The Shame of It: Global Perspectives on Anti-Poverty Policies
ISBN: 9781447308706 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We have long recognized that poverty carries a tremendous feeling of shame. However, few have let this overwhelming fact actually influence the making and implementation of anti-poverty policies. "The Shame of It" demonstrates that in order for anti-poverty policies to be truly effective, they must take into account the psychological trauma that poverty creates. Drawing on pioneering empirical research from a diverse group of countries, including the United Kingdom, Uganda, Norway, Pakistan, India, South Korea, and China, the contributors outline core principles that can bring policy makers...
We have long recognized that poverty carries a tremendous feeling of shame. However, few have let this overwhelming fact actually influence the making...
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In the Shadow of the State: Intellectuals and the Quest for National Identity in Twentieth-Century Spanish America
ISBN: 9781859842058 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focusing on a period between the early 20th century and the literary boom of the 1960s, this study examines the role of intellectuals in Latin American politics. It looks at the way modernization had an impact on intellectual life.
Focusing on a period between the early 20th century and the literary boom of the 1960s, this study examines the role of intellectuals in Latin America...
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Recasting Egalitarianism: New Rules of Communities, States and Markets
ISBN: 9781859842553 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text addresses the challenges posed by a globally integrated economy and the economic roles played by information and motivation. The text argues for an egalitarian redistribution of assets - land, capital and housing - and espouses the beneficial disciplining effects of competition.
This text addresses the challenges posed by a globally integrated economy and the economic roles played by information and motivation. The text argues...
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Men and Masculinities in Europe
ISBN: 9781861770424 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reviews the state of knowledge on men and masculinities between ten European countries, emphasising both the differences and the similarities between them. The volume draws upon the outcomes of a recently-completed major research exercise undertaken by network funded by the European Commission-funded Research Network on Men in Europe. It contains contributions by some of Europe's leading scholars in the field. Special emphasis is placed on four key themes: home and work, social exclusion, violences, and health. There is also a particular focus on the fundamental changes taking place...
This book reviews the state of knowledge on men and masculinities between ten European countries, emphasising both the differences and the similaritie...
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506,27 zł |
Globalisation, Inequality and the Commodification of Life and Wellbeing
ISBN: 9781905068012 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wealth and money, which are meant to be sources of human happiness and facilitators of good social relations has instead become a monstrosity beyond human control. The unbridled quest to make money and accumulate wealth as well as assign social signification on the basis of the outcome of individuals' efforts in the process has ended up distorting existence and the meaning of being human itself. This work brings together a collection of very provocative and challenging articles that confront the problems created by wealth. Can there be happiness when wealth is increasingly concentrated in...
Wealth and money, which are meant to be sources of human happiness and facilitators of good social relations has instead become a monstrosity beyond h...
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Somalia: Diaspora and State Reconstitution in the Horn of Africa
ISBN: 9781905068838 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the final collapse of Somalia's repressive regime in 1991, Somalia has presented the world not only with the most profound case of state collapse witnessed in modern times but also with one of the most intriguing cases of political fragmentation, armed conflicts, lawlessness and statelessness. Inevitably the last 20 years of statelessness and chaos has left the Somali economy destitute and made Somalia to be ranked among the five poorest 'countries' in the world. Contributors to this volume examine efforts at reconstituting the failed Somali state and the role of the Somali Diaspora and...
Since the final collapse of Somalia's repressive regime in 1991, Somalia has presented the world not only with the most profound case of state collaps...
