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  • Sorting Machines

    The Reinvention of the Border in the 21st Century

    by Steffen Mau ...
    Translated by Nicola Barfoot ...
    It is commonly thought that, thanks to globalization, nation-state borders are becoming increasingly porous. Steffen Mau shows that this view is misleading: borders are not getting more permeable today, but rather are being turned into powerful sorting machines. Supported by digitalization, they have been upgraded to smart borders, and border control has expanded spatially on a massive scale. Mau ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • The Metric Society

    On the Quantification of the Social

    by Steffen Mau ...
    In today’s world, numbers are in the ascendancy. Societies dominated by star ratings, scores, likes and lists are rapidly emerging, as data are collected on virtually every aspect of our lives. From annual university rankings, ratings agencies and fitness tracking technologies to our credit score and health status, everything and everybody is measured and evaluated.In this important new book, ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • Social Transnationalism

    Lifeworlds Beyond The Nation-State

    by Steffen Mau ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    In recent decades, the rise of world markets and the technological revolutions in transportation and communication have brought what was once distant and inaccessible within easy reach of the individual. The territorial and social closure that characterized nation-states is fading, and this is reflected not only in new forms of governance and economic globalization, but also in individual mobility ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Moral Economy of Welfare States

    Britain and Germany Compared

    by Steffen Mau ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State
    This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises 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 of social justice people adhere to. Analysing both the institution of welfare and the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Liberal States and the Freedom of Movement

    Selective Borders, Unequal Mobility

    by Steffen Mau, H. Brabandt, L. Laube, Christof Roos ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    State borders regulate cross-border mobility and determine peoples' chances to travel, work, and study across the globe. This book looks at how global mobility is defined by borders in 2011 in comparison to the 1970s. The authors trace the transformation of OECD-state borders in recent decades and show how borders have become ever more selective. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State

    by Benjamin Veghte ...
    Drawing together leading international experts such as Knut Halvorsen, Robert Y. Shapiro, Stefan Svallfors and Wim van Oorschot, this volume addresses issues of justice and legitimacy in the context of welfare state transformation. The contributors demonstrate that the Western welfare state is not at risk of losing support or encountering fundamental opposition, but does face serious challenges ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Trigger Points

    Inequality and Political Polarization in Contemporary Society

    by Steffen Mau, Thomas Lux, Linus Westheuser ...
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Today’s political debates are fiercely polarized. But looking beyond the headlines, this book shows that ordinary citizens hold much more nuanced, less divided views.Drawing on rich survey data and group discussions, this work maps four major areas of conflict: migration, climate change, diversity, and economic justice.Across these ... Read more

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    A Holistic Approach to the Understanding of Economic Activity in Low-Income Countries

    by Matthias P. Altmann ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Poverty still persists in today’s low-income countries despite decades of international aid, and extensive research on the determinants of growth and development. The book argues that meeting this challenge requires a holistic understanding of the context-specific factors that influence economic behavior and structures in poor countries. Contextual Development Economics approaches this task by ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Culture and Politics in Economic Development

    by Volker Bornschier ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
    In this important book, pre-eminent economic sociologist Volker Bornschier analyzes growth and development in the Old and New Worlds - the so-called 'developed' countries. He shows how sociological and political factors have a massive impact on economic change in those countries.The book is a significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on social capital, trust and democracy and will be ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Ageing Populations in Post-Industrial Democracies

    Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics

    Edited by Pieter Vanhuysse, Achim Goerres ...
    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    Most advanced democracies are currently experiencing accelerated population ageing, which fundamentally changes not just their demographic composition; it can also be expected to have far-reaching political and policy consequences.This volume brings together an expert set of scholars from Europe and North America to investigate generational politics and public policies within an approach ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • The Institutional Logic of Welfare Attitudes

    How Welfare Regimes Influence Public Support

    by Christian Albrekt Larsen ...
    Why are people who live in liberal welfare regimes reluctant to support welfare policy? And conversely, why are people who live in social democratic welfare regimes so keen to support it? These core questions lie at the heart of this intriguing book. By examining how different welfare regimes influence public support for welfare policy, the book explores the institutional settings of different ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • European Capitalist Welfare Societies

    The Challenge of Sustainability

    by P. Frericks, R. Maier ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book offers an analysis of European capitalist welfare societies, centering on the questions of sustainability and the financing of social rights. Capitalism is defined as a multi-model economy, comprising of a market economy (including production, distribution and exchange), a state welfare economy (based on compulsory transfers, such as taxes and social contributions), a household economy ... Read more

    $49.49 USD