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In this paper I hold that the European social policy is an incentive for the qualitative leap of the European Union towards a well-ordered society, characterized by an overlapping consensus. I will follow Rawls’ accoun...

Slovenia and Montenegro have a common past; however, they have also experienced diverse developments in the field of social policy over the last three decades. The social policy of the two countries is based on a Yugosla...

Subjects / keywords: social policy, social governance, anti-poverty, population and pension policy, rural revitalization; community development; Social Sciences: The family. Marriage. Woman; Social Sciences: Communities. Classes. Races; Soci...

The article is devoted to the analysis of the directions and mechanisms of adapting the social policy of Belarus to the demographic, migration, communication and technological challenges of modern society. The purpose of...

Who decides the formulation of social policy? What resources do actors bring to decision-making processes? How do those resources position them within decision making networks? This book addresses these questions by comb...

Subjects / keywords: ROOS, J.P; 320 R781w

Reducing poverty levels, improving the distribution of income and improving people’s capabilities are three key challenges of economic development. Many middle-income countries (MICs) have the state capacity and the ...

Subjects / keywords: Ciencias Políticas; Política Pública; General

A rising human impact alters landscape patterns and determines the agriculture–ecology–economy nexus (AEEN), which further threatens the sustainability of social–ecological system (SES). However, the mechanisms thr...

Abstract In an increasingly interdependent world, not only politics but also societies become ever more intertwined. Therefore, foreign policy-making is progressively influenced by domestic factors, not only in the count...

Abstract In order to introduce this special issue of Contexto Internacional, we first seek to provide a panoramic understanding of the Latin American political landscape. Next, we consider the new (and not so new) develo...

Abstract Ghana’s Free Senior High School (FSHS) policy, introduced in 2017, represents one of Africa’s most ambitious efforts to democratize secondary education. By abolishing tuition and related costs for all studen...

Abstract Traditionally, Argentine foreign policy has been regarded as the domain of the executive, and a laudable expression of realism. Perspectives that include domestic variables as a source of foreign policy have onl...

The aim of this article is an attempt to assess the directions of changes in the social housing policy as part of the state’s policy on housing within the European Union member states. This study highlights the fundame...

Subjects / keywords: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO; 361.973 C737c

Subjects / keywords: ZVORYKIN, A. A; UNESCO; 947.084 Z

Subjects / keywords: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS; 539.77 T668t

This article examines the model of social learning often believed to confirm the autonomy of the state from social pressures, tests it against recent cases of change in British economic policies, and offers a fuller anal...

Subjects / keywords: GOODWIN, LEONARD; THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION; 306.2 G656b

Brazil, known for both its deep historical inequalities and its growing role as a powerful nation in the global economy, has been recognized as exemplary in the way it has responded to its significant AIDS epidemic, part...

El conjunto de ensayos reunidos en este volumen sobre el futuro del Modelo Social Europeo responde a la inspiración de un grupo de renovadores provenientes de la socialdemocracia británica y de otros países europeos y...

El trabajo de Oszlak ofrece una mirada excepcional al funcionamiento interno de un actor político como la élite terrateniente, normalmente de difícil acceso para el análisis, en un período donde sus inte...

Este libro ofrece un profundo análisis comparado de la política educativa en Sudamérica. Con un soporte teórico integral y una metodología rigurosa, los autores reconstruyen diez casos de estudio a lo largo de las p...

L’obra i la trajectòria del grup de rock australià Midnight Oil mostren l’abast i les possibilitats de l’activisme sociopolític sorgit de la cultura popular urbana. Entre el 1976 i el 2002, cinc músics de Sydne...