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Jouissance identitaire dans la civilisation
ISBN: 9782955620922 / Francuski / Miękka / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Public Use of Private Interest
ISBN: 9780815777618 / Angielski / Miękka / 93 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to conventional wisdom, government may intervene when private markets fail to provide goods and services that society values. This view has led to the passage of much legislation and the creation of a host of agencies that have attempted, by exquisitely detailed regulations, to compel legislatively defined behavior in a broad range of activities affecting society as a whole-- health care, housing, pollution abatement, transportation, to name only a few.
According to conventional wisdom, government may intervene when private markets fail to provide goods and services that society values. This view has ...
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Europe and Civil Society: Movement Coalitions and European Governance
ISBN: 9780719073700 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Europe and Civil Society provides an in-depth examination of how public interest groups and social movements seek to influence the European policy-making process.
The book is based on a comparison of the role of networks of activists and their allies - broadly defined as Movement Advocacy Coalitions - in influencing decision-making at the European Union level in three specific areas of policy-making: environmentalism, anti-racism and ethno-nationalist regionalism. It draws on systematic documentary analysis and an extensive series of interviews with activists and institutional actors to... Europe and Civil Society provides an in-depth examination of how public interest groups and social movements seek to influence the European policy-mak...
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Reflecting Realities: Participants' Perspectives on Integrated Communities and Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781861342706 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Government rhetoric increasingly emphasises the importance of community participation in area regeneration programmes; however, it is far less clear how much those involved are able to effectively influence practice and future policy making. Community knowledge is an important resource; participants need to be actively involved in monitoring and evaluation at every stage of the regeneration process.Through analysis of four case study areas with a history of participation and interviews with community representatives and key stakeholders, Reflecting realities explores participants'...
Government rhetoric increasingly emphasises the importance of community participation in area regeneration programmes; however, it is far less clear h...
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Quality at Home for Older People: Involving Service Users in Defining Home Care Specifications
ISBN: 9781861343529 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The government's NHS Plan emphasises the importance of services based on users' views.This highly topical report provides practical guidance on how to ensure that older people's views are heard and acted on, and their views monitored, in relation to service quality.Quality at home for older people: provides new information on the definition of quality in home care services by service users both under and over 80 years of age;identifies users' priorities for the first time;shows the differences and similarities in the perceptions of quality between white and minority ethnic service...
The government's NHS Plan emphasises the importance of services based on users' views.This highly topical report provides practical guidance on how to...
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The Nature and Pattern of Family-Friendly Employment Policies in Britain
ISBN: 9781861344335 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is need for a more detailed understanding of employers' motivations for offering flexible working and the outcomes of different policies and practices for both employers and employees. This report draws on data from a large-scale national survey of workplace employee relations (WERS) to fill these gaps in our knowledge and understanding. It is the first time these issues have been explored through analysis of such a large and representative sample of companies and employees.
There is need for a more detailed understanding of employers' motivations for offering flexible working and the outcomes of different policies and pra...
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Women in Transition: A Study of the Experiences of Bangladeshi Women Living in Tower Hamlets
ISBN: 9781861345103 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on interviews with over 100 first generation migrant women in the London borough of Tower Hamlets (home to the largest population of Bangladeshis in the UK) the report: . vbTab]presents the first detailed study of this significant ethnic minority group;. vbTab]identifies the pressures facing women as they juggle competing demands from younger and older generations;. vbTab]addresses particular concerns such as the barriers to adopting English language within the community;. vbTab]highlights the issues for those involved in service delivery;. vbTab]demonstrates the range of issues to be...
Drawing on interviews with over 100 first generation migrant women in the London borough of Tower Hamlets (home to the largest population of Banglades...
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Attitudes to Flexible Working and Family Life
ISBN: 9781861345493 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report is the first to examine attitudes towards flexible working and family life. Drawing on a study of over 1500 members of the Amalgamated Electrical and Engineering Union (AEEU) and interviews with 53 AEEU shop stewards, the report: . vbTab]examines attitudes to, and uptake of, flexible working practices among employees who work full-time;. vbTab]compares the attitudes of women and men, those who do and do not have caring responsibilities and those at different occupational levels;. vbTab]considers the ways in which workplace culture and individual circumstances determine attitudes...
This report is the first to examine attitudes towards flexible working and family life. Drawing on a study of over 1500 members of the Amalgamated Ele...
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History, Historians & Development Pol.PB: A Necessary Dialogue
ISBN: 9780719085772 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these understandings. This volume integrates, for the first time, contributions from ten leading historians and seven policy advisors around the central development issues of social protection, public health, public education and natural resource management. How did certain ideas, and not others, gain traction in shaping particular policy responses? How did the content and effectiveness of these responses vary across different countries, and indeed within...
If history matters for understanding key development outcomes then surely historians should be active contributors to the debates informing these unde...
