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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Drawing on examples from the global North and South, this book examines the relationship between migration, development and diaspora engagement from a governance perspective. It explores the ways that governments interact with their own extra-national diasporic populations in order to boost economic...
Re-rising Japan
Its Strategic Power in International Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
"The lost two decades" of Japan’s economic power since the early 1990s have generated the image among scholars in the discipline of international relations (IR) that Japan is no longer a significant player. Hence, today’s IR literature focuses on the rise of China. Re-rising Japan: Its...
Gender and Welfare States in East Asia
Confucianism or Gender Equality?
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Contributors address questions about gender equality in a Confucian context across a wide and varied social policy landscape, from Korea and Taiwan, where Confucian culture is deeply embedded, through China, with its transformations from Confucianism to communism and back, to the mixed cultural environments of Hong Kong and Japan.
Enhancing Children's Rights
Connecting Research, Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
This volume explores how children's rights has influenced research with children and how research can in turn shape policies and practices to enhance children's rights. The book examines the impact children's rights and Childhood Studies has had on how children are constructed and regulated internationally.
by S. Fraser, D. Moore, H. Keane
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political preoccupations? Where is it going as an idea and what is at stake in its ongoing production? Drawing on ethnographic research, interviews and media and policy texts, this book traces the remaking of addiction in contemporary Western societies.
Reassembling Motherhood
Procreation and Care in a Globalized World
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
The word “mother” traditionally meant a woman who bears and nurtures a child. In recent decades, changes in social norms and public policy as well as advances in reproductive technologies and the development of markets for procreation and care have radically expanded definitions of motherhood....
Child Safety, Welfare and Well-being
Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2015
This volume presents the unique features of child abuse and neglect and discusses proposed as well as experimented protective measures to create awareness about child rights and their implementation. Divided into four sections, the volume discusses (a) the nature and prevalence of child abuse and...
The Palgrave Handbook of International Labour Migration
Law and Policy Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
This Handbook focuses on the complexity surrounding the interaction between trade, labour mobility and development, taking into consideration social, economic and human rights implications, and identifies mechanisms for lawful movements across borders and their practical implementation.
On the Decriminalization of Sex Work in China
HIV and Patients’ Rights
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
This study argues that the decriminalization of sex work in China can contribute to HIV prevention and human rights protection. The argument is supported by six key concepts: the universality of human rights, rights-based approaches to HIV, sex work as work, risk environment for HIV transmission,...
International Migrations and Local Governance
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the role of local governments around the world in the management of the migration, integration and development nexus. Drawing on case studies from the Global North and South, this comparative work fills a lacuna in the existing literature which has...
Street-Frequenting Young People in Fiji
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
This book, uncovers the lived experiences of street-frequenting young people in Fiji. Typically viewed as ‘out of place’, these young people disturb what it means to be young and Fijian. Despite their marginal existence, they through their activities demonstrate the need to belong. The book...
Human Security
Securing East Asia's Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2012
Human security is becoming increasingly pronounced in recent years due to changes in the security landscape of world politics. Yet, inter-state relations have continued to dominate security concerns in East Asia. This has, unfortunately, eluded the broader understanding of issues and challenges facing...
Hometown Transnationalism
Long Distance Villageness among Indian Punjabis and North African Berbers
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
Collective remittances, that is to say development initiatives carried out by immigrant groups for the benefit of their place of origin, have been attracting growing attention from both academics and policy makers. Focusing on hometown organisations, this book analyses the social mechanics that are conducive to collective transnationalism.
Politics of Migration
Indian Emigration in a Globalized World
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This book studies the politics surrounding Indian emigration from the 19th century to the present day. Bringing together data and case studies from across five continents, it moves beyond economic and social movers of migration, and explores the role of politics—both local and global—in shaping...