Explaining local government : local government in Britain since 1800 / / J.A. Chandler |
Autore | Chandler J. A |
Edizione | [Online edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press, : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.80941 |
Collana | EBL-Schweitzer |
Soggetto topico |
Local government - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Decentralization in government - Great Britain Local government - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
Britain
France Labour Party United States central government centralism conservatism local autonomy local government welfare state |
ISBN |
1-78170-135-0
1-84779-209-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Local government before 1832; 2 The impact of industrialisation; 3 Compromise and confusion: the ad hoc local governments of mid-Victorian Britain; 4 Municipal government to its zenith; 5 Restructuring local government; 6 The turning point: growth with decline; 7 The slow road to 'modernisation'; 8 War and social democracy; 9 'Modernising' the system 1951-79; 10 Professionalism and alienation; 11 Thatcher and Major; 12 New Labour; 13 Accounting for the evolution of local government in Britain; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
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Fiscal federalism in multinational states : autonomy, equality, and diversity / / edited by François Boucher and Alain Noël |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montréal, Québec ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
Disciplina | 336.185 |
Collana | Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement |
Soggetto topico |
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Revenue sharing |
Soggetto non controllato |
Australia
Belgium Canada Catalonia Political science Quebec Scotland Spain Tax autonomy comparative politics economics equalization federations philosophy scal transfers secession social justice welfare state |
ISBN |
0-2280-0711-9
0-2280-0712-7 |
Classificazione | cci1icc |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Sub-State Nationalism and Fiscal Relations in Plurinational States -- Part One Secession: Fiscal and Redistributive Claims -- 1 Nationalism, Fiscal Questions, and Self-Determination -- 2 Could Claims of Distribution Justify Self-Determination? A Moral Cosmopolitan Account -- Part Two Power, Intergovernmental Relations, and Fiscal Federalism -- 3 (Dis)Empowerment and Self-Rule: Fiscal Federalism and Minority Nations in Canada -- 4 Is Non-Centralization an Adequate Principle for Fiscal Federalism in a Multinational Context? Reflections from the Canadian Case -- Part Three Fiscal Autonomy in Multinational States -- 5 Scotland's Quiet Revolution: Economic Nationalism, Fiscal Autonomy, and Business Financing -- 6 Multinational Federalism and Fiscal Autonomy -- Part Four Equality and the Federal Government -- 7 Fiscal Federalism in Multinational States: An Idea of Justice -- 8 Egalitarian Federalism -- Conclusion Fiscal Federalism for a Multinational Federation: Canada's Experience -- Contributors -- Index. |
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Fiscal federalism in multinational states : autonomy, equality, and diversity / / edited by François Boucher and Alain Noël |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montréal, Québec ; ; Chicago, Illinois : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
Disciplina | 336.185 |
Collana | Democracy, Diversity, and Citizen Engagement |
Soggetto topico |
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Revenue sharing |
Soggetto non controllato |
Australia
Belgium Canada Catalonia Political science Quebec Scotland Spain Tax autonomy comparative politics economics equalization federations philosophy scal transfers secession social justice welfare state |
ISBN |
0-2280-0711-9
0-2280-0712-7 |
Classificazione | cci1icc |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Sub-State Nationalism and Fiscal Relations in Plurinational States -- Part One Secession: Fiscal and Redistributive Claims -- 1 Nationalism, Fiscal Questions, and Self-Determination -- 2 Could Claims of Distribution Justify Self-Determination? A Moral Cosmopolitan Account -- Part Two Power, Intergovernmental Relations, and Fiscal Federalism -- 3 (Dis)Empowerment and Self-Rule: Fiscal Federalism and Minority Nations in Canada -- 4 Is Non-Centralization an Adequate Principle for Fiscal Federalism in a Multinational Context? Reflections from the Canadian Case -- Part Three Fiscal Autonomy in Multinational States -- 5 Scotland's Quiet Revolution: Economic Nationalism, Fiscal Autonomy, and Business Financing -- 6 Multinational Federalism and Fiscal Autonomy -- Part Four Equality and the Federal Government -- 7 Fiscal Federalism in Multinational States: An Idea of Justice -- 8 Egalitarian Federalism -- Conclusion Fiscal Federalism for a Multinational Federation: Canada's Experience -- Contributors -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827197603321 |
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The great forgetting : The past, present and future of Social Democracy and the Welfare State / / Jack Lawrence Luzkow |
Autore | Luzkow Jack Lawrence <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, [England] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.1/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Public welfare Equality Economic policy |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adam Smith
Alexis De Tocqueville Anglo-America Beatrice Webb European social democracies European social model Grand Narrative Great Depression John Stuart Mill Matthew Arnold Milton Friedman economic inequality free market globalization social model unemployment rates welfare state |
ISBN | 0-7190-9845-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Where are we today? And how happy are we now that we are here? -- 2. Social equality: why it matters -- 3. The way we used to be and could be again -- 4. How we fell into the memory hole and got to where we are today -- 5. Social democracy forgets its identity: what really ended in 1989? -- 6. Rethinking the state -- 7. Rethinking the past: reimagining the future -- 8. Europe versus America: a summing up. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798744703321 |
