Regional Government

This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With...

Lewicki examines how current salient discourses of citizenship conceptualize democratic relations and frame the 'Muslim question' in Germany and Gr...

This collection examines the intersections and dynamics of bordering processes and citizenship politics in the Global North and Australia. By takin...

The present book is a journey of many women across the world who have struggled to give women's studies visibility. Drawing upon the contributors' ...

In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the field of comparative poli...

Based on contributions from international experts, this volume provides an up-to-date account of globalization's influences on individual life cour...

The book analyses intersections between gender and diversity through cross-national studies of European public spheres. The approach confronts rese...

The current economic crisis has presented itself as a formidable challenge to the welfare states of Europe. It is more relevant than ever to ask: d...

This book provides a fresh perspective on the emergence of public Muslim identities, traversing issues of Muslim-state engagement across government...

In an original, and highly interdisciplinary, mixed method approach, Green and Janmaat identify four major traditions of social cohesion in develop...

This book explores the relationship between social movements, sexual citizenship and change in Southern Europe. Providing a comparative analysis ab...

This book explores the adoption of 'active ageing' policies by EU15 nations and the impact on older peoples' work and retirement policy options. Po...

For the first time, European professional deregulation is the focus of reflection by social scientists. This book explores how professional associa...

This book investigates the use of football to create, shape and promote Spanish, Catalan and Basque national identities and explores  the utilizati...

This book examines the migration, integration and transnational activity of overseas Americans American migrants in France, Germany and the UK. I...

Through compelling and insightful analysis of the Russian case, this book explores the role that social welfare plays in regime transitions. It exa...

This timely book examines austerity's conflicted meanings, from austerity chic and anti-austerity protest to economic and eco-austerity. Bramall's ...

This book explores the relationship between diplomatic discourse and the Olympic Movement, charting its continuity and change from an historical pe...

Cultural diversity, because it is perceived to have significant security, developmental, and social implications, is fast becoming one of the major...

This book discusses key issues in global and regional social policy, exploring Bob Deacon's pioneering approach to regulation, rights and redistrib...

Through the use of a historical-institutional perspective and with particular reference to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia; this s...

This book identifies chances and barriers women face in their transition to adulthood in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. Adopting a life course per...

In an original, and highly interdisciplinary, mixed method approach, Green and Janmaat identify four major traditions of social cohesion in develop...

While there is much agreement about the scope of sexual violence, how to go about preventing it before it occurs is the subject of much debate. Thi...

While there is much agreement about the scope of sexual violence, how to go about preventing it before it occurs is the subject of much debate. Thi...

This edited collection interprets and assesses the transformation of Brazil under the Workers' Party. It addresses the extent of the changes the Wo...

Based on extensive ethnographic and historical research conducted in diverse field locations, this volume offers an acute analysis of how actors at...

This text offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which cross-national differences in...

Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity  is an attempt to provide criteria for when it is both morally necessary and politically expedient ...

This book examines how feminist movements have contested the dominant discourses and state politics that have impeded women's autonomy over their b...

International students are often engaged not just in education, but in high stakes towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks th...

Cities have emerged as the epicentres for many of today's ethno-national and religious conflicts. This book brings together key themes that dominat...

This book examines the meanings and significance of the UK Gender Recognition Act within the context of broader social, cultural, legal, political,...

This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy, employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK ...

Brazil under Construction tracks how Brazil's major public works projects and the fiction surrounding them mark a twofold construction of the natio...

Diseases do not recognize national borders, and as we are gradually learning, failure to govern health effectively at a global level profoundly aff...

Using in-depth interviews, this book explores women employed in the Indian IT industry and highlights the gender specific and culturally specific c...

This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are co...

Based on extensive couple and individual interviews with young same sex couples who have legally formalized their relationships, this book argues t...

This book is the second installment of a trilogy that explores the spatial dimensions of music. Music has generated substantial interest among geog...

Legislatures are ubiquitous in the American political experience. First created in Virginia in 1619, they have existed continuously ever since. Ind...

Boston 's economy has become defined by a disconcerting trend that has intensified throughout much of the United States since the 2008 recession. E...

Black Lives Matter at School is an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system. Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Awa...

Bostons economy has become defined by a disconcerting trend that has intensified throughout much of the United States since the 2008 recession. Eco...

Black Lives Matter at Schoolis an essential resource for all those seeking to build an antiracist school system. Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Awar...

What does local self-government look like in the absence of sovereignty? From the beginning of its occupation of the West Bank in 1967, Israel has ...