Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Public Policy - General

Die kraft Grundgesetz verbriefte "Allzustandigkeit" der deutschen Gemeinden wird in der politischen Wirklichkeit mehrfach zuruckgestutzt, ja amputiert. Doch spiegelt sich in dieser verfassungsrechtlichen Norm die Vielfalt und Breite lokaler Politik und ihrer Problemlagen durchaus wieder. Fur eine knappe Uberblicksinformation, wie sie der vorliegende Band liefern soll, muss folglich der komplexe Gegenstand auf ein Darstellungsformat gebracht werden, welches Wichtiges nicht ausblendet, aber gleichwol ubersichtlich bleibt. Angelehnt an das Erklarungsmuster des Historischen Institutionalismus,...

Access to universal health care in Canada has become a symbol of national identity and, as such, has also become a highly contentious and politically charged question in the field of public policy. The extent of the passion and disagreement that health care issues provoke is evident in the simple fact that although Canada has undergone dramatic changes in citizenship development since the early 1980s, the health care system has changed very little.

Candace Johnson Redden examines the theoretical dimensions of citizenship and rights in Canada as they intersect with health care...

While widely acknowledged as the world's oldest profession, and often glamorized or demonized in the media, prostitution is a critical part of American culture and its economy, as well as a social problem in need of an updated public policy.

In Prostitution Policy, Lenore Kuo combines feminist social research and legal studies to tackle issues raised by heterosexual prostitution in the U.S. Through the lens of feminist theory, Kuo examines the milieu of prostitutes and the role of prostitution in contemporary society, and how the interplay of those two works itself out in...

First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company.