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  • The Impact of History?

    Histories at the Beginning of the 21st Century

    by Pedro Ramos Pinto, Bertrand Taithe ...
    Driven by the increasing importance of discussions around 'impact' and its meaning and implications for history, The Impact of History? brings together established and new voices to raise relevant questions, issues and controversies for debate. The chapters are articulated around the themes of public history, the politics of history, the role of history in the shaping of learning and the situation ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution

    Edited by Luís Trindade, Rita Lucas Narra, Ricardo Noronha, Pedro Ramos Pinto ...
    The Portuguese revolution marked the closure of the country's five-centuries of imperial history as well as its 48-year authoritarian period, a dramatic moment of political radicalization and social conflict that took place against the backdrop of rapid social transformation in an increasingly globalised world. This collection goes beyond the limits of national history to locate the revolution at ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Political Representation and Citizenship in Portugal

    From Crisis to Renewal

    by Marco Lisi, André Freire, Emmanouil Tsatsanis, Guya Accornero, Ana Maria Belchior, Enrico Borghetto, João Cancela, Augusta Correia0, Elisabetta De Giorgi1, Francisco Graça2, Pedro Ramos Pinto3, Viriato Queiroga4, Vera Ramalhete5, Sofia Serra-Silva6, Vicente Valentim7 ...
    Representative democracies are facing huge challenges that stem from long trends of citizens’ dissatisfaction and weakening of political legitimacy, on the one hand, and the effects of global economic and financial crisis on electoral alignments and the patterns of government, on the other. This volume uses the Portuguese case as an important case study to examine the long-term debate on the ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • The Value of Work since the 18th Century

    Custom, Conflict, Measurement and Theory

    Edited by Massimo Asta, Pedro Ramos Pinto ...
    Beginning in the 18th century, a turning point in labour history as work encountered an industrialising modernity, this book explores how different forms of work have been valued up to the present day. Focusing on the cultural, intellectual, social and political implications of wages, the chapters in this collection historicise the labour market, conceiving it as complex system of social relations ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Universal Basic Income in Historical Perspective

    Edited by Peter Sloman, Daniel Zamora Vargas, Pedro Ramos Pinto ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This new edited collection brings together historians and social scientists to engage with the global history of Universal Basic Income (UBI) and offer historically-rich perspectives on contemporary debates about the future of work. In particular, the book goes beyond a genealogy of a seemingly utopian idea to explore how the meaning and reception of basic income proposals has changed over time. ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

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  • Basic Income

    A Radical Proposal for a Free Society and a Sane Economy

    by Philippe Van Parijs, Yannick Vanderborght ...
    “Powerful as well as highly engaging—a brilliant book.”—Amartya SenA Times Higher Education Book of the WeekIt may sound crazy to pay people whether or not they’re working or even looking for work. But the idea of providing an unconditional basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, has long been advocated by such major thinkers as Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, and John Kenneth ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Hegemony of Growth

    The OECD and the Making of the Economic Growth Paradigm

    by Matthias Schmelzer ...
    In modern society, economic growth is considered to be the primary goal pursued through policymaking. But when and how did this perception become widely adopted among social scientists, politicians and the general public? Focusing on the OECD, one of the least understood international organisations, Schmelzer offers the first transnational study to chart the history of growth discourses. He ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Economic Policy and the History of Economic Thought

    Edited by Stavros Drakopoulos, Ioannis Katselidis ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    This book discusses key issues in economic policy in the context of the history of economic thought.Most of the current and past academic controversies in economics are, explicitly or implicitly, centred around the application and form of economic policy. This is particularly evident in the post-WWII period, with the appearance of economic policy as a distinguishable subfield, but important ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Analysing Social Policy Concepts and Language

    Comparative and Transnational Perspectives

    Edited by Daniel Béland, Klaus Petersen ...
    Social policy scholars and practitioners work with concepts such as “welfare state” and “social security” but where do these concepts come from and how has their meaning changed over time? Which are the dominant social policy concepts and how are they contested? What characterises social policy language in specific countries and regions of the world and how do social concepts travel between ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Women and Immigration Law

    New Variations on Classical Feminist Themes

    Edited by Thomas Spijkerboer, Sarah Van Walsum ...
    This book examines immigration law from a gender perspective. It shows how immigration law situates gender conflicts outside the national order, projecting them onto non-western countries, exotic cultures, clandestine labour and criminal organizations. In doing so, immigration law sustains the illusion that gender conflicts have moved beyond the pale of European experience. In fact, the classical ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Sorry, I Don't Speak French

    Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away

    by Graham Fraser ...
    As the threat of another Quebec referendum on independence looms, this book becomes important for every Canadian — especially as language remains both a barrier and a bridge in our divided countryCanada’s language policy is the only connection between two largely unilingual societies — English-speaking Canada and French-speaking Quebec. The country’s success in staying together depends on making ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Foreign Policy Decision Making Under The Geisel Government

    by Letícia Pinheiro ...
    Series series Coleção Política Externa Brasileira
    This thesis seeks to provide an explanation for the contents of three foreign policy decisions implemented under the government of General Ernesto Geisel (1974-1979). It does so by analyzing the decision-making process which led Brazil: 1) to abstain in the Meetings of Consultation of American Foreign Ministers for voting the lifting of sanctions against Cuba; 2) to restore diplomatic relations ... Read more

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