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Integrating UK and European Social Policy
Does the European Union really matter to British policy? For some it is a leading light, for others an irrelevancy. Given the uneven and evolving nature of EU policy, how can we evaluate its overall impact? This book is the first to combine a clear and detailed introduction to the new science of complexity and its application to social policy, Europeanisation, globalisation and the EU-UK relationship. It includes a detailed review of four key policy areas: employment, labour, gender and monetary relations. "Integrating UK and European Social Policy" provides groundbreaking reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of politics, history, international relations, economics, social policy and applied social science. It is also useful for academics with an interest in European social policy, and policy makers and shapers, including government and non-government organisations.
Complexity and Public Policy
This book provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to complexity thinking, its application to the social sciences and public policy, and the relevance of some of its various tools to those fields of politics, health, the international realm, development, planning and terrorism. The authors argue that the foundation for many of the current crises in these areas can be traced to the attempt by social scientists and policy-makers to treat these systems and processes as fundamentally orderly, predictable and controllable. By providing an overview of complex systems, a practical introduction to basic concepts and tools of these systems, and examples for understanding and managing them in real life policy situations they provide an exciting new perspective for rethinking our basic approaches to the social sciences and for understanding and managing the increasingly interdependent world of public policy. The book is vital reading for students and scholars of the social sciences and public policy, and also policymakers and the policy actor audience.
Complex Systems Theory and Development Practice
"Ranging over a wide terrain of social, political and economic thinking and specific country experiences, the author explains the key concepts in complex systems theory and their possible applications in development practice. He examines various development issues and institutions in the light of what he sees as the limitations of rigid linear thinking in an essentially fluid, non-linear world. Little wonder, he concludes, that the results of half a century of development effort have been so disappointing."--BOOK JACKET.
Guide to Simulation-Based Disciplines
This invaluable text/reference reviews the state of the art in simulation-based approaches across a wide range of different disciplines, and provides evidence of using simulation-based approaches to advance these disciplines. Highlighting the benefits that simulation can bring to any field, the volume presents case studies by the leading experts from such diverse domains as the life sciences, engineering, architecture, arts, and social sciences. Topics and features: includes review questions at the end of every chapter; provides a broad overview of the evolution of the concept of simulation, stressing its importance across numerous sectors and disciplines; addresses the role of simulation in...
Complexity, Science and Society
Complexity is a new interdisciplinary approach to science and society that challenges traditional academic divisions, frameworks and paradigms. This book helps the expert, student or policy practitioner have a better understanding of the enormous potential of complexity, and how it relates to their particular area of interest or expertise.
Autoritäre Versuchung
Rechte und rechtsextreme Strömungen etablieren sich zunehmend in der europäischen Parteienlandschaft. In Deutschland sind die jüngsten Wahlerfolge und aktuellen Umfragehochs der AfD an diese Entwicklungen anschlussfähig. Welche Aufgabe hat politische Bildung in Zeiten autoritärer Strömungen und Bewegungen? Wie lässt sich politische Bildung in autoritären Räumen gestalten? Und was brauchen politische Bildner*innen, um ihre Arbeit in einer sich zunehmend entgrenzenden Gesellschaft zu gestalten? Diese Ausgabe des Journal stellt sich der Herausforderung, ausgewählte Antworten und Überlegungen zu diskutieren. Das Heft schaut darauf, wie sich politische Bildung in diesen komplexen Zusammenhängen aufstellt, und gestattet einen differenzierten, aber auch vertieften Einblick in verschiedene Perspektiven, Zugänge und Bildungspraxen.
