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Examining Intelligence-Led Policing: Developments in Research, Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9781137307361 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a critical analysis of the employment of intelligence-led policing (ILP) strategies. It aims to convey a better understanding of some of the realities of the police investigative and criminal intelligence worlds, and to examine what the story of intelligence-led policing tells us about policing and the police organization.
This book provides a critical analysis of the employment of intelligence-led policing (ILP) strategies. It aims to convey a better understanding of so...
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China's Pension System: A Vision
ISBN: 9780821395400 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comprehensive reform of China's pension and social security system is an essential element of achieving its objectives of a harmonious society and sustainable development. Over the past few years, the Government has considered various options and initiated several significant measures. In 2009 the authorities established a national framework for rural pensions, the Rural Pension Pilot Program (RPPP) and in 2011 a Pilot Social Pension Insurance for Urban Residents announced. In this process, it has articulated principles for a reformed urban pension system (indicated by 12 Chinese characters )...
Comprehensive reform of China's pension and social security system is an essential element of achieving its objectives of a harmonious society and sus...
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Children and Youth in Crisis: Protecting and Promoting Human Development in Times of Economic Shocks
ISBN: 9780821395479 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The successful development of children and young people requires that we protect and nurture a set of interrelated physiological, cognitive, and socio-emotional systems. What happens to these systems in early life can have long-term consequences and can even carry over to the next generation. The impact of economic crises on human development is similarly complex and heterogeneous. Some families and some young people display astonishing resilience - either by being comparatively unscathed by crises or by their ability to recover quickly and healthily. Other families and individuals may be...
The successful development of children and young people requires that we protect and nurture a set of interrelated physiological, cognitive, and socio...
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In from the Shadow: Integrating Europe's Informal Labor
ISBN: 9780821395493 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What to do about the extent of unregulated informal employment and the size of the shadow economy is a dilemma that has been gaining urgency, particularly in Europe's periphery. The forces that accompany globalization put a premium on mobility and skill-renewal. Rapid population ageing will require that people work longer and be far more productive. To achieve this, social and economic institutions have to be more pro-employment, encouraging greater participation in the formal economy. And looking ahead, public financial resources will be increasingly scarce, giving urgency to measures that...
What to do about the extent of unregulated informal employment and the size of the shadow economy is a dilemma that has been gaining urgency, particul...
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102,81 |
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The Good, Bad & Ugly Social Security Disability
ISBN: 9781441584434 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Good, Bad & Ugly Social Security Disability
ISBN: 9781441584441 / Angielski / Twarda / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Reforming Healthcare: What's the Evidence?
ISBN: 9781447307105 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. National Health Service reform continues to be a contentious issue in the UK. Reforming Healthcare offers the first major critical overview of health care reform research in England. Analyzing research from 1990 on, a team of leading UK health-policy academics consider the implications of this research for current debates about health care reorganization both in England and internationally. As the most up-to-date summary of what research reveals as successful in English health care reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone interested in the wide-ranging debates about health...
National Health Service reform continues to be a contentious issue in the UK. Reforming Healthcare offers the first major critical overview of ...
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Reforming Healthcare: What's the Evidence?
ISBN: 9781447307112 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. National Health Service reform continues to be a contentious issue in the UK. Reforming Healthcare offers the first major critical overview of health care reform research in England. Analyzing research from 1990 on, a team of leading UK health-policy academics consider the implications of this research for current debates about health care reorganization both in England and internationally. As the most up-to-date summary of what research reveals as successful in English health care reform, this essential review is aimed at anyone interested in the wide-ranging debates about health...
National Health Service reform continues to be a contentious issue in the UK. Reforming Healthcare offers the first major critical overview of ...
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Social Security and Welfare: Concepts and Comparisons
ISBN: 9780335209347 / Angielski / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the objectives of social security and social assistance provisions? How can we establish whether these provisions are effective? How do countries differ in the design and effectiveness of their social security systems? This textbook provides a foundation for the systematic study of social security and means-tested social assistance.
What are the objectives of social security and social assistance provisions? How can we establish whether these provisions are effective? How do count...
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Effective Policing?: Implementation in Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781137026781 / Angielski / Twarda / 213 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a unique insight into the way policing is performed. By embracing both organizational management issues as well as operational police business such as crime reduction and detection, firearms, disorder, organised crime and terrorism, it provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary police theory and practice.
This book provides a unique insight into the way policing is performed. By embracing both organizational management issues as well as operational poli...
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201,24 |
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Trading Secrets: Spies and Intelligence in an Age of Terror
ISBN: 9781848858435 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How have the intelligence services been forced to adapt to try and combat the threat of terrorism? In this gripping book, former security correspondent Mark Huband takes us inside the shadowy world of intelligence-gathering. Drawing on previously unseen material, unpublished letters and exclusive interviews, he explores how the role and purpose of 'intelligence' has evolved from its origins in nineteenth-century Ireland to today's fight against terrorism. Using his unique sources, he exposes the hidden blunders of the western intelligence agencies, such as the CIA's total misreading of the... How have the intelligence services been forced to adapt to try and combat the threat of terrorism? In this gripping book, former security correspon... |
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New Media and Public Activism: Neoliberalism, the State and Radical Protest in the Public Sphere
ISBN: 9781447308218 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arab Spring was but the most prominent example of political activism that made extensive use of social mediaeverything from petitions to constituent communications have been affected by the rise of new communications technologies. But in "New Media and Public Activism," John Michael Roberts poses a troubling question: Is this activism actually new and effective, or are we instead being transformed into subjects of online consumption and orderly surveillance, rather than being committed social and political campaigners? Taking a political economy perspective, Roberts offers an...
