Central / national / federal government Books

Foreword; P.Kooijmans - Preface - Preface to the Second Edition - PART 1: GENERAL - Introduction - Universality and Cultural Relativism - Policy Choices - Policy Instruments - Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy - Intergovernmental Organizations - PART 2:...

List of Tables List of Figures Glossary Acknowledgements Introduction The Southern Welfare States in the European Context The Carrot and the Stick: Employment, Unemployment and Labour Market Policies Gender Inequalities, Family and Social Welfare:...

Acknowledgements Forward; Joan Acker Studying Gendered Practices; Liisa Rantalaiho, Tuula Heiskanen, Marja Vehvil�en & P�i Korvaj�i Contextualising Gender; Liisa Rantalaiho (de)constructing Gendered Hierarchies Introduction; Merja Kinnunen, Riitta...

'The Handbook of West European Pension Politics' provides scholars, policy-makers and students with an overview of the political and policy issues involved in pension policy, as well as case studies of contemporary pension politics in 16 countries.

The American President is an enthralling account of American presidential actions from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, one of the great presidential...

A smart and scathing bestseller: former Clinton adviser and confidant Dick Morris offers a response to Hillary Clinton′s biography - to expose the history of lies and obfuscations this very controversial politician has left in her wake... In Rewriting...

“The most fundamental difference between ‘developing’ and ‘developed’ societies is technology, in a broad yet specific sense”; so states the author of this important study, Liberation and Technology: Development...

Today, more than ever, the state of a country’s science and technology is a critical factor for economic competitiveness and long-term growth. This book traces the development of science and technology policies and initiatives in Singapore since...

Hydrogen in an International Context: Vulnerabilities of Hydrogen Energy in Emerging Markets describes strategies and developments for hydrogen civilization efforts realised by various stakeholders such as authorities, institutes, research, industry, and...

In the last decades, there has been a strong growth in private voluntary initiatives, such as Fairtrade labelling and company codes of conduct, aiming at improving conditions for workers and producers in developing countries. This book looks closer at...

The set of contributions in this book cover important issues of debate at the intersection of innovation studies and government policy, which have been pivotal for the modernisation and consolidation of the Austrian innovation system since the early...

This book analyzes the controversy between imperialism associated with capitalist development. The author evaluates contemporary theories concerning the essence of this relationship. On that basis, he reconstructs his own view on capitalist imperialism.

1.1 Zum Problemzusammenhang der Untersuchung Die hier vorgelegte empirische Untersuchung befaßt sich mit einem Phänomen, das zwar von eminenter wirtschafts- und sozialpoliti­ scher Bedeutung ist, über dessen empirische Struktur...

Die in diesem Buch vorgelegte Untersuchung geht auf das von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) im Schwerpunktprogramm "Strukturwandel der industriellen Beziehungen" geförderte Projekt: "Die Bedeutung von besonderen und...

Keine sozialwissenschaftliche Arbeit ist ohne die Kooperation von Freun­ den, Wissenschaftlem, Bibliothekaren und Archivaren möglich; ihnen al­ len gilt mein Dank. Besonders zu danken habe ich Heem Prof. Dr.Dieter Grosser, der...

Die 'Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen' begleitet schon im 28. Jahrgang die wissenschaftliche und öffentliche Diskussion mit Beiträgen zu Parlamentarismus und Regierungssystem in der Bundesrepublik und im internationalen...

This book examines the attainment gap between foster youth and their peers. Specifically focusing on post-secondary access and success for foster youth, Gross points out the challenges foster youth face in the primary and secondary school context, such...

This book considers how the practical and public policy relevance of research might be increased, and academics and practitioners can better engage to define research agendas and deliver findings relevant to accounting and accountability in the public...

This book introduces the novel concept of fringe regionalism to the field of international studies. It examines how regions are practiced by peripheral borderlands rather than centrally planned, thus offering new avenues for researching regionalism...

This book analyses interest group communication strategies in parliamentary political systems, and considers how political uncertainty, which emerges from the political process, shapes interest group communication strategies. It develops a formal model...

Minimum income schemes (MIS) have become key social protection institutions for European citizens, but we know little regarding the logic and dynamics of institutional change in this policy field. This book provides an analytical model that will...

This book explores the institution of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a policy instrument. It argues that after the Cold War the European Union started challenging the unilateral policies of the United States by promoting new norms and...

The book focuses on the psychosocial effects that organized crime related violence has produced in Mexico. It connects one of the major worries of our times - terrorism - with the conditions of peacelessness that prevail in Mexico. Specifically, the...

New forms of solidarity are being shaped as a response to the European "refugee crisis." The state-in the form of national governments-has not been able to implement any viable or sustainable solution to the crisis, but the solidarity movement has been...

This book presents alternative macroeconomic perspectives, primarily open economy, on the limitations of discretionary fiscal policy, with a focus on government spending.  Following an overview on the post-crisis Keynesian revival and of the...

In 2016, Germany's government presented its third cybersecurity strategy, which aims to strengthen the national cyber defence architecture, cooperation between the state and industry, and individual users' agency. For many years, Germany has...

This book examines the political and economic trajectories of cities following the 2008 financial crisis. The authors claim that in this era-which they dub "late neoliberalism"-urban spaces, institutions, subjectivities, and organizational forms are...

This book assesses the extent to which an emphasis on national security and prioritization of state interests has dominated governance policy-making in Northeast and Southeast Asia, at the expense of human security, human development, and human rights...