Luzkow Jack Lawrence <1941->
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The great forgetting : The past, present and future of Social Democracy and the Welfare State / / Jack Lawrence Luzkow |
Autore | Luzkow Jack Lawrence <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester, [England] : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 pages) |
Disciplina | 320.1/1 |
Soggetto topico |
Socialism
Public welfare Equality Economic policy |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adam Smith
Alexis De Tocqueville Anglo-America Beatrice Webb European social democracies European social model Grand Narrative Great Depression John Stuart Mill Matthew Arnold Milton Friedman economic inequality free market globalization social model unemployment rates welfare state |
ISBN | 0-7190-9845-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Where are we today? And how happy are we now that we are here? -- 2. Social equality: why it matters -- 3. The way we used to be and could be again -- 4. How we fell into the memory hole and got to where we are today -- 5. Social democracy forgets its identity: what really ended in 1989? -- 6. Rethinking the state -- 7. Rethinking the past: reimagining the future -- 8. Europe versus America: a summing up. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810834103321 |
Luzkow Jack Lawrence <1941->
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Handbook on social protection systems / / edited by Esther Schüring, Markus Loewe |
Autore | Schüring Esther |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Northampton : , : Edward Elgar Publishing, , 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (776 pages) |
Disciplina | 361.6 |
Collana | Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare |
Soggetto topico |
Political planning
Public welfare |
Soggetto non controllato |
Social protection
welfare state coordination system poverty risk management |
ISBN | 1-83910-911-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Boxes -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection Systems -- PART I INSTRUMENTS -- Introduction: Instruments -- 2. Social transfers -- Case study A: Non-contributory social cash transfers in Zambia -- Case study B: Universal basic income grant in theory and practice -- 3. Social insurance -- Case study C: Transforming healthcare financing in Central and Eastern European countries -- Case study D: Challenges of pension funds in Iran -- 4. Labour market policies -- Case study E: Labour market policies in MENA countries -- 5. Social services -- 6. Micro-insurance -- PART II SYSTEM DESIGN -- Introduction: System design -- 7. Financing -- 8. Targeting -- 9. Human rights approaches -- 10. Actors -- 11. Systematic approaches to social protection -- Case study F: The challenges of moving towards universal social protection in Bolivia -- Case study G: Comprehensive social protection reform in South Africa -- PART III POLICY COORDINATION -- Introduction: Policy coordination -- 12. Harmonization of similar instruments -- 13. Coordination of different instruments -- Case study H: Poverty and social transfer coverage in the Kingdom of Eswatini -- 14. Graduation -- 15. Taxation and social protection -- Case study I: Simplified tax regimes and their impact on social insurance in Uruguay -- 16. The humanitarian-development nexus -- Case study J: Emergency cash transfers in Yemen -- Case study K: Palestine's national cash transfer programme: An example of cash transfer programming in a humanitarian setting -- 17. Social budgeting -- PART IV GROUPS IN FOCUS -- Introduction: Groups in focus -- 18. Gender and social protection -- Case study L: Gender analysis of social protection in Iran.
19. Disability inclusion and social protection -- 20. Child-sensitive social protection -- 21. The elderly and social protection -- 22. The informal sector and social protection -- Case study M: Extension of the contributory pension scheme to small-scale farmers in Zambia -- 23. Refugees and social protection -- PART V ADMINISTRATION -- Introduction: Administration -- 24. Delivering social transfers -- 25. Delivering social insurance -- 26. Integrated information management -- 27. Portability -- 28. Decentralization -- Case study N: Capacity development for social protection in Zambia -- PART VI POLITICAL ECONOMY -- Introduction: Political economy -- 29. International actors and social protection -- 30. Public preferences -- 31. The political economy of social protection adoption -- Case study O: Political economy of social protection in Kenya -- Case study P: Political economy of the basic income grant in South Africa -- 32. Acceptability of social protection reforms -- PART VII EFFECTS -- Introduction: Effects -- 33. Data and analysis in social protection -- Case study Q: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies: social protection interventions in low- and middle-income countries -- 34. Effects of social protection on poverty and inequality -- 35. Effects of social protection on food consumption and nutrition -- 36. Effects of social protection on health -- 37. The effects of social protection on economic development -- 38. Effects of social protection on social inclusion, social cohesion and nation building -- PART VIII MAJOR CHALLENGES AND REFORM OPTIONS -- Introduction: Major challenges and reform options -- 39. Demographic change -- 40. Globalization -- 41. The future of work -- 42. Climate change -- 43. Pandemics and other macro crises -- Case study R: A humanitarian social protection response to COVID-19 in Kenya -- Index. |
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Schüring Esther
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Interrogating motherhood / / Lynda R. Ross |
Autore | Ross Lynda R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Athabasca University Press, 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (174 pages) |
Disciplina | 306.8743 |
Collana | OPEL - Open Paths to Enriched Learning |
Soggetto topico | Motherhood - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adrienne Rich
welfare state working mothers other mothers mothering feminist |
ISBN |
1-77199-144-5
1-77199-145-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162768603321 |
Ross Lynda R.
