| |
Leading scholars in the field examine the highly topical issue of the future of the welfare state in Europe. They argue that welfare states need to adjust, and examine which kind of welfare architecture will further Europe's stated goal of maximum social inclusion and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-08-22
ePub
|
How much has really changed in the world of welfare? A great deal, according to Neil Gilbert, one of our most deeply engaged and thoughtful analysts of social welfare policy. In this panoramic inquiry, Gilbert spans the globe to assess, in provocative yet dispassionate...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2002-08-15
PDF
|
In this path-breaking book, the author argues that European countries' political-economic policies, practices, and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization and Europeanization, but they have not converged. Although national policies may now be...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-08-15
PDF
|
In this path-breaking book, the author argues that European countries' political-economic policies, practices, and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization and Europeanization, but they have not converged. Although national policies may now be...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-08-15
ePub
|
A multidisciplinary team of experts examines violence from a resilience perspective Violence knows no boundaries. It attacks in schools, in families, and even in the workforce-places that should be regarded as safe havens. Encompassing the enormity of violence through...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2002-07-17
PDF
|
As a founder and managing director of Global Business Network, James Ogilvy helped develop the technique of scenario planning, which has become an integral part of strategic thinking in both business and government. Now Ogilvy shows how we can use this cutting-edge...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2002-04-11
PDF, ePub
|
Social indicators are an important tool for evaluating a country's level of social development and for assessing the impact of policy. Such indicators are already in use in investigating poverty and social exclusion in several European countries and have begun to play a...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-03-07
PDF
|
With Economic and Monetary Union, the European Union has embarked on one of the biggest projects in its history. Previous literature has focused on how EMU came into being and on the policy issues that it raises. European States and the Euro seeks to move the discussion...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2002-03-07
PDF
|
Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Critical Theory of Technology rethinks the relationships between technology, rationality, and democracy, arguing that the degradation of labor--as well as of many environmental, educational, and political systems--is rooted in the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2002-02-06
PDF, ePub
|
The indispensable annual British Social Attitudes survey compiles, describes and comments on a range of current social attitudes.The series charts changes in British social values, with annual surveys carried out from a nationwide sample of around 3,500 people by the...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2001-11-28
PDF
|
Abortion Politics, Women's Movements and the Democratic State examines the impact of women's movements since the 1960s on the policy-making processes determining abortion laws. The impact of women's movements is assessed in terms of their success in increasing the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-11-15
PDF
|
The Politics of Labor in a Global Age is one of the first works to analyse and compare recent shifts in patterns of industrial relations across late-industrializing and post-socialist economies.The volume features original and timely essays on labor relations at...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-09-20
PDF
|
Why does regulation vary so dramatically from one area to another?Why are some risks regulated aggressively and others responded to only modestly? Is there any logic to the techniques we use in risk regulation? These key questions are explored in The Government of Risk....
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-08-23
PDF
|
In 1950, a European political space existed, if only as a very primitive site of international governance. Today, the European Union governs in an ever-growing number of policy domains. Increasingly dense networks of transnational actors representing electorates, member...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-08-16
PDF
|
'Janet Newman's 'Modernizing Governance' provides a comprehensive and thorough critique of contemporary public sector reforms. The book combines an impressive synthesis of theoretical perspectives with a deep understanding of the practice of public policy making and...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2001-06-28
PDF
|
Efforts to tackle the trade impeding effects of divergent standards and regulations are at the core of European economic relations. This volume draws on literature from several disciplines to develop a comprehensive account of the regulatory strategies and institutional...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-06-14
PDF
|
During 1957 and 1958 Mao was seized by a vision that the Chinese economy could develop rapidly in leaps and bounds by relying on intuition and mass spontaneity. As a consequence, he single-handedly launched a colossal mobilization campaign called the Great Leap Forward,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-06-07
PDF
|
The welfare states of the affluent democracies now stand at the centre of political discussion and social conflict. In these path-breaking essays, an international team of leading analysts rejects simplistic claims about the impact of economic 'globalization'. Economic,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-04-05
PDF
|
The relationship between the European Union and its member states is complex and continually evolving. This book seeks to explore not only the nature of this relationship, but the broader implications of European integration for the ways in which politics in Europe is...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2001-02-15
PDF
|
At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, political leaders from more than a hundred countries made a formal commitment to intensify efforts to resolve global environment and development problems and to strive for sustainable development. This volume examines how governments in...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2000-11-30
PDF
|