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  • Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State

    From Social Engineering to Governance?

    Edited by B. Larsson, M. Letell, H. Thörn ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Using an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations taking place in the Swedish welfare state. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    by Dr. Christopher Handy, Ph.D. ...
    In President Barack Obama, Americans have a charismatic leader with a good and honest heart. President Obama's years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. His story is the American story, values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and ... Read more

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  • The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City

    by Alan Ehrenhalt ...
    In The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City we travel the nation with Alan Ehrenhalt, one of our leading urbanists, as he explains how America’s cities are changing, what makes them succeed or fail, and what this means for our future.Just a couple of decades ago, we took it for granted that inner cities were the preserve of immigrants and the poor, and that suburbs were the chosen ... Read more

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  • Blaming the Victim

    by William Ryan ...
    The classic work that refutes the lies we tell ourselves about race, poverty and the poor.Here are three myths about poverty in America:– Minority children perform poorly in school because they are “culturally deprived.”– African-Americans are handicapped by a family structure that is typically unstable and matriarchal.– Poor people suffer from bad health because of ignorance and lack of interest ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Politics and Civics of National Service

    Lessons from the Civilian Conservation Corps, VISTA, and AmeriCorps

    by Melissa Bass ...
    In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created America's first domestic national service program: the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). As part of this program-the largest and most highly esteemed of its kind-nearly three million unemployed men worked to rehabilitate, protect, and build the nation's natural resources. It demonstrated what citizens and government could accomplish together. Yet ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Social Vulnerability in European Cities

    The Role of Local Welfare in Times of Crisis

    Edited by C. Ranci, T. Brandsen, S. Sabatinelli ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis? Focussing on 20 European urban contexts, this book provides an empirical analysis of the socio-economic transformations driving the emergence of new social risks and of the capacity of welfare policies. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance

    Edited by E. Kuhlmann, R. Blank, I. Bourgeault, C. Wendt ...
    Starting with more general issues of healthcare policy and governance in a global perspective and using the lens of national case studies of healthcare reform, this handbook addresses key themes in the debates over changing healthcare policy. ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

  • The State and Healthcare

    Comparing OECD Countries

    by H. Rothgang, M. Cacace, Lorraine Frisina, Simone Grimmeisen, Achim Schmid, C. Wendt ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    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 of healthcare systems. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Community Economic Development Movement

    Law, Business, and the New Social Policy

    by William H. Simon ...
    While traditional welfare efforts have waned, a new style of social policy implementation has emerged dramatically in recent decades. The new style is reflected in a panoply of Community Economic Development (ced) initiatives—efforts led by locally-based organizations to develop housing, jobs, and business opportunities in low-income neighborhoods.In this book William H. Simon provides the first ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • Financing the EU Budget

    Moving Forward or Backwards?

    by Gabriele Cipriani ...
    Often described as complex, opaque and unfair, the EU budget financing system is an “unfinished journey.” One of the most critical issues is that EU revenue, drawn from the cashbox of national taxation, remains impalpable to the general public.The nature of the EU as a union of states and their nationals makes the visibility of EU revenue unavoidable. The political sustainability of a move that ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Chicago’s Redevelopment Machine and Blues Clubs

    by David Wilson ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book examines the conflict surrounding the latest redevelopment frontier in Chicago: the city’s South Side blues clubs and blocks. Like Chicago, cities such as Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Washington D.C., Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia are experiencing a new redevelopment machine: one of tyrannizing and fear. Its actors are adroit at working via the creation of fear to “terror ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Social Urbanism and the Politics of Violence

    The Medellín Miracle

    by K. Maclean ...
    Medellín, Colombia, used to be the most violent city on earth, but in recent years, allegedly thanks to its 'social urbanism' approach to regeneration, it has experienced a sharp decline in violence. The author explores the politics behind this decline and the complex transformations in terms of urban development policies in Medellín. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD