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EU Social Inclusion Policies in Post-Socialist Countries
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Perspectives on Implementation
Av Ingrid Fylling, Elena Baciu m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
721 kr
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The fact that post-socialist European Union (EU) countries are struggling with implementation of the EU's social inclusion policy is well known. But why is that so? Are the problems solely connected with how inclusion policies are enforced, or could it just as likely be the way policies are …
Religion, Identity and Politics
Germany and Turkey in Interaction
Av Haldun Gülalp, Günter Seufert
Häftad, 2019
794 kr
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German–Turkish relations, which have a long history and generally unrecognized depth, have rarely been examined as mutually formative processes. Isolated instances of influence have been examined in detail, but the historical and still ongoing processes of mutual interaction have rarely been …
Post-identity?
Culture and European Integration
Häftad, 2019
672 kr
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Collective identity, the emotionally powerful sense of belonging to a group, is a crucial source of popular legitimacy for nations. However efforts since the 1990s to politically support European integration by using identity mechanisms borrowed from nationalism have had very limited success. …
Wage Distribution Fairness in Post-Socialist Countries
Situation and Socialization
Häftad, 2019
692 kr
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Fairness of wage distribution – or the perception of such – is a phenomenon crucial for the stability of new democracies. While theories exist about how change of the political system trickles down to the attitudinal level, the systematic analysis of the effect of economic transition on public …
European Societies
Fusion or Fission?
Av Thomas Boje, Bart Van Steenbergen m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
765 kr
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Are the recent developments in Europe bringing countries together or pulling them apart? The leading experts in this book (including Sheila Allen, Marlis Buchmann, Piotr Sztompka, and Patrick Ziltener) cover a wide range of subjects, including the move towards political democracy and market economy …
Myth of Generational Conflict
The Family and State in Ageing Societies
Av Sara Arber, Claudine Attias-Donfut
Inbunden, 1999
3461 kr
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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 the role of the family, especially women, in supporting older people. In this important book, the authors examine how …
End of the Welfare State?
Responses to State Retrenchment
Av Stefan Svallfors, Peter Taylor-Gooby
Inbunden, 1999
2746 kr
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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 …
Young Europeans, Work and Family
Av Julia Brannen, Susan Lewis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1828 kr
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Based on qualitative research carried out with young people aged from 18 to 30 in five European countries, Young Europeans, Work and Family examines young people's pathways to adulthood, and their perspectives on their future work and family lives. This enlightening book investigates young people …
Will Europe Work?
Integration, Employment and the Social Order
Inbunden, 2001
2513 kr
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In the post war years European integration was driven by nation states attempting to stimulate economic growth and social cohesion through European trade and cooperation. The results were prosperous, and unified Western European societies were based on full employment and redistributive welfare …
Inclusions and Exclusions in European Societies
Av Martin Kohli, Alison Woodward
Inbunden, 2001
2746 kr
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European social development over the last century has been characterized by an increasing inclusiveness of people into the ever-larger collectives of the nation state, the European Union and categories of welfare entitlement. Yet recent empirical data suggests that income gaps are growing and that …
Autobiographies of Transformation
Lives in Central and Eastern Europe
Inbunden, 2005
3742 kr
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Autobiographies of Transformation is a completely unique history of sociology in Central and Eastern Europe in the post-Communist era. Through the autobiographies of ten key sociological witnesses from the region, the sociological imagination is turned upon itself, resulting in a compelling and …
Europe and Asia beyond East and West
Inbunden, 2006
3067 kr
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This major new book tackles key questions on Europe in the context of shifting parameters of East and West. The contributors - sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers and historians - show, from a variety of different perspectives, that the conventional equation of Europe with the West must be …
Cultural Overstretch?
Differences Between Old and New Member States of the EU and Turkey
Inbunden, 2007
1596 kr
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Within a few years the European Union will be enlarged from fifteen to twenty-eight member states, including Turkey. Cultural Overstretch investigates whether the new countries culturally fit into the European Union. Interpreting the European treaties and the European Law, Gerhards describes in a …
Social Class in Europe
An introduction to the European Socio-economic Classification
Inbunden, 2009
3067 kr
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This timely volume introduces a new social class schema, the European Socio-economic Classification (ESeC), which has been specifically developed and tested for use in EU comparative research. Social Class in Europe aims to introduce researchers to the new classification and its research potential. …
End of the Welfare State?
Responses to State Retrenchment
Av Stefan Svallfors, Peter Taylor-Gooby
Häftad, 2007
750 kr
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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 …
Myth of Generational Conflict
The Family and State in Ageing Societies
Av Sara Arber, Claudine Attias-Donfut
Häftad, 2007
750 kr
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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 the role of the family, especially women, in supporting older people. In this important book, the authors examine how …
European Societies
Fusion or Fission?
