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International Impacts on Social Policy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 551

International Impacts on Social Policy

This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations and economic crises, violence, international organisations and cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of social policy, global history and welfare state research from diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and economics. .

Design, Development and Sensemaking of Human-Robot Interaction in Care Settings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209
And They Lived Happily Ever After
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 339

And They Lived Happily Ever After

Some papers were presented at the conference "Family, Marriage and Parenthood in Eastern Europe, Russia and Sweden" held September 2008 in Sweden.

Red Prometheus
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 413

Red Prometheus

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2007
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  • Publisher: MIT Press

This analysis of the relationship between science and totalitarian rule in one of the most technically advanced countries in the East bloc examines professional autonomy under dictatorship and the place of technology in Communist ideology. In Cold War-era East Germany, the German tradition of science-based technology merged with a socialist system that made technological progress central to its ideology. Technology became an important part of East German socialist identity--crucial to how Communists saw their system and how citizens saw their state. In Red Prometheus, Dolores Augustine examines the relationship between a dictatorial system and the scientific and engineering communities in Ea...

Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 462

Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies

This open access edited volume introduces the concept of causal mechanisms to explore new ways of explaining the global dynamics of social policy, and shows that a mechanism-based approach provides several advantages over established approaches for studying social policy. The introductory chapter outlines the mechanism-based approach, which stands out by modularisation and a clear focus on actors. The mechanism-based approach then guides the twelve chapters on social policy developments in different Asian, African, European and Latin American countries. Based on these findings, the concluding chapter provides a structured compilation of causal mechanisms and outlines how a mechanism-based approach can further strengthen research on the global development of social policies, especially in a comparative perspective. The edited volume is highly relevant for social policy scholars from a variety of disciplines, as well as for scholars interested in strengthening explanation in the social sciences.

The Berlin Aging Study
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 572

The Berlin Aging Study

An extensive, multidisciplinary study of old age and aging, ranging from 70 to 100 years.

Social Factors, Health Care Inequities and Vaccination
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 172

Social Factors, Health Care Inequities and Vaccination

Employing a sociological and broader social sciences approach, this volume draws on a variety of contexts, including the COVID-19 pandemic, to explore wider trends in healthcare and the impact they may have on historically disadvantaged communities.

Militarism, Sport, Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 332

Militarism, Sport, Europe

This collection explores the relationship between sport and war.