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...