There has been much concern about rising levels of income inequality in the societies of advanced industrial democracies. Commentators have attributed this increase to the impact of globalization, the decline of the welfare state, or the erosion of the power of labor unions and their allies among left-wing political parties. But little attention has been paid to variations among these countries in the degree of inequality. This is the subject that Vicki Birchfield tackles in this ambitious book.
Differences in political institutions have been seen by political scientists as one...
There has been much concern about rising levels of income inequality in the societies of advanced industrial democracies. Commentators have attribu...
Undocumented immigration across the Mediterranean and the US-Mexican border is one of the most contested transatlantic public and political issues, raising fundamental questions about national identity, security and multiculturalism-all in the glare of news media themselves undergoing dramatic transformations.
This interdisciplinary, international volume fills a major gap in political science and communication literature on the role of news media in public debates over immigration by providing unique insider's perspectives on journalistic practices and bringing them into...
Undocumented immigration across the Mediterranean and the US-Mexican border is one of the most contested transatlantic public and political issues,...
Vicki L. Birchfield John S. Duffield V. Birchfield
Since the mid-2000s, the European Union has made unprecedented strides toward the creation of a common energy policy. This book takes stock of these developments, evaluating how much progress has actually been made and what remains to be done, what factors explain these recent advances and their limitations.
Since the mid-2000s, the European Union has made unprecedented strides toward the creation of a common energy policy. This book takes stock of these d...
