Regional, state and other local government

With the expansion of the European Union, the countries of Southeast Europe have finally been brought together within one socio-political entity.

Cities and city regions are undergoing rapid transformation.

Cities and city regions are undergoing rapid transformation.

Urban sprawl is one of the key planning issues facing many US cities, leading to the creation and adoption of a variety of approaches to control growth.

The Nordic Regions and the European Union is an authoritative book on the influences of European integration on the regional level in the Nordic countries.

The privately rented housing market has largely catered for young, mobile people and students since it was deregulated in the UK.

The privately rented housing market has largely catered for young, mobile people and students since it was deregulated in the UK.

China's transition from a planned economy to a market economy has succeeded in producing more than a decade of phenomenal growth.

China's transition from a planned economy to a market economy has succeeded in producing more than a decade of phenomenal growth.

Multi-level governance systems like the European Union (EU) calibrate integration with member state discretion in order to implement common, yet context-sensitive solutions to shared policy problems.

Multi-level governance systems like the European Union (EU) calibrate integration with member state discretion in order to implement common, yet context-sensitive solutions to shared policy problems.

This book provides fresh insights into the study of Chinese elites at the county level and below.

This book provides fresh insights into the study of Chinese elites at the county level and below.

This book presents the key interactions in local government and public enterprise, drawing together the challenges for local governance in the practice of public entrepreneurship and its response to collaboration, place and place making.

This book presents the key interactions in local government and public enterprise, drawing together the challenges for local governance in the practice of public entrepreneurship and its response to collaboration, place and place making.

Although collaborations for local and regional economic development have been popular in recent years, it is not yet wholly clear when or how such efforts bring successful outcomes.

Although collaborations for local and regional economic development have been popular in recent years, it is not yet wholly clear when or how such efforts bring successful outcomes.

Originally published in 1991, Reform in New York City provides an interpretive synthesis of urban progressivism and provides a comprehensive historical look at progressivism in New York City.

Originally published in 1991, Reform in New York City provides an interpretive synthesis of urban progressivism and provides a comprehensive historical look at progressivism in New York City.

This book collects eight case studies on how regional and local government and non-political stakeholders can contribute to reconciliation, peace-building and cooperation across borders.

This innovative book explores micro-level neighborhood branding and the creation of distinct local identities in neighborhoods.

This innovative book explores micro-level neighborhood branding and the creation of distinct local identities in neighborhoods.

In the last 35 years, governments around the globe have increasingly contracted with nonprofit and for-profit entities designed to provide a portion of the public sector's portfolio of goods and services.

In the last 35 years, governments around the globe have increasingly contracted with nonprofit and for-profit entities designed to provide a portion of the public sector's portfolio of goods and services.

Studying paradiplomacy comparatively, this book explains why and how sub-state governments (SSG) conduct their international relations (IR) with external actors, and how federal authorities and local governments coordinate, or not, in the definition and implementation of the national foreign policy.

Studying paradiplomacy comparatively, this book explains why and how sub-state governments (SSG) conduct their international relations (IR) with external actors, and how federal authorities and local governments coordinate, or not, in the definition and implementation of the national foreign policy.

In an attempt to strengthen the legitimacy of European Union (EU) policy-making, the 2009 Lisbon Treaty strengthened the principle of parliamentary control in EU affairs.

This book critically engages with a series of provocative questions that ask: Why are contemporary societies so dependent on constructive and destructive effects of individualization?

In this timely study, the author examines the historical approach to race and diversity and suggests that equality strategies have been a vital, but limited, means of addressing discrimination and community tensions.

This book gathers scholars from the three major monotheistic religions to discuss the issue of poverty and wealth from the varied perspectives of each tradition.

This volume sheds light on the development of squatting practices and movements in nine European cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Brighton) by examining the numbers, variations and significant contexts in their life course.

In this book Jo Maybin draws on rare access to the inner-workings of England's Department of Health to explore what kinds of knowledge civil servants use when developing policy, how they use it and why.

Social Security in Britain provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the social security system in Britain.

This book proposes theoretical models and practical strategies for tackling the widespread social exclusion faced by people diagnosed mentally ill.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the development and consequences of disability policies, contrasting policies grounded in medical definitions of disability with a 'social model' of disability supported by disability rights campaigners in their pursuit of anti-discrimination legislation.

This book examines pressures for convergence and divergence in contemporary societies focusing on the rapidly changing relationship betwen work and welfare.

Recent migration in Europe has a whole range of characteristics which are said to distinguish it from earlier migration, and the description 'new migration' is often used.

Why are western societies - and particularly Britain - becoming more deeply divided, more violent, more squalid?

Changes in ideas about social welfare have required caring professions to adapt their practices in ways which have challenged their underlying values and their relationships with service users.

This broad and accessible text examines one of the most crucial issues facing western governments today: how to raise sufficient funds to meet the rising aspirations of their electorate for more and better welfare services.

Throughout the modernized world, a massive, bureaucratic apparatus of state welfare has been built up since the 1940s.

This volume draws together an impressive series of papers that explore enduring and new problems in the construction and analysis of British social policy.

This accessible textbook compares ways in which basic components of community care are funded, organised and provided by governmental and non-governmental agencies, allowing practitioners and policy-makers to learn from the experiences of their counterparts in Europe and North America.

Family, State and Social Policy brings together two important themes: the changing nature of the family; and the relationship between family and state, as it is expressed in social policy.

Developments in European police co-operation have become sharply focused in the last few years.

The principles and value framework of the postwar welfare consensus were called into question with the general election of 1979.

This book tells the story of changes in the social structure of Britain from 1900 to the mid 1980s.

In adopting an innovative case-study approach to social work law and practice, this text fills a genuine need for a book which applies legal knowledge to the practice predicaments social workers face in their daily work.