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Beyond Delivery sets out a critique of the mechanical ways in which some policy makers seek to exercise governance over the implementation of their policies. It offers a timely critique of the current British government's approach.
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2006-07-31
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Countries adopt policies that attract foreign multinationals, stimulate industrial clustering and foster innovation. This book links these topical issues, examining activities of multinational enterprises alongside the efficiency, appropriateness and sufficiency of such...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2006-07-11
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Young men who sexually abuse is a subject of increasing concern amongst professionals. This important volume explores the current theoretical and practice issues involved in working therapeutically with young men who have sexually abused. Linking theory to practice,...
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Wiley
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2006-06-14
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Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
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Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have the most harmful effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of children. Yet they are considered to be the most difficult to deal with by those who have...
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Wiley
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2006-05-01
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In the past decade the relationship between communities, children and families has inspired a wealth of research and policy initiatives because of a growing belief that the breakdown of families and communities is a significant factor in social problems, including child...
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Wiley
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2006-05-01
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Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
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This book provides a major new examination of the current dilemmas of liberal anti-racist policies in European societies, linking two discourses that are normally quite separate in social science: immigration and ethnic relations research on the one hand, and the...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-03-16
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Assessment, intervention and living with children who are looked after or adopted all require an understanding of psychology and its application. This innovative collection makes thinking psychologically about looked after and adopted children accessible and, in doing...
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Wiley
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2006-02-22
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Broadening and deepening of economic and political integration are hallmarks of the EU and ASEAN. This book critically analyses the economic and institutional changes in both Europe and Asia. There is considerable potential for instability, but one also finds regional...
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Springer
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2006-01-16
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Editeur :
Physica
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2005-12-27
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It has become part of the conventional wisdom in the economics of education that subsidies to higher education have a regressive distributional effect. Given that relatively more children from wealthier families enroll in higher education, many economist assume that...
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Springer
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2005-12-16
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"This book is especially welcome because of the scholarship and thoughtfulness evident throughout." —Dr Peter Reder, Child Psychiatrist, London How do child protection professionals and courts make judgments on whether serious injuries to infants are due to abuse? If...
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Wiley
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2005-12-13
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Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
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To what extent has the process of European integration re-drawn the boundaries of national welfare states? What are the effects of such re-drawing? Boundaries count: they are essential in bringing together individuals, groups, and territorial units, and for activating...
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OUP Oxford
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2005-11-24
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It seems almost daily we read newspaper articles and watch news reports exposing the growing epidemic of obesity in America. Our government tells us we are experiencing a major health crisis, with sixty percent of Americans classified as overweight, and one in four as...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2005-11-15
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It seems almost daily we read newspaper articles and watch news reports exposing the growing epidemic of obesity in America. Our government tells us we are experiencing a major health crisis, with sixty percent of Americans classified as overweight, and one in four as...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
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2005-11-15
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Local governments throughout the west are undergoing a transformation of their leadership styles and structures. Some countries have abandoned traditional systems of collective or committee based decision-making in favour of Cabinet models or, more radically, a...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2005-11-10
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The Ethics of the Market makes a distinctive contribution to the literature on the morality of the market by synthesizing the work of a number of liberal scholars into a systematic defence of the free market on ethical grounds. This defence addresses questions of social...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2005-11-10
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What have been the defining characteristics, trends and changes of Britain's post-war public policy?
Developments in British Public Policy provides a comprehensive review of all the key public policy sectors in contemporary British Politics today.
Each chapter is...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
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2005-10-18
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Based on original research and analysis by a group of health policy experts and economists from across the world, this book analyzes the causes and consequences of the expanding global and local commercialization of health care. It argues for the necessity and...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2005-09-19
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This book poses a critique of neoliberal economic polices in the EU and proposals for alternatives. The book argues that the economic weakness of the EU is the result of the very restrictive economic policy of the Union and most member states. The book advances from a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2005-09-08
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Welfare state reform has been a focus of domestic policy making in many European countries in recent years. Representing almost a third of the EU population and two distinctive models of European welfare states, this book compares development in British and German...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-08-25
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