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Examines social policy trends in the Slovak Republic since 1989; some focus on measures to combat poverty and unemployment.

Aid to Families with Dependent Children reform efforts, particularly those aimed at obtaining support from absent fathers.

Particularly as concerns publicly funded programs of medical and hospital care.

Important differences exist between corporate and public-sector organi zations. This article begins by identifying some of the major external and internal variables in the literature that affect public-sector organiza tions. An integrated contextual framework is developed that is used as an orienting device for an organization development (OD) intervention in a division of a state welfare system. The study describes the tactics of change in an ambiguous performance setting and focuses on some of the internal influence variables that may typically be expected to affect change attempts in public-sector organizations.

This book gives a systematic and extensive comparative analysis of public beliefs about social justice. Contrary to previous studies it attempts to link public opinion to the philosophical debate on distributive justice, but more importantly it connects the different opinion surveys with the current economic and political situation in the various countries. What can explain the cross-national variations, and if opinions do change over time, why is this so? Are people's beliefs influenced by existing welfare practices in the country? Do different policy regimes trigger different pattern of belief among the members of society? This book should be of interest to researchers and students both in the field of Comparative Opinion Studies, but also those interested in the relationship between public opinion and the political elite

The article explores the engagement of women's magazines with the political public sphere in Finland. The material for the study consists of the political content of three long-lived (1968–2008) women's magazines that are still in existence. Women's magazines in Finland have supported the rise of women in power from the 1960s onwards. Consequently, women's magazines are being utilized in political performance in ways that should be put under critical scrutiny rather than bypassed as mere political advertising. Theoretically, the article draws on the debates around the personalization of politics and the emergence of celebrity politics. Furthermore, in studying these women's magazines, the article highlights the particularity of the Nordic context.