Gender and the Welfare State
ISBN: 9780745622323 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gender and the Welfare State explores the configuration of care, work and welfare in eight countries: France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Bringing together the most recent empirical data available, it examines the impact of the welfare state on women's and men's roles and power relations, and on their access to resources.
Casting a critical eye over feminist and comparative literature on the welfare state, Daly and Rake elaborate a new theoretical framework for understanding how gender relations are shaped by national welfare... Gender and the Welfare State explores the configuration of care, work and welfare in eight countries: France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands...
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103,89 zł |
Trust
ISBN: 9780745624648 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can we trust our elected representatives or is public life so corrupted that we can no longer rely on governments to protect our interests or even our civil liberties? Is the current mood of public distrust justified or do we need to re-evaluate our understanding of trust in the global age? In this wide-ranging book, Russell Hardin sets out to dispel the myths surrounding the concept of trust in contemporary society and politics. He examines the growing literature on trust to analyze public concerns about declining levels of trust, both in our fellow citizens and in our governments and their...
Can we trust our elected representatives or is public life so corrupted that we can no longer rely on governments to protect our interests or even our...
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300,88 zł |
Trust
ISBN: 9780745624655 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this wide-ranging book, Russell Hardin sets out to dispel the myths surrounding the concept of trust in contemporary society and politics. He examines the growing literature on trust to analyze public concerns about declining levels of trust, both in our fellow citizens and in our governments and their officials.
In this wide-ranging book, Russell Hardin sets out to dispel the myths surrounding the concept of trust in contemporary society and politics. He exami...
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92,95 zł |
Making Public Policy: Institutions, Actors, Strategies
ISBN: 9780745627533 / Angielski / Twarda / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mark Considine's new book explores the nature of public policy-making in a world undergoing cataclysmic change. Running through the text is the core assertion that policy-making can best be seen as a form of intervention into specific social and cultural contexts, and not as an engineered solution to universal problems.
The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to key issues and contemporary debates in public policy. The author draws on a wide range of examples from around the world to develop a framework for understanding the way social contexts, policy... Mark Considine's new book explores the nature of public policy-making in a world undergoing cataclysmic change. Running through the text is the core a...
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328,23 zł |
Making Public Policy: Institutions, Actors, Strategies
ISBN: 9780745627540 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mark Considine's new book explores the nature of public policy-making in a world undergoing cataclysmic change. Running through the text is the core assertion that policy-making can best be seen as a form of intervention into specific social and cultural contexts, and not as an engineered solution to universal problems.
The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to key issues and contemporary debates in public policy. The author draws on a wide range of examples from around the world to develop a framework for understanding the way social contexts, policy... Mark Considine's new book explores the nature of public policy-making in a world undergoing cataclysmic change. Running through the text is the core a...
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103,89 zł |
Time of Transitions
ISBN: 9780745630106 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new collection of essays by Habermas, the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today, addresses some of the most pressing social and political issues of our time and will be essential reading for all students and scholars of sociology and politics.
This new collection of essays by Habermas, the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today, addresses some of the most pressing s...
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273,53 zł |
Time of Transitions
ISBN: 9780745630113 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new collection of essays by Habermas, the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today, addresses some of the most pressing social and political issues of our time and will be essential reading for all students and scholars of sociology and politics.
This new collection of essays by Habermas, the most influential philosopher and social thinker in Germany today, addresses some of the most pressing s...
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87,48 zł |
Social Policy for the Twenty-First Century: New Perspectives, Big Issues
ISBN: 9780745636078 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the new century, governments face three challenges for their social policies. Their efforts to improve their citizens' well-being must be consistent with the development of the world economy, and should if possible enhance the situation of the poorest populations. Their systems for redistribution and public services must be rooted in a convincing version of their own domestic order. And they should be sustainable over time, doing justice to the needs of future generations.
This book shows how social policy can address these big issues, and how they relate to each other in an... In the new century, governments face three challenges for their social policies. Their efforts to improve their citizens' well-being must be consisten...
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328,23 zł |
Social Policy for the Twenty-First Century: New Perspectives, Big Issues
ISBN: 9780745636085 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the new century, governments face three challenges for their social policies. Their efforts to improve their citizens' well-being must be consistent with the development of the world economy, and should if possible enhance the situation of the poorest populations. Their systems for redistribution and public services must be rooted in a convincing version of their own domestic order. And they should be sustainable over time, doing justice to the needs of future generations.
This book shows how social policy can address these big issues, and how they relate to each other in an... In the new century, governments face three challenges for their social policies. Their efforts to improve their citizens' well-being must be consisten...
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109,36 zł |
The Politics of Community: Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780748615438 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Community is one of the most widely used yet also one of the most complex concepts in modern political thought. This book provides an introduction to the concept, showing how philosophical ideas can be used in political practice.The aims of the book are to (i) provide a critical analysis of the historical use of the concept of community in political philosophy and sociological theory; (ii) demonstrate the problems that emanate from the division between communitarianism and liberalism; (iii) contrast the orthodox views on communitarianism of conservative thinkers in the UK and USA with more...
Community is one of the most widely used yet also one of the most complex concepts in modern political thought. This book provides an introduction to ...
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161,10 zł |
NAFTA & Neocolonialism: Comparative Criminal, Human, & Social Justice
ISBN: 9780761828907 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work is a study of the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). By focusing on the issue of justice in the contexts of globalization and neo-colonialism, the book contributes to a broader discussion of the significance of NAFTA.
This work is a study of the impacts of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). By focusing on the issue of justice in the contexts of globali...
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433,27 zł |
The Drug Legalization Debate
ISBN: 9780761906896 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PLEASE UPDATE SAGE INDIA AND SAGE U.K. ADDRESSES ON IMPRINT PAGE.
PLEASE UPDATE SAGE INDIA AND SAGE U.K. ADDRESSES ON IMPRINT PAGE.
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665,22 zł |
The Drug Legalization Debate
ISBN: 9780761906902 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. It also examines drug use trends at the end of the millennium, the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime. Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involve... |
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420,96 zł |
The New Family ?
ISBN: 9780761958567 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relations and more openness about sexual orientation. This book shows the need to take fluidity and change in family arrangements seriously, rather than simply seeing change as dangerous and undesirable.
Concern and debate over changes to family life have increased in the last decade, as a result of evolving employment patterns, shifting gender relatio...
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291,03 zł |
The Politics of Social Work
ISBN: 9780761964117 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. It locates social work within wider political and theoretical debates and deals with important issues currently facing social workers and the organisations in which they work.
The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. It locates s...
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758,76 zł |
The Politics of Social Work
ISBN: 9780761964124 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "
"The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. It locates social work within wider political and theoretical debates and deals with important issues currently facing social workers and the organisations in which they work.
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"The Politics of Social Work provides a major contribution to debates on the politics of social work at the beginning of the 21st century. It loca... |
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Social Work and the Third Way: Tough Love as Social Policy
ISBN: 9780761967200 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides an analysis of the tensions between 'toughness' and 'love' in the Third Way's political philosophy, and the problems of implementing New Labour's programme. This title looks at the government's reliance on face-to-face methods for activating citizens and changing their behaviour in many of its initiatives.
Provides an analysis of the tensions between 'toughness' and 'love' in the Third Way's political philosophy, and the problems of implementing New Labo...
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836,71 zł |
Rethinking Social Policy
ISBN: 9780761967545 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rethinking Social Policy is a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the complex mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy.
Contributors at the cutting edge of social policy analysis reflect upon the implications of new social and theoretical movements for welfare and the study of social policy. Topics covered include: criminology and crime control; race, class and gender; poverty and sexuality; the body and the emotions; violence; work and welfare in Europe. Examples are drawn from a variety of welfare sectors such as: social services and community... Rethinking Social Policy is a comprehensive introduction to, and analysis of, the complex mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of so...
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696,39 zł |
Rethinking Social Policy
ISBN: 9780761967552 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An introduction to, and analysis of, the mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy.
An introduction to, and analysis of, the mixture of problems and possibilities within the study of social policy.
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275,44 zł |
New Managerialism, New Welfare?
ISBN: 9780761967569 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. New Managerialism, New Welfare? is a carefully integrated textbook that explores the continuing restructuring of the state and social welfare in the United Kingdom. It combines studies of specific policy areas - such as health, education, criminal justice, local government - with chapters that examine cross-cutting themes and developments. The book provides a thorough and critical reflection on New Labour's vision of the past and future of social welfare and public services in the construction of a modern society'.
New Managerialism, New Welfare? is a carefully integrated textbook that explores the continuing restructuring of the state and social welfare in the U...
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654,82 zł |