1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910765766303321

Titolo

The governance of educational welfare markets : a comparative analysis of the European Social Fund in five countries / / edited by Daniel Pop and Cristina Stănuș

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bern, Switzerland : , : Peter Lang, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

9783035306880

9783034318990

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s)

Soggetti

Education - Economic aspects - Europe, Central - Cross-cultural studies

Education and state - Europe, Central

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a first exploratory inquiry into possible educational selectivity effects of the European Social Fund (ESF). It assesses the extent of the gap between the social policy objectives set through regulatory competences in multi-level governance and the structure of incentives it breeds in practice, with a broad range of implications for the capacity of the government to control for an equitable distribution of services at the community level. The chapters emphasize the educational selectivity involved in national policy decisions concerning ESF implementation in the five countries, the role of informal mechanisms in fine-tuning implementation, the negative effects of formalization and failures in accommodating the complexity of goals which characterizes the ESF, as well as the overall fairness of ESF implementation towards the most disadvantaged groups in society. The empirical analysis suggests that social-service delivery contracting as an instrument of governance is no longer regulating against risks for beneficiaries, but fuels increased social division in access to public services.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971343403321

Autore

Gawrych George W (George Walter), <1950->

Titolo

The crescent and the eagle : Ottoman rule, Islam and the Albanians, 1874-1913 / / George Gawrych

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2006

ISBN

9780755609758

0755609751

9781786734440

1786734443

9781786724441

1786724448

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

320.54094965

Soggetti

Nationalism - Albania

20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000

Turkey Foreign relations Albania

Albania Foreign relations Turkey

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Crescent and the Eagle" examines the awakening of Albanian national identity from the end of the 19th century to the outbreak of the First World War - a period of intense nationalism in the Balkans - from an Ottoman perspective. Drawing on Ottoman and European archival material, the book undermines the customary negative stereotypes of Ottoman rule, offering a more nuanced interpretation. Gawrych provides a critical but objective examination of the evolution of government policies toward Albanians, from attempts to mould them into an "iron barrier" to the establishment of a uniform system of administration. He argues that this was a result of a complicated set of conflicting allegiances and identities, rather than a simply adversarial



struggle between government imposition of policy and Albanian resistance. The author also analyses the general problems of endemic violence and misadministration at the provincial level, and examines Albanian efforts to gain nationality rights and maintain local privileges and tribal autonomy. Weaving his analysis of these events into a chronological framework, he concludes that Albanian independence resulted from a confluence of foreign and domestic developments rather than from the design and will of the Albanians themselves. This stimulating study offers many fresh insights into the dynamics of power within the Ottoman Empire and contributes a new perspective to the study of the development of Albanian nationalism."--Bloomsbury Publishing.