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Title:Welfare State Reform in Southern Europe: Fighting poverty and social exclusion in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece Editor(s):FERRERA, MaurizioDate:2005Citation:London/New York, Routledge, 2005, Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare, 6Type:BookAbstract:This new study delivers a detailed analysis of the efforts being made to reduce poverty and social exclusion in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. After an initial discussion of the 'southern model' of the welfare state, ...
Title:Western European party systems : continuity & change Editor(s):DAALDER, Hans; MAIR, PeterDate:1983Citation:Beverly Hills ; London : SAGE Publications, 1983Type:BookAbstract:This acclaimed text on comparative and Western European politics analyses the reasons for the continuity and stability of the established European party systems and describes how changes of policy and opinion have affected ...
Title:What does suburbia vote for? : changed settlement patterns and political preferences in three European countries Author(s):STRÖBELE, Maarit FelicitasDate:2017Citation:Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2017, Politik und Demokratie in den kleineren Ländern Europas ; Politics and governance in the smaller European democracies ; Bd. 14Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2013Type:BookAbstract:Is there such a thing as suburban political preference in Western Europe, and if so, how would such a finding be related to political cleavages? To answer these questions, this book combines approaches from political science ...
Title:What Makes the EU Viable? European integration in the light of the antebellum US experience Author(s):GLENCROSS, AndrewDate:2009Citation:Basingstoke/New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2007Type:BookAbstract:Drawing on international relations theory, law and historical analysis, this book compares European integration with the antebellum USA to assess what makes the EU viable despite contestation over the rules of the game of ...
Title:When states come out : Europe's sexual minorities and the politics of visibility Author(s):AYOUB, Phillip M.Date:2016Citation:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016, Cambridge studies in contentious politicsType:BookAbstract:In the last two decades, the LGBT movement has gained momentum that is arguably unprecedented in speed and suddenness when compared to other human rights movements. This book investigates the recent history of this ...
Title:The Wiley Blackwell companion to social movements. Second edition Editor(s):SNOW, David A.; SOULE, Sarah A.; KRIESI, Hanspeter ; MCCAMMON, Holly J.Date:2019Citation:Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2019, Wiley Blackwell companions to sociologyType:BookSeries/Number:[POLCON]Abstract:This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current ...
Title:The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of social and political movements Editor(s):SNOW, David A.; DELLA PORTA, Donatella ; KLANDERMANS, Bert; MCADAM, DougDate:2013Citation:Chichester ; Malden : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013, SSEZ - Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social SciencesType:BookSeries/Number:[COSMOS]Abstract:Non-institutionalized collective action is such a conspicuous feature of today’s social landscape, exemplified by recent events in the Arab world, that a day rarely goes by in which the news does not refer to a social ...
Title:With, without, or against the state? : how European regions play the Brussels game Author(s):TATHAM, Michael RobertDate:2016Citation:Oxford : Oxford University Press, Transformations in governanceVersion:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2010Type:BookAbstract:Much research has highlighted that sub-state entities (SSEs) - such as the German Länder, the Spanish autonomous communities, or the French regions - mobilise at the European level. This literature, however, is silent on ...
Title:Women in and out of paid work : changes across generations in Italy and Britain Author(s):SOLERA, CristinaDate:2009Citation:Portland : Policy Press, 2009Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2005Type:BookAbstract:Over the last fifty years women's employment has increased markedly throughout developed countries. Women of younger generations are much more likely than their mothers and grandmothers to enter the labour market and stay ...
Title:Women's education and fertility in Spain : the impact of education level and education choice on first, second and third births Author(s):MARTIN GARCIA, TeresaDate:2008Citation:Saarbrücken : VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, 2008Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2005Type:BookAbstract:Applying event history models to data from the Spanish Family and Ferlity Survey, this book tries to provide an answer to the specific research question about whether all women forgo and/or delay motherhood in Spain as the ...
Title:Youth in Transition: Housing, employment, social policies and families in France and Spain Author(s):JURADO GUERRERO, TeresaDate:2001Citation:Aldershot/Burlington, Ashgate, 2001Version:Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 1999Type:BookAbstract:This is an in-depth, cross-national comparative study of living arrangements of young people in Europe. It compares France and Spain and proposes a theoretical framework for understanding international variations in young ...
Title:Zukunft mit Kindern : Fertilität und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz Editor(s):STOCK, Günter; BERTRAM, Hans; FÜRNKRANZ-PRSKAWETZ, Alexia; HOLZGREVE, Wolfgang; KOHLI, Martin ; STAUDINGER, Ursula M.Date:2012Citation:Frankfurt am Main : Campus, 2012Type:BookAbstract:Warum bleibt der Kinderwunsch vieler Paare unerfüllt, während sich andere gegen Kinder entscheiden? Das Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer Arbeitsgruppe der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der ...
Title:Zusammenhänge und Wechselwirkungen zwischen Erbschaften und Vermögensverteilung : Gutachten für das Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung Editor(s):KOHLI, Martin ; KÜNEMUND, Harald; SCHÄFER, Andrea; SCHUPP, Jurgen; VOGEL, ClaudiaDate:2005Citation:Bonn : BMGS, 2005Type:Book
Title:Zwischen Selbstorganisation und Seniorenakademie. Die Vielfalt der Altersbildung in Deutschland Author(s):SOMMER, Carola; KOHLI, Martin ; KÜNEMUND, HaraldDate:2004Citation:Berlin, Weissensee, 2004Type:BookSeries/Number:Beitraege zur Alterns- und Lebenslaufforschung, Bd. 4
Title:Κοινωνικα κινηματα. Μια εισαγωγη Author(s):DELLA PORTA, Donatella ; DIANI, MarioDate:2010Citation:Athens, Kritiki, 2010Type:BookAbstract:The volume addresses some main themes in social movement studies, analyzing the social basis and political opportunities for protest, the emergence of collective identities, framing processes, organizational dynamics and ...
Title:Σαν τον Ζαπάτα και τον Τσε : οι Zapatistas και οι Βολιβιανοί Cocaleros Author(s):OIKONOMAKIS, Leonidas Date:2020Citation:Salonica : Akyvernites Politeies, 2020Version:Greek translation of the book: "Political strategies and social movements in Latin America : the Zapatistas and Bolivian Cocaleros" (2019)Type:BookAbstract:Ιχνηλατώντας τον δρόμο που επέλεξαν οι Ζαπατίστας και οι Βολιβιανοί κοκαλέρος προς την κοινωνική αλλαγή, το πολυεπίπεδο βιβλίο του Λεωνίδα Οικονομάκη φέρνει στο φως άγνωστες πλευρές της ιστορίας των δύο κινημάτων, τις ...