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  1. The Survival of the European Welfare State

    Edited by Stein Kuhnle

    Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

    'Crisis'. 'Breakdown'. 'Dismantlement.' Since the 1970's, these have become the catchphrases used to describe the condition of the welfare states in Europe, in academic and media analyses alike. This book provides an alternative, more optimistic interpretation. It aims to increase both theoretical...

    Published April 12th 2000 by Routledge

  2. Scaling Up Scaling Down

    Overcoming Malnutrition in Developing Countries

    Edited by Thomas J. Marchione

    The individual and institutional capacities required for the prevention and reduction of nutritional insecurity and hunger in lesser-developed countries as the twenty-first century approaches are identified in this book. Household nutritional "security" can be defined as the successful The essays...

    Published July 22nd 1999 by Routledge

  3. Macroeconomic Forecasting

    A Sociological Appraisal

    By Robert Evans

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy

    Drawing on interviews with the UK government's Panel of Independent Forecasters, the author shows how economic models, forecasts and policy analysis depend crucially upon the judgements of economists....

    Published June 23rd 1999 by Routledge

  4. Social Capital and European Democracy

    Edited by Marco Maraffi, Kenneth Newton, Jan Van Deth, Paul Whiteley

    Series: Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science

    The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital and hence good government, but also explore alternative models for the creation of social capital. Theoretical discussion is combined with detailed case studies to provide a new explanation of : * the...

    Published June 9th 1999 by Routledge

  5. Political Power and Democratic Control in Britain

    By David Beetham, Stuart Weir

    Democratic Institutions and Practices is the second study carried out under the Democratic Audit of the UK. This volume explores the formal institutions and processes of the liberal democratic state: including the executive, elections, parliament and the civil service....

    Published November 18th 1998 by Routledge

  6. Representation

    Theory and Practice in Britain

    By David Judge

    Series: Theory and Practice in British Politics

    This book provides an excellent insight into the theory and practice of political representation, a concept that is central to the understanding of modern British politics. The book explores the key elements of representation and the inextricable connections between theory and the unique British...

    Published November 4th 1998 by Routledge

  7. Nationalism and Modernism

    By Prof Anthony D Smith, Anthony Smith

    The first major study in over three decades to explore the essential arguments of all the major theoretical interpretations of nationalism, from the modernist approaches of Gellner, Nairn, Breuilly, Giddens and Hobsbawm to the alternative paradigms of van den Bergh and Geertz, Armstrong and Smith...

    Published September 30th 1998 by Routledge

  8. Karl Marx: Critical Responses

    Edited by Roberto Marchionatti

    Series: Critical Responses

    This important set brings together for the first time works indispensable to a complete understanding of the diffusion of Marxist economic thought in the Western world. The comprehensive selection of contemporary material includes introductions to editions of Marx's works, articles, book excerpts,...

    Published June 3rd 1998 by Routledge

  9. Post-Industrial Socialism

    Towards a New Politics of Welfare

    By Adrian Little

    Post-Industrial Socialism provides critical analysis of recent developments in leftist political thought. Adrian Little charts new directions in the economy and the effects they have had on traditional models of social welfare and orthodox approaches to social policy.In demonstrating the...

    Published April 8th 1998 by Routledge

  10. John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought

    Critical Assessments

    Edited by G.W. Smith

    Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Political Philosophers

    This collection covers the breadth of Mill's work in social theory and political economy, including his ethics, liberalism, theory of government, methodology and feminism. It represents the most important scholarly and philosophical criticism of this century, illustrating the development of modern...

    Published February 18th 1998 by Routledge