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Understanding As-Level Government and Politics: Second Edition
ISBN: 9780719086540 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The revised and fully updated second edition of the hugely popular Understanding AS-Level Government and Politics is an accessible, comprehensive and topical textbook for both AS- and A-Level Government and Politics students. The content of the book is structured according to the Edexcel, OCR and AQA examination boards' specifications and written to the highest standards.
This new edition covers a wide range of up-to-date topics that include: political power, participation and democracy; the UK constitution; elections and referenda; MPs, parties and pressure groups; Parliament and... The revised and fully updated second edition of the hugely popular Understanding AS-Level Government and Politics is an accessible, comprehensive and ...
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Leading the Localities: Executive Mayors in English Local Governance
ISBN: 9780719071874 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, now available in paperback, is the result of national research conducted amongst England's directly elected mayors and the councillors that serve alongside them. It is the first such major publication to assess the impact on local politics of this new office and fills a gap in our understanding of how the Local Government Act 2000 has influenced local governance. The book also draws from a range of research that has focused on elected mayors - in England and overseas - to set out how the powers, roles and responsibilities of mayors and mayoral councils would need to change if...
This book, now available in paperback, is the result of national research conducted amongst England's directly elected mayors and the councillors that...
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The Lost Future: And How to Reclaim It
ISBN: 9780300262629 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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'It Pays Dividends': Direct Payments and Older People
ISBN: 9781861345806 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Direct payments have been available to older people receiving community care services in the UK since February 2000. However, scepticism remains about older people's desire and ability to use direct payments and take-up so far has been low. Drawing on interviews with older people, local authority care managers and direct payments support service workers, this topical report looks at how older people use direct payments and how they make them work. It considers the role of direct payments support services and local authority care managers in making direct payments a real option for older...
Direct payments have been available to older people receiving community care services in the UK since February 2000. However, scepticism remains about...
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Depression and Older People: Towards Securing Well-Being in Later Life
ISBN: 9781861346421 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The literature on depression in old age has tended to be dominated by the medical model with its focus on symptoms and treatment. This report breaks new ground by adopting a psycho-social approach - one that explores depression in the context of the everyday lives of older people. Commissioned by Help the Aged, the report reviews the nature and scope of the evidence base around depression and older people; evaluates current policy and practice responses and identifies gaps in the evidence base and areas for further work. Depression and older people is invaluable reading for anyone involved in...
The literature on depression in old age has tended to be dominated by the medical model with its focus on symptoms and treatment. This report breaks n...
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New Labour and the European Union: Blair and Brown's Logic of History
ISBN: 9780719076411 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's attempt to sell the European ideal to the British people. New Labour came to power in 1997 promising to modernize the country and make it fit for the twenty-first century. In foreign policy, Blair and Brown set about rethinking core components of the British national identity, especially the country's relationship to its past and its role in the world. Rebranding Britain, they argued, meant helping the British people feel comfortably at home in the European Union. What did New Labour achieve and did its European policy succeed? How did Blair...
This book explores Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's attempt to sell the European ideal to the British people. New Labour came to power in 1997 promising ...
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Regulatory Quality in Europe: Concepts, Measures and Policy Processes
ISBN: 9780719086700 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The European Union and its member states are investing in ambitious programmes for 'better regulation' and targets of regulatory quality. This book, available in paperback for the first time, lifts the veil of excessively optimistic propositions covering the whole better regulation agenda. It provides an innovative conceptual framework to handle the political complexity of regulatory governance. It approaches better regulation as an emerging public policy, with its own political context, actors, problems, rules of interaction, instruments, activities and impacts. Focusing on the key tools of...
The European Union and its member states are investing in ambitious programmes for 'better regulation' and targets of regulatory quality. This book, a...
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Understanding American Government and Politics: Third Edition
ISBN: 9780719086830 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This eagerly-anticipated third edition builds on the established reputation of the Understanding series. It provides an accessible and intelligible text without compromising its high academic standards. Devices designed to help students study and revise effectively are used throughout including useful tables and boxes; clear definitions of key terms; and helpful introductory and concluding sections in each chapter.
The third edition has been thoroughly updated to include such topics as the findings of the 2010 Census; the outcomes of the 2008 presidential contest and the 2010 mid-term... This eagerly-anticipated third edition builds on the established reputation of the Understanding series. It provides an accessible and intelligible te...
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The Commodification Gap: Gentrification and Public Policy in London, Berlin and St. Petersburg
ISBN: 9781119603054 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Delivery Gap: Why Government Projects Really Fail and What Can Be Done about It
ISBN: 9781836624851 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Citizenship, Identity and Immigration in the European Union: Between Past and Future
ISBN: 9780719081194 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. European citizenship, identity and immigration are constitutive issues facing the European polity and have important consequences for domestic political systems. There has been a great deal published about citizenship within the setting of the nation-state and comparative immigration policies, but relatively little has been written on their theorisation in a post-national, post-statist context, such as the EU, and on alternative European institutional designs. Now available in paperback, this volume blends normative political theory with European integration, and develops an original...
European citizenship, identity and immigration are constitutive issues facing the European polity and have important consequences for domestic politic...
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