Citizenship - Social Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore

   Making Future Citizens

   By Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   This book examines the relationship between population policies and individual reproductive decisions in low-fertility contexts. Using the case study of Singapore, it demonstrates that the effectiveness of population policy is a function of competing notions of citizenship, and the gap between...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
2. Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology

   Edited by Walter S. DeKeseredy, Molly Dragiewicz

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology is a collection of original essays specifically designed to offer students, faculty, policy makers, and others an in-depth overview of the most up-to-date empirical, theoretical, and political contributions made by critical criminologists around the...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
3. The Government of Chronic Poverty

   From the politics of exclusion to the politics of citizenship?

   Edited by Sam Hickey

   What are the underlying causes of chronic poverty? Can ‘development beyond neoliberalism’ offer the strategies required to challenge such persistent forms of poverty, particularly through efforts to promote citizenship amongst poor people? Drawing on case-study evidence from Africa, Latin America...

   Published February 9th 2011 by Routledge
4. The Handbook of European Welfare Systems

   Edited by Klaus Schubert, Simon Hegelich, Ursula Bazant

   This book provides the first comprehensive information and detailed data on the welfare systems of all twenty-seven EU member states and offers the reader an invaluable introduction and basis for comparative welfare research. The introductory chapter summarizes the actual debate about...

   Published June 18th 2009 by Routledge
5. Citizenship and the Nation-State in Greece and Turkey

   Edited by Thalia Dragonas, Faruk Birtek

   Citizenship and the Nation State in Greece and Turkey brings together papers on a transdisciplinary dialogue on nation formation in Greece and Turkey as successor states of the Ottoman Empire, and on aspects of civil society in the two countries.The volume is divided into two parts: 'Empire and...

   Published February 26th 2009 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Companion to Nonprofit Marketing

   Edited by Adrian Sargeant, Walter Wymer Jr

   Series: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting

   This timely collection of cutting-edge articles offers a complete overview of marketing in the nonprofit sector. Written by a leading team of international experts, it examines the issues faced by public and nonprofit organizations in marketing and raising funds, and provides a comprehensive...

   Published November 21st 2007 by Routledge
7. War, Citizenship, Territory

   Edited by Deborah Cowen, Emily Gilbert

   For all too obvious reasons, war, empire, and military conflict have become extremely hot topics in the academy. Given the changing nature of war, one of the more promising areas of scholarly investigation has been the development of new theories of war and war’s impact on society. War, Citizenship...

   Published August 8th 2007 by Routledge
8. War, Citizenship, Territory

   Edited by Deborah Cowen, Emily Gilbert

   For all too obvious reasons, war, empire, and military conflict have become extremely hot topics in the academy. Given the changing nature of war, one of the more promising areas of scholarly investigation has been the development of new theories of war and war’s impact on society. War, Citizenship...

   Published August 2nd 2007 by Routledge
9. Young Citizens in the Digital Age

   Political Engagement, Young People and New Media

   Edited by Brian D. Loader

   A social anxiety currently pervades the political classes of the western world, arising from the perception that young people have become disaffected with liberal democratic politics. Voter turnout among 18-25 year olds continues to be lower than other age groups and they are less likely to join...

   Published July 11th 2007 by Routledge
10. Nations Matter

    Culture, History and the Cosmopolitan Dream

    By Craig Calhoun

    Craig Calhoun, one of the most respected social scientists in the world, re-examines nationalism in light of post-1989 enthusiasm for globalization and the new anxieties of the twenty-first century. Nations Matter argues that pursuing a purely postnational politics is premature at best and possibly...

    Published April 18th 2007 by Routledge