Citizenship and Welfare State Reform in Europe
ISBN: 9780415189279 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines the concept of citizenship in relation to social policy, in the context of the rapidly changing European welfare states. Leading academics analyze concrete changes in social rights and citizenship roles, and offer theoretical investigations of citizenship and the welfare state. Issues discussed include: citizenship versus residence as a basis for social rights; the relationship between rights and obligations; workers' rights and non-workers' rights; exclusion and inclusion in the labour market and community life; the relationship between social and political citizenship;...
This work examines the concept of citizenship in relation to social policy, in the context of the rapidly changing European welfare states. Leading ac...
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127,88 zł |
The Myth of Generational Conflict: The Family and State in Ageing Societies
ISBN: 9780415207706 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The ageing of Western societies has provoked extensive sociological debate, surrounding both the role of the state and whether it can afford the cost of an ageing population and at the role of the family, especially women, in supporting older people. This edited collection brings together a range of leading researchers and theorists from across Europe to advance a sociological understanding of generational relations, in terms of the state and the family and how they are interlinked. Authors examine how changes, such as cuts in welfare provision, migration, urbanization and individualization...
The ageing of Western societies has provoked extensive sociological debate, surrounding both the role of the state and whether it can afford the cost ...
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767,58 zł |
The End of the Welfare State?: Responses to State Retrenchment
ISBN: 9780415207713 / Angielski / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout the world, politicians from all the main parties are cutting back on state welfare provision, encouraging people to use the private sector instead and developing increasingly stringent techniques for the surveillance of the poor. Almost all experts agree that we are likely to see further constraints on state welfare in the 21st Century. Gathering together the findings from up-to-date attitude surveys in Europe East and West, the US and Australasia, this revealing book shows that, contrary to the claims of many experts and policy-makers, the welfare state is still highly... Throughout the world, politicians from all the main parties are cutting back on state welfare provision, encouraging people to use the private sect... |
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741,99 zł |
Social Relations and Social Exclusion: Rethinking Political Economy
ISBN: 9780415240406 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work sets out a new approach to understanding society, based on rational choice theory. Starting from a few simple assumptions about the nature and context of human action, this text provides a reinterpretation of our major social institutions. Its central aim is to see how far social relations can be explained on the basis of human beings acting in their own interests rather than under the confines of wider social forces. The institutions examined in this book include households, communities, workplaces, social classes and the state. In each case, it is shown how the institution forms a...
This work sets out a new approach to understanding society, based on rational choice theory. Starting from a few simple assumptions about the nature a...
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665,24 zł |
Remaking Social Work with Children and Families: A Critical Discussion on the 'Modernisation' of Social Care
ISBN: 9780415298360 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Remaking Social Work with Children and Families provides a sustained examination of the 'modernisation' of this area of social care. It analyses some of the key themes introduced by the administrations of John Major and Tony Blair and provides a critical exploration of contemporary policy initiatives and issues. These include:
. the Looking After Children (LAC) materials . The Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families . 'working together' to protect children . the mainstream approach to 'race' and ethnicity in social work .... Remaking Social Work with Children and Families provides a sustained examination of the 'modernisation' of this area of social care. It analy...
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895,50 zł |
Ecological Politics and Democratic Theory: The Challenge to the Deliberative Ideal
ISBN: 9780415314312 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent 'deliberative turn' in environmental political thought. Deliberative democracy has become popular for those seeking a reconciliation of these two forms of politics. Demand for equal access to a public forum in which the best argument will prevail appears to offer a way of incorporating environmental interests into the democratic process. This book argues that deliberative theory, far from being friendly to the environmental movement, shackles the ability... This volume examines the reasons why some despair at the prospects for an ecological form of democracy, and challenges the recent 'deliberative tur... |
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716,40 zł |
The Information Society Reader
ISBN: 9780415319270 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There has been much debate over the idea of 'the information society'. Some thinkers have argued that information is becoming the key ordering principle in society, whereas others suggest that the rise of information has been overstated. Whatever the case, it cannot be denied that 'informization' has produced vast changes in advanced societies. The Information Society Reader pulls together the main contributions to this debate from some of the key figures in the field. Major topics addressed include:
* post-industrialism * surveillance * transformations * the network... There has been much debate over the idea of 'the information society'. Some thinkers have argued that information is becoming the key ordering princip...
