In recent decades, social and political pressures have forced a reevaluation of the roles of health and welfare professionals throughout Europe. "Policy, People, and the New Professional" examines those changes and their consequences. The volume reveals how public dissatisfaction with caregivers, financial pressures from government agencies, and attempts to cope with Europe's increasingly multicultural population have led to changes in responsibilities and oversight for a wide range of practitioners. Though more changes are certain to come as Europe's population ages--"Policy, People, and...
In recent decades, social and political pressures have forced a reevaluation of the roles of health and welfare professionals throughout Europe. "Poli...
Though women's employment patterns in Europe have been changing drastically over several decades, the repercussions of this social revolution are just beginning to garner serious attention. Many scholars have presumed that diversity and change in women's employment is based on the structures of welfare states and women's responses to economic incentives and disincentives to join the workforce; "How Welfare States Care" provides in-depth analysis of women's employment and childcare patterns, taxation, social security, and maternity leave provisions in order to show this logic does not hold....
Though women's employment patterns in Europe have been changing drastically over several decades, the repercussions of this social revolution are just...
What drives development? What new issues have arisen due to globalization? And what kind of policies contribute to development in a rapidly changing world? The studies in "Doing Good or Doing Better" analyze the different development strategies employed on various continents, address current challenges, and argue that a new approach--one different from the European and American models--is necessary in a globalizing, interdependent world.
What drives development? What new issues have arisen due to globalization? And what kind of policies contribute to development in a rapidly changing w...
On some levels, the accepted role of development aid has been supplanted by the increase of individual remittances and foreign direct investment, as well as by policies that focus on issues such as climate, migration, financial stability, knowledge, trade, and security in order to increase opportunities in struggling countries. This study considers such changes and examines the effectiveness of aid and its role in international power relations. The editors and contributors close the book by proposing new strategies for development aid in the era of globalization.
On some levels, the accepted role of development aid has been supplanted by the increase of individual remittances and foreign direct investment, a...
Largely because of the European Union's two-phase expansion in 2004 and 2007, labor migration across the continent has changed significantly in recent years. Notably, the EU's policy of open borders has enabled a growing stream of workers to leave new member states in search of higher wages. As a result, the nature, scale, and direction of migration flows have changed dramatically. "Making Migration Work" explores how policy can--and should--address these changes. In the process, this timely volume considers the future trajectory of a phenomenon that has become an increasingly sensitive...
Largely because of the European Union's two-phase expansion in 2004 and 2007, labor migration across the continent has changed significantly in recent...