urban contexts, this book provides an empirical analysis of the socio-economic transformations driving the emergence of new social risks and of the capacity of welfare policies.
by Benjamin Veghte
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Drawing together leading international experts such as Knut Halvorsen, Robert Y. Shapiro, Stefan Svallfors and Wim van Oorschot, this volume addresses issues of justice and legitimacy in the context of welfare state transformation. The contributors demonstrate that the Western welfare state is not...
Polarization and Transformation in Zimbabwe
Social Movements, Strategy Dilemmas and Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Social movements and civic organizations often face profound strategy dilemmas that can hamper their effectiveness and prevent them from contributing to transformative change and peace. In Zimbabwe two particular dilemmas have fed into and fueled destructive processes of political polarization-dividing...
Endgame for the Centre Left?
The Retreat of Social Democracy Across Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
After a period of electoral dominance, centre-left parties in western Europe have suffered a dramatic erosion of support; the vote share enjoyed by social democrats is at its lowest ever level. Social democracy stands at a point of great promise, but also peril.
This book explores these themes...
The Transformation of Work in Welfare State Organizations
New Public Management and the Institutional Diffusion of Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
How has New Public Management influenced social policy reform in different developed welfare states? New managerialism is conceptualized as a paradigm, which not only shapes the decision-making process in bureaucratic organizations but also affects the practice of individuals (citizens).
Public...
Young People and Social Control
Problems and Prospects from the Margins
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2017
This book explores young people’s experiences of social control and the state, especially those living at the margins of society within the UK. In particular, the book focuses on disadvantaged young people’s experiences in education, in the labour market, with police and within the criminal justice...
by Shukai Zhao
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
This book discusses the historical transformation of the destiny of Chinese peasants under the contemporary political economic conditions, and tries to explore the institutional mechanism behind the formation and maintenance of these conditions. The analysis focuses on the consequences of the great...
The Spirit of Community
Rights, Responsibilities, and the Communitarian Agenda
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
America needs to move from me to we.
In The Spirit of Community, renowned professor and former White House Fellow Amitai Etzioni, the founder of the Communitarian movement, lays out a blueprint for how in the 1990s Americans can move forward—together.
The Spirit of Community calls for a reawakening...
A Precariat Charter
From Denizens to Citizens
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Guy Standing's immensely influential 2011 book introduced the Precariat as an emerging mass class, characterized by inequality and insecurity. Standing outlined the increasingly global nature of the Precariat as a social phenomenon, especially in the light of the social unrest characterized by the...
Systemic Ethics and Non-Anthropocentric Stewardship
Implications for Transdisciplinarity and Cosmopolitan Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
This book makes a case for rights and responsibilities to be expressed through a cosmopolitan praxis based on developing strong cosmopolitan approaches. This developed approach respects a form of cultural or national identity that is not at the expense of others, the environment or future generations....
by Gregory C Chow
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
This book discusses important economic and social problems of China. It is based on the author's latest findings from his scholarly research on China's economy, his involvement with China's economic reform and development, and his personal contacts with Chinese academics, entrepreneurs, government...
Migration and Transformation:
Multi-Level Analysis of Migrant Transnationalism
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2012
People’s transnational ties and activities are acquiring ever greater importance and topicality in today’s world. The focus of this book lies in the complex and multi-level processes of migrant transnationalism in four transnational spaces: India-UK, Morocco-France and Turkey-Germany and Estonia-Finland....
by United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
One of the main findings to have emerged from the debate spearheaded by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in recent years is that economic and social development are closely intertwined and should form an active part of any public policy aimed at achieving greater equality....
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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2011
This book is an anthology of work by critical media scholars, media makers, and activists who are committed to advancing social justice. Topics addressed include but are not limited to international media activist projects such as the Right to Communication movement and its corollaries; the importance...