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  • Edward Elgar Publishing  (16)
  • Nickel, Johanna (1916-1984)
  • Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing  (16)
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  • 1
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781802203790 , 1802203796
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 182 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Understanding series
    DDC: 306.4/2
    Keywords: Knowledge, Sociology of
    Abstract: "Understanding Society and Knowledge proposes that knowledge, rather than nature, violence, or power, provides the basis of and driving force behind human action in modern society. It demonstrates how the legal containment of knowledge enables the transformation of the knowledge society into knowledge capitalism. Providing an overview of the history of knowledge societies, Nico Stehr analyses the concept of knowledge as well as the nature of post-industrial societies. Chapters examine the genealogy of social scientific theories of modern society; the role of knowledge as a capacity to act or as an intersubjective resource; and recent changes in the structure of the material economy. The book concludes by discussing the political challenges of the knowledge society, highlighting the ways in which discoveries in modern knowledge and subsequent political responses continue to generate controversies. This illuminating book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of economics, political science, sociology and sociological theory, as well as science and technology studies"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction: Theories of modern societies -- 2. The lineage of knowledge society theory -- 3. The science of knowledge -- 4. Knowledge competencies -- 5. The knowledge wars -- 6. The political economy of knowledge societies -- 7. Modern societies as knowledge societies -- 8. The political economy of knowledge monopoly capitalism -- 9. Political challenges of knowledge societies -- 10. Conclusions -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 2
    ISBN: 9781800379732
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (224 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Urban violence, resilience and security
    DDC: 303.6091732
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    Keywords: Urban violence ; Urban policy ; Developing countries Economic conditions ; Developing countries Social conditions ; Developing countries ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Lateinamerika ; Asien ; Afrika ; Kriminalgeografie ; Stadtsoziologie ; Stadtentwicklung ; Urbanität ; Gewalttätigkeit
    Abstract: "Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, Urban Violence, Resilience and Security investigates the diverse nature of urban violence within Latin America, Asia and Africa. It further analyzes how regular and irregular governing mechanisms can provide human security, despite the presence of chronic violence. The empirically rich and conceptually grounded contributions of established and emerging scholars evaluate the current state and future trajectory of urban development. They also question common explanations of the drivers of violence in urban areas and also provide measured recommendations for improved policy and future governance. Chapters thoroughly examine the opportunities and hazards of focusing on resilience as the only method to improve security and identify governance and policy practices that can move beyond the rhetoric of resilience to evaluate diverse approaches to attaining human security in urban areas of the Global South. This invigorating book will be an excellent resource for academic researchers interested in urban dynamics in the Global South as well as scholars embarking on geography, human security, political science and policy studies. Based on a set of original case studies, policymakers will also benefit from the questions and challenges to the conventional approaches to urban planning and governance that it raises"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Foreword / Ariel C. Armony -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction to urban violence, resilience and security / Michael R. Glass, Taylor B. Seybolt and Phil Williams -- Part I: Conceptual approaches to urban violence, resilience and security -- 2. Urban violence in the global south: Drug traffickers, gangs, and organized crime / Phil Williams -- 3. Urban resilience for the 21st century / Savannah Cox -- 4. Urban governance in conflict zones: Contentious politics, not "resilience" / Daniel E. Esser -- 5. Building effective and acceptable security-driven urban resilience / Jon Coaffee -- 6. Fragility and pernicious resilience in urban Latin America and the Caribbean / Enrique Desmond Arias -- Part II: Dimensions of urban vulnerability and resilience in the global south -- 7. Feral cities and the normative dimension of violence: Caracas and the Latin American city / Roberto Briceño-León -- 8. Xenophobic violence, displacement, and reintegration: A case study of female migrants in isipingo, durban, South Africa / Kim Gounder and Brij Maharaj -- 9. Shoot first, ask later: Violence and anti-crime policies in Mexico's cuidad juárez and pakistan's karachi / Vanda Felbab-Brown -- 10. Strain between two worlds: A sociological approach to the rise and fall of crime and violence in guatemala city / Daniel Núñez -- 11. Criminal victimization and social resilience in Latin America / Eduardo Moncada -- Index
