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Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume systematically assesses the institutional design and national influence of the Open Method of Coordination in Social Inclusion and Social Protection (pensions and health/long-term care),...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-03-26
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Work and Welfare in Europe
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This book includes empirical contributions focusing on disadvantaged workers. According to the European Commission’s definition, disadvantaged workers include categories of workers with difficulties entering the labour market without assistance and hence, requiring the...
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Springer
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2014-03-26
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AIEL Series in Labour Economics
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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...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-03-25
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Work and Welfare in Europe
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For some, self-counselling may be a valuable substitute for face-to-face counselling, for others it can provide a support to professional counselling sessions. In this practical self-help book, William Stewart introduces many self-counselling skills and techniques and...
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How to Books
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2014-03-20
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This book explores the counselling process and will help you to choose a counsellor to suit your needs. Counselling isn't always problem centred. It can enable you to develop self-awareness and introduce you to ways in which you can manage your life more effectively. ...
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How to Books
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2014-03-20
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The provision of care has been widely referred to as facing a 'crisis'. International migrants are increasingly relied upon to provide care – as domestic workers, nannies, care assistants and nurses. This international volume examines the global construction of migrant...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-03-18
Collection :
Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
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Democratic governance faces unprecedented challenges across the OECD world and beyond. Enormous strains will be placed on states' resources and their governing capacities to deal with the combined effects of the financial crisis, climate change, and demographic change....
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OUP Oxford
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2014-03-13
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We all know that the financial crisis of 2008 came dangerously close to pushing the United States and the world into a depression rivaling that of the 1930s. But what is astonishing -- and should make us not just afraid but very afraid -- are the shenanigans of the...
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PublicAffairs
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2014-03-11
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The new edition of the acclaimed guide to strategic decision-making in community planning, development, and collaboration Based on the results of more than a decade of research by the Pew Partnership for Civic Change, Smart Communities provides directions for strategic...
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Jossey-Bass
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2014-02-26
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Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management
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Die Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität zu Köln veranstaltete im März 2012 in Kooperation mit der Demokratie-Stiftung eine internationale Fachtagung zum Thema Literalität und Partizipation, um einen aktiven Austausch verschiedener Akteure der (politischen)...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-02-11
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of housing affordability under the economic reforms and social transformations in urban China. It also offers an overall review of the current government measures on the housing market and affordable housing policies in China....
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Springer
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2014-01-25
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SpringerBriefs in Economics
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Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as...
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Polity
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2014-01-24
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This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research results, which contradicts...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-01-22
Collection :
Executive Politics and Governance
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Manohar Pawar discusses the relevance and importance of social policy for water issues. By analysing several interrelated perspectives on water, he suggests core values as bases for formulating and implementing social policies so as to provide universal free access to...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2014-01-22
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This is a book about parliamentary elections in Romania in the two decades that followed the collapse of the one-party rule. It charts how the electoral rules developed, it looks at how people voted, and takes stock of the long term effects of the electoral system....
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-01-22
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Contributors address questions about gender equality in a Confucian context across a wide and varied social policy landscape, from Korea and Taiwan, where Confucian culture is deeply embedded, through China, with its transformations from Confucianism to communism and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-22
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Originally developed in Brazil, participatory budgeting is widely recognised as democratic innovation yet its concrete results vary greatly. Collating evidence from empirical and theoretical analysis, this book aims to provide an explanation for these varied results by...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2014-01-22
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In this follow up to From a Market Economy to a Finance Economy, Samli reflects on his more than half a century of economic experience and research, maintaining that financiers, the government and many decision makers in both politics and the economy, do not really the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2014-01-16
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In a world of dwindling natural resources and mounting environmental crisis, who is devising ways of living that will work for the long haul? And how can we, as individuals, make a difference? To answer these fundamental questions, Professor Karen Litfin embarked upon a...
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Polity
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2014-01-15
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A practical approach to understanding social work concepts in action that integrates theory and practice In this updated edition of the classic social work text, students and instructors have access to real-world demonstrations of how social work theories and concepts...
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Wiley
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2014-01-14
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