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Draws on societies' unique histories, distinctive paths of institutional development and contrasting cultures to explain why they adopt different policies for common problems. It compares the United States with Sweden on tax policy, Canada on financing medical care,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-30
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In an online, interconnected world, democracy is increasingly made up of wikis and blogs, pokes and tweets. Citizens have become accidental journalists thanks to their handheld devices, politicians are increasingly working online, and the traditional sites of democracy...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-01-26
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Using an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations taking place in the Swedish welfare state.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-25
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Africa is a diverse continent. But is there a pattern to the diversity? Are there commonalities across the countries? And what does economics tell us about the diversity and the commonalities?
The Oxford Companion to the Economics ofAfrica is a definitive and...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-01-19
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Africa is a diverse continent. But is there a pattern to the diversity? Are there commonalities across the countries? And what does economics tell us about the diversity and the commonalities?
The Oxford Companion to the Economics ofAfrica is a definitive and...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-01-19
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Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into mortgage markets and the causes, effects, and aftermath of the recent 'subprime' mortgage crisis. Provides an even-handed and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-01-17
Collection :
IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series
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The Times They Are Changing? Crisis and the Welfare State presents a series of readings from international policy researchers that examine the effects of the recent financial crisis on welfare states around the world. Provides comprehensive and in depth coverage of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-01-17
Collection :
Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy
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In the face of high unemployment in Europe for the past thirty years, the unemployed have organized themselves and mobilized at levels ranging from the local to the transnational. This work explores why, when, and how the unemployed move from acquiescence to protest.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2012-01-02
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In 1984, Catherine Laylle, a Frenchwomen living in London, met and married a German medical student, Dieter. The couple had two sons, Alexander and Constantin. When, however, at Dieter's insistence, they moved back to his home town in Germany, the marriage began to fall...
Editeur :
Cornerstone Digital
Parution :
2011-12-31
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This book presents effective strategies for developing countries to leverage their public sector demand for manufactured imports to promote industrialization, trade, and technology transfer. Technology transfer and its absorption is considered one of the most crucial...
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Springer
Parution :
2011-12-29
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This collection sets out the latest research on the concept of 'social quality', developing its theoretical foundations and applying it to pressing policy issues such as the future of the European Union and sustainable global development.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-12-15
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The idea of diversity dominates cultural policy in the twenty-first century. Against the perceived elitism of the past, policy-makers seek to use culture to address social exclusion. Drawing on original research, this book exposes problems with this approach, making the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-12-13
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The first major book by political scientists explaining global tobacco control policy. It identifies a history of minimal tobacco control then charts the extent to which governments have regulated tobacco in the modern era. It identifies major policy change from the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-12-02
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This book questions the practices in the policy processes of international institutions. It looks at the formal and informal practices that are routinely undertaken as part of the structure of international policy processes, and analyses how people behave and with what...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-11-30
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Forecasts predict that those in need of long-term care in Europe will double in the next 50 years. This book offers a full understanding of the institutional responses and mechanisms in place to finance old age and provides analysis of demand and supply factors...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2011-11-08
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The book “The Greek Economy and the Crisis. Challenges and Responses” targets all those who think about the present and future of this (culturally) long-lived small geographic region (Greece), to form a personal view of its social and economic problems. A society that...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-10-27
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The oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories. But books on the development of the natural gas industry and the electricity industry in the U.S. are scarce. Edison to Enron is a readable flowing history of two of America's largest...
Editeur :
Wiley-Scrivener
Parution :
2011-10-24
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Central to the book are questions concerning the existence and the characteristics of justice motives, and concerning the influence that justice motives and justice judgements have on the emergence, but also the solution of social conflicts. Five main themes will be...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-10-20
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There is every indication that the international system is undergoing a period of significant transformation. The substantially higher growth rates of the emerging-market economies in comparison with those of the developed economies are changing the global distribution...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-10-12
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The international literature on non-standard employment has mostly focussed on its impact on employment, and more recently on working and living conditions. This volume explores these issues with special reference to Italy. Italy is characterized by very low...
Editeur :
Physica
Parution :
2011-10-12
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