In Praise Of Centralism

Download In Praise Of Centralism full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online In Praise Of Centralism ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Blair Effect 2001–5

Author : Anthony Seldon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139449021
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Blair Effect 2001–5 by : Anthony Seldon

Download or read book The Blair Effect 2001–5 written by Anthony Seldon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Blair's strong start to his third term, with his role in capturing the Olympic Games for Britain, his statesman-like handling of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on London, his promise of a new start to the European Union and his leadership of the G8 summit at Gleneagles, has brought his relatively lacklustre second term into sharp relief. The second term should have been the time when New Labour fulfilled its manifesto promises. So what changed between 2001 and 2005 and what was achieved? How far was Blair himself responsible, and what was Gordon Brown's influence? What was the impact of the Iraq war? And what of Blair's policy towards Europe? Anthony Seldon and Dennis Kavanagh gather together leading academics and journalists to provide an authoritative assessment of Blair's second term, including a review of New Labour in government from 1997 to the present.

The Socialist Way

Author : Roy Hattersley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857722441
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Socialist Way by : Roy Hattersley

Download or read book The Socialist Way written by Roy Hattersley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-30 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010, the Labour Party of Great Britain suffered its worst General Election defeat since the 1930s (with one exception), bringing to an end thirteen years of New Labour government. Since then, the debate over both the legacy of New Labour and the future direction of the party has been widespread, yet so far there has been little consideration from a social democratic perspective. The chapters in this book cover a wide range of issues and provide new perspectives in the areas of economic, social and foreign policy with a central focus on the defence of the state. The chapters on the economy put forward a strategy for economic growth through industrial democracy and collective ownership, whilst in terms of social policy a more radical agenda than New Labour's is advocated, underpinned by stronger notions of social justice, equality and welfare rights. In the context of growing nationalist sentiments and calls for Scottish independence, this book sets out the importance of central state activity, the promotion of a public service ethos and civil liberties and a social democratic approach to the increasingly important issue of national identity. Finally, it sets out an alternative agenda on foreign and defence policy including the promotion of international development and human rights and a reformed Europe. Containing high-profile contributions from journalists, academics, policy-makers and think tanks, The Socialist Way provides new directions for electoral success and argues that there is not a trade-off between power and principle.

Towards a more equal society?

Author : Hills, John
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447315383
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Towards a more equal society? by : Hills, John

Download or read book Towards a more equal society? written by Hills, John and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When New Labour came to power in 1997, its leaders asked for it to be judged after ten years on its success in making Britain 'a more equal society'. As it approaches the end of an unprecedented third term in office, this book asks whether Britain has indeed moved in that direction. The highly successful earlier volume A more equal society? was described by Polly Toynbee as the LSE's mighty judgement on inequality. Now this second volume by the same team of authors provides an independent assessment of the success or otherwise of New Labour's policies over a longer period. It provides: · consideration by a range of expert authors of a broad set of indicators and policy areas affecting poverty, inequality and social exclusion; · analysis of developments up to the third term on areas including income inequality, education, employment, health inequalities, neighbourhoods, minority ethnic groups, children and older people; · an assessment of outcomes a decade on, asking whether policies stood up to the challenges, and whether successful strategies have been sustained or have run out of steam; chapters on migration, social attitudes, the devolved administrations, the new Equality and Human Rights Commission, and future pressures. The book is essential reading for academic and student audiences with an interest in contemporary social policy, as well as for all those seeking an objective account of Labour's achievements in power.

Has Devolution Made a Difference?

Author : Alan Trench
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1845405471
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (454 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Has Devolution Made a Difference? by : Alan Trench

Download or read book Has Devolution Made a Difference? written by Alan Trench and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the fourth volume of a major five-year research programme on devolution funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The programme comprises eleven Constitution Unit research projects, underwritten by a regular series of monitoring reports. This book provides a stock-take of the effect of devolution during the first term of the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales. Part 1 covers the territories of the UK - Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the English regions. Part 2 looks at its impact on the centre Westminster, Whitehall and public opinion. Part 3 looks at developments in two key areas of public policy. The book as a whole assesses not just how parts of the UK have been affected by devolution, but also its effect on the UK as a whole. Written by the Constitution Unit at University College London and the leading experts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the book is packed with facts and figures, and is essential reading for those who want to keep bang up to date with the latest developments.

Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe

Author : Yuri Kazepov
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351904035
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe by : Yuri Kazepov

Download or read book Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance in Europe written by Yuri Kazepov and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The workings of multi-level governance -- institutional choices concerning centralisation, decentralisation and subsidiarity -- are widely debated within European public policy, but few systematic studies assessing the effects of changing divisions of power for policy-making have been carried out. This volume offers an assessment of the workings of multi-level governance in terms of social welfare policy across different clusters of European states -- Nordic, Southern European, Central and East European. This book reports on a major comparative study at the European Centre for Social Welfare policy and Research, which included partners from univerisities in Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Poland, Spain and Switzerland. It reports on three particular policy areas: social assistance and local policies against poverty; activation and labour market policies; and care for the elderly. The authors describe different starting points, strategies and solutions in European countries which are facing similar challenges and could thus learn from each other. They explore the differences between European welfare regimes in terms of territorial responsibilities, the changes that have taken place over the past few years and their effects. The book is distinctive in highlighting comparative transversal and transnational issues of multi-level governance in social welfare policies, rather than presenting country reports.

Social justice and public policy

Author : Craig, Gary
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447315480
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Social justice and public policy by : Craig, Gary

Download or read book Social justice and public policy written by Craig, Gary and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-06-18 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social justice is a contested term, incorporated into the language of widely differing political positions. Those on the left argue that it requires intervention from the state to ensure equality, at least of opportunity; those on the right believe that it can be underpinned by the economics of the market place with little or no state intervention. To date, political philosophers have made relatively few serious attempts to explain how a theory of social justice translates into public policy. This important book, drawing on international experience and a distinguished panel of political philosophers and social scientists, addresses what the meaning of social justice is, and how it translates into the everyday concerns of public and social policy, in the context of both multiculturalism and globalisation.

The Oxford Handbook of British Politics

Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199230951
Total Pages : 1002 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of British Politics by : Matthew Flinders

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of British Politics written by Matthew Flinders and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-07-16 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of British Politics provides the most sophisticated and up-to-date analysis of British politics to date. Essential for all those working in the area.

Crisis of Social Democracy in Europe

Author : Michael Keating
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748665846
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Crisis of Social Democracy in Europe by : Michael Keating

Download or read book Crisis of Social Democracy in Europe written by Michael Keating and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the fortunes of social democracy in Western and East-Central Europe and the policy challenges it faces. By arguing that social democracy is a way of reconciling market capitalism with social inclusion and equality, they show that it h

Understanding Health Policy

Author : Baggott, Rob
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447312481
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Understanding Health Policy by : Baggott, Rob

Download or read book Understanding Health Policy written by Baggott, Rob and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the pace of reform in health policy and the NHS has been relentless. But how are policies formed and implemented? This fully updated edition of a bestselling book explores the processes and institutions that make health policy, examining what constitutes health policy, where power lies, and what changes could be made to improve the quality of health policy making. Drawing on original research by the author over many years, and a wide range of secondary sources, the book examines the role of various institutions in the formation and implementation of health policy. Unlike most standard texts, it considers the impact of devolution in the UK and the role of European and international institutions and fills a need for an up-to-date overview of this fast-moving area. It features new case studies to illustrate how policy has evolved and developed in recent years. This new edition has been fully updated to reflect policies under the later years of New Labour and the Coalition government. Although written particularly with the needs of students and tutors in mind, this accessible textbook will also appeal to policy makers and practitioners in the health policy field.

Economy

Author : Ron Martin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351159186
Total Pages : 723 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Economy by : Ron Martin

Download or read book Economy written by Ron Martin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economic geographers have always argued that space is key to understanding the economy, that the processes of economic growth and development do not occur uniformly across geographic space, but rather differ in degree and form as between different nations, regions, cities and localities, with major implications for the geographies of wealth and welfare. This was true in the industrial phase of global capitalism, and is no less true in the contemporary era of post-industrial, knowledge-driven global capitalism. Indeed, the marked changes occurring in the structure and operation of the economy, in the sources of wealth creation, in the organisation of the firm, in the nature of work, in the boundaries between market and state, and in the regulation of the socio-economy, have stimulated an unprecedented wave of theoretical, conceptual and empirical enquiry by economic geographers. Even economists, who traditionally have viewed the economy in non-spatial terms, as existing on the head of the proverbial pin, are increasingly recognising the importance of space, place and location to understanding economic growth, technological innovation, competitiveness and globalisation. This collection of previously published work, though containing but a fraction of the huge explosion in research and publication that has occurred over the past two decades, seeks to convey a sense of this exciting phase in the intellectual development of the discipline and its importance in grasping the spatialities of contemporary economic life.

Companion Encyclopedia of Geography

Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136934995
Total Pages : 755 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Companion Encyclopedia of Geography by : Ian Douglas

Download or read book Companion Encyclopedia of Geography written by Ian Douglas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition takes the theme of place as the unifying principle for a full account of the discipline at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The work comprises sixty-four substantial essays addressing human and physical geography, and exploring their inter-relations. The Encyclopedia does full justice to the enormous growth of social and cultural geography in recent years. Leading international academics from ten countries and four continents have contributed, ensuring that differing traditions in geography around the world are represented. In addition to references, the essays also have recommendations for further reading. As with the original work, the new Companion Encyclopedia of Geography provides a state-of-the-art survey of the discipline and is an indispensable addition to the reference shelves of libraries supporting research and teaching in geography.

