1. Introduction; Hanne Warming and Kristian Fahnøe -- 2. Citizenship on the edge: homeless outreach and the city; Tom Hall -- 3. Spaces of surveillance and citizenship learning opportunities in a 24-hour care institution; Michael Christensen -- 4. The role of social work practice and policy for the lived citizenship of young people with psychological disorder; Hanne Warming -- 5. Exploring nor…
1. Introduction -- 2. The Family and the City – a Historical Overview -- 3. The Contemporary Inner City and Families -- 4. Why Are Families Staying in the City? -- 5. Parenting Practices in the City -- 6. Urban Parents and the Changing Consumption Landscape in Helsinki -- 7. New Urban Figures in Contemporary Urban Reality? -- 8. Conclusion: The Domesticfication of Neighbourhoods -- 9. Researc…
Introduction -- Chapter 1. Theoretical Approach -- Chapter 2. Methodological Approach -- Chapter 3. Analysis of the Power Struggles over the Post-Neoliberal Social Security System Reform in Venezuela -- Chapter 4. Analysis of the Power Struggles over the Post-Neoliberal Social Security System Reform in Ecuador -- Chapter 5. Comparative Analysis of the Power Struggles over the Post-Neoliberal So…
1. Global Public Procurement: Introduction -- Part I. Procurement Preferences -- 2. Public Procurement in Lithuania: (Dis)Balance between Profitability and Environmental Protection -- 3. Analyzing Local and SME Participation in Public Procurement: Evidence from Seven Cities -- 4. The Social Value in Social Clauses: Methods of Measuring and Evaluation in Social Procurement -- Part II. Performanc…
1 -- Introduction -- Part I: Housing, rights, land policy, and global social citizenship -- 2. The monitoring of human rights Discourses on housing -- 4. Land policy meets social citizenship on a global level -- Part II: The discourse on the human right housing under the monitoring system of the ICESCR -- 5. Changing views: Housing in the past four decades -- 6. Comparative discussion: Interpre…
This book examines patterns of political engagement of long-term unemployed youth. The authors show how unemployment affects the personal, social, and political life of young people. Focusing on the case of Geneva in Switzerland, the study shows the importance of socioeconomic, relational, psychological, and institutional resources for the political engagement of unemployed youth. The book show…