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"Preface" -- "Introduction and Outline of the Approach" -- "Part I" -- "Part II" -- "Part III" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "Part I: Foucauldian Methodology, Neoliberalism and Modern Social Science" -- "1: Foucault´s Biopolitics and Its Relevance to Modern Social Science" -- "Foucault´s Archaeology and Genealogy: Defining Social Truth" -- "The Episteme" -- "Genealogy: Analysing Government Structure and Process" -- "Government Discipline: From the Panopticon to Modern Media" -- "Sovereignty and Government" -- "Democracy/Parrhesia: An Unresolved Relationship" -- "Summary of Themes and Conclusions" -- "References" -- "2: Historical and Economic Roots of Neoliberalism" -- "National Prosperity and Imperial Ambition" -- "Imperialism and Race: Prosperity for Some" -- "Changing Biopolitical and Ideological Balances" -- "European Integration: Renewing the Vision?" -- "Developing Countries: Governance by Others" -- "Balancing Superpower Relations" -- "Summary of Themes and Conclusions" -- "References" -- "Part II: Constructing a Modern Episteme" -- "3: From Neoliberalism to Social Accountability" -- "Neoliberal Economics and Neoliberal Ideology" -- "Macroeconomic Theory, Politics and the Media" -- "Economic and Political Rebalancing: Some Technical Issues" -- "Measurement and Accountability in Economic Theory and Political Practice" -- "Summary of Themes and Conclusions" -- "References" -- "4: Measuring Social Well-Being: GDP Is Neither Accurate Nor Fair" -- "A Framework for Improving Well-Being Measurement and Fiscal Management" -- "Establishing a Strategic Vision and Goals" -- "Risk Management" -- "Integrated Reporting: From Entity Management to GDP Reform" -- "A Fresh Initiative: Improving Coordination of Standards and Practices Reform" -- "Summary of Themes and Conclusions" -- "References

Cover -- Title Page -- Colophon -- Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 -- Modernization, human biology, and a tale of two domains -- Chapter 2 -- The labor market bias of the welfare state literature -- Modernization and the origins of thewelfare state literature -- Power resources and political conflict -- Business interests and corporatist bargains -- The rise of the post-industrial economy -- The sources of citizens' preferences -- Institutions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- The psychology of social risks -- Two types of risks -- Ideas and intuitions: The basic distinction

International audience ; Le nombre d'activités pratiquées par la même personne est une variable généralement négligée dans l'étude des pratiques sportives ; ce texte lui est entièrement consacré. La multipratique, opposée à la monopratique, est étudiée dans ses modalités et leurs variations dans différents secteurs spatio-temporels de pratique (en vacances, durant le reste de l'année à l'intérieur et hors du domicile) en fonction des principales caractéristiques socio-démographiques (âge, sexe, catégorie socioprofessionnelle) et selon la nature institutionnelle de l'engagement sportif (pratique informelle, pratique dans le cadre des fédérations sportives et pratique de compétition). L'analyse de données d'enquête aboutit aux résultats suivants : (1) L'inégalité de la distribution sociale est encore plus accentuée pour la multipratique que pour la pratique sportive ; (2) La participation aux compétitions, même de haut niveau, ne se fait pas, comme on aurait pu le supposer, au détriment du nombre de sports pratiqués. Bien au contraire, ce sont les compétiteurs de haut niveau qui présentent la multipratique la plus riche.

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Taking into consideration the peculiarity of the field of management and administration, Mykolas RomerisUniversity has all qualifications necessary to become one of leaders in the area of public administration (on managementalapproach) research in Lithuania.For research purposes it is recommended to expand/develop collaboration between the Departments of PublicAdministration and the Faculties of the Strategic Management and Political Sciences of Mykolas Romeris Universityas well as with the other foreign and Lithuanian universities.

Politics of Globalization presents an up-to-date perspective on the kaleidoscopic politics of globalization. The authors analyse the existing definitions of capitalism and argue that globalization and the consequent growing multi-polarity in world politics is not a crisis but a proliferation of capitalisms. This network of capitalisms becomes the framework of the politics of the new globalization. This compilation by social scientists across the globe is an empirical and theoretical exploration of the socio-political responses to globalization. The authors examine the impacts of the decline of

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