Av Thomas Boje, Bart Van Steenbergen m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
371 kr
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Are the recent developments in Europe bringing countries together or pulling them apart? The leading experts in this book (including Sheila Allen, Marlis Buchmann, Piotr Sztompka, and Patrick Ziltener) cover a wide range of subjects, including the move towards political democracy and market economy …
Inclusions and Exclusions in European Societies
Av Martin Kohli, Alison Woodward
Häftad, 2007
750 kr
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European social development over the last century has been characterized by an increasing inclusiveness of people into the ever-larger collectives of the nation state, the European Union and categories of welfare entitlement. Yet recent empirical data suggests that income gaps are growing and that …
Muslims in 21st Century Europe
Structural and Cultural Perspectives
Inbunden, 2010
2513 kr
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Muslims in 21st Century Europe explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in various European countries with a view to highlighting different paths of integration of immigrant and native Muslims. Starting with a critical overview of the institutionalisation of Islam in …
Europe and Asia beyond East and West
Häftad, 2012
772 kr
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This major new book tackles key questions on Europe in the context of shifting parameters of East and West. The contributors - sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers and historians - show, from a variety of different perspectives, that the conventional equation of Europe with the West must be …
Religion, Identity and Politics
Germany and Turkey in Interaction
Av Haldun Gülalp, Günter Seufert
Inbunden, 2013
2746 kr
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German–Turkish relations, which have a long history and generally unrecognized depth, have rarely been examined as mutually formative processes. Isolated instances of influence have been examined in detail, but the historical and still ongoing processes of mutual interaction have rarely been …
Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society
Av Partick Baert, Sokratis Koniordos m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
750 kr
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This book provides readers – students, researchers, academics, policy-makers, activists and interested non-specialists – with a sophisticated understanding of contemporary discussion, analysis and theorizing of issues pertaining to conflict, citizenship and civil society. It does so through …
Muslims in 21st Century Europe
Structural and Cultural Perspectives
Häftad, 2012
925 kr
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Muslims in 21st Century Europe explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in various European countries with a view to highlighting different paths of integration of immigrant and native Muslims. Starting with a critical overview of the institutionalisation of Islam in …
Social Class in Europe
An introduction to the European Socio-economic Classification
Häftad, 2012
750 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This timely volume introduces a new social class schema, the European Socio-economic Classification (ESeC), which has been specifically developed and tested for use in EU comparative research. Social Class in Europe aims to introduce researchers to the new classification and its research potential. …
Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe
The ‘Catching Up’ -- A Myth or a Strategy?
Av Ilona Pálné Kovács, Dagmar Kutsar
Inbunden, 2010
2513 kr
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Internationalisation of Social Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe explores the way in which social sciences, in comparison with other sciences in Europe, have been divided by the political orders of West and East. As part of the field of science policies in Europe, this book contributes to the …
Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society
Av Partick Baert, Sokratis Koniordos m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
2513 kr
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This book provides readers – students, researchers, academics, policy-makers, activists and interested non-specialists – with a sophisticated understanding of contemporary discussion, analysis and theorizing of issues pertaining to conflict, citizenship and civil society. It does so through …
Post-identity?
Culture and European Integration
Inbunden, 2013
2442 kr
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Collective identity, the emotionally powerful sense of belonging to a group, is a crucial source of popular legitimacy for nations. However efforts since the 1990s to politically support European integration by using identity mechanisms borrowed from nationalism have had very limited success. …
Mobilizing Regions, Mobilizing Europe
Expert Knowledge and Scientific Planning in European Regional Development
Inbunden, 2012
1522 kr
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Regional development strategies are becoming more similar all around Europe, even though regional differences are more pronounced than ever and many European regions have become more autonomous actors. This thesis of a peculiar standardized diversification of sub-national space in the modern …
Baltic Biographies at Historical Crossroads
Av Aili Aarelaid-Tart, Li Bennich-Björkman
Inbunden, 2011
1568 kr
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This book brings together life stories from five generations of Balts, living through the diverse and recurring transformations of the twentieth century: occupations, war, independence, totalitarianism, and democratic rule and market economy. The twentieth century history of the Baltic countries …
Road to Social Europe
A Contemporary Approach to Political Cultures and Diversity in Europe
Inbunden, 2012
2588 kr
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In the wake of the Greek and Irish crises, and at a moment when solidarity between states is hotly debated on a daily basis at EU level, it is important to understand how ‘solidarity’ can happen at all. The Road to Social Europe reviews the development of political cultural processes since the …