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The Times They Are Changing
Wiley 2012; US$ 34.95The Times They Are Changing? Crisis and the Welfare State presents a series of readings from international policy researchers that examine the effects of the recent financial crisis on welfare states around the world. Provides comprehensive and in depth coverage of changes in welfare states as a result of the financial crisis Reveals how... more...
Moored to the Continent
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 20.99Is there an alternative to EU membership? What if Britain left the EU? Would it be a disastrous or liberating experience? What trade relationships could the UK forge outside the EU? How would economic and social policy be different? What are the implications for sovereignty and democracy?This text seeks to answer these questions through exploring the... more...
Gay Rights at the Ballot Box
University of Minnesota Press 2012; US$ 68.00The passage of the anti-gay marriage Proposition 8 in California in 2008 stunned gay rights activists across the country. Although facing a well-funded campaign in support of the ballot measure, LGBT activists had good reasons for optimism, including the size and strength of their campaign. Since 1974, the LGBT movement has fought 146 anti-gay ballot... more...
Investing in Children
Brookings Institution Press 2012; US$ 28.95Investing in Children: Work, Education, and Social Policy in Two Rich Countries presents new research by leading scholars in Australia and the United States on economic factors that influence children's development and the respective social policies that the two nations have designed to boost human capital development.The volume is organized around... more...
Boosting Competitiveness Through Decentralization
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95This book examines the relationship between global economic processes and decentralization. It argues that through decentralization policies, the imperatives of neoliberal rules of competitiveness have been diffused into local governments and economies, generating different local development models. Whether decentralization produces democratic opening... more...
Neoliberalism and Technoscience
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95A rich exploration of the overall logic of technoscientific innovation within late capitalism, and the emergence of a novel view of human agency with regard to the social and natural world, this volume reveals the interdependence of technoscience and the neoliberalization of society. Presenting the latest research from a leading team of scholars, Neoliberalism... more...
Turkey and the European Union
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 114.95The accession of Turkey to the EU presents a fascinating case study for all those with an interest in europeanisation. Officially recognised as a candidate for full membership in 1999 Turkey's negotiations with the EU have been protracted and highly controversial. Turkey and the European Union; Processes of Europeanisation offers a coherent and... more...
Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 34.99For more than forty years Leon R. Kass has been a prolific and distinguished writer, an outstanding teacher of the humanities, and a wise interpreter of the moral implications of modern science. In Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver, fifteen of his colleagues, students, and friends celebrate his life's work with a collection of essays on themes and... more...
Crowded Land of Liberty
Bridgeworks 2002; US$ 15.95This book examines the impact of immigration on U.S. society?on schools, social services, jobs, taxpayers. This book offers alternatives to present policies. more...









