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State and Healthcare
Comparing OECD Countries
Av H. Rothgang, M. Cacace m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
552 kr
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Describes developments in healthcare systems over nearly four decades. Combining cross-sectional studies on healthcare financing, provision and policy values with in-depth country studies of Britain, Germany and the USA, this volume is a thorough examination of the convergence toward hybrid forms …
Civil Society Participation in European and Global Governance
A Cure for the Democratic Deficit?
Av J. Steffek, C. Kissling m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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It is often argued that the enhanced consultation of civil society contributes to the democratization of European and global governance. This collection investigates whether this theoretical argument is supported by empirical evidence. Ten original essays analyze current patterns of civil society …
New Arenas of Education Governance
The Impact of International Organizations and Markets on Educational Policy Making
Av S. Leibfried, A. Rusconi m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
536 kr
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This volume provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of new arenas of education governance, examining the impact of international organizations and marketization. It explores how education policy is made at international levels, and the consequences for national policy-making.
Radical Welfare State Retrenchment
A Comparative Analysis
Av P. Starke
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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This book confronts one of the most fiercely contested issues in current political debates: how is welfare state retrenchment possible in modern democracies despite the welfare state's continuing popular appeal? Starke offers an international comparative analysis of welfare state retrenchment and …
Transnationalization of Public Spheres
Av H. Weßler, B. Peters m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
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This book takes a fresh look at a widely debated question in international relations and political communication research: How can public discourses contribute to democratic governance beyond the nation state? The book combines quantitative and qualitative analyses of media content and evaluates …
Transnational Public Governance
Networks, Law and Legitimacy
Av M. Warning
Inbunden, 2009
552 kr
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This book explores the work of transnational bureaucracy networks. These networks address global issues by creating rules – transnational public law – to be incorporated into national legal orders. As classical means fail to legitimize such activities, this book gives a practical account of viable …
Children's Rights in International Politics
The Transformative Power of Discourse
Inbunden, 2010
1098 kr
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Provides insights into a lively field of international human rights politics – the protection of children and their rights – by looking at the negotiations leading to the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Transformation of Education Policy
Av K. Martens, A. Nagel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
537 kr
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Transformation of Education Policy deals with internalization processes in education policy and their impact on national policy making. It investigates national responses to the PISA study for secondary education and the Bologna study for tertiary education.
Democracy’s Deep Roots
Why the Nation State Remains Legitimate
Av S. Schneider, A. Hurrelmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
552 kr
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Does the democratic nation state remain a legitimate regime form in the current age of globalization? This book uses a novel, analytical approach to probe this topical question, drawing on a comparative study of legitimation discourses in the media of four Western democracies (Switzerland, Germany, …
New Regulatory State
Regulating Pensions in Germany and the UK
Av L. Leisering
Inbunden, 2011
552 kr
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Explores the role of governments in creating and regulating private pensions in the UK and Germany since the 1980s. Private pensions have given rise to a new regulatory state in this area. The contributing authors compare pension regulation and utility regulation, while others analyse the …
Liberal States and the Freedom of Movement
Selective Borders, Unequal Mobility
Av Steffen Mau, H. Brabandt m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
549 kr
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State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades and …
Regulating Capitalism?
The Evolution of Transnational Accounting Governance
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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By exploring how financial, legal and wider socio-economic systems can accelerate or decelerate the harmonization in financial markets, this book connects issues both of contemporary political science and accounting research.
Transaction Costs and Security Institutions
Unravelling the ESDP
Av M. Weiss
Inbunden, 2011
552 kr
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Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security …
Private Ratings, Public Regulations
Credit Rating Agencies and Global Financial Governance
Av A. Kruck
Inbunden, 2011
552 kr
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Credit rating agencies play a powerful and contentious role in the governance of global financial markets. Introducing an original framework for delegating political authority to private actors, this book explains common trends in the regulatory use of private ratings for public purposes and …
Welfare State as Crisis Manager
Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis
Av P. Starke, A. Kaasch m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions.
Higher Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe
Convergence towards a Common Model?
