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Télécharger le livre :  Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century
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Volunteering and Society in the 21st Century


S. Howlett , A. Ellis Paine , C. Rochester


Expectations about the contribution that volunteering can make are at a new high. This book aims to meet this interest by bringing together in one volume what is known about the phenomenon of volunteering; the principles and practice of involving volunteers, and the...

Parution : 2016-01-28
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  The Welfare Trait
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The Welfare Trait


Adam Perkins


The welfare state has a problem: each generation living under its protection has lower work motivation than the previous one. In order to fix this problem we need to understand its causes, lest the welfare state ends up undermining its own economic and social...

Parution : 2016-01-26
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Federalism and Decentralization in European Health and Social Care
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Federalism and Decentralization in European Health and Social Care


J. Costa-Font , S. Greer


This is the first book to examine the processes of territorial federalization and decentralization of health systems in Europe drawing from an interdisciplinary economics, public policy and political science approach. It contains key theoretical and empirical features...

Parution : 2016-01-12
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Shifting Boundaries of Belonging and New Migration Dynamics in Europe and China
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Shifting Boundaries of Belonging and New Migration Dynamics in Europe and China


L. Pries


This book explores the role that boundary making plays in creating a societal understanding of current migration dynamics and, by extension, in legitimising migration regimes. By comparing most recent developments in Europe and China, it reveals insights on convergent...

Parution : 2015-12-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Ageing, Narrative and Identity
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Ageing, Narrative and Identity


N. Hubble , P. Tew


This book outlines the methodology and results of the Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project, led by a research team from Brunel University, UK. It investigates how older people resist stereotypical cultural representations of ageing and demonstrates the...

Parution : 2015-12-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  The Politics of Public Sector Reform
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The Politics of Public Sector Reform


M. Burton


The first comprehensive 'bird's eye' account of public sector reform supported by references from over 400 official sources, this book is an invaluable guide to all those in the public, private and voluntary sectors grappling with the twin challenges of managing public...

Parution : 2015-12-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Belonging, Solidarity and Expansion in Social Policy
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Belonging, Solidarity and Expansion in Social Policy


S. Börner


This book examines the relationship of belonging and social policy in a historical-comparative perspective reconstructing individual arguments in favour of or opposed to the expansion of solidarities.

Parution : 2015-12-04
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research
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New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research


Madeleine Gabriel , Alex Nicholls , Julie Simon


This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'labs' to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our...

Parution : 2015-09-18
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  The Road to Collaborative Governance in China
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The Road to Collaborative Governance in China


Yijia Jing


Faced with unprecedented socioeconomic changes, China has increasingly embraced collaborative governance (CG), the sharing of power and discretion between and within public, private, and nonprofit sectors for public purposes. This book analyzes new areas of CG...

Parution : 2015-08-12
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Social Work for Sociologists
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Social Work for Sociologists


Anita Gibbs , Kate Van Heugten , Kate Van Heugten


Social Work for Sociologists introduces important frameworks, concepts, models, and skills from social work that will help sociologists as they plan their human service careers and will prepare them to tackle social problems with practical solutions.

Parution : 2015-08-12
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine
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An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine


David L. Armstrong


An Outline of Sociology as Applied to Medicine, Third Edition provides an understanding of the origins, nature, and context of illness in society. This book discusses the relationship between health care and the society in which it occurs. Organized into 15 chapters,...

Parution : 2015-06-02
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Télécharger le livre :  The Meaning of Care
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The Meaning of Care


Bernhard Weicht


Bernhard Weicht provides a multi-layered analysis of how we understand and construct care in everyday life, the meanings it has for ourselves, our families, our relationships, identities and our sense of society and what is right and proper, making an original...

Parution : 2015-04-11
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Télécharger le livre :  The Core of Care Ethics
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The Core of Care Ethics


S. Collins


The ethics of care has flourished in recent decades yet we remain without a succinct statement of its core theoretical commitment. This study argues for a simple care ethical slogan: dependency relationships generate responsibilities. It uses this slogan to unify,...

Parution : 2015-02-17
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Brazil Under the Workers' Party
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Brazil Under the Workers' Party


K. Koonings , M. Wiesebron


This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers' Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Workers' Party has brought about and examines how successful these have been, as well as how continuity and social change in...

Parution : 2014-10-15
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  First World Hunger Revisited
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First World Hunger Revisited


G. Riches , T. Silvasti


Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food charity and corporately sponsored food banks as effective and sustainable responses to...

Parution : 2014-09-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Community Rehabilitation Services for People with Disabilities
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Community Rehabilitation Services for People with Disabilities


Orv C. Karan , Stephen Greenspan


Community Rehabilitation Services for People with Disabilities delves into the changes happening in the disability services in the United States. The book focuses on how these changes are affecting the way professionals and agencies relate to people with disabilities...

Parution : 2014-05-16
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Télécharger le livre :  Transformations in Global and Regional Social Policies
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Transformations in Global and Regional Social Policies


A. Kaasch , P. Stubbs


This book discusses key issues in global and regional social policy, exploring Bob Deacon's pioneering approach to regulation, rights and redistribution. It addresses the role of international actors in shaping social policy and discusses the problems and possibilities...

Parution : 2014-05-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Civil Society Organizations, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe
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Civil Society Organizations, Unemployment, and Precarity in Europe


Simone Baglioni


This book provides a Europe-wide comparative analysis of the role of civil society organizations active in the field of unemployment and precarity. It illustrates how crucial civil society organizations are for the inclusion of the young unemployed, mainly in two ways:...

Parution : 2014-04-14
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Assessing the Open Method of Coordination
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Assessing the Open Method of Coordination


E. Barcevicius , T. Weishaupt , J. Zeitlin


Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume systematically assesses the institutional design and national influence of the Open Method of Coordination in Social Inclusion and Social Protection (pensions and health/long-term care),...

Parution : 2014-03-26
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Social Vulnerability in European Cities
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Social Vulnerability in European Cities


T. Brandsen , C. Ranci , S. Sabatinelli


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...

Parution : 2014-03-25
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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