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In the Wake of Disaster: Religious Responses to Terrorism & Catastrophe
ISBN: 9781932031997 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a timely book with a powerful and persuasive message, Dr. Harold G. Koenig addresses federal, state, and local government policy leaders, urging them to more fully integrate religious organizations into the formal disaster response system, and he then provides recommendations on how this can effectively be done. Koenig also advocates faith communities and organizations to learn more about the role they can play in responding to disasters and terrorism.The chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina made extraordinarily clear the gaps in the United States' disaster policies. At the same time,... In a timely book with a powerful and persuasive message, Dr. Harold G. Koenig addresses federal, state, and local government policy leaders, urging... |
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Health Economics
ISBN: 9783540278047 / Angielski / Twarda / 529 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the most complete text available on the economics of health behavior and health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students of economics, this text provides the key analytical tools required to understand current research. Issues discussed include the "cost explosion" in health care, the power of medical associations, the search for remuneration systems with favorable incentives, and technological change in medicine. Rather than simplifying the issues facing today s healthcare systems, the book models existing complexities as they are,... This is the most complete text available on the economics of health behavior and health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate ... |
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Migration and Economic Development
ISBN: 9783540555575 / Angielski / Twarda / 265 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Klaus F. Zimmermann Migration has become a topic of substantial interest in Europe in recent years. Part of this interest is driven by the important political changes in East Europe and the potential threat of large East-West migration waves. However, due to the large differences in economic development a substantial migration pressure is also expected from the South of Europe as of other parts of the world. The global migration potential towards the higher developed areas has reached about 80 to 100 million people. Thereof, about 60 million would like to move permanently, 20 million...
Klaus F. Zimmermann Migration has become a topic of substantial interest in Europe in recent years. Part of this interest is driven by the important p...
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The Impact of Population Growth on Well-Being in Developing Countries
ISBN: 9783540607090 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evaluating the evidence on the impacts of population growth on well-being in developing countries, this work concludes that slowing population growth from high current levels is advantageous to economic development, health, food availability, and other social conditions.
Evaluating the evidence on the impacts of population growth on well-being in developing countries, this work concludes that slowing population growth ...
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Führer Durch Die Krisenpolitik
ISBN: 9783540722618 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Ein Buch, das dem Gebildeten aber nicht gerade nationalokonomisch Gebildeten auf wissenschaftlich einwandfreie Art eine Orientierung in der Wirtschaftspolitik ermoglicht, hat meines Wissens bisher gefehlt." Fritz Machlup prasentiert in diesem ursprunglich 1934 erschienenen Buch eindruckvoll die komplexen Zusammenhange von wirtschaftspolitischen Massnahmen und deren unmittelbare und mittelbare Konsequenzen. Zahlreiche Beispiele raumen mit weitverbreiteten Missverstandnissen auf und erlautern okonomische Gesetze in einer allgemeinverstandlichen Sprache. Viele Themen sind dabei auch heute... "Ein Buch, das dem Gebildeten aber nicht gerade nationalokonomisch Gebildeten auf wissenschaftlich einwandfreie Art eine Orientierung in der Wirtsc... |
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Der Sozialstaat an Der Jahrtausendwende: Analysen Und Perspektiven
ISBN: 9783790813531 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zur Jahrtausendwende befindet sich der Sozialstaat auf dem Pr fstand: Die Systeme der sozialen Sicherheit werden derzeit aus mehreren, sich gegenseitig verst rkenden Gr nden einer konomischen und politischen Tauglichkeitspr fung unterzogen. In diesem Buch werden in zehn Beitr gen einerseits grundlegende Aspekte sozialstaatlicher Systeme und deren Entwicklung angesprochen. Andererseits werden Kernbereiche des Sozialstaates wie die Pensionsversicherung, die Krankenversicherung und das Angebot sozialer Dienste einer vertieften Analyse unterzogen.
Zur Jahrtausendwende befindet sich der Sozialstaat auf dem Pr fstand: Die Systeme der sozialen Sicherheit werden derzeit aus mehreren, sich gegenseiti...