    Note: Includes bibliographical eferences and index
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9781788116152
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 460 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Research handbooks in urban studies series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on urban social policies
    DDC: 307.76
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    Keywords: Urban policy ; Public welfare ; Public welfare ; Social policy ; Urban policy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Stadt ; Sozialpolitik
    Abstract: "The importance of subnational welfare measures, and their complex embeddedness in wider multilevel governance systems, has often been underplayed in both urban studies and social policy analysis. This Handbook gives readers the analytical tools to understand urban social policies in context and bridges the gap in research. It provides a novel perspective of social policy analysis, answering the common debates such as: what is the role of local institutions in welfare provisions? Do they exert an influence beyond their jurisdiction? What difference can we trace among different types of locales (e.g. urban vs. rural)? How does the role of cities change in different national regulatory systems? Chapters disentangle the interplay between jurisdictions, politics, policy instruments and contexts in the spatial construction of social policies. Thanks to the impressive selection of contributors, the volume discusses urban social policies with broad geographical coverage including cases from Europe, North America, South America and Asia, and provides cursory references to the COVID-19 pandemic in different policy fields. This book will be of interest to a broad range of students in different fields from welfare to urban studies, as well as those interested in multilevel governance and policy analysis. Scholars interested in comparative social policy, but also in social innovation, public administration and political science, will also find this book a good companion"--
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction to urban social policies: International perspectives on multilevel governance and local welfare / Yuri Kazepov, Eduardo Barberis, Roberta Cucca and Elisabetta Mocca -- Part I: Localizing risk and vulnerability -- 2. Localizing new social risks / Costanzo Ranci and Lara Maestripieri -- 3. Territorial welfare governance changes: Concepts and explanatory factors / Eloísa del Pino, Luis Moreno and Jorge Hernández-Moreno -- 4. The territorial dimension of social investment in Europe / Yuri Kazepov and Ruggero Cefalo -- 5. Urban social innovation and the European city: Assessing the changing urban welfare mix and its scalar articulation / Stijn Oosterlynck and Tatiana Saruis -- 6. Citizenship practices and co-production of local social policies in southern Europe / Ana Belén Cano-Hila, Marc Pradel-Miquel and Marisol García -- 7. The transformation of the local welfare system in European cities / Alberta Andreotti, Enzo Mingione and Emanuele Polizzi -- Part II: The local dimension of targeted social policies -- 8. Care as multi-scalar policy: Ecec and ltc services across Europe / Marco Arlotti and Stefania Sabatinelli -- 9. Poverty and multi-layered social assistance in Europe / Sarah Marchal and Bea Cantillon -- 10. Institutional logics of service provision: The national and urban governance of activation policies in three European countries / Vanesa Fuertes, Martin Heidenreich and Ronald McQuaid -- 11. The local dimension of housing policies / Christoph Reinprecht -- 12. Migration policies at the local level: Constraints and windows of opportunities in a contentious field / Eduardo Barberis and Alba Angelucci -- 13. Segregation, neighbourhood effects and social mix policies / Sako Musterd -- 14. Local segregation patterns and multilevel education policies / Willem Boterman and Isabel Ramos Lobato -- Part III: The instruments of local social policies -- 15. Local governance and street-level bureaucracy: The ground floor of social policy / Peter Hupe and Trui Steen -- 16. National-regional-local shifting games in multi-tiered welfare states / Giuliano Bonoli and Philipp Trein -- 17. Social work and community work / Stefan Köngeter and Christian Reutlinger -- 18. New public management-inspired public sector reforms and evaluation: Long-term care provisions in European countries / Hellmut Wollmann -- 19. Public participation and social policies in contemporary cities / Roberta Cucca -- 20. Territorial effects of EU policies: Which social outcomes at the local level? / Iván Tosics and Laura Colini -- Part IV: Examples of urban social policies around the world -- 21. Soziale stadt (social city) / Simon Güntner -- 22. The rescaling of social policies in the post-yugoslav space: Welfare parallelism and local state capture / Paul Stubbs and Sinisa Zrinščak -- 23. States of welfare: Decentralization and its consequences in us social policy / Sarah K. Bruch and Colin Gordon -- 24. Urban social protection in southern Africa / Jeremy Seekings -- 25. Social policies and security in favelas and urban peripheries of brazilian cities / Eduardo Marques and Marta Arretche -- 26. Innovative (local) social policies in China / Daniel R. Hammond -- 27. Urban and local social policies in the nordic countries / Håkan Johansson -- 28. The challenges of activation policies in Japan and their local dimension / Miki Tsutsui and Shuhei Naka -- Index.
