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Will Europe Work?
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 206.00In the post war years European integration was driven by nation states attempting to stimulate economic growth and social cohesion through European trade and cooperation. The results were prosperous, and unified Western European societies were based on full employment and redistributive welfare states. However, in today's Europe - a Europe subject... more...
Inclusions and Exclusions in European Societies
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 49.95European social development over the last century has been characterized by an increasing inclusiveness of people into the ever-larger collectives of the nation state, the European Union and categories of welfare entitlement. Yet recent empirical data suggests that income gaps are growing and that within the physical borders of Europe there is a greater... more...
Pension Reform in Europe
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95This new book provides a cross-country comparative analysis of the key issues shaping the latest pension reforms in Europe: political games, welfare models and pathways, population reactions, and observed and expected outcomes. Pension reform has been a top policy priority for European governments in the last decade. Ageing populations, changing... more...
Gender, Generations and the Family in International Migration
Amsterdam University Press 2012; US$ 62.50Family-related migration is moving to the centre of political debates on migration, integration and multiculturalism in Europe. It is also more and more leading to lively academic interest in the family dimensions of international migration. At the same time, strands of research on family migrations and migrant families remain separate from - and sometimes... more...
Contemporary Switzerland
Palgrave Macmillan 2005; US$ 148.00This volume presents the major findings involved in a large scale research programme to describe and analyse the transformation of contemporary Swiss society. The contributions focus on three key areas: the Swiss way of life, the Swiss labour market and the country's political institutions. The chapters give an idea of current trends in Swiss society,... more...
Zukunft mit Kindern
Campus Verlag 2012; US$ 26.95Hauptbeschreibung Warum bleibt der Kinderwunsch vieler Paare unerfüllt, während sich andere gegen Kinder entscheiden? Das Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer Arbeitsgruppe der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Leopoldina zu den Gründen niedriger Geburtenraten in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Es führt auf einmalige... more...
Deutschland - eine gespaltene Gesellschaft
Campus Verlag 2006; US$ 22.64Hauptbeschreibung Deutschland hallt wider von Kassandrarufen zur Zukunft der Nation. Überwiegend beruhen sie auf journalistischen Eingebungen oder dem politischen Kalkül unterschiedlicher Interessengruppen. Sozialwissenschaftliche Gegenwartsdiagnosen dagegen spielen in der Öffentlichkeit kaum eine Rolle: ein Mangel, den dieses Buch beseitigt. Namhafte... more...
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