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Politics Of European Food Aid Policy From Delors To Von Der Leyen

by Ilaria Madama

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 This book provides a theoretically informed, empirically grounded account of the origin, expansion, and institutionalization of the EU''s action against food poverty and severe material deprivation. In doing so, the analysis spans more than three decades, from the quasi-accidental onset of the first food aid program in the late 1980s under the Common Agricultural Policy to its current, puzzling, and contested consolidation as a narrow yet symbolic element of Social Europe''s architecture.More precisely, the study offers an in-depth examination of the governance and implementation of European Food Aid Policy (EFAP) while exploring the political and institutional dynamics shaping its trajectory over time. Deploying primarily a historical institutionalist approach, the book addresses two key questions: Why did EFAP emerge despite the EU’s limited role in anti-poverty policies? And how did it survive and consolidate, particularly during the 2008-2014 critical juncture, despite growing adverse conditions? By treating EFAP as a "least-likely case" for European integration, the research sheds light on broader political and institutional dynamics behind the making of Social Europe.This in-depth study will be of key interest to scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of EU social policy and policymaking, as well as, more broadly, in EU studies and comparative welfare state research.
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Women At The Top - Challenges, Choices And Change

by Marianne Coleman

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 The authentic voices of sixty successful women, identify the challenges that they have faced in their careers and the ways in which they have overcome them.Â These include a male work culture and reconciling the demands of work and family. The 'glass ceiling' may have moved up a little, but it is still there.
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Economics And Sustainability - Social-Ecological Perspectives

by Karl Bruckmeier

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 Split into three parts, the book begins by introducing a range of topics forming the basis of knowledge needed to understand the varying sustainability discourses in economics, ecology and interdisciplinary sustainability research.
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What Makes Effective Whistleblowing - Global Comparative Studies From The Public And Private Sector

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 This book analyzes whistleblowing worldwide publicly known cases from Belguim, Brazil, Finland, Japan and The Philippines to ascertain factors that make for effective whistleblowing. The work concludes that external whistleblowing, extensive mass media coverage, and strong evidence are essential components of effective whistleblowing.
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Dynamics Of Welfare Markets - Private Pensions And Domestic/Care Services In Europe

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 This volume represents the beginning of a ''cross pollination'' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground and uncovers new research directions for the future study of actors, policies and institutions shaping the growth and dynamics of European welfare markets. <div>The book defines welfare markets as politically shaped, regulated and state supported markets that provide social goods and services through the competitive activities of non-state actors. The chapters focus on what happens after states have initiated welfare markets, with equal weight given to the analysis of the agency of state actors and non-state actors in the contraction, stabilisation, and disruption of welfare markets. By focusing the analysis on two cases of welfare markets, private pensions and home-based domestic/care work, the contributions explore and compare the dynamics of different types of markets. </div><div>The research will be of use to sociologists and scholars of social policy interested in the social dimension of welfare markets, political scientists and political economists, as well as diverse epistemic communities across the social sciences. </div><div>Chapter 1 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.</div>
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A Computational View Of Autism - Using Virtual Reality Technologies In Autism Intervention

by Uttama Lahiri

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 This book first explains autism, its prevalence, and some conventional intervention techniques, and it then describes how virtual reality technology can support autism intervention and skills training.
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Temporary Agency Workers In Italy And The Uk - The Comparative Experience Of Labour Market Disadvantage

by Alessio Bertolini

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 This book offers a comparative exploration of the various disadvantages experienced by a category of atypical workers compared to standard employees, in the UK and Italy, and considers whether and how the differences can be attributed to contrasting institutional settings and political economies.Bertolini explores the lived experience of these workers, and demonstrates how institutional variables interact in complex ways with individual socio-demographic characteristics as well as the broader socio-economic context to shape individual disadvantages and engender different experiences of precariousness. Temporary Agency Workers in Italy and the UK will be of interest to students and scholars of political economy, sociology of work, welfare studies, labour market policy, and industrial relations.
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Liminality And Critical Event Studies - Borders, Boundaries, And Contestation

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 This book explores and challenges the concept and experience of liminality as applied to critical perspectives in the study of events.
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What Makes Effective Whistleblowing - Global Comparative Studies From The Public And Private Sector