    Note: Includes index
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  • 4
    ISBN: 9781803925134 , 1803925132
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 153 Seiten , Illustrationen, Diagramme , 22 cm
    Series Statement: Elgar dialogues
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Moulaert, Frank Political change through social innovation
    DDC: 303.484
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    Keywords: Social change ; Political participation ; Democracy ; Democracy ; Political participation ; Social change ; Demokratisierung ; Politische Beteiligung ; Sozialinnovation ; Sozialer Wandel
    Note: Enthält bibliografische Angaben und Index (Seite 148-153)
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  • 5
    ISBN: 1788117239 , 9781788117234
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 426 Seiten)
    Series Statement: Elgar handbooks in migration
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on the governance and politics of migration
    DDC: 325.1
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    Keywords: Emigration and immigration Handbooks, manuals, etc Political aspects ; Emigration and immigration ; Political aspects ; Handbooks and manuals ; Emigration and immigration - Political aspects ; Handbooks and manuals ; Handbooks and manuals ; Guides et manuels ; Electronic books ; Handbook ; Electronic books ; Handbook ; Internationale Migration ; Migrationspolitik
    Abstract: "This innovative Handbook sets out a conceptual and analytical framework for the critical appraisal of migration governance. Global and interdisciplinary in scope, the chapters are organised across six key themes: conceptual debates; categorisations of migration; governance regimes; processes; spaces of migration governance; and mobilisations around it. Leading international contributors critically assess categorisations and conceptualisations of migration to address theoretical concerns including transnationalism and de-colonisation, climate change, development, humanitarianism, bordering, technologies and the role of time. They closely examine practices of migration governance and politics, and their effects, across diverse spaces, processes and forms of mobilisation. They draw on up-to-date examples from across the globe in order to examine how migrants, whether forced or voluntary, are governed. Reviewing the latest developments in migration governance research through empirically rich and conceptually concise appraisals, the Handbook problematises orthodox perspectives and discusses how a critical reading can add to our understanding of the governance and politics of migration. This Handbook is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of migration, human rights and public policy. Its interdisciplinary approach and wide range of empirical examples will also be useful for policy makers in these fields"--
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. The governance and politics of migration: a conceptual-analytical map / Emma Carmel, Katharina Lenner and Regine Paul -- Part I: Conceptualising the politics and governance of migration -- 2. Postcolonial perspectives on migration governance / Lucy Mayblin -- 3. Nationhood and citizenship: From producing states to enacting rights / Flávia Rodrigues de Castro and Carolina Moulin -- 4. Transnationalism and diaspora as epistemology and practice / Carolin Fischer -- 5. The politics of conceptualizing border/security / Karolina Follis -- 6. Rethinking migration and development as a hegemonic project / Lama Kabbanji -- 7. Climate migration between conflictive discourses and empirical realities / Ingrid Boas and Hanne Wiegel -- 8. Humanitarianism in principle and practice / Jason Hart -- 9. Beyond the dichotomy of liberal and illiberal migration governance / Katharina Natter -- Part II: The politics of categorising migration -- 10. Unsettling the boundaries between forced and voluntary migration / Oliver Bakewell -- 11. The