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Using historical and contemporary case studies, Youde traces the shifting balance between surveillance and global public good provision and suggests that a human rights-based strategy offers a stable compromise.
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2010-01-04
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For centuries the pursuit of happiness was the preserve of either the philosopher or the voluptuary and took second place to the basic need to survive on the one hand, and the pressure to conform to social conventions and morality on the other. More recently there is a...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-12-17
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For centuries the pursuit of happiness was the preserve of either the philosopher or the voluptuary and took second place to the basic need to survive on the one hand, and the pressure to conform to social conventions and morality on the other. More recently there is a...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-12-17
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Considers ways in which raising questions about gender can help researchers and practitioners better understand family relationships and issues in children's development Draws on current developments in thinking about gender relations Offers an overview of...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-12-09
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GENDER and CHILD WELFARE in Society ‘This excellent and internationally relevant book provides a range of pertinent material that explores the complexities surrounding gender and child welfare in contemporary society. It addresses a clear gap in current literature and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-12-09
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This book explores the dimensions and characteristics of social vulnerability in Western Europe. It provides a broad empirical foundation for recent theories on the emergence of new social risks in post-industrial societies, revealing to what extent social risks are...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-11-30
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Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid packages, support...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-11-19
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A multi-professional approach to safeguarding children, which accompanies the Department of Health's new training courses. Focuses on the methods of identifying children at risk and details what happens at each stage of the social work process Presents a fully...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-11-18
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Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
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The case of Terri Schiavo, a young woman who spent 15 years in a persistent vegetative state, has emerged as a watershed in debates over end-of-life care. While many observers had thought the right to refuse medical treatment was well established, this case split a...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-10-29
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This book adopts novel theoretical approaches to study the diverse welfare pathways that have evolved across Central and Eastern Europe since the end of communism. It highlights the role of explanatory factors such as micro-causal mechanisms, power politics, path...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-29
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Moving beyond the 'post-Washington consensus', this book shifts the focus of development policy debates away from expenditures and austerity and towards revenues and resources. The book explores the potential and the developmental impact of different categories of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-10-09
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This study applies policy network theory to major technological, economic, environmental and social trends to generate propositions about the future of public policy. Among the findings are that we should expect more business-friendly policies, more intrusive law...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-09-30
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"The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.... It is, rather, in how we orient ourselves to the generations to come who will bear the consequences, for better and for worse, of our actions."
So writes David Orr in Down to the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-09-17
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"The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.... It is, rather, in how we orient ourselves to the generations to come who will bear the consequences, for better and for worse, of our actions."
So writes David Orr in Down to the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-09-17
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Agriculture has a small, and declining, importance in employment and income generation within the EU, but a political importance well beyond its economic impact. The EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) has often been the source of conflict between the EU and its trade...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-09-03
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A critical and evidence-based review of current and future child protection policy and practice. Provides evidence-based perspective with an up-to-date overview of policy and practice Covers several disciplinary boundaries Goes beyond mere description to enable...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-08-20
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A critical and evidence-based review of current and future child protection policy and practice. Provides evidence-based perspective with an up-to-date overview of policy and practice Covers several disciplinary boundaries Goes beyond mere description to enable...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2009-08-20
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The role of the media has become a central part of politics and policy in the twenty-first century. That dominance has led many to suggest a trend of 'dumbing down': the privileging of style over content. In this provocative new book, Maarten Hajer takes issue with the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2009-08-06
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Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions. Moreover, unequal power relations tend to heighten levels of conflict. In this context of contention, figuring out ways to accommodate others and reach solutions that are agreeable to all is a perennial...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2009-08-06
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This book assesses the recent growth and future prospects of private transnational environmental certification and standards regimes, examining in detail to what degree, and under what circumstances, do these transnational regimes truly influence industrial...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2009-08-03
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