Social Policy category: 9249 books
by Jeffrey James
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2015
This book investigates at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels the impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries. To gauge the effects of mobile phones on these aspects, the author refers to the standard concept of technology adoption and also analyses the actual utilization...
by Ramani Gunatilaka, Guanghua Wan, Shiladitya Chatterjee
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
This report aims to summarize the current state of poverty in Sri Lanka by tracing its causes and recommending policies. Special attention is paid to human development issues in the conflict-affected areas. The ongoing conflict in the north and east remains both the principal cause for poverty and the most binding constraint to human development in Sri Lanka.
20th by 2020
Bhutan’s Drive for Improved Governance
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Bhutan has made impressive gains in social, economic, and political development over the years. Its unique approach in this regard---encapsulated in the philosophy of Gross National Happiness---serves as an anchor for sustained efforts at holistic development. The drive for good governance in the...
Citizenship in an Enlarging Europe
From Dream to Awakening
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Citizenship in an Enlarging Europe considers the impact of economic, political and social transformation in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of EU enlargement. The author uses the lens of gender to examine the processes of democratization, marketization and nationalism.
African-American Political Psychology
Identity, Opinion, and Action in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
This volume addresses questions such as: How do the unique experiences of Blacks in America influence their political psychology? What are the psychological mechanisms underlying Blacks' orientation toward politics and can these mechanisms help account for observed differences in Black political attitudes and behavior?
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book critically analyzes and theorizes trust dynamics in children's lives and how they impact upon children's participation, citizenship and well-being, drawing on a wealth of empirical evidence that examines trust in various institutional and cultural contexts.
The Little Rock Crisis
What Desegregation Politics Says About Us
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
The Little Rock Crisis frames the story of the Little Rock 1957 desegregation crisis through the lens of memory. Over time, those memories – individual and collective – have motivated Little Rockians for social and political action and engagement.
Poor Health
Social Inequality before and after the Black Report
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
The 1980 Black Report by Sir Douglas Black has kept health inequalities at the forefront of the public health agenda. This volume explores the history and development of studies and concern over health inequalities especially in relation to the 1980 report.
Entangled Identities
Nations and Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Providing a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the way national and European identities are intertwined in old and new member states of the European Union, this volume assembles nine country case studies. Each country has experienced different processes of state formation, nation-building and...
LGBT Activism and the Making of Europe
A Rainbow Europe?
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2014
This book explores the alleged uniqueness of the European experience, and investigates its ties to a long history of LGBT and queer movements in the region. These movements, the book argues, were inspired by specific ideas about Europe, which they sought to realize on the ground through activism.
Immigrants and Poverty
The Role of Labour Market and Welfare State Access
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Inequality has been rising in advanced industrialised countries. At the same time, increased immigration has accentuated the ethnic diversity of those countries. Both developments have created challenges for advanced industrialised countries to integrate immigrants into the country.
Immigration...
Making the Poor Free?
India’s Unique Identification Number
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
While handing over the first set of 12-digit unique identification numbers to ten tribal families of Tembhli, a dusty village tucked away in a far corner of Maharashtra, the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, 'UID will help hundreds of people in India, whose pride was hurt for so many years...
Combating Poverty in Europe
The German Welfare Regime in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Title first published in 2003. This informative volume addresses the impact of the EU on national policies to combat poverty in European member states. The editors bring together leading academics to discuss the issue of and fight against poverty in Germany in particular, within the context of ongoing trends and debates across other European states.
Global Sport-for-Development
Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
This book provides a critical approach to sport-for-development, acknowledging the potential of this growing field but emphasising challenges, problems and limitations – particularly if programs are not adequately planned, delivered or monitored.