construction and contestation of illegality / Vicki Squire -- 12. Trafficking as the moral filter of migration control / Cameron Thibos and Neil Howard -- 13. Co-constructions of family and belonging in the politics of family migration / Saskia Bonjour and Laura Cleton -- 14. Deconstructing skills in the stratification of migration governance / Huw Vasey -- Part III: Institutions and regimes of migration governance -- 15. Towards a relational perspective on border regimes / Prem Kumar Rajaram -- 16. The limits of the 'global refugee regime' / Heaven Crawley and Mary Setrana -- 17. Pitfalls, ambivalences and contestations of 'migration management' / Antoine Pécoud -- 18. Global value chains, production regimes and the governance of migrant workers / Shamel Azmeh -- 19 national states in the governance of mobilities / Nora El Qadim -- Part IV: Spaces of migration governance -- 20. The migration route as governance / William Walters -- 21. Migration, governance, and the co-production of urban spaces / An Van Raemdonck and Fran Meissner -- 22. Reconsidering migration dynamics within diverse rural spaces / Lydia Medland -- 23. Governing, experiencing and contesting camps and encampment / Lewis Turner -- 24. Political economy, law and the regulation of migrants' workplaces / Tesseltje de Lange, Lisa Berntsen and Pedro de Sena -- 25. Homes as workplaces at the intersection of migration, care and gender regimes / Sabrina Marchetti and Anna di Bartolomeo -- Part V: Processes and practices of migration governance -- 26. Interrogating time and temporality in migration governance / Melanie Griffiths -- 27. Technology, knowledge and the governing of migration / Julien Jeandesboz -- 28. Governing migration by other means: Criminalization, crimmigration, or legal pluralism? / David Moffette -- 29. Situating deportation and expulsion in migration governance / Annika Lindberg and Shahram Khosravi -- Part VI: Contesting migration governance -- 30. Reconceptualizing and de-nationalizing repertoires of migrant political activism / Ilker Ataç and Helen Schwenken -- 31. Contesting migration governance through legal mobilization / Leila Kawar -- 32. Solidarities and disjunctures in the (global) mobilization of migrant workers / Nicola Piper -- 33. Nativist politics and the mobilization of anti-immigrant discourses / Aitana Guia -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 1788111753 , 9781788111751
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 216 pages)
    Uniform Title: Elgaronline: Social and Political Science Collection 2019
    DDC: 306.2
    Keywords: Political culture ; Political sociology ; Sociologie politique ; Political culture ; Political sociology
    Abstract: "This insightful book develops a new theoretical account of governance as regimes of governing practices that shape the political ordering of social relations. This account develops insights from sociology, politics and political economy and is 'post'-poststructuralist in scope. Chapters explore and synthesise three key features of governing that are often treated as contradictory: the historical contingency of statehood, the structured and unequal distribution of power and authority in governing, and the transformative possibilities of political action. This book proposes an innovative approach to governance analysis as a critical mode of empirical enquiry that is systematic, contextualised and holistic. In doing so, it also provides a new analytical framework to facilitate empirical investigation. Featuring tools of situated critique and analytical contextualisation, and with case study chapters that apply this framework in a range of empirical settings, this book is vital reading for all researchers of public policy and governance. Furthermore, researchers applying state theories to empirical investigation, and postgraduate students scrutinising complex governance settings, will also benefit from this book's theoretical account, analytical framework and case examples".
