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This open access edited volume introduces the concept of causal
mechanisms to explore new ways of explaining the global dynamics of
social policy, and shows that a mechanism-based approach provides
several advantages over established approaches for studying social
policy. The introductory chapter outlines the mechanism-based
approach, which stands out by modularisation and a clear focus on
actors. The mechanism-based approach then guides the twelve
chapters on social policy developments in different Asian, African,
European and Latin American countries. Based on these findings, the
concluding chapter provides a structured compilation of causal
mechanisms and outlines how a mechanism-based approach can further
strengthen research on the global development of social policies,
especially in a comparative perspective. The edited volume is
highly relevant for social policy scholars from a variety of
disciplines, as well as for scholars interested in strengthening
explanation in the social sciences.
Does the democratic nation state remain a legitimate regime form in
the current age of globalization? This book uses a novel,
analytical approach to probe this topical question, drawing on a
comparative study of legitimation discourses in the media of four
Western democracies (Switzerland, Germany, Britain, and the United
States.)
This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify
how interactions between inter- and trans-national
interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of
social policy in various parts of the world at different points in
time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence
which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced
understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete
points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are
concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The
four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations
and economic crises, violence, international organisations and
cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of
interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of
social policy, global history and welfare state research from
diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and
economics.
Digitalisierung pragt nicht nur die Marktoekonomie, sie gestaltet
auch den oeffentlichen Sektor neu. Das Handbuch liefert erstmals
einen wissenschaftlichen UEberblick zum Stand der Digitalisierung
in Staat und Verwaltung. Die uber 50 Beitrage erlautern
Leitprinzipien einer digitalen Staatsentwicklung, Instrumente einer
digitalisierten Verwaltung und Anwendungen digitaler Steuerung in
einzelnen Politikfeldern. Das Handbuch liefert zudem den aktuellen
Diskussionsstand zu Grundfragen der Sicherung von Freiheit und
Privatheit, sozialer Gerechtigkeit und Demokratie unter Bedingungen
der Digitalisierung.
Does the democratic nation state remain a legitimate regime form in
the current age of globalization? This book uses a novel,
analytical approach to probe this topical question, drawing on a
comparative study of legitimation discourses in the media of four
Western democracies (Switzerland, Germany, Britain, and the United
States.)
This open access edited volume introduces the concept of causal
mechanisms to explore new ways of explaining the global dynamics of
social policy, and shows that a mechanism-based approach provides
several advantages over established approaches for studying social
policy. The introductory chapter outlines the mechanism-based
approach, which stands out by modularisation and a clear focus on
actors. The mechanism-based approach then guides the twelve
chapters on social policy developments in different Asian, African,
European and Latin American countries. Based on these findings, the
concluding chapter provides a structured compilation of causal
mechanisms and outlines how a mechanism-based approach can further
strengthen research on the global development of social policies,
especially in a comparative perspective. The edited volume is
highly relevant for social policy scholars from a variety of
disciplines, as well as for scholars interested in strengthening
explanation in the social sciences.
This Handbook offers a comprehensive treatment of transformations
of the state, from its origins in different parts of the world and
different time periods to its transformations since World War II in
the advanced industrial countries, the post-Communist world, and
the Global South. Leading experts in their fields, from Europe and
North America, discuss conceptualizations and theories of the state
and the transformations of the state in its engagement with a
changing international environment as well as with changing
domestic economic, social, and political challenges. The Handbook
covers different types of states in the Global South (from failed
to predatory, rentier and developmental), in different kinds of
advanced industrial political economies (corporatist, statist,
liberal, import substitution industrialization), and in various
post-Communist countries (Russia, China, successor states to the
USSR, and Eastern Europe). It also addresses crucial challenges in
different areas of state intervention, from security to financial
regulation, migration, welfare states, democratization and quality
of democracy, ethno-nationalism, and human development. The volume
makes a compelling case that far from losing its relevance in the
face of globalization, the state remains a key actor in all areas
of social and economic life, changing its areas of intervention,
its modes of operation, and its structures in adaption to new
international and domestic challenges.
This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify
how interactions between inter- and trans-national
interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of
social policy in various parts of the world at different points in
time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence
which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced
understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete
points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are
concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The
four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations
and economic crises, violence, international organisations and
cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of
interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of
social policy, global history and welfare state research from
diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and
economics.
Das Thema Verwaltungsreform beschaftigt nach wie vor Bund, Lander
und Gemeinden gleichermassen. Konzeptionell sind die diskutierten
Ansatze und Instrumente einem standigen Wandel unterworfen und bei
der Umsetzung von Massnahmen besteht in grossem Masse Unsicherheit
und Orientierungsbedarf. Das Handbuch liefert einen Beitrag zur
Einordnung unterschiedlicher Konzepte und Orientierung fur die
Umsetzung der Verwaltungsreform. In 66 Beitragen werden vielfaltige
Ansatze der Verwaltungsreform vorgestellt, ihr
Entstehungszusammenhang erlautert, praktische Anwendungsfelder
beschrieben und Entwicklungsperspektiven untersucht. Die Beitrage
stammen von renommierten WissenschaftlerInnen und erfahrenen
PraktikerInnen. Themenblocke: Staat und Verwaltung, Reform- und
Managementkonzepte, Steuerung und Organisation, Personal, Finanzen,
Ergebnisse und Wirkungen, Erfahrungen und Perspektiven. Die Halfte
der Beitrage dieser Auflage wurde komplett neu geschrieben und die
restlichen Beitrage wurden grundlich uberarbeitet.
This Handbook offers a comprehensive treatment of transformations
of the state, from its origins in different parts of the world and
different time periods to its transformations since World War II in
the advanced industrial countries, the post-Communist world, and
the Global South. Leading experts in their fields, from Europe and
North America, discuss conceptualizations and theories of the state
and the transformations of the state in its engagement with a
changing international environment as well as with changing
domestic economic, social, and political challenges. The Handbook
covers different types of states in the Global South (from failed
to predatory, rentier and developmental), in different kinds of
advanced industrial political economies (corporatist, statist,
liberal, import substitution industrialization), and in various
post-Communist countries (Russia, China, successor states to the
USSR, and Eastern Europe). It also addresses crucial challenges in
different areas of state intervention, from security to financial
regulation, migration, welfare states, democratization and quality
of democracy, ethno-nationalism, and human development. The volume
makes a compelling case that far from losing its relevance in the
face of globalization, the state remains a key actor in all areas
of social and economic life, changing its areas of intervention,
its modes of operation, and its structures in adaption to new
international and domestic challenges.
Emotionen sind in der Politik ein alltagliches Phanomen, dem sich
die sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung bisher jedoch wenig gewidmet
hat. In Massenpsychologie und Massensoziologie hat sich ein Bild
emotionalisierter Politik verfestigt, das keinen Raum bietet fur
die differenzierte Erforschung der emotionalen Dimension
politischen Handelns. Vor allem unter einem Begriff hat sich die
Furcht vor politisch wirkungsmachtigen Emotionen wahrend des 20.
Jahrhunderts gebundelt: der Masse.
Diese uberkommenen Schemata und Gegenuberstellungen gilt es zu
uberwinden, um den Weg frei zu machen fur eine politische
Soziologie der Gefuhle. Analysen zu aktuellen Erscheinungsformen
politischer Emotionen, zur theoriegeschichtlichen Entwicklung, zur
Konzeption und Systematik einer Politologie der Emotionen stehen
daher im Zentrum dieses Bandes, der auch einen Beitrag zu einer
Demokratietheorie leistet, die die emotionale Dimension des
Politischen reflektiert.
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