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    In this nightmare vision of cats in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

    A textbook case of race, class, and gender Progressive Post

A textbook case of race, class, and gender

What is inequality and how does it influence society and the many facets of our lives? This excellent textbook by Lisa A. Keister and Darby E. Southgate, Inequality – A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender, answers most of these questions and provides the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the main concepts of […]
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    In this nightmare vision of cats in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

    Future-proof resilient Welfare States in the European Union through social investments? Progressive Post

Future-proof resilient Welfare States in the European Union through social investments?

As persuasively argued by Anton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël in their book ‘Resilient Welfare States in the European Union’, the key feature of European welfare states is their resilience – that is, their adaptation to structural change throughout shifting political and ideological contexts and seminal economic crises. In addition to being a compelling academic analysis, this […]
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    In this nightmare vision of cats in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

    Do you hear the people sing? Progressive Post

Do you hear the people sing?

An overview of protest movements of the past decades – and what they managed to achieve with Isabel Ortiz, Sara Burke, Mohamed Berrada and Hernán Saenz Cortés' World Protests. A Study of Key Protest Issues in the 21st Century, reviewed by Ania Skrzypek,
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    In this nightmare vision of cats in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

    A left-winger who truly loves people Progressive Post

A left-winger who truly loves people

Gérard Fuchs begins his book with a pessimistic observation: in France, just as in many other countries all over the world, the living conditions of each subsequent generation deteriorate. Where, therefore, should we seek the hope to which the author refers in the second part of his book's title? Who can bring this hope about, and how?
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    In this nightmare vision of cats in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

    Social Europe – back from death? Progressive Post

Social Europe – back from death?

In their book Social Policy and the Eurocrisis: Quo Vadis Social Europe, Amandine Crespy and Georg Menz proclaimed in 2015 that "Social Europe is dead". Seven years later, Crespy's book The European Social Question – Tackling Key Controversies dives deep into the past, present, and future of the EU's social dimension – and finds some signs of life.
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    In this nightmare vision of cats in revolt, fifteen-year-old Alex and his friends set out on a diabolical orgy of robbery, rape, torture and murder. Alex is jailed for his teenage delinquency and the State tries to reform him - but at what cost?

    Armchair economics defeated: how China escaped shock therapy Progressive Post

Armchair economics defeated: how China escaped shock therapy

How did post-socialist China become the world’s industrial powerhouse while post-socialist Russia deindustrialised? Isabella Weber’s award-winning book, How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate (Routledge, 2021), explores the economic policy debates behind China’s successful post-socialist transformation. The Russian contrast To contextualise China’s economic success, Weber starts by contrasting China with Russia and eastern […]
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