The Arab Spring was but the most prominent example of political activism that made extensive use of social mediaeverything from petitions to constitue...
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Eu Labor Market Policy: Ideas, Thought Communities and Policy Change
ISBN: 9781349701643 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The EU's 'social dimension' is a product of the ideology of the 1990s. Its employment field is directed to increase the employability of workers and the adaptability of labor market regimes. The book argues that this social-liberal approach is best explained with a set of ideas strategically advanced by 'thought communities' in the policy process. The EU's 'social dimension' is a product of the ideology of the 1990s. Its employment field is directed to increase the employability of workers an... |
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Social Security Sense: A guide to claiming benefits for those age 60-70
ISBN: 9781944255053 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The average person living 25 years or more is likely to receive $500,000 or more in total Social Security benefits.
Thats not small change. The decisions you make about these benefits are often irrevocable - and when and how you collect these benefits can increase, or decrease, the amount you get over your lifetime. Social Security Sense provides practical how-to knowledge to help you navigate through the numerous rules, and make the best claiming choices for you and your family. In this book nationally known retirement expert Dana Anspach explains the Social Security claiming rules,... The average person living 25 years or more is likely to receive $500,000 or more in total Social Security benefits.
Thats not small change. T... |
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Pensions in the European Union: Adapting to Economic and Social Change: Adapting to Economic and Social Change
ISBN: 9781461370420 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ageing, financial and labour market challenges facing the old age pension systems of the member states of the European Union are well known. Those who cast doubt on the ability of the present system of pension provision - at least to the extent that it is pay-as-you-go financed - to cope with the problems posed by these challenges are getting more vociferous. Increasingly there are calls for pay-as-you-go systems to be cut back and for funded systems to be expanded.
This book contests the view that funding is the answer. It shows how adaptable the largely pay-as-you-go old age... The ageing, financial and labour market challenges facing the old age pension systems of the member states of the European Union are well known. Those...
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The Global Aging Preparedness Index
ISBN: 9781442227811 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world stands on the threshold of a stunning demographic transformation. Over the next few decades, global aging will affect everything from the shape of the family to the shape of the geopolitical order. Perhaps most fatefully, it could throw into question the ability of societies to provide a decent standard of living for the old without imposing a crushing burden on the young. Which countries are most prepared to meet the challenge? And which countries are least prepared? CSIS's Global Aging Preparedness Index, now available in a second thoroughly updated edition, provides the only...
The world stands on the threshold of a stunning demographic transformation. Over the next few decades, global aging will affect everything from the sh...
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The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual
ISBN: 9780128000038 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual, Third Edition teaches today's security officers the most important aspects of performing the job of a security officer professionally and effectively. Training is the most important element in becoming a professional security officer, but it is also often overlooked or underutilized. This straightforward, easy-to-follow, and well-organized text covers the essentials that security officers need as they face issues of growing technology and an emphasis on proactiveness and vigilance. The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual, Third...
The Effective Security Officer's Training Manual, Third Edition teaches today's security officers the most important aspects of performing the ...
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Lessons from Abroad for the U.S. Entitlement Debate
ISBN: 9781442228375 / Angielski / Miękka / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The unsustainable federal budget outlook will inevitably push entitlement reform to the forefront of the national policy debate. As America's leaders consider reform options, they will have much to learn from the experience of other developed countries, several of which have recently enacted far-reaching overhauls of their state pension systems that greatly reduce the long-term fiscal burden of their aging populations. "Lessons from Abroad for the U.S. Entitlement Debate" places America's aging challenge in international perspective, examines the most promising reform initiatives in nine...
The unsustainable federal budget outlook will inevitably push entitlement reform to the forefront of the national policy debate. As America's leaders ...
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Falling Short: The Coming Retirement Crisis and What to Do about It
ISBN: 9780190218898 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The United States faces a serious retirement challenge. Many of today's workers will lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain their standard of living in retirement. Solving the problem is a major challenge in today's environment in which risk and responsibility have shifted from government and employers to individuals. For this reason, Charles D. Ellis, Alicia H. Munnell, and Andrew D. Eschtruth have written this concise guide for anyone concerned about their own - and the nation's - retirement security. Falling Short is grounded in sound research yet...
The United States faces a serious retirement challenge. Many of today's workers will lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain the...
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Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Disability Insurance Programs and Retirement
ISBN: 9780226262574 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Even as life expectancy in many countries has continued to increase, social security and similar government programs can provide strong incentives for workers to leave the labor force when they reach the age of eligibility for benefits. Disability insurance programs can also play a significant role in the departure of older workers from the labor force, with many individuals in some countries relying on disability insurance until they are able to enter into full retirement.
The sixth stage of an ongoing research project studying the relationship between social security programs and labor... Even as life expectancy in many countries has continued to increase, social security and similar government programs can provide strong incentives for...
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577,42 |