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International impacts on social policy : short histories in global perspective
This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific s…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030866457
- Collation
- XXVIII, 542 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 361.61 INT i
From Colonialism to International Aid : External Actors and Social Protection…
This open access volume addresses the role of external actors in social protection in the Global South, from the Second World War until today, analysing the influence of colonial powers, superpowers during the Cold War and contemporary donor agencies. Following an introduction to the analysis of external actors in social policy making in the Global South, the contributions explore which externa…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030382001
- Collation
- xi, 377p. : ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 341.584 FRO f
Exploring islamic social work : between community and the common good
This open access book addresses, for the first time, Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach it explores, on the one hand, the discourse that provides religious legitimisation to social work activities and, on the other hand, case studies of practical fields of Islamic social work including educati…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030958800
- Collation
- xii; 284 PG; ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 306.697 EXP e
Climate of the middle
his Open Access book presents a multidisciplinary perspective to increase our understanding of climate policies that are rooted in the natural moral inclinations of people, families and firms. Which policies prevent a widening gap between higher and lower educated people? Which policy instruments are there, and how could they be used? What is the role of free entrepreneurship?
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030853228
- Collation
- ix; 71 PG; ill.
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies
- Call Number
- 363.73874 CLI c
Towards Gender Equality in Law : An Analysis of State Failures from a Global …
This Open Access book aims to find out how and why states in various regions and of diverse cultural backgrounds fail in their gender equality laws and policies. In doing this, the book maps out states’ failures in their legal systems and unpacks the clashes between different levels and forms of law—namely domestic laws, local regulations, or the implementation of international law, individ…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030980726
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- xix, 250 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 342.0878 TOW G
Sociological Debates on Gestational Surrogacy : Between Legitimation and Inte…
This open access book discusses and analyses competing views and social implications of gestational surrogacy, which is making inroads as an option for parenthood as well as a work opportunity for women. It provides a rich account of transnational mobilizations for the abolition and regulation of surrogacy, with focus on United States, Italy and Mexico. The author critically assesses the core n…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030803025
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- xxii, 158 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 306.8743 SOC D
Networks and geographies of global social policy diffusion : culture, economy…
This open access book analyses the global diffusion of social policy as a process driven by multiplex ties between countries in global social networks. The contributions analyze links between countries via global trade, colonial history, similarity in culture, and spatial proximity. Networks are viewed as the structural backbone of the diffusion process, and diffusion is anlaysed via several su…
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- 14
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-83403-6
- Collation
- xvi; 272p;
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- -
- Call Number
- 361.61 NET M
Contemporary Housing Struggles : A Structural Field of Contention Approach
This Open Access book provides a comparative study of housing contention in Budapest and Bucharest in 2008-2021. The financialization of housing and the resulting inequalities, expulsions and social contention are a central characteristic of today’s capitalist crisis. These two East European cities that fall outside the usual focus of urban movements research provide an illuminating case of s…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030974053
- Collation
- ix, 243 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 361.61 CON L
EXPLORING ISLAMIC SOCIAL WORK : between community and the common good
This open access book addresses, for the first time, Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach it explores, on the one hand, the discourse that provides religious legitimisation to social work activities and, on the other hand, case studies of practical fields of Islamic social work including educati…
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- 3
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030958800
- Collation
- xii; 284p;
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.697 EXP A
Enterprise social policy as a means of development of social work
The topic of the treatise entitled Social Policy in Enterprises as a Means of Develop-ment of Social Work is a reconstruction of the development of social work in enter-prises1 implemented as part of enterprise social policy in the territory of Bohemia and Moravia between the years 1876-1989. Since its professional beginnings, social work has been a major actor and instrument of social policy. …
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- 6
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783966659925
- Collation
- 252p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 361.94371 ENT s
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