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  • European Ageing in Focus

    Dealing with Pension and Budgetary Risks

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This Open Access book argues for a more prominent position on political and policy agendas for European population ageing. In the coming two decades, ageing populations will put significant pressure on pension systems, budgets, and economies in the European Union. Increasingly close integration between EU member states through political ties, trade and a common currency, means ageing in one ... Read more

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  • Criminal Behaviour from School to the Workplace

    Untangling the Complex Relations Between Employment, Education and Crime

    Series series Routledge Studies in Criminal Behaviour
    This volume focuses on the complex relation between offending and the transition from school to the workplace: how employment and education are related to breaking the law and getting in contact with the criminal justice system. The contributors report results from several large scale and sophisticated studies conducted in the Netherlands that gathered rich data on employment, education and ... Read more

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  • Good Business

    Policy to Unlock Companies’ Benefit for Society

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book shows how governments can motivate companies to make a positive impact on society and why this is necessary in light of today’s pressing social, economic and environmental challenges and transitions. It shows obstacles companies face in conducting socially responsible business. Focusing on government-business relations in the Netherlands, the book also exposes key policy ... Read more

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  • Lives of Incarcerated Women

    An international perspective

    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
    Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research from around the world, this book brings together renowned international scholars to explore life-course perspectives on women’s imprisonment. Instead of covering only one aspect of women’s carceral experiences, this book offers a broader perspective that encompasses women’s pathways to prison, their prison experiences and the effects of these ... Read more

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  • Media Matters: Towards New Safeguards for Their Democratic Functions

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This is an Open access Book. In this report, the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) examines how the changing media system influences Dutch democracy. The ability of the media to fulfil their democratic functions is under threat. Analyses show that there is more information than ever, information that is available anywhere, anytime. In this context of abundant supply, ... Read more

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