In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is important to understand how 'solidarity' can happen at all. The Road to Social Europe reviews the development of political cultural processes since the nineteenth century, showing how social protection and social justice have gradually become interwoven with systems of social protection, or welfare states. Grounded on extensive empirical research conducted in many EU countries and in the European Commission's administration over twenty years, the book...
In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is importa...
Evaluation Cultures draws upon a sample of reflections, drawn from organizational practices, nationally centered political cultures, and ethnic cultures, as a framework for understanding how culture influences the work of evaluation. Two main conclusions seem to emerge: first, that there exists no single, uniform, and homogenous national evaluation culture; second, that the idea of a unified transnational culture of evaluation is an illusion. The evaluation community includes a diverse group of professionals; a diversity that is not just represented in national or ethnic...
Evaluation Cultures draws upon a sample of reflections, drawn from organizational practices, nationally centered political cultures, and e...
La multiplication des recherches comparatives internationales, notamment europeennes, contraste singulierement avec le peu de reflexion sur leur epistemologie et sur les questions de methode. C'est a ce manque que cet ouvrage cherche a remedier en s'appuyant sur l'experience d'historiens, de sociologues, de politistes et d'economistes de divers pays europeens. Comment ces chercheurs construisent-ils la comparabilite de leurs objets ? Quel role les langues jouent-elles dans la clarte de la comparaison ? Comment depasser l'opposition entre universalisme et relativisme culturaliste ? Telles sont...
La multiplication des recherches comparatives internationales, notamment europeennes, contraste singulierement avec le peu de reflexion sur leur epist...
In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is important to understand how solidarity can happen at all. The Road to Social Europe reviews the development of political cultural processes since the nineteenth century, showing how social protection and social justice have gradually become interwoven with systems of social protection, or welfare states.
Grounded on extensive empirical research conducted in many EU countries and in the European Commission s administration over twenty years, the...
In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is impo...