Reconsidering Localism

Author : Simin Davoudi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317818156
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Reconsidering Localism by : Simin Davoudi

Download or read book Reconsidering Localism written by Simin Davoudi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Localism" has been deployed in recent debates over planning law as an anodyne, grassroots way to shape communities into sustainable, human-scale neighborhoods. But "local" is a moving category, with contradictory, nuanced dimensions. Reconsidering Localism brings together new scholarship from leading academics in Europe and North America to develop a theoretically-grounded critique and definition of the new localism, and how it has come to shape urban governance and urban planning. Moving beyond the UK, this book examines localism and similar shifts in planning policy throughout Europe, and features essays on localism and place-making, sustainability, social cohesion, and citizen participation in community institutions. It explores how debates over localism and citizen control play out at the neighborhood, institutional and city level, and has come to effect the urban landscape throughout Europe. Reconsidering Localism is a current, vital addition to planning scholarship.

Independence for Scotland! Independence for Scotland? Theoretical and Practical Reflections on the 2014 Referendum and its Possible Outcomes

Download Independence for Scotland! Independence for Scotland? Theoretical and Practical Reflections on the 2014 Referendum and its Possible Outcomes PDF Online Free

Author : Didier Revest
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443860727
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Independence for Scotland! Independence for Scotland? Theoretical and Practical Reflections on the 2014 Referendum and its Possible Outcomes by : Didier Revest

Download or read book Independence for Scotland! Independence for Scotland? Theoretical and Practical Reflections on the 2014 Referendum and its Possible Outcomes written by Didier Revest and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2013, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond announced that the long-awaited referendum on Scottish independence would take place on 18 September 2014. More often than not, those in favour of an independent Scotland present their fight as a constitutional means to a socio-economic end. In the words of Alex Salmond himself: “Progress to independence. Not for its own sake, not ‘let’s be independent so we can hoist the Saltire’. Let’s be independent so we can better the lives of the Scottish people.” (quoted by Tom Peterkin, “Alex Salmond: ‘I’d be a labourer if it wasn’t for Mum’” – Scotland on Sunday, 16 January 2011) If, as suggested by the quote, breaking with the rest of the UK automatically means improved socio-economic performance, one consequently has to accept that there is only one constraint weighing Scotland down, and that it is the Union. However, is it all really that simple? Another commonly overlooked difficulty is that independence – that is to say, a Scottish state for a Scottish nation – inevitably goes hand in hand with a redefinition of national solidarity within a strictly Scottish context. This begs the question: how do Nationalists justify this redefinition when their country has been an integral part of a particularly fluid group of nations since the early 18th century? The last delicate issue raised by the Scottish referendum has to do with state building and the Nationalists’ heavy reliance on the promotion of civic nationalism despite the notion’s inherent limits.

Rethinking Public Services

Author : Rajiv Prabhakar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0230211151
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Rethinking Public Services by : Rajiv Prabhakar

Download or read book Rethinking Public Services written by Rajiv Prabhakar and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important new text, Rajiv Prabhakar reviews the evidence for different models of public services arguing that a combination of state, market and civil society provision is essential in the 21st century and drawing out the implications for different contexts, services and forms of provision.

The Adaptive State

Author : Tom Bentley
Publisher : Demos
ISBN 13 : 1841801151
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (418 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Adaptive State by : Tom Bentley

Download or read book The Adaptive State written by Tom Bentley and published by Demos. This book was released on 2003 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of essays on the topic of public service reform.

Territory, Identity and Spatial Planning

Author : Mark Tewdwr-Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134238118
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Territory, Identity and Spatial Planning by : Mark Tewdwr-Jones

Download or read book Territory, Identity and Spatial Planning written by Mark Tewdwr-Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a multi-disciplinary study of territory, identity and space in a devolved UK, through the lens of spatial planning. It draws together leading internationally renowned researchers from a variety of disciplines to address the implications of devolution upon spatial planning and the rescaling of UK politics. Each contributor offers a different perspective on the core issues in planning today in the context of New Labour’s regional project, particularly the government’s concern with business competitiveness, and key themes are illustrated with important case studies throughout.

Education Policy

Author : Mark Olssen
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761974703
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (747 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Education Policy by : Mark Olssen

Download or read book Education Policy written by Mark Olssen and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-06-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an international perspective on education policy, and of the role and function of education in the global economy, this text covers the major topics of central significance in education and the sociology of education.