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Daniel Beland, Michal Koreh, Olivier Jacques

Taxation and Social Policy

This Element maps the relationship between taxation and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. It critically reviews studies in fiscal sociology, history, political science and polit…

Michal Koreh, Olivier Jacques, Daniel Béland

Taxation and Social Policy

This Element maps the relationship between taxation and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. It critically reviews studies in fiscal sociology, history, political science and polit…

Maria Ignatova-Pfarr

Social Policy in Autocracies

This book examines the influence of authoritarian rule on the development of the welfare state. Building on theoretical approaches from research on autocratic regimes and comparative welfare state researc…

Social Work and Social Policy Transformations in Central and Southeast Europe

Chapter 1. Welfare State Reforms and Their Implications for Social Work in Central and Southeast Europe.- Chapter 2. The Austrian Welfare State - a Halfway House.- Chapter 3. Social Policy and Social Work…

Juhani Laurinkari

Changing Citizen-Oriented Social Policy in Changing Competitive Environments

The cooperative economy is, because it operates in the middle ground between the state and market capitalism, in addition to its economic aspirations, an effective citizen-oriented means of pre-venting an…

Juhani Laurinkari

Changing Citizen-Oriented Social Policy in Changing Competitive Environments

The cooperative economy is, because it operates in the middle ground between the state and market capitalism, in addition to its economic aspirations, an effective citizen-oriented means of pre-venting an…

Tropical Disco Records Vol. 28

The State and the Imperative for Social Policy Reform in Africa

This concise and interdisciplinary open access volume explores the imperative of social policy reform in Sub-Saharan Africa and the potential nature of such a reform. Its chapters study social policy chan…

Language Diversity, Policy and Social Justice

This book honors the impactful work of Terrence G. Wiley on advancing social justice in the areas of language diversity and language policy. It brings together a group of experienced scholars to provide a…

Jason L. Powell

Bridging the Divide

In today's complex and rapidly changing globe, understanding the link between social theory and social policy is crucial for addressing the diverse challenges that diverse societies face. This book aims t…

John Berten

Laboratories of Social Knowledge

The book examines the politics of knowledge in global social policy, investigating how international organisations (IOs) have contributed to the emergence and development of social security as a global po…

Constructing Worlds of Labour

This open access book simultaneously addresses both the segmenting and the egalitarian function of individual labour law, in almost all countries of the world, in some chapters following up from its origi…

Tomás Nougués

Social Debtfare Policies

The book examines the evolution of Argentina's welfare policies from 1983 to 2019, focusing on the historical connections between social policies, financial markets, and households---an area largely overl…

Angriffe auf die unternehmerische Autokratie

'Mitbestimmung in der Wirtschaft ist als Ergänzung der politischen Demokratie und als Angriff auf die unternehmerische Autokratie zu definieren. Sie ist vom Ansatz her radikaldemokratisch und antikapitali…

Konstanze Senge

Corporate Social Responsibility

In dem Buch werden die Entstehung, Ausbreitung und Translation von Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) untersucht. Im Kern wird CSR als ein Legitimationsprinzip von Unternehmen in der World Polity gedeu…

Eliades Ochoa

Guajiro

Eliades Ochoa, der kubanische Sänger, Songwriter und Gitarrist, der als eines der Gründungsmitglieder des Buena Vista Social Club bekannt ist, kehrt mit seinem brandneuen Album »Guajiro« zurück. Diese Sam…

Reinventing the Family in Uncertain Times

This edited volume looks at the reproduction and transformation of family norms in contemporary times. Set against a context of far-right politics calling for a return to more conservative identity politi…

Karen Edge

Global City School Leaders

Global City School Leaders provides a new and innovative approach to understanding the policy and practice of urban educational leadership. Building on generational, global city, and educational leadershi…

David A. Rochefort

Systems from Hell

Examines how contemporary novels document and define social problems using a variety of narrative techniques to focus attention on systemic failure. This book approaches contemporary fiction as a medium f…