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Bevölkerungswachstum Und Umweltnutzung: Eine Ökonomische Analyse
ISBN: 9783790814057 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den Zusammenhang von Bevolkerungswachstum und Umweltproblemen. Anhand philosophisch-historischer sowie empirisch-deskriptiver Untersuchungen und der umfassenden Analyse positiver und normativer okonomischer Theorien wird die Komplexitat der Wechselwirkungen zwischen Bevolkerungsentwicklung und Umweltproblemen aufgezeigt. Die Studie zeigt dabei die Moglichkeiten und Grenzen wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen zu diesem Themenkomplex auf.
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht den Zusammenhang von Bevolkerungswachstum und Umweltproblemen. Anhand philosophisch-historischer sowie empirisch-des...
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African Politics
ISBN: 9789024723911 / Angielski / Miękka / 367 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To an increasing extent, nationals of Third World countries are protesting against the tendency of foreign theoreticians and observers to study their problems - political problems in particular - in terms of concepts and theories established on the basis of European experiences. For instance, the Egyptian Abdel Malek I in La diaiectique sociaie, writes: 'At the starting point, whose broad lines we sketch here, there is evidence of inadequation, deriving from the fact of difference. Inadequation of the conceptual system of the social sciences. Differences between Western societie- which have...
To an increasing extent, nationals of Third World countries are protesting against the tendency of foreign theoreticians and observers to study their ...
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Migration and Settlement: A Multiregional Comparative Study
ISBN: 9789027721198 / Angielski / Twarda / 497 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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EUropean Labour Law and Social Policy
ISBN: 9789041112798 / Angielski / Twarda / 735 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Confronting the Challenges of the 21st Century - Proceedings of the Forty-Ninth Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
ISBN: 9789810247737 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In September 1999, scientists and scholars from around the world, concerned with reducing the danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions to global problems, met under the auspices of the Pugwash Conferences, the Nobel-Prize-winning organization. The proceedings deal with a broad range of issues, including: a nuclear-weapon-free world; emerging security threats; development; environment; and international governance.
In September 1999, scientists and scholars from around the world, concerned with reducing the danger of armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutio...
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Surviving Globalization?: Perspectives for the German Economic Model
ISBN: 9781402030635 / Angielski / Twarda / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. society, and state (Streeck, 1999; Simonis, 1998). Interspersed between these most commonly named elements are the following: First, the high political integrating force of the German Model after WWII was based on the adoption and transformation of corporatist political structures from National Socialist Germany. Liberal capitalism was (re)introduced under political competition between Christian Democrats and Social Democrats, who eventually found common ground in the politically mediated compromise between capital and labor: "This compromise was negotiated and institutionalized at a time...
society, and state (Streeck, 1999; Simonis, 1998). Interspersed between these most commonly named elements are the following: First, the high politica...
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Reporting on Income Distribution and Poverty: Perspectives from a German and a European Point of View
ISBN: 9783540440642 / Angielski / Twarda / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Richard Hauser Irene Becker Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, FrankfurtlMain This volume marks the end of a research project of the editors titled "The Devel- opment of the Personal Distribution of Income in Germany" that was financed by the Hans Bockler Foundation from 1994 to 2001. This research concentrated on a national perspective, studying many aspects of income inequality and poverty in West Germany between 1969 and 1998 and extending the analyses to inequality in East Germany after the German reunification. Now at the end point of our empiri- cal analyses, we want to expand the...
Richard Hauser Irene Becker Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, FrankfurtlMain This volume marks the end of a research project of the editors titled "T...
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Challenge to the Nation-State: Immigration in Western Europe and the United States
ISBN: 9780198292296 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume collects recent research by some of the world's leading figures in the fast-growing area of immigration studies. Relating the study of immigration to other, wider processes of social change, the book focuses on two key areas in which nation-states are being challenged by this phenomenon: sovereignty and citizenship. Separate clusters of scholarship have evolved around both areas, and this work attempts to unite these camps, sorting out the many contrasting views on the influences of immigration upon the state's authority and integrity. Focusing on the issue of sovereignty in the...
This volume collects recent research by some of the world's leading figures in the fast-growing area of immigration studies. Relating the study of imm...
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