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895,50 zł |
Health Action Zones: Partnerships for Health Equity
ISBN: 9780415325516 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Health Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the earliest and most prominent area-based initiatives launched by the New Labour government in England soon after it came to power in 1997. Written by members of the team undertaking the national evaluation of HAZ, this book examines the initiative s development and impact from a variety of perspectives. It outlines important features of the social, policy and evaluative environment within which HAZ were established and discusses enduring themes such as building and developing capacity with diverse and unequal partners within complex policy... Health Action Zones (HAZ) were one of the earliest and most prominent area-based initiatives launched by the New Labour government in England soon ... |
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204,63 zł |
Women, Employment and Organizations
ISBN: 9780415328388 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together the latest European and North American research on a series of key topics in the field of women's employment. Drawing on published and easily accessible statistics, it sets the topics in the appropriate policy contexts and systematically appraises them from the viewpoint of the challenges for the management of human resources. The book explores:
This book brings together the latest European and North American research on a series of key topics in the field of women's employment. Drawing on ... |
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184,17 zł |
Women, Employment and Organizations
ISBN: 9780415328395 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together the latest European and North American research on a series of key topics in the field of women's employment. Drawing on published and easily accessible statistics, it sets the topics in the appropriate policy contexts and systematically appraises them from the viewpoint of the challenges for the management of human resources. The book explores:
This book brings together the latest European and North American research on a series of key topics in the field of women's employment. Drawing on ... |
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102,29 zł |
The State of Feminist Social Work
ISBN: 9780415328432 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social work is currently undergoing major change in its policies, organization and day-to-day practice and much has been written about the feminist presence in social work. In particular, feminist social work has focused on the role of women social workers in developing distinctive forms of practice, rooted in a commitment to egalitarian relationships with women service users. The State of Feminist Social Work challenges the limitations of this perspective. Tracing key ideas in feminist social work from the 1970s through to the present day, and using data from interviews... Social work is currently undergoing major change in its policies, organization and day-to-day practice and much has been written about the feminist... |
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665,24 zł |
Rethinking the Welfare State: Government by Voucher
ISBN: 9780415337762 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rethinking the Welfare State offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy in an international context, with a particular emphasis on the US and Canada.
The authors investigate the claim that a decentralized delivery of government supported goods and services enables policy objectives to be achieved in a more innovative and efficient way, but at a lower cost. Secondly they examine the effectiveness of the voucher system as a solution to problematic welfare concerns. While this system has shown much promise in improving welfare, there have been problems... Rethinking the Welfare State offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy in an international context, with a par...
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716,40 zł |
Rethinking the Welfare State: Government by Voucher
ISBN: 9780415337779 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title offers a comprehensive and comparitive analysis of social welfare policy in an international context with a particular emphasis on the US and Canada. This book offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy and explores the effectiveness of the voucher system in an interrnational context. Rethinking the Welfare State offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy in an international context, with a particular emphasis on the US and Canada. The authors investigate the claim that a decentralized delivery of government supported...
This title offers a comprehensive and comparitive analysis of social welfare policy in an international context with a particular emphasis on the US a...
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204,63 zł |
Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy of Spatial Development
ISBN: 9780415354516 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taipei's quest to become a global city, which began in the 1960's, is the city's urban development. "Globalizing Taipei "reveals how the development of this capital of an Asian Dragon, key city in the South China Growth Triangle, and center for transnational production, has received firm state support, but is conditioned by international and domestic politics.
Divided into four parts -- economic and spatial restructuring, state and society realignment, social differentiation, and cultural reorientation -- the book analyses the interaction of international, state and local politics in the... Taipei's quest to become a global city, which began in the 1960's, is the city's urban development. "Globalizing Taipei "reveals how the development o...
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665,24 zł |
Political Reform in Japan: Leadership Looming Large
ISBN: 9780415415903 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political Reform in Japan argues that the quality of political leadership is the crucial determinant of whether parties in positions of dominance, like the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, pass or reject policies such as electoral system and campaign finance reforms that could harm the party's future electoral chances. By comparing successful reform drives led by Miki Takeo, Ozawa Ichiro and Koizumi Junichiro with unsuccessful reform efforts pursued by Kaifu Toshiki, Miyazawa Kiichi and Kono Yonhei, Alisia Gaunder forces a reconsideration of the structure versus agency... Political Reform in Japan argues that the quality of political leadership is the crucial determinant of whether parties in positions of do... |
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The Revival of Tradition in Indonesian Politics: The Deployment of Adat from Colonialism to Indigenism
ISBN: 9780415415972 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Indonesian term adat means 'custom' or 'tradition', and carries connotations of sedate order and harmony. Yet in recent years it has suddenly become associated with activism, protest and violence. This book investigates the revival of adat in Indonesian politics, identifying its origins, the historical factors that have conditioned it and the reasons behind its recent blossoming. It considers whether the adat revival is a constructive contribution to Indonesia's new political pluralism or a divisive, dangerous and reactionary force, and examines the... The Indonesian term adat means 'custom' or 'tradition', and carries connotations of sedate order and harmony. Yet in recent years it has s... |
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869,93 zł |
Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport
ISBN: 9780415770422 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport. Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of modern sport require a serious reassessment of current policies, in particular the ban on the use of certain substances and practices. The book includes detailed discussion of: * The historical importance of World War II and... Fastest, Highest, Strongest presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhanci... |
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767,58 zł |
Fastest, Highest, Strongest: A Critique of High-Performance Sport
ISBN: 9780415770439 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Fastest, Highest, Strongest" presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport.
Examining the political and economic transformation of the Olympic Movement during the twentieth century, the authors argue that the realities of modern sport require a serious reassessment of current policies, in particular the ban on the use of certain substances and practices. The book includes detailed discussion of: · The historical importance of World War II and the Cold War in the development of a high-performance culture in... "Fastest, Highest, Strongest" presents a comprehensive challenge to the dominant orthodoxy concerning the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport....
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240,46 zł |
Comparative Planning Cultures
ISBN: 9780415951340 / Angielski / Twarda / 415 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across the world and in different cultures.
Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban plann...
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716,40 zł |
Comparative Planning Cultures
ISBN: 9780415951357 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban planning across the world and in different cultures.
Bringing together leading planning and urban scholars, and including fascinating international case studies, this unique book investigates urban plann...
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219,99 zł |