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Ontology, theory, epistemology -- 1. Introduction to governance analysis: critical enquiry at the intersection of politics, policy and society / Emma Carmel -- 2. Regimes of governing practices, socio-political order and contestation / Emma Carmel -- 3. Governance analysis: epistemological orientations and analytical framework / Emma Carmel -- Part II: Governing practices, statehoods and social inequalities -- 4. Governing skills, governing workplaces: explaining the new labour skills strategy for England / Hannah Durrant -- 5. The political ordering of migrant workers through labour admission policies / Regine Paul -- 6. Understanding the complexity and implications of the English care policy system / Fiona Morgan -- 7. Understanding the state-third sector relationship in public services delivery / Jenny Harlock -- Part III: Governing practices, social politics and contestation -- 8. Participatory governing through co-production and co-design / Michelle Farr -- 9. Participatory governing at the margins of the state / Sarah Morgan-Trimmer -- 10. Governing, politics and policy contestation within European networks / Hester Kan -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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  • 7
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781782541912
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 277 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Knowledge policy
    DDC: 303.48/33
    Keywords: Information policy Economic aspects ; Information policy Social aspects ; Information policy Forecasting ; Knowledge, Sociology of ; Information society
    Abstract: Knowledge Policy illustrates how the production of knowledge has become central to economic life, and that competitiveness in the 21st century market place is characterized by the ability to translate scientific and technological knowledge into innovation. Does this therefore render cultural and social knowledge unimportant? The contributors attempt to answer this and other important questions using a broader epistemological base for the term 'knowledge'. Policy implications are then developed from this perspective. By examining long-term challenges, this unique book explains what we actually mean by the term 'knowledge' and raises fundamental critiques of existing conceptions of knowledge. It argues that fresh policy thinking is needed not only in more obviously knowledge-intensive sectors, but also across all areas of knowledge production. By way of illustration, the effects of the different dynamics of the knowledge era on defence, health, employment, environment, indigenous and international relations, multiculturalism and urban policy are explored. The book then addresses the enduring question of whether it is possible to produce too much knowledge at the expense of wisdom. Providing a thorough treatment on the meaning, production and application of knowledge, this book will provide a fascinating read for academics, researchers, students, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in public policy and knowledge-based economies
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction / Greg Hearn, David Rooney -- Knowledge services / Ian Miles -- Education and the knowledge economy / Michael A. Peters -- Women and cognitive authority in the knowledge economy / Juli Eflin -- Cultural and creative industries / Terry Flew -- From creative industries to creative economy / Stuart Cunningham -- Information society policy / Lee Komito -- The role of media in the knowledge economy / David Rooney, Bernard McKenna, Rhonda Breit -- Science and technology policy futures / Neal Ryan, Michael Charles -- Justifying science : the need for macroeconomic knowledge policy / Steve Fuller -- The new biology : implications for knowledge policy / Sigrid A. Lehnert -- Copyright 2010 : the need for better negotiability/usability principles / Brian Fitzgerald -- Industry policy as innovation policy / Kate Morrison, Jason Potts -- Employment and innovation in the information economy / John Quiggin -- Environment, water, and energy in the 21st century : the role of deliberative governance for the knowledge society / Richard Hindmarsh -- Citizenship, migration, and multiculturalism after 9/11 : towards new policies for naturalization / Dora Kostakopoulou -- A new paradigm for ethical and sustainable indigenous knowledge policy / Hitendra Pillay -- International relations and geopolitics / Rosita Dellios -- Knowledge policy and the future of war, defence, and peace / Emma N. Kennedy da Silva, Rod B. Lyon -- Conclusion : towards integrated knowledge policy / Greg Hearn, David Rooney.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035305278
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 168 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Meier, Stephan, 1972 - The economics of non-selfish behaviour
    DDC: 302.1/4
    Keywords: Altruism Economic aspects ; Helping behavior Economic aspects ; Public goods ; Charity
