Social Policy category: 9249 books
D.R. Congo: the Darkness of the Heart
How the Congolese Have Survived 500 Years of History
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
Book Synopsis: This book recounts from the perspective of a Congolese native the five-hundred-year journey of the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It analyzes dispassionately the facts of the turbulent history of the country and its continuing impact on the life of the modern-day Congolese....
Getting to Scale
How to Bring Development Solutions to Millions of Poor People
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
The global development community is teeming with different ideas and interventions to improve the lives of the world's poorest people. Whether these succeed in having a transformative impact depends not just on their individual brilliance but on whether they can be brought to a scale where they reach...
The Management of Public Services in Central Asia
Institutional Transformation in Kyrgyzstan
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
The ending of the Soviet Union in 1991 had a major political and economic impact on Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan was one of the most severely affected countries, suffering a deeper recession than the other republics. During the first five or six years Kyrgyzstan followed the advice of the International...
by John L. Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2004
In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted a " species of oppression [with] which democratic nations are menaced unlike anything which ever before existed in the world " It was a despotism that " would be more extensive and would degrade men without tormenting them." It would be...
The Withering of the Welfare State
Regression
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperatives of international markets. In this volume the problems posed to public intervention are analyzed. The contributors compare and evaluate how different countries have dealt with these challenges.
by Paul Marx
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Insecure temporary employment is growing in Europe, but we know little about how being in such jobs affects political preferences and behaviour. Combining insights from psychology, political science and labour market research, this book offers new theories and evidence on the political repercussions of temporary jobs.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This book evaluates the extent to which post-conflict reconstruction has addressed problems of horizontal inequalities through country case studies on Burundi, Rwanda, Nepal, Peru, Guatemala, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Afghanistan, and four thematic studies on macro-economic policies, privatisation, PRSP's, and employment generation.
by Katie Wright
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2012
Katie Wright explores how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' across spatial boundaries. She draws on empirical research, undertaken with Peruvian migrants based in London and Madrid and their Peru-based relatives and close friends to explore how human wellbeing is constructed and how it 'travels' transnationally.
Work-Life Balance in Europe
The Role of Job Quality
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2011
Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts.
Points of Entry
How Canada’s Immigration Officers Decide Who Gets in
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Every year, over 1.3 million people apply to visit, work, or settle in Canada and discover that their future rests in visa officers’ hands. How do these officers decide who gets in? Seeking answers to this question, Vic Satzewich gained access to eleven overseas visa offices. Points of Entry reveals...
by Avik Roy
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Medicaid, America’s government-run health insurance program for the poor, should be a lifeline that provides needed health care to Americans with no other options. Surprisingly, however, it doesn’t. The medical literature reveals a $450 billion-a-year scandal: that people on Medicaid have far worse...
Women and Congress
Running, Winning, and Ruling
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Explore the effects women have had on Congress!
Containing vital insights into the role women play in Congress, Women and Congress: Running, Winning, and Ruling is a unique look into the political standing of female candidates and congresswomen. Chapters written by noted political scientists...
A Life in Error
From Little Slips to Big Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This succinct but absorbing book covers the main way stations on James Reason’s 40-year journey in pursuit of the nature and varieties of human error. In it he presents an engrossing and very personal perspective, offering the reader exceptional insights, wisdom and wit as only James Reason can....
Mayan Lives, Mayan Utopias
The Indigenous Peoples of Chiapas and the Zapatista Rebellion
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2003
The dramatic January 1, 1994, emergence of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico, brought the state's indigenous peoples to the attention of the international community. Yet indigenous peoples in Chiapas had been politically active and organized for years prior to the...