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  • Building Social Work Politics in Europe

    Research Approaches, Practices, and Perspectives

    Edited by Katrin Toens, Günter Rieger ...
    Series series Social Sciences
    The profession of social work and its representative bodies are in numerous ways involved in European politics. At the same time social work practice is affected by EU regulations, coordination, funding and jurisdiction in relevant policy fields.This book provides a systematic and practice-based reflection on the issues of how current political activities in the EU and beyond are social work ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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  • Comparative Civil Service Systems in the 21st Century

    Edited by J. Raadschelders, T. Toonen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This revised and expanded edition of a benchmark collection compares how civil services around the world have adapted to cope with managing public services in the 21st century. The volume provides insights into multi-level governance, juridification and issues of efficiency and responsiveness as well as exploring the impact of fiscal austerity. ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • How to Do Public Policy

    by Anke Hassel, Kai Wegrich ...
    How to Do Public Policy offers a guide to students and practitioners on how to improve problem-solving with policies in a political world. It integrates insights from applied policy analysis and studies of the policy process to develop a framework that conceives policy-making as structured by two spheres of action - the 'engine room' of specialists and experts in government agencies, NGOs, ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The SAGE Handbook of Public Administration

    Edited by Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters ...
    The original Handbook of Public Administration was a landmark publication, the first to provide a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the discipline. The eagerly-awaited new edition of this seminal international handbook continues to provide a complete review and guide to past and present knowledge in this essential field of inquiry.Assembling an outstanding team of scholars from around the ... Read more

    $52.79 CAD

  • European Social Policy and Social Work

    Citizenship-Based Social Work

    by Hans van Ewijk ...
    European Social Policy and Social Work explores shifts in international social policies and how they affect national trends and thus the context for social work practice.The book discusses international and national social work strategies and practice and investigates the responsibilities for social welfare held by the state, the market and civil society. Hans van Ewijk then elaborates a new ... Read more

    $86.99 CAD

  • Education in Political Science

    Discovering a neglected field

    Edited by Anja P. Jakobi, Kerstin Martens, Klaus Dieter Wolf ...
    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    This pioneering volume is devoted to the analysis of education from the perspective of political science, applying the full range of the discipline’s analytical perspectives and methodological tools.The contributions demonstrate how education policy can be explored systematically from a variety of political science perspectives: comparative politics, public policy analysis and public ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Geographies of Asylum in Europe and the Role of European Localities

    Edited by Birgit Glorius, Jeroen Doomernik ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book describes how the numerous arrivals of asylum seekers since 2015 shaped reception and integration processes in Europe. It addresses the structuration of asylum and reception systems, and spaces and places of reception on European, national, regional and local level. It also analyses perceptions and discourses on asylum and refugees, their evolvement and the consequences for ... Read more

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  • Governing Compact Cities

    How to Connect Planning, Design and Transport

    by Philipp Rode ...
    Series series Cities series
    Governing Compact Cities investigates how governments and other critical actors organise to enable compact urban growth, combining higher urban densities, mixed use and urban design quality with more walkable and public transport-oriented urban development. Philipp Rode draws on empirical evidence from London and Berlin to examine how urban policymakers, professionals and stakeholders have worked ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Human Rights Politics

    An introduction

    by Michael Krennerich ...
    Series Book 12 - Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Rights
    The book offers a comprehensive and clear introduction for students and those interested in human rights, written by a renowned human rights expert. It not only provides an introduction to the diversity of issues, actors and institutions in human rights policy and politics, but also offers assistance and suggestions on how the complex reality of human rights politics can be described and analysed ... Read more

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  • Transnational Solidarity in Times of Crises

    Citizen Organisations and Collective Learning in Europe

    Edited by Christian Lahusen, Ulrike Zschache, Maria Kousis ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access collection is devoted to an in-depth, qualitative analysis of practices of cross-national solidarity in response to the current political and social crises, from citizens’ initiatives to networks of cooperation among civil society actors.The book analyses existing informal groups at the grassroots, furthering transnational solidarity in three thematic areas: disability, ... Read more

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  • Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking

    Uncovering the Power of Networks in the Finland–EU Context

    Edited by Katri Eeva, Jaakko Kauko ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    Looking at higher education policy actors connecting the Finnish and the European Union (EU) contexts, this volume explores the power and influence of networks on decision-making and the utilisation of knowledge within higher education policy. It is unique in providing a new understanding of how European higher education policies are shaped and implemented in day-to-day policymaking.Building on ... Read more

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  • European E-Democracy in Practice

    Edited by Leonhard Hennen, Ira van Keulen, Iris Korthagen, Georg Aichholzer, Ralf Lindner, Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book explores how digital tools and social media technologies can contribute to better participation and involvement of EU citizens in European politics. By analyzing selected representative e-participation projects at the local, national and European governmental levels, it identifies the preconditions, best practices and shortcomings of e-participation practices in connection ... Read more

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