    Abstract: In standard economic theory human beings are portrayed as selfish money-maximizing actors. This book investigates the conditions under which people deviate from this prediction and when they are prepared to contribute to the common good in a more altruistic fashion. Based on field experiments from charitable giving, Stephan Meier analyses people's decisions to contribute to public goods. He argues that people are more likely to contribute if their giving is matched by more money - people are generous if their peers also show this trait. He investigates the conditions under which people are willing to voluntarily contribute and draws conclusions on how the empirical findings influence economic theory and policy. Academic economists interested in behavioural economics or public economics will find The Economics of Non-selfish Behaviour of great interest as will the general public interested in developments in economics
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface by bruno s. Frey -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical considerations -- 2. A survey of economic theories on pro-social behavior -- Part II: Empirical analysis -- 3. Pro-social behaviour in a natural laboratory -- 4. Social comparisons and pro-social behaviour: A field experiment -- 5. Matching donations: Subsidizing pro-social behaviour -- 6. Economic education and pro-social behaviour: Selection or indoctrination? -- 7. Concluding remarks -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-162) and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035304554
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 136 pages)
    Series Statement: New horizons in leadership studies
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.3/4
    Keywords: Political leadership ; Democracy
    Abstract: In one of the first attempts to link the expanding field of leadership studies with classic works in political theory, Kenneth Ruscio places the study of political leadership squarely within the field of democratic thought and argues that claims about the legitimate duties and responsibilities of leaders depend upon claims about principles of democracy. It is impossible to imagine effective democracies without effective leaders. Yet leaders are often seen as the problem democratic governance is designed to solve, not the solution. Through a careful but lively critique of some of the classic works in modern democratic thought - from Machiavelli to Locke and from The Federalist Papers to Rawls - The Leadership Dilemma in Modern Democracy explains what is meant by effective political leadership in a system and culture of government where the power and discretion of leaders are severely limited. A compelling and provocative study, this volume will be of interest to scholars of leadership studies, political scientists, democratic theorists, and all those interested in concepts of democracy and the challenges faced by leaders
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction: The dilemma of leadership and democracy -- 1. Why democratic theory is essential for leadership theory -- 2. The road to public reason -- 3. Locke's prerogative, jay's pirouette: Why trust still matters in contemporary democratic leadership -- 4. On disney, presidents, and the problem of the parts and the whole -- 5. Public and private interest: The development of an idea -- 6. Madison's fears and aspirations -- 7. The 'parts and the whole' in contemporary times -- 8. Conclusion: Is good politics bad leadership? -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781781956854
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (328 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.42
    Keywords: Women Economic conditions ; Women Social conditions ; Sex role Economic aspects ; Classical school of economics ; Economics History
    Abstract: The Status of Women in Classical Economic Thought is the first volume to explore how the classical economists explained the status of women in society. As the essays show, the focus of the classical school was not nearly as limited to the activities of men as conventional wisdom has supposed. The contributors explore their insights and how they illuminate contemporary economic debates regarding women's status. The classical school specified a number of fundamental research themes which have since dominated how economists approach this topic. A sophisticated response was developed to the question: why is it that in all human societies women have suffered a lower status than that enjoyed by men? Those who theorized on the question are covered here and include: Poulain de la Barre, John Locke, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, Nicolas and Sophie de Condorcet, Jeremy Bentham, Priscilla Wakefield, Jean-Baptiste Say, Nassau Senior, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill, Harriet Martineau, William Thompson and Anna Wheeler. Economists interested in the history of their discipline as well as women's studies scholars from history, philosophy and politics will find this an enlightening volume. Non-technical in nature, it will also appeal to anyone interested in how economists have explained the economic and social status of women
