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Promoting Active Citizenship: Markets and Choice in Scandinavian Welfare
employment; social policy; care; decentralization; service users; vouchers; welfare reform
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- 9783319553801
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- 302.2 SIV p
Pragmatic Philanthropy: Asian Charity Explained
Asian Philanthropy and Charitable Organizations; Social Investment in Asia; Social Delivery Organizations; Relationships and Philanthropy in Asia; Ultra-high Net-worth Individuals in Asia; How Social Investment Works in Asia; Impact of Charitable Giving in Asia; Relationship with Elites and Social Investment in Asia
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- 9789811071188
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- 950 SHA p
Housing Estates in Europe
This open access book explores the formation and socio-spatial trajectories of large housing estates in Europe. Are these estates clustered or scattered? Which social groups originally had access to residential space in housing estates? What is the size, scale and geography of housing estates, their architectural and built environment composition, services and neighbourhood amenities, and metro…
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- 9783319928135
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Cultural Integration of Immigrants in Europe
The concepts of cultural diversity and cultural identity are at the forefront of the political debate in many western societies. In Europe, the discussion is stimulated by the political pressures associated with immigration flows, which are increasing in many European countries. The imperatives that current immigration trends impose on European democracies bring to light a number of issues that…
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- 9780199660094
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- 650
Shaping the Future of South Africa’s Youth : Shaping the Future of South Af…
South Africa has made huge gains in ensuring universal enrolment for children at school, and in restructuring and recapitalising the FET college sector. However, some three million young people are not in education, employment or training and the country faces serious challenges in providing its youth with the pathways and support they need to transition successfully into a differentiated syste…
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- 9781920489465
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Knowledge for Justice : Critical Perspectives from Southern African-Nordic Re…
With the adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, the purpose of development is being redefined in both social and environmental terms. Despite pushback from conservative forces, change is accelerating in many sectors. To drive this transformation in ways that bring about social, environmental and economic justice at a local, national, regiona…
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- 9781928331636
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Making Religion and Human Rights at the United Nations
The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretic…
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- 9783110478068
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'The Truest Form of Patriotism' Pacifist feminism in Britain, 1870-1902
This fascinating book explores the pervasive influence of pacifism on Victorian feminism. Drawing on previously unused source material, it provides an account of Victorian women who campaigned for peace and the many feminists who incorporated pacifist ideas into their writing on women and women's work. It explores feminists' ideas about the role of women within the empire, their eligibility for…
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- 9781526137890
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Race and the Yugoslav region Postsocialist, post-conflict, postcolonial?
This book explains theoretical work in postcolonial and postsocialist studies to offer a novel and distinctive insight into how Yugoslavia is configured by, and through, race. It presents the history of how ideas of racialised difference have been translated globally in Yugoslavia. The book provides a discussion on the critical race scholarship, global historical sociologies of 'race in transla…
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- 9781526126610
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Ester Boserup’s Legacy on Sustainability: Orientations for Contemporary Res…
Arising from a scientific conference marking the 100th anniversary of her birth, this book honors the life and work of the social scientist and diplomat Ester Boserup, who blazed new trails in her interdisciplinary approach to development and sustainability.
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- 301 EST e
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