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 This book analyzes whistleblowing worldwide publicly known cases from Belguim, Brazil, Finland, Japan and The Philippines to ascertain factors that make for effective whistleblowing. The work concludes that external whistleblowing, extensive mass media coverage, and strong evidence are essential components of effective whistleblowing.
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Politics Of Minimum Income - Explaining Path Departure And Policy Reversal In The Age Of Austerity

by Marcello Natili

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 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.
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Gambling Policies In European Welfare States - Current Challenges And Future Prospects

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 This edited book draws on a cross-cultural and historical lens to theoretically and practically analyse gambling regulations and the use of gambling revenue. It takes on a broad spectrum of perspectives, from the origin of the money, to the regulators, operators and beneficiaries of gambling, and looks at the interests, networks and power relations involved.This multidisciplinary collection elicits a shift in analysis, shedding light on a broader societal, historical and economic view of gambling and gambling policies, by its attention to implicit networks of power, influential legislation, gambling provision and infrastructure.Gambling Policies in European Welfare States will be of interest to students and scholars alike who are seeking cross-national and interdisciplinary analyses of welfare, politics, sociology and economics.
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Regional Parallelism And Corruption Scandals In Nigeria - Intranational Approaches To African Media Systems

by Muhammad Jameel Yusha'U

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 Regional Parallelism and Corruption Scandals in Nigeria is a ground-breaking book that offers fresh perspectives on the character and role of the African media in covering corruption scandals.
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Re-Evaluating Women'S Page Journalism In The Post-World War Ii Era - Celebrating Soft News

by Kimberly Wilmot Voss

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 Re-Evaluating Womenâ€™s Page Journalism in the Post-World War II Era tells the stories of significant womenâ€™s page journalists who contributed to the womenâ€™s liberation movement and the journalism community.
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The Politics Of Minimum Income - Explaining Path Departure And Policy Reversal In The Age Of Austerity

by Marcello Natili

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 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.
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Sovereign Debt Crisis, The Eu And Welfare State Reform

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 This book offers a much-needed analysis of how the European Union (EU) has affected welfare state reforms in the Member States most severely hit by the 2008 economic crisis.
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Combating Poverty In Local Welfare Systems

by Alexandru Panican e Hakan Johansson

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 This book analyzes national anti-poverty measures at a local level via a set of unique and up-to-date empirical studies of minimum income support schemes and activation measures in five European cities.
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Work, Family Policies And Transitions To Adulthood In Europe

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 This book analyzes how the current generation of young adults enters the labour market and tries to create their own autonomous household, with or without children, exploring questions such as what does it mean to be a young adult in Europe today and what social policies help them to combine work and family life?
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Women On Corporate Boards And In Top Management - European Trends And Policy

by Colette Fagan, Maria Gonzalez Menendez e Silvia Gomez Anson

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 This book examines the international trends and associated developments in gender equality policy including corporate governance such as gender quotas. International comparative analysis is combined with detailed analysis of eight European countries with different policy regimes and trajectories.
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Activation And Labour Market Reforms In Europe - Challenges To Social Citizenship

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 This book analyzes in what way activation policies impact on given patterns of social citizenship that predominate in national contexts. It argues that the liberal paradigm of activation introduced into labour market policies in all Western European states challenges the specific patterns of social citizenship in each country.
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Eu And The Domestic Politics Of Welfare State Reforms - Europa, Europae

by Paolo Graziano

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 This book focuses on the relationship between European integration, its outputs and national institutional and political settings. It explores the political mechanisms through which the EU plays a role in domestic social policy changes.
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Care Between Work And Welfare In European Societies

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 This book provides insights into the theoretical framework of 'tensions' related to care for children and the elderly. It analyzes if, and under what conditions, welfare state reforms have contributed to strengthening existing tensions, creating new tensions, or relaxing such tensions.
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Labour Market Flexibility And Pension Reforms - Flexible Today, Secure Tomorrow?

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 This book examines the growth of careers outside a traditional standard employment pattern and how those in 'atypical jobs' will fare in retirement, analyzing how the interplay between labour market reforms/trends and pension reforms will affect income security in old age during future decades.
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Working Poverty In Europe - A Comparative Approach

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 Offering a comparative perspective, this book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a 'post-fordist' model of production.
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Work-Life Balance In Europe - The Role Of Job Quality

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 Examining the debate on quality of jobs in Europe, this book focuses on the work-life balance-a central element of the EU agenda. It addresses tensions between work and private life, examining job quality, job security, working conditions and time-use patterns of individuals and households as well as institutional contexts.
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