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The book aims to explain the emergence of the Norwegian—and to some extent, the Scandinavian—welfare state in historical and anthropological terms. Halvard Vike argues that particular forms of political grassroots mobilization contributed heavily to what he calls “a low level of gravity state”—a political order in which decentralized institutions make it possible to curtail centralizing forces. While there is a large international literature on the Nordic welfare states, there is limited knowledge about how these states are embedded in local contexts. Vike's approach is based on an ethnographic practice which may be labeled “in and out of institutions.” It is based on ethnographic work in municipal assemblies, local bureaucracies, political parties, voluntary organizations, and various informal contexts.

Politics --- Social security law --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- etnografie --- welvaartsstaat --- politiek --- Norway

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Wat is een goed leven? Wel-zijn is voor de meeste mensen meer dan een hoog inkomen of louter materiële welvaart. Vele niet-materiële aspecten zoals gezondheid, gezinsleven, leefomgeving, een zinvolle tijdsbesteding of de kwaliteit van een job zijn minstens even belangrijk voor een geslaagd leven. Al die aspecten samen beïnvloeden ook de mate waarin mensen tevreden zijn over hun leven en bepalen mee hoe gelukkig ze zich voelen. In dit boek argumenteren de auteurs echter dat geluk of levenstevredenheid geen goede maatstaf is voor het meten van welzijn. Zij stellen een alternatieve methode voor die niet enkel rekening houdt met de verschillende dimensies van welzijn, maar ook met het feit dat mensen hun eigen opvattingen hebben over wat belangrijk is in hun leven. Het blijft niet enkel bij theorie. Een grootschalige en representatieve enquête bij meer dan 3000 volwassenen uit ruim 2000 Belgische gezinnen liet toe de verschillende aspecten van het individuele welzijn van de Belgen in kaart te brengen. Origineel is dat ruim aandacht besteed wordt aan de ongelijke verdeling van deze verschillende welzijnsaspecten binnen gezinnen. Uit de enquête blijkt dat sommige Belgen vaker lijden aan opgestapelde achterstand in meerdere welzijns­ dimensies. Het boek beschrijft vervolgens welke mensen er in de samenleving het slechtst aan toe zijn volgens de nieuwe methode. Zij verdienen volgens de auteurs de grootste aandacht van de beleidsmakers. En dat zijn niet noodzakelijk enkel diegenen met een laag inkomen, of diegenen die zich ongelukkig voelen.Bron: www.maklu.be/MakluEnGarant/BookDetails.aspx?id=9789044136333

sociale ongelijkheid --- 301.17 --- Sociologie Sociologie --- Prospérité Welvaart --- Belgique België --- Geluk --- Welvaart --- Maatschappelijk welzijn --- Welbevinden --- Social policy --- Microeconomics --- Belgium --- Sociale ongelijkheid --- Sociologie --- Welvaartseconomie --- Welzijn --- 330.342.146 --- 330.342.146 Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsmaatschappij. Welvaartsstaat --- Verzorgingsstaat. Welvaartsmaatschappij. Welvaartsstaat --- Aardrijkskunde --- Patiënt --- 660 Welzijn

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This book focuses on the 'functionings' and capabilities generated from land by their owners and the challenge in satisfactorily recreating these through the compensation paid in the case of compulsory acquisition of private land. These discussions initiate a new debate on the insufficiency of existing approaches to compensation that are ignorant of the losses of ‘capabilities’ and ‘functionings’. The relationship between land, ownership and well-being of an individual is explained through the identification of various ‘functionings’ associated with the ownership of land in the context of Scotland. Contemporary approaches to compensation, founded on the utilitarian argument, have led to dissatisfactory outcomes for the affected landowners. Discussions in this book shift the focus to equalizing the share of burdens and benefits for each individual member of the society, through equalization of human capabilities. This book will be of value to development economists, researchers, policy makers and law makers concerned with compulsory acquisition of land. Jyoti Rao is an early career researcher pursuing doctoral research at the University of Melbourne. Her primary research interest is in issues related to housing, urban development, and land economics with most of her publications being in related fields. Jyoti is a trained architect, urban planner and real estate professional with experience of working in the industry and in academia.

Politics --- Microeconomics --- Private law --- Social security law --- Environmental planning --- economie --- welvaartsstaat --- politiek --- burgerlijk recht --- politieke economie --- reizen --- Scotland

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Funded by the tobacco and fossil fuel industries, the Mises- and Hayek-inspired ‘free’ market has adopted ‘The Slogan of Liberty’ - but should their faith-based assertions be accorded the same epistemological status as a science? If Austrian economics is a branch of divinely revealed ‘knowledge’ - as the epigone Godfather, Hans Sennholz, insists - what validity do its policy recommendations have? Should those who falsely claim to have PhDs be tax-funded as ‘Post-Doctoral Fellows’ and ‘Professors’? This volume examines the consequences of the ‘free’ market colonisation of economics – climate change, financial crises and the corruption of academic discourse.

Microeconomics --- Methodology of economics --- Economic schools --- World history --- History --- economie --- welvaartsstaat --- geschiedenis --- economische geschiedenis --- politieke economie --- klimaatverandering

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Art and the Challenge of Markets Volumes 1 & 2 examine the politics of art and culture in light of the profound changes that have taken place in the world order since the 1980s and 1990s. The contributors explore how in these two decades, the neoliberal or market-based model of capitalism started to spread from the economic realm to other areas of society. As a result, many aspects of contemporary Western societies increasingly function in the same way as the private enterprise sector under traditional market capitalism. The first volume of this two-volume collection considers a broad range of national cultural policies from European and North American countries, and examines the strengthening of international and transnational art worlds in music, visual arts, film, and television. The chapters cover cultural policy and political culture in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, the Nordic countries, the Balkans, and Slovenia, and address the extent to which Western nations have shifted from welfare-state to market-based ideologies. Tensions between centres and peripheries in global art worlds are considered, as well as complex interactions between nations and international and transnational art worlds, and regional variations in the audiovisual market. Both volumes provide students and scholars across a range of disciplines with an incisive, comparative overview of the politics of art and culture and national, international and transnational art worlds in contemporary capitalism.

Sociology of culture --- Sociology of sport --- Sociology --- Art --- Recreation. Games. Sports. Corp. expression --- sociologie --- sport --- cultuurmanagement --- cultuur --- welvaartsstaat --- kunst --- kapitalisme