Globalization and national economic welfare

Distant proximities. Dynamics beyond globalization

Has globalization the phenomenon outgrown "globalization" the concept? In Distant Proximities, one of America's senior scholars presents a work of sweeping vision that addresses the dizzying anxieties of the post- Cold War, post-September 11 world. Culminating the influential reassessment of international relations he began ...

The moral economy of welfare states

Britain and Germany compared

This text investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realizes large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of "the moral economy" to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas ...

Motivation, agency and public policy

of knights and Knave, pawns and queens

Can we rely on the altruism of professionals or the public service ethos to deliver good quality health and education services? How should patients, parents and pupils behave - as grateful recipients or active consumers? The book provides new answers to these questions, and evaluates recent ...

Rethinking the welfare state

the political economy of pension reform

La calidad en los servicios sociales

conceptos y experiencias

La gestión de "La calidad en los Servicios Sociales" es uno de los retos que se plantean las instituciones públicas, privadas y del sector no lucrativo en este país. Este libro responde a preguntas que se hacen quienes desean iniciar la andadura, y también quienes ...

Community water, community management

from system to service in rural areas

This book is based on the experience gained over twenty years of working to strengthen the capacities of rural communities to manage their own water supply systems. The day-to-day experiences of 22 communities in six different countries # with differing geographical, socio-economic and cultural settings # are ...

Economía y bienestar social en Cuba a comienzos del siglo XXI

La historia de las ideas en el trabajo social

An evolutionary approach to social welfare

In social life, the adoption of norms and values typically help in settling potential conflicts of interest to the mutual benefit of all. While not evident immediately, social norms and values play a crucial role in the theory of social choice INDICE Part One: Evolution ...

Economía y familia

la solidaridad intergeneracional

Fair division and collective welfare

The concept of fair division is as old as civil society itself. Aristotle's "equal treatment of equals" was the first step toward a formal definition of distributive fairness. The concept of collective welfare, more than two centuries old, is a pillar of modern economic ...

The economics of social policy

This unique book demonstrates how instruments of economics can be usefully employed to analyse social policy. The merits and limits of social policy programmes are discussed as answers to problems of market societies. Taking this enlightened approach the author addresses such key issues as access ...

Economía de Bienestar y dos Aproximaciones a los Derechos

Sen plantea una discusión entre teorías del derecho que convergen en su aplicación a la acción social, “para evitar la opresión económica”. Con ello, el Nobel de economía ofrece una propuesta interdisciplinaria que demuestra los alcances de una concesión en aras de lograr mejorar la ...

Las estructuras del bienestar

propuestas de reforma y nuevos horizontes.

Connaissances et compètences: des atouts pour la vie

premiers rèsultats de Pisa 2000

Las migraciones a debate

de las teorías a las prácticas sociales

Competitividad y bienestar en la economía española

Este libro presenta la competitividad y el bienestar de la economía española desde una óptica global. Para ello se toman en consideración los principales aspectos en juego que más afectan a la posición competitiva de las naciones, siendo el caso español un caso particular. El ...

Why we need a new Walfare state

Contents: Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors List of Abbreviations 1. Towards the Good Society, Once Again? 2. A Child-Centred Social Investment Strategy 3. A New Gender Contract 4. The Quality of Working Life in Welfare Strategy 5. A New Social Contract for the ...

La calidad de vida

La idea de 'calidad de vida' es un concepto cardinal en la evaluación del nivel económico y social de un país, así como de sus políticas públicas y de su legislación social. Sin embargo, los indicadores comúnmente usados para medir el éxito económico, por ejemplo ...