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Athabasca University Press, 2016 | ||
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Looking After Miss Alexander : Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England / / Janet Weston |
Autore | Weston Janet |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
Disciplina | 344.044 |
Collana | States, people, and the history of social change |
Soggetto topico | Mental health law |
Soggetto non controllato |
British Union of Fascists
Dorset Lunacy Office Official Solicitor autonomy capacity care carers chance citizenship common law competence control dementia disability elder abuse exploitation financial abuse friendship gender guardianship homecare imagination incapacity indeterminacy informal care interwar legal history lunacy law mental defect mental health law mental illness microhistory nursing respectability retirement small history social policy socio-legal history subjectivity vulnerability welfare state welfare |
ISBN | 0-2280-1583-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Origins -- Turning to the Courts -- Found Incapable -- Providing Care -- Endings -- Notes -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Looking After Miss Alexander |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774897303321 |
Weston Janet
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The making of modern liberalism [[electronic resource] /] / Alan Ryan |
Autore | Ryan Alan <1940-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (681 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.51/309 |
Soggetto topico | Liberalism - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alexander Herzen
Alexis de Tocqueville Autobiography Bertrand Russell East India Company Enlightenment Hannah Arendt India Isaiah Berlin Jean-Jacques Rousseau John Locke John Rawls John Stuart Mill Joseph de Maistre Karl Popper L. T. Hobhouse Leviathan Marxism Niccolo Machiavelli On Liberty Samuel Taylor Coleridge T. H. Green The Subjection of Women Thomas Hobbes Vietnam War Whig Revolution World War II absolutism adjectival freedom administration administrative reform adverbial freedom anti-Americanism anti-imperialism atomism authority autonomy brutalization bureaucracy capitalism civil service coercion communitarianism community criminal justice system culture death penalty democracy disenchantment empire epistemological antiauthoritarianism equality ethics fairness free will freedom of speech freedom government human nature human rights incarceration individualism individuality inner life intervention justice law of nature legitimacy liberal anxieties liberal community liberal education liberal imperialism liberal interventionism liberalism libertarianism liberty marriage mechanical materialism meritocracy moral authority natural rights natural theology obligation opinion ordinary language philosophy ordinary warfare pacifism participatory democracy passivity patriotism philosophical engineering philosophy physics physiology pluralism poetry political liberalism political obligation political philosophy political theory politics progress property psychology punishment rationality of science red terror religion religious authority religious belief religious dissent republicanism rights romantic conservatism science self-assertion self-maintenance self-preservation self-realization self-sufficiency social identity state terror terrorism terrorist states toleration utilitarianism utility violence welfare state white terror |
ISBN |
1-283-51929-1
9786613831743 1-4008-4195-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Conceptual and practical -- pt. 2. Liberty and security -- pt. 3. Liberty and progress, mill to popper -- pt. 4. Liberalism in America -- pt. 5. Work, ownership, freedom, and self-realization. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452314903321 |
Ryan Alan <1940->
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The making of modern liberalism [[electronic resource] /] / Alan Ryan |
Autore | Ryan Alan <1940-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (681 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.51/309 |
Soggetto topico | Liberalism - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alexander Herzen
Alexis de Tocqueville Autobiography Bertrand Russell East India Company Enlightenment Hannah Arendt India Isaiah Berlin Jean-Jacques Rousseau John Locke John Rawls John Stuart Mill Joseph de Maistre Karl Popper L. T. Hobhouse Leviathan Marxism Niccolo Machiavelli On Liberty Samuel Taylor Coleridge T. H. Green The Subjection of Women Thomas Hobbes Vietnam War Whig Revolution World War II absolutism adjectival freedom administration administrative reform adverbial freedom anti-Americanism anti-imperialism atomism authority autonomy brutalization bureaucracy capitalism civil service coercion communitarianism community criminal justice system culture death penalty democracy disenchantment empire epistemological antiauthoritarianism equality ethics fairness free will freedom of speech freedom government human nature human rights incarceration individualism individuality inner life intervention justice law of nature legitimacy liberal anxieties liberal community liberal education liberal imperialism liberal interventionism liberalism libertarianism liberty marriage mechanical materialism meritocracy moral authority natural rights natural theology obligation opinion ordinary language philosophy ordinary warfare pacifism participatory democracy passivity patriotism philosophical engineering philosophy physics physiology pluralism poetry political liberalism political obligation political philosophy political theory politics progress property psychology punishment rationality of science red terror religion religious authority religious belief religious dissent republicanism rights romantic conservatism science self-assertion self-maintenance self-preservation self-realization self-sufficiency social identity state terror terrorism terrorist states toleration utilitarianism utility violence welfare state white terror |
ISBN |
1-283-51929-1
9786613831743 1-4008-4195-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Conceptual and practical -- pt. 2. Liberty and security -- pt. 3. Liberty and progress, mill to popper -- pt. 4. Liberalism in America -- pt. 5. Work, ownership, freedom, and self-realization. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779180003321 |
Ryan Alan <1940->
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