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Capitalism and Climate Change
Theoretical Discussion, Historical Development and Policy Responses
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
This book discusses climate change as a social issue, examining the incompatibility of capitalist development and Earth's physical limits and how these have been regulated in different ways. It addresses the links between modes of consumption, energy regimes and climate change during Fordism and finance-driven capitalism.
Carbon Trading in China
Environmental Discourse and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book explores the political aspects of China's climate change policy, focusing on the newly established carbon markets and carbon trading schemes. Lo makes a case for understanding the policy change in terms of discourse and in relation to narratives of national power and development.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This book aims to explore the nature and extent of the 'care deficit' problem in European societies and how effective the different care systems are in dealing with these problems through policy innovation. It combines theoretical and conceptual debates, cross-national comparisons and analytically-driven case studies.
Participatory Governance in the EU
Enhancing or Endangering Democracy and Efficiency?
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
An empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the EU enhance or endanger democracy. Many consider allowing civil society to take an active role in EU policy-making to offer the most effective means of enhancing democracy in the EU, whereas others argue that such attempts deepen the EU's democratic deficit.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2012
The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: do existing minimum income protection schemes succeed in adequately protecting citizens, be it whether they are excluded from work, working, retired, or...
Governance of Public Sector Organizations
Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2010
Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories.
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Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today and what social policies help them to combine work and family life?
Social Vulnerability in European Cities
The Role of Local Welfare in Times of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis? Focussing on 20 European urban contexts, this book provides an empirical analysis of the socio-economic transformations driving the emergence of new social risks and of the capacity of welfare policies.
by P. Tridico
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
This book analyses the development path of transition economies in European Countries and former Soviet Republics that have experienced the transformation from planned economies to market economies since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It examines economic growth, institutional change and human development performance.
Non-Standard Employment in Europe
Paradigms, Prevalence and Policy Responses
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclusive European employment standard.
Public Administration and the Modern State
Assessing Trends and Impact
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The challenges faced by the public sector are many and varied. Civil services at the forefront of tackling pressing problems in a whole range of areas from climate change to income inequality are being allocated less money to do so. This collection explores how public sectors have adapted to address the demands placed on them in the 21st Century.
European Civil Security Governance
Diversity and Cooperation in Crisis and Disaster Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
European states and international organizations have established multiple policies and mechanisms to deal with various risks, crises and disasters. This edited volume examines the emerging multi-level policy space of European civil security governance, identifying patterns and reviewing the opportunities and obstacles for cooperation.
Competition Policy Enforcement in EU Member States
What is Independence for?
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
This book investigates the crucial EU policy of competition, which is enforced by the Commission and by national agencies that enjoy various degrees of autonomy from their governments. More and more policy-making activities are nowadays delegated to agencies that cannot be held accountable to parliaments,...
NATO's European Allies
Military Capability and Political Will
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
The question of burden sharing has always been important in NATO with an acute relevance today as the US will cut its defence budget over a ten-year period and is no longer automatically willing to lead military operations. This volume considers Europe's role in political force for the future exploring eight European case studies.