Social Policy category: 9249 books
Cultural Policies in East Asia
Dynamics between the State, Arts and Creative Industries
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
This book provides a detailed snapshot of cultural policies in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. In addition to an historical overview of the culture-state relationships in East Asia, it provides an analysis of contemporary developments occurring in the regions' cultural policies and the challenges they are facing.
The Quality of Life in Asia
A Comparison of Quality of Life in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
This book studies and compares quality of life in 29 countries/societies in Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea(South), Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book examines key debates on religion and democratization from three main perspectives:
Religious traditions have core elements which are more or less conducive to democratization and democracy;
Religious traditions may be multi-vocal – but at any moment there may be dominant voices more...
by Palash Kamruzzaman
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
This book offers a critical analysis on employing a universal understanding of poverty and suggests ways forward for poverty reduction for developing countries in a post-2015 era. Taking specific country-contexts into account, the author argues that national poverty lines should be the benchmark for future anti-poverty policies.
by Paul Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
This book discusses the meaning and practice of British community cohesion policies, youth identities in racially-tense areas and the British government's attempts to 'prevent violent extremism' amongst young Muslims.
by Bernard Lazare
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: February 14, 2015
Si l’on veut faire une histoire complète de l’antisémitisme — en n’oubliant aucune des manifestations de ce sentiment, en en suivant les phases diverses et les modifications — il faut entreprendre l’histoire d’Israël depuis sa dispersion, ou, pour mieux dire, depuis...
by Caroline Ball
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice? Drawing on a wealth of contemporary case examples, this handy pocket book demystifies the complex legislation on Looked After Children and demonstrates the practical duties and responsibilities of professionals working with this group.
The Hope of the Country with a Large Population
Theories and Practices of China's Population Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
China has the largest population in the world. However, according to the United Nations, India and China are expected to simultaneously reach a population of approximately 1.38 billion by 2030, with India taking a slight lead. China will be all too happy to surrender its position as the country with...
Liberalism and Human Suffering
Materialist Reflections on Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2010
A materialist critique of the politics, poetics and economics of suffering in liberalism that argues for attention to the labour of suffering of the victim in many well-meaning but flawed politics of redress, and imagines forms of representation, solidarity and justice that better honour the history and materiality of this labour.
Naturalization Policies, Education and Citizenship
Multicultural and Multi-Nation Societies in International Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
This book examines constructions of 'national' citizenship in the context of perceived internal division, including devolution, multiculturalism, ethno-religious conflict, post-conflict and refugees, drawing on a wide range of countries such as Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the UK, Ukraine, Canada and Palestinians in Lebanon.
Analysis and Activism
Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016
Jungian psychology has taken a noticeable political turn in the recent years, and analysts and academics whose work draws on Jung’s ideas have made internationally recognised contributions in many humanitarian, communal and political contexts. This book brings together a multidisciplinary and international...
Ethnic Citizenship Regimes
Europeanization, Post-war Migration and Redressing Past Wrongs
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
This book sheds light on the processes that have transformed national citizenship of the European Union's member states and explains the legislative changes that have taken place since the mid-1980s in Germany, Hungary and Poland.
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
This volume aims to describe the similarities and differences in the timing and kind of transition among the post-war cohorts in Austria, Britain, Flanders (Belgium), France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Spain. Its second aim is to bring together the results of individual-level...
Reproductive Rights and Wrongs
The Global Politics of Population Control
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
Provides an important corrective to a prevailing view that population is at the root of the environmental crisis
Comprehensive and meticulously documented the author incorporates statistics and anecdotal evidence to demonstrate the full scope of the victim blaming that threats the lives of the most vulnerable populations.