Av M. Dobbins
Inbunden, 2011
536 kr
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A political science perspective on higher education reform in Central and Eastern Europe. Examines the impact of historical institutions and transnational networking on institutions of higher education and assesses whether Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania are converging towards a …
Public Sector Employment Regimes
Transformations of the State as an Employer
Av Karin Gottschall, Bernhard Kittel m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1097 kr
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This book explores the extent to which a transformation of public employment regimes has taken place in four Western countries, and the factors influencing the pathways of reform. It demonstrates how public employment regimes have unravelled in different domains of public service, contesting the …
Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance
Legitimacy, Representation and Accountability in the European Union
Av J. DeBardeleben, A. Hurrelmann
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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Focusing on the EU, this volume, with a combination of theoretical perspectives and empirical research, examines the problems multilevel governance causes for democratic legitimacy by placing it in a comparative and theoretical context, and explore how challenges faced by the EU compare with those …
Political Economy of International Tax Governance
Av T. Rixen
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
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Covering the period from the 1920s, when international tax policy was solely about avoiding double taxation, to the present era of international tax competition, Rixen investigates the fate of 'the power to tax' in an era of globalization, illustrating that tax sovereignty is both shaped and …
Legitimacy in an Age of Global Politics
Av A. Hurrelmann, S. Schneider m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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In spite of the lack of plausible alternatives to liberal democracy, the age of globalization has ushered in serious challenges to the democratic legitimacy of the nation state. The contributors in this collection explore the frontiers of normative and empirical legitimacy research, drawing upon a …
Global Governance in Accounting
Rebalancing Public Power and Private Commitment
Av J. Zimmermann, J. Werner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
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This book takes a look at the world of accounting and examines business's relationship with the state. It compares the accounting regulations in Germany, the UK and the US to provide evidence that privatization and convergence must be used with caution, at least in the world of accounting.
Transforming the Golden-Age Nation State
Av A. Hurrelmann, S. Leibfried m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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This collection examines the transformation of the modern Western state in an age of accelerated globalization. Arguing that the state experienced a 'golden age' in the 1960s and 1970s, the contributors explore how and why this configuration of the state is under pressure in the 21st century.
New Transnationalism
Transnational Governance and Democratic Legitimacy
Av K. Dingwerth
Inbunden, 2007
1098 kr
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This book explores what the privatization of global rule-making means for democracy. It reconstructs three prominent rule-making processes in the field of global sustainability politics and argues that, if designed properly, private transnational rule-making can be as democratic as …
UN Secretariat's Influence on the Evolution of Peacekeeping
Av S. Weinlich
Inbunden, 2014
1098 kr
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Using a unique analytical framework, the UN Secretariat's Influence on the Evolution of Peacekeeping reveals deep insights in the UN's peacekeeping decision-making and shows that even international bureaucracies with limited autonomy can shape international politics.
Public Deliberation and Public Culture
The Writings of Bernhard Peters, 1993 - 2005
Av H. Wessler
Inbunden, 2008
1098 kr
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Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Includes an introduction by the editor that outlines the importance of Peters' work and a …
International Organizations and Lifelong Learning
From Global Agendas to Policy Diffusion
Av A. Jakobi
Inbunden, 2009
537 kr
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In recent years lifelong learning has become one of the most prominent education policy goals. This book shows how international organizations have promoted this idea and disseminated the need for it to countries all over the world. As a consequence of their activity, lifelong learning has become a …
State Transformations in OECD Countries
Dimensions, Driving Forces, and Trajectories
Av H. Rothgang, Steffen Schneider
Inbunden, 2015
552 kr
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The democratic nation state of the post-war era has undergone major transformations since the 1970s, and political authority has been both internationalized and privatized. The thirteen chapters of this edited collection deal with major transformations of governance arrangements and state …
EU and Immigration Policies
Cracks in the Walls of Fortress Europe?
Av C. Roos
Inbunden, 2013
552 kr
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This book explores how and why the EU and its member states define immigration policies. A comparison of EU negotiations on five EU immigration directives reveals interests of actors in EU integration and whether common policies aim at a restriction or expansion of immigration to the EU.
States, Markets and Education
The Rise and Limits of the Education State
Av A. Weymann
Inbunden, 2014
537 kr
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Education policy is a core element of the state's sovereignty and autonomy. This book analyzes the rise of the western education state and its limits in times of transition from western to non-western globalization and of waning newspaper interest in France, Germany, the UK and the US.
Internationalization of Education Policy
A New Constellation of Statehood in Education?
Av Kerstin Martens, Philipp Knodel
Inbunden, 2014
1067 kr
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This book investigates and discusses the phenomenon of internationalization of education policy and its consequences for national policymaking processes. By comparing educational outcomes and actors' reactions in different countries, it provides detailed insights into a highly contested policy …
