Social Policy category: 9249 books
The Development of Science and Technology in Iran
Policies and Learning Frameworks
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
This book examines the policies, conducts, and performances of organizations tasked with developing medium and high technologies in Iran. This collection assists readers in understanding the interaction between different players involve in the process of Iran’s science, technology, and innovation...
EU Asylum Policies
The Power of Strong Regulating States
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
This book fills a significant lacuna in our understanding of the refugee crisis by analyzing the dynamics that lie behind fifteen years of asylum policies in the European Union. It sheds light on why cooperation has led to reinforced refugee protection on paper but has failed to provide it in practice....
by D. C. Zook
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
Diversity was supposed to offer us respect and understanding. Yet somehow we ended up with so much resentment and confusion, so much division and discord, that for many, the project is ruined. The well of diversity has been poisoned. With a bit of effort and introspection, however, there is still...
Locating Urban Conflicts
Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Everyday
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Cities have emerged as the epicentres for many of today's ethno-national and religious conflicts. This book brings together key themes that dominate our current attention including emerging areas of contestation in rapidly changing and modernising cities and the effects of extreme and/or enduring conflicts upon ordinary civilian life.
Fastest, Highest, Strongest
A Critique of High-Performance Sport
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2006
Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.
Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities...
The Paris Agreement
Climate Change, Solidarity, and Human Rights
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
This book discusses the immediate and severe threat posed by global climate change and the various obstacles that stand in the way of action. Judith Blau presents scientific evidence relevant to The Paris Agreement (COP-21): an international treaty that promises to strengthen the global response to...
US Human Rights Conduct and International Legitimacy
The Constrained Hegemony of George W. Bush
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Was the Bush administration was successful in legitimating its preferences with habeas corpus, torture, and extraordinary rendition? As American transforms in the post-Bush era, scholars have begun to assess the post-9/11 period in American foreign and domestic policy, asking difficult questions regarding torture and human rights.
Demographic Change and Economic Growth
Simulations on Growth Models
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
In this book the author investigates the impact of demographic change on economic growth. As a result of the current financial crisis, a new view on economics has been demanded by various scientists. The author provides such a new view on economic growth, using a methodology of system dynamics. By...
The Politics of Victimhood in Post-conflict Societies
Comparative and Analytical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
This volume sheds new light upon the role of victims in the aftermath of violence. Victims are central actors in transitional justice, the politics of memory and conflict resolution, yet the analysis of their mobilisation and political influence in these processes has been neglected. After introducing...
Cooperation and Drug Policies in the Americas
Trends in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This volume examines drug policies and the role of cooperation in the Americas. Many current and former politicians have discussed the failures of the war on drugs and the need for alternative approaches. Uruguay as well as Colorado and Washington have legalized marijuana. The Organization of American...
by Laurent Bernhard
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
In the first study of comparative direct-democracy, Laurent Bernhard explores the nature of direct-democratic campaigning in Switzerland. The author examines four policy areas: immigration, healthcare, welfare and economic liberalism focussing on interviews with campaign managers to provide a comprehensive analysis of direct-democratic campaigning.
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Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Media Systems and Communication Policies in Latin America proposes, tests and analyses the liberal captured model. It explores to what extent to which globalisation, marketization, commercialism, regional bodies and the nation State redefine the media's role in Latin American societies.
Transforming Rights
Reflections from the Front Lines
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Maxwell Yalden began his career in the Department of External Affairs; he was posted to Moscow and Paris, and later as ambassador to Belguim. As Canada's Language Commissioner from 1977-1984, he worked to reinforce the Official Languages Act, and language equality, encouraging Canadians to become...
by E. Donald Briggs, Walter C. Soderlund, Tom Pierre Najem
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The Syrian Civil War has created the worst humanitarian disaster since the end of World War II, sending shock waves through Syria, its neighbours, and the European Union. Calls for the international community to intervene in the conflict, in compliance with the UN-sanctioned Responsibility to Protect...