Nationalism and Social Policy

Nationalism and Social Policy
Author: Daniel Béland
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2010-08-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 019161386X

Despite the recent proliferation of literature on nationalism and on social policy, relatively little has been written to analyse the possible interaction between the two. Scholars interested in social citizenship have indirectly dealt with the interaction between national identity and social programs such as the British NHS, but they have seldom examined this connection in reference to nationalism. Specialists of nationalism rarely mention social policy, focusing instead on language, culture, ethnicity, and religion. The main objective of this book is to explore the nature of the connection between nationalism and social policy from a comparative and historical perspective. At the theoretical level, this analysis will shed new light on a more general issue: the relationships between identity formation, territorial politics, and social policy. Although this book refers to the experience of many different countries, the main cases are three multinational states, that is, states featuring strong nationalist movements: Canada (Québec), the United Kingdom (Scotland), and Belgium (Flanders). The book looks at the interplay between nationalism and social policy at both the state and sub-state levels through a detailed comparison between these three cases. In its concluding chapter, the book brings in cases of mono-national states (i.e. France, Germany, Sweden, and the United States) to provide broader comparative insight on the meshing of nationalism and social policy. The original theoretical framework for this research is built using insight from selected scholarship on nationalism and on the welfare state.

Applied Social Sciences

Applied Social Sciences
Author: Mihai-Bogdan Iovu
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2013-02-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1443846279

This volume, Applied Social Sciences: Sociology, offers the reader a wide collection of quantitative and qualitative studies from different research areas such as medical sociology, political sociology, sociology of communication, sociology of culture, sociology of education, sociology of migration, sociology of population, and urban sociology. Theoretical and empirical papers attempt to explain complex social phenomena, including attitudes and values concerning economic recession, culture, electronic communication, employment and professional training, exclusion/inclusion of vulnerable groups, individual and group identity, migration, representations, school, stereotypes, and transition. The current volume offers theoretical and empirical material to a wide diversity of professionals from the socio-humanistic field. The information is structured in order to help the reader construct a specific image on the studied social phenomena. At the same time, the volume is not restrictive: it is also helpful and accessible to the general public, interested in interdisciplinary sociological approaches.

The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought

The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought
Author: Lawrence D. Kritzman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 820
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780231107907

This valuable reference is an authoritative guide to 20th century French thought. It considers the intellectual figures, movements and publications that helped define fields as diverse as history, psychoanalysis, film, philosophy, and economics.

Understanding Ethics and Responsibilities in a Globalizing World

Understanding Ethics and Responsibilities in a Globalizing World
Author: Maria Cecilia Coutinho de Arruda
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3319230816

This book contemplates the ethics of responsibility in a large range of meanings, consequences and impacts. It reflects the perspectives and reasoning of 24 authors from all continents. All chapters are original papers presented at the Fifth World ISBEE Congress, that took place in Warsaw, Poland, at the Kozminski University, on 11-14 of July, 2012. In this book, ethics and responsibility are considered essential traits of character, not only in the business or governmental arenas but in any initiative, decision and activity. The contributions to this book focus on a spectrum of themes, terms and concepts, the global corporate social responsibilities perspective covering impacts, challenges, analysis, criticism, consequences of important topics of real life, sustainability, international economy and regimes, corruption, poverty and violence, among others. The book is intended for academics, researchers and professionals in all continents who are dedicated to Ethics, Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Innovation, and Sustainability Management.

Le Crépuscule des Demi-Dieux

Le Crépuscule des Demi-Dieux
Author: Dominique CAPO
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1471615707

Du Trésor de Delphes à la Fronde, de la Chute de l'Empire Romain au derniers soubresauts des Guerres de Religion, des Invasions Wisigothes aux Cathares, des secrets de l'Égypte Pharaonique aux Templiers, des Mérovingiens aux Croisades, du Mythe des Géants à celui de l'Atlantide, des Mythes Celtes à ceux du Graal, une aventure haletante durant laquelle les Personnages sont entrainés malgré eux dans une chasse au Trésor, à la recherche d'un Secret enfoui au coeur de l'Histoire depuis l'Aube des Ages de l'Humanité. Une course effrénée durant laquelle Vampires et autres créatures Surnaturelles se déchirent pour mettre en oeuvre une Prophétie multimillénaire...Quand le Mythe rejoint l'Histoire, il y a un instant magique où la Réalité n'existe plus que pour être emportée par le souffle d'une légendaire épopée...

Dynamics of Competitive Advantage and Consumer Perception in Social Marketing

Dynamics of Competitive Advantage and Consumer Perception in Social Marketing
Author: Kapoor, Avinash
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2013-08-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466644311

"This book explores important social issues that call for reform such as health care, self-perceptions, and corporate responsibilities to the environment, giving readers a guide to understanding and appreciation behind social marketing and how it can be used to positively alter social conscience and create social change"--Provided by publisher.

Kinship and Polity in the Poema de Mío Cid

Kinship and Polity in the Poema de Mío Cid
Author: Michael Harney
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1993
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781557530394

This study of the social content of the only Spanish epic surviving in more or less complete form provides a means of assessing the motives and intentions of the protagonist and of other characters. Chapters are devoted to such themes as the significance of kinship and lineage; amity as a system of fictive kinship, personal honor, and public organization; the importance of women and the meaning and function of marriage, dowry, and related practices; the emergence of polity as the result of a rivalry of social, legal, and economic systems; and the implications, within an essentially kin-ordered world, of the poem's notions of shame, honor, status, and social inequality.