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Gender relations and classical economics - the evolution of a tradition -- 2. Poulain de la barre and the rationalist analysis of the status of women -- 3. John locke, equality of rights and diversity of attributes -- 4. Biology and environment: Montesquieu's relativist analysis of gender behaviour -- 5. Adam smith, stage theory and the status of women -- 6. Women's progress and 'the end of history' -- 7. Condorcet and equality of the sexes: One of many fronts for a great fighter for liberty of the eighteenth century -- 8. Cultivating sympathy: Sophie condorcet's letters on sympathy -- 9. 'Let there be no distinction between the sexes': Jeremy bentham on the status of women -- 10. An eighteenth-century English feminist response to political economy: Priscilla wakefield's reflections (1798) -- 11. The market for virtue: Jean-baptiste say on women in the economy and society -- 12. Women in nassau senior's economic thought -- 13. William thompson and anna doyle wheeler: A marriage of minds on jeremy bentham's doorstep -- 14. Taking harriet martineau's economics seriously -- 15. John stuart mill, harriet taylor and French social theory -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781035304974
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (264 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 302.3/5
    Keywords: Office politics ; Organizational behavior ; Bureaucracy ; Interpersonal relations ; Work environment ; Job satisfaction ; Work Psychological aspects ; Employee morale ; Labor productivity ; Performance
    Abstract: Developments in Organizational Politics presents a comprehensive analysis of organizational politics and its meaning and application for employees and managers in modern worksites. Eran Vigoda suggests an integrative model that tries to explain how politics, and especially perceptions of politics, emerges, transforms and affects employees' performance and other work related outcomes in organizations. The analysis is based on empirical data collected over almost a decade of field studies. This data uses a variety of scientific methods to demonstrate how internal politics may be related to job attitudes, behavioral intentions as well as actual behaviors of employees. Special attention is given to non-profit organizations but analysis of businesses and private firms is also included. The book will be essential reading for academics and researchers from the fields of organizational behavior, human resource management and is also useful for practitioners who struggle through the barriers of power, influence and politics in the workplace
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Introduction to the study of organizational politics -- 1. Political behavior in organizations: Between perceptions and implementations -- 2. Organizational politics, job attitudes, and work outcomes -- 3. Organizational politics, in-role performance, and organizational citizenship behavior -- 4. Organizational politics and job distress -- 5. Cross-cultural perspectives of organizational politics -- 6. Organizational politics in virtual work sites and in a global world -- 7. Summary and implications: Interdisciplinary reflections and new directions -- Appendix 1: Measures used in the studies -- Appendix 2: Measuring organizational politics by the perceptions of organizational politics scale (POPS) -- Appendix 3: Measuring organizational politics by influence tactics -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781781959947
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 348 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306/.0959
    Keywords: Wages ; Wages ; Globalization ; Southeast Asia Social conditions ; Southeast Asia Economic conditions ; Europe Social conditions ; Europe Economic conditions 1945-
    Abstract: The impact of globalisation on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In Globalisation and Social Development, leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more specifically, Southeast Asian economies including Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. The contributors provide a well documented, multi-disciplinary analysis of the relationship between globalisation and social development in regions which, in the last two decades, have relied heavily on an outward looking development strategy and on attracting FDI, and which have been severely hit by the Asian crisis. In order to substantiate their analysis, the contributors include case studies of company relocation to Southeast Asia. The effects of globalisation on compliance with core labour standards in the Asia Pacific are also explored. Examining the complex link between globalisation and social development in Europe and Southeast Asia, Globalisation and Social Development will be welcomed by economists and social researchers with a specific interest in globalisation and Southeast Asian economies. Lecturers and scholars of international economics, international business and Asian business will also find the book to be of great interest
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Globalisation and social development: An Introduction -- Part I: Europe -- 1. Globalisation and wages in industrial countries -- 2. Globalisation, employment and wages -- 3. Globalisation and relocation -- 4. Relocation from industrial countries to Asia -- Part II: Southeast Asia -- 5. ILO fundamental principles and rights at work in Asia Pacific -- 6. Economic crisis, social development and challenges for the trade unions -- 7. Relocation to Thailand -- 8. Social development and globalisation -- 9. Globalisation and social development in the Philippines -- 10. International business relocation to the Philippines -- 11. Fdi, economic growth and social equality in Vietnam since the later 1980s -- 12. Globalisation and the reform of the financial system in Vietnam -- 13. A comparison of social conditions in local and joint venture companies in Vietnam -- Index.
