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Waging War and Making Peace
The history of Europe is marked not only by violence and division but also by efforts to reduce the destructiveness of war. In this volume, the authors explore the meaning of ‘Europe’ within war and peace discourses from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. They examine imagined wars, the post-1815 security order, the portrayal of Russian and Muslim 'Others,' double standards in international law, pacifist rhetoric, and the role of ‘Europe’ in war propaganda and resistance movements. The authors demonstrate how both war and peace practices have shaped the concept of ‘Europe’ over time.
From Colonialism to International Aid
This open access volume addresses the role of external actors in social protection in the Global South, from the Second World War until today, analysing the influence of colonial powers, superpowers during the Cold War and contemporary donor agencies. Following an introduction to the analysis of external actors in social policy making in the Global South, the contributions explore which external actors were dominant in the decades after World War II, and how they shaped early and contemporary social protection making in developing countries. The latter half of the collection elucidates important players in the contemporary transnational social policy arena, such as donor organizations and in...
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. .
Health Reforms in Post-Communist Eastern Europe
This book provides the first in-depth study of healthcare reforms in post-communist Eastern Europe. Combining insights from comparative politics and public policy analysis, it examines health reforms in Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Poland between 1989 and 2019. The book argues that the post-communist transformation of healthcare policy has entailed a process of policy learning, and that the countries' reform pathways were shaped by a series of initiatives aimed at applying market-oriented policy ideas in healthcare. The success of these initiatives has been influenced by three factors: policy legacies, political competition, and institutional configurations. The book offers a novel comparison of health reform in the region and policy changes more generally. It will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, health policy, and European politics.
In the Shadow of War and Empire
In the Shadow of War and Empire offers a site-specific history of Ottoman and Turkish industrialisation through the lens of a mid-nineteenth-century cotton factory in the “Turkish Manchester,” the name chosen by the Ottomans for the industrial complex they built in the 1840s in Istanbul, which, in the contemporary words of one of the country’s most prominent contemporary Marxist theorists, became “the secret to and the basis of Turkish capitalism" in the 1930s.
A Short History of Western Ideology
We are arguably living in a 'postideological' era. However, when we tune into the TV news we can hear political leaders talk about 'advanced' societies, geopolitical experts suggest 'humanitarian' interventions, and sober events presenters qualify a murder as 'barbaric'. What does this mean? In this comprehensive book, Rolf Petri reveals how our everyday political language is full of ideological representations of the world, and places them in an accessible historical narration. From the secularization of Europe and the Enlightenment project of 'civilization' to the contemporary preoccupation with ecological catastrophes or the end of history, A Short History of Western Ideology carves out t...
L'Italia e la sua Costituzione
Come funziona il nostro paese? Quali regole lo governano? Quali i principali attori sulla scena? Abbiamo la Costituzione del 1948, ma accanto ad essa opera una "costituzione invisibile" nella quale si esercitano istituzioni, pratiche, poteri, valori. Ottant'anni della Repubblica, tra storia costituzionale, storia politica e storia della società.
La Fabian Society e la pandemia: come si arriva alla dittatura
Da che mondo politico viene Roberto Speranza? È veramente l’uomo sbagliato al posto sbagliato, come qualcuno vuole far credere, o è stato insediato per fare proprio quello che ha fatto e sta facendo? E ancora, qual è il compito di Draghi come presidente del consiglio? Le grandi svolte della Storia arrivano senza preavviso per la gente comune. Ci si trova di colpo catapultati dentro a cambiamenti inimmaginabili fino al giorno prima. Cambiamenti sconvolgenti come quelli legati all’avvento dell’epidemia da coronavirus. Eppure queste svolte vengono pianificate con cura e per lungo tempo da alcuni circoli elitari. Società politiche all’interno delle quali la vera classe dirigente stud...
