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European Identity
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00An ambitious volume which asks why hopes are fading for a single European identity, despite decades of European integration. more...
Social Exclusion in Central-Eastern Europe
ILO Publications 2006; US$ 5.00Social Partnership and Local Development in Ireland
ILO Publications 2004; US$ 5.00Describes the main institutional characteristics of the Irish model of social partnership and examines the performance of two Government sponsored programmes - the Area Development Management scheme (ADM) and the Social Economy Programme. Assesses the benefits and limitations of these local-level programmes. more...
Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
ILO Publications 2002; US$ 15.95Based on a survey of 1047 low income individuals. Examines the impact of social security reforms on poverty and social exclusion. Focuses on the restructuring of the health care system, tightening eligibility for unemployment benefits and the revision of child benefits. Also looks at the scope and adequacy of social assistance, pension participation... more...
Fist Pump
Running Press 2010; US$ 12.95This tongue-in-cheek manifesto is a humorous look at the nation?s hottest subculture, and the essential guide to achieve the guido lifestyle. Complete with sections on how to look and act like a guido, how to perform dance moves, interact with strangers, and behave at clubs like a guido, a complete guide to gui-dos and gui-don?ts, and much more?fist-pump... more...
Welfare States in Europe
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 35.59Hauptbeschreibung The German proverb "Misfortune seldom arrives alone", captures completely the essence of present German social economic difficulties. The decade of vibrant economic growth has become a memory and is not part of the historical experience shared by the generation born in the 70s and 80s, getting in to work now. Most of these young... more...
Die Europäisierung sozialer Ungleichheit
Campus Verlag 2006; US$ 32.34Hauptbeschreibung Durch die Erweiterung und Vertiefung der EU werden soziale Ungleichheiten zunehmend auf europäischer Ebene erzeugt und reguliert, Klassen- und Schichtungsstrukturen beschränken sich nicht mehr nur auf den nationalen Raum. Der Band beschreibt diesen innereuropäischen Strukturwandel und diskutiert dessen Bedeutung für Theorie und... more...
What's Wrong with the World
The Floating Press 1910; US$ 4.99During his lifetime, British author and thinker G.K. Chesterton gained a reputation as a top-rate intellectual and social critic. In this volume, Chesterton turns his attention to a series of major problems facing the world at the turn of the twentieth century, offering his one-of-a-kind take on each topic. more...
Social Mobility in Europe
OUP Oxford 2004; US$ 184.99Social Mobility in Europe is the most comprehensive study to date of trends in intergenerational social mobility. It uses data from 11 European countries covering the last 30 years of the twentieth century to analyze differences between countries and changes through time. The findings call into question several long-standing views about social mobility.... more...
The Ecuadorian Highlands
Hunter Publishing 2009; US$ 8.99Ecuador's Avenue of the Volcanoes is the backbone of the Central Highlands, a long and beautiful stretch of eternal mountain views. Snow-capped volcanoes peer through layers of mist and each curve of the highway presents a new vision. The highest peaks, several of which are active volcanoes, lie in this stretch of the Andes. Opportunities for adventure... more...