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    ISBN: 9781782541707
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 143 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.3/615
    Keywords: Feminist economics ; Free enterprise ; Women Economic conditions ; Women Employment
    Abstract: Market, State and Feminism offers an inter-disciplinary critique of the 'free market backlash' - the belief that free market economics can improve the position, status and well-being of women. The authors argue that, far from being restrictive and intrusive, state action can enhance the individual's ability to make responsible choices. This book questions the philosophical basis of free market feminism, challenging its masculine assumptions about rationality and individualism. The authors critically examine the theoretical validity of dichotomising the market versus the state and draw attention to the richness of the interdependence between markets and state institutions. Empirical and case study material is drawn from the UK, the European Union and the United States and illuminates the issues of equal employment opportunities and pay, girls' education performance, business attitudes to women, lobbying by women's groups and equal opportunities legislation
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- 1. A feminist economic perspective -- 2. Gender, economic life and politics -- 3. The different worlds of work -- 4. The free market, family and gender -- 5. Valuing diversity? Women in the us workforce today -- 6. Women's employment and the European Union -- 7. A critique of free market feminism -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    ISBN: 9781782541134
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 231 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: New horizons in institutional and evolutionary economics
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.3/4
    Keywords: Comparative industrial relations ; Industrial relations Cross-cultural studies ; Foreign trade and employment ; International trade Social aspects ; Industrial relations Case studies ; Industrial relations Case studies
    Abstract: Historically, alternative models of the employment relationship have developed across culturally diverse nation states. However, the trend towards globalization incorporates a powerful force towards an international uniformity of employment relations. Underlying the issues addressed in this book is the question of how important cultural differences are and will continue to be. Ferrie Pot analyses the impact of national culture on the way the employment relationship is organized using case studies from the United States and the Netherlands. Evidence from these countries suggests that nations respond to globalization in line with their cultural values. As such, this book challenges the widespread belief that global trends will lead to the homogenization of the employment relationship
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: 1. Cultural embeddedness of the employment relationship -- 2. The employment relationship: Mechanisms of change -- 3. Globalization of the employment relationship -- 4. The concept of culture -- 5. An empirical illustration: The United States versus the Netherlands -- 6. Discussion -- References -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-222) and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035303175
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 267 pages) , illustrations
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 302/.13
    Keywords: Social choice Congresses
    Abstract: In this major book an internationally acclaimed group of scholars examines theoretical and applied topics of particular relevance to public choice analysis. Current Issues in Public Choice demonstrates the fruitfulness and originality of the Public Choice School. These twelve papers have been prepared by some of the most prominent scholars in economic science, including James M. Buchanan, Amartya K. Sen, Bruno S. Frey, Jon Elster, Geoffrey Brennan and Gordon Tullock. Specific areas covered include the foundations of public choice theory, its scope and method, constitutional economics, game theory, rent-seeking, the European Union, public finance and the theory of societal economics. The pioneering research, theory and analysis brought together in this volume will be widely and profitably used by economists, political scientists and public and social choice scholars seeking insight into fundamental theoretical issues and applied analyses on current affairs
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Foundation of public choice theory -- Part II: Scope and method of public choice theory -- Part III: Constitutional economics -- Part IV: Public choice and game theory -- Part V: Rent-seeking -- Part VI: Constitutional economics and European Union -- Part VII: Public choice and public finance -- Part VIIi: Theory of societal evolution.
    Note: "Papers were presented at the annual meeting of the European Public Choice Society which took place in Valencia, Spain, on 6-9 April 1994"--Introd , Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
    ISBN: 9781035303052
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 283 pages) , illustrations
    Series Statement: Studies in the economics of trust v. 1
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 302.3/5
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship ; Corporate culture ; Business ethics
    Abstract: Trust is increasingly recognized as a crucial aspect of successful economic relationships, albeit a difficult one to define, and Mark Casson has been at the forefront of recent research in this area. In this sequel to his classic work The Entrepreneur, Professor Casson examines how the entrepreneurial firm succeeds by synthesizing information from different sources. The quality of this information is just as important as the quantity and the cheapest way to ensure quality is through a moral obligation to tell the truth. The author argues that a nation needs to invest in social institutions, such as schools, families and organized religion, in order to instil a sense of moral obligation and so sustain entrepreneurial success. Themes raised in this important volume include cultural perspectives on economic issues, entrepreneurship in a cultural context and the political economy of national culture. Entrepreneurship and Business Culture presents a state-of-the-art analysis of entrepreneurship and the social structures in which it is embedded. Together with its companion volume, The Organization of International Business, this topical and wide-ranging book offers a definitive analysis of the importance of trust in economic life as well as the related concepts of networking, consultation and empowerment
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Part I. Cultural issues in economic perspective -- Part II. Entrepreneurship in a cultural context -- Part III. The political economy of national culture -- Index.
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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