Social Policy category: 9249 books
Changing Work and Community Identities in European Regions
Perspectives on the Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
This book juxtaposes the experiences of regions that have lived or are living through industrial transition in coal-mining and manufacturing centres throughout Europe, opening the way to a deeper understanding of the intensity of change and of how work helps shape new identities.
Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London (Routledge Revivals)
John Gast and his Times
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
First published in 1979, this book was the first, full-length study of working-class movements in London between 1800 and the beginnings of Chartism in the later 1830s. The leaders and rank and file in these movements were almost invariably artisans, and this book examines the position of the skilled...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
The contributors respond to the absence of critical debate surrounding the ways in which spaces of the city do not merely contain, but also constitute, urban poverty. The volume explores how the spaces of the city actively produce and reproduce urban poverty.
Nationalism, Identity and the Governance of Diversity
Old Politics, New Arrivals
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2015
Examining the evolving responses to immigration, migrant integration and diversity of substate governments in Quebec, Flanders and Brussels, and Scotland, Fiona Barker explores what happens when the 'new' diversity arising from immigration intersects with the 'old' politics of substate nationalism in decentralized, multinational societies.
by Shi-Hui Lee, Paul Mathews
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
What do "foreigners" think of Taiwan ? How long do they stay ? What do they do ? Are Taiwanese really friendly & smart ? Should Taiwan be part of China ?These questions and curiosities are answered in this study, the first of its kind in Taiwan.The government will hate it, you will love it !Find out...
Sustaining the Borderlands in the Age of NAFTA
Development, Politics, and Participation on the US-Mexico Border
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Sustaining the Borderlands in the Age of NAFTA provides the only book-length study of the impact on residents of the US-Mexico border of NAFTA's Environmental and Labor Side Accords, which required each state to enforce labor and environmental regulations. Through field research in Matamoros, Tamaulipas,...
Children and Screen Media in Changing Arab Contexts
An Ethnographic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019
Using a phenomenological and multi-sited ethnographic approach, this book focuses on children’s uses of digital media in three sites—London, Casablanca and Beirut—and situates the study of Arab children and screen media within a wider frame, making connections between local, regional and global...
The Securitisation of Migration in the EU
Debates Since 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Since 9/11 Western states have sought to integrate 'securitisation' measures within migration regimes as asylum seekers and other migrant categories come to be seen as agents of social instability or as potential terrorists. Treating migration as a security threat has therefore increased insecurity amongst migrant and ethnic minority populations.
Just Married
Same-Sex Couples, Monogamy, and the Future of Marriage
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
The institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture. As gay marriage equality gains acceptance in law and public opinion, questions abound regarding marriage's future. Will same-sex marriage lead to more radical marriage reform? Should it? Antonin Scalia and many others on the right warn of...
Family, Work and Well-Being
Emergence of New Issues
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
This book analyses the current state-of-the-art research on families, working hours and well-being in Europe, addressing both paid and non-paid work from a family perspective, and introducing emerging issues related to working hours and family life. Further, it discusses the implications of these...
Displaying Families
A New Concept for the Sociology of Family Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
This edited collection uses the concept of 'displaying families' as a new way to understand contemporary family and personal life, addressing how, in a world of fluid relationships, family life must not only be 'done' but also be 'seen to be done'.
Equal Ever After
The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage - and How I Made It Happen
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
“My story starts at the very end of the journey to equal marriage rights. I stand on the shoulders of giants...” In the future, people will find it difficult to believe that until 2014, somewhere between 5 and 10 per cent of Britain’s population were excluded from marriage. As Equalities Minister...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Drawing on the writings of Foucault, this book explores the politics and power-dynamics of family life, examining how everyday obligations such as attending school, going to work and staying healthy are organized through the family. The book includes an essay by Foucault, Les désordres des familles , translated here in English for the first time.
by T. Cantle
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
Interculturalism is a new concept for managing community relations in a world defined by globalization and 'superdiversity'. This book argues that as countries become more diverse a new framework of interculturalism is needed to mediate these relationships and that this will require new systems of governance to support it.