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Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion and organized interests in respect to policy change. It highlights that welfare states are hard pressed to reform in order to cope with ongoing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-24
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This study of taxation in Latin America takes a novel approach to the subject, using a framework that posits three dimensions for studying taxes—historical, relational, and transnational. The book argues that: first, taxation should be understood as a relational concept...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-22
Collection :
Latin American Political Economy
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This book assembles and organizes a selected range of methods and techniques that every planning practitioner should know to be successful in the contemporary global urban landscape. The book is unique because it links different aspects of the planning/policy-making...
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Springer
Parution :
2017-11-17
Collection :
The Urban Book Series
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This book challenges the common perception that global politics is making progress on indigenous issues and argues that the current global care for indigeneity is, in effect, violent in nature. Examining the inclusion of indigenous peoples in the United Nations...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-15
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Dieses essential will die politische Logik des bedingungslosen Grundeinkommens bzw. Bürgergeldes offenlegen. Daneben erörtert es Zwecke und Wirkungsmöglichkeiten des Bürgergeldes, die in der öffentlichen Diskussion bisher nicht aufgegriffen wurden. Aus beidem ergeben...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-11-15
Collection :
essentials
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This book explores economic developments across Europe in relation to its apparent segmentation, as disparities widen between core and periphery countries. In contrast to previous literature, the scope of analysis is extended to Europe as a continent rather than...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-11
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Although economic inequality provokes widespread disquiet, its supposed necessity is rarely questioned. At best, a basic level of inequality is seen as a necessary evil. At worst, it is seen as insufficient to encourage aspiration, hard work and investment – a refrain...
Editeur :
Polity
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2017-11-10
Collection :
The Future of Capitalism
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The economies of the eurozone countries are plagued by multiple crises, which cast major doubts over the future of the euro. In this engaging new book, leading economist Malcolm Sawyer argues that the entire policy framework of the eurozone was fundamentally flawed from...
Editeur :
Polity
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2017-11-10
Collection :
The Future of Capitalism
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Environmentalism has relentlessly warned about the dire consequences of abusing and exploiting the planet's natural resources, imagining future wastelands of ecological depletion and social chaos. But it has also generated rich new ideas about how humans might live...
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Polity
Parution :
2017-11-10
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This book sheds light on the central complexities of municipal cooperation and examines the dynamics, experiences and drivers of inter-municipal cooperation (IMC) in Europe. Particular attention is given to the features of governance arrangements and institutions...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-08
Collection :
Governance and Public Management
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This handbook presents a comprehensive view of the current theory and research surrounding political elites, which is now a pivotal subject for academic study and public discourse. In 40 chapters by leading scholars, it displays the field’s richness and diversity. The...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-11-08
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This book, based on economics and game theory, analyzes the changes that Japan is now facing as a reflection of changes in Japanese families and society. The author presents a simple framework for the structural relationship among markets, communities including...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2017-11-06
Collection :
Advances in Japanese Business and Economics
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This book pinpoints continuities and changes in U.S. foreign economic policy from the fixed exchange rate system of the 1960s through to the period between the two oil crises of the 1970s. Chapters pay close attention to the interconnectedness between the long lasting...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-31
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The SAGE Handbook of Political Sociology offers a comprehensive and contemporary look at this evolving field of study. The focus is on political life itself and the chapters, written by a highly-respected and international team of authors, cover the core themes which...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2017-10-30
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This book discusses John Stuart Mill’s intellectual activity from about 1827 to 1848, namely between his recovery from his so-called ‘Mental Crisis’ and the publication of Principles of Political Economy. During this period, along with deepening his understanding of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-30
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In diesem Grundlagenband zur Familienwissenschaft beschäftigen sich Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler mit dem Thema Familie aus der Sicht ihrer jeweiligen Disziplin und führen in die zentralen Konzepte und Begriffe der Familienwissenschaft ein. Damit bietet das...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-10-27
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Aufbauend auf einer umfassenden Analyse des bestehenden Wissens aus internationaler Partizipations- und Technologieforschung entwickelt Katharina Große in diesem Buch erstmals eine theoretisch fundierte Benutzertypologie für E-Partizipation in Deutschland. Die Autorin...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2017-10-26
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This book provides a study of the rise of private sector providers in the welfare state. It compares for-profit firms as providers of hospital services and pensions and investigates the new private actors in social policy provision, whether they become political actors,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-23
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?This book traces the narrative strategies framing austerity policies through an illuminating analysis of policy documents and political discourses, exposing the political consequences for women, racialized minorities and disabled people. While many have critiqued the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-19
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This book presents the first comprehensive history of innovation at NASA, bringing together experts in the field to illuminate how public-private and international partnerships have fueled new ways of exploring space since the beginning of space travel itself. Twelve...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-10-11
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