Regional Government

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...