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The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany

Still a Semi-Sovereign State?

By: Christof Schiller

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The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany

Still a Semi-Sovereign State?

By: Christof Schiller

How can we best analyse contemporary welfare state change? And how can we explain and understand the politics of it? This book contributes to these questions both empirically and theoretically by concentrating on one of the least likely cases for welfare state transformation in Europe. It analyzes in detail how and why institutional change has taken Germany’s welfare state from a conservative towards a new work-first regime. Christof Schiller introduces a novel analytical framework to make sense of the politics of welfare state transformation by providing the missing link: the capacity of the core executive over time. Examining the policy making process in labour market policy in the period between 1980 and 2010, he identifies three different policy making episodes and analyses their interaction with developments and changes in such policy areas as pension policy, family policy, labour law, tax policy and social assistance. The book advances existing efforts aimed at conceptualizing and measuring welfare state change by proposing a clear-cut conceptualization of social policy regime change and introduces a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of the welfare-work nexus between 1980 and 2010 in Germany. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of social policy, comparative welfare state reform, welfare politics, government, governance, public policy, German politics, European politics, political economy, sociology and history.

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314

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Routledge

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1317227409

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9781317227403

Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits

Europe on the Move

By: Christof Van Mol

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Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits

Europe on the Move

By: Christof Van Mol

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book empirically investigates the (im)mobility decisions, social network formation, sense of European identity and migratory aspirations of higher education students. It draws on a large-scale survey, in-depth interviews and focus groups, conducted in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Norway, Poland and the UK.

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311

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Springer

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1137355441

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9781137355447

Biophysics of Computation

Information Processing in Single Neurons

By: Christof Koch

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Biophysics of Computation

Information Processing in Single Neurons

By: Christof Koch

Neural network research often builds on the fiction that neurons are simple linear threshold units, completely neglecting the highly dynamic and complex nature of synapses, dendrites, and voltage-dependent ionic currents. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons challenges this notion, using richly detailed experimental and theoretical findings from cellular biophysics to explain the repertoire of computational functions available to single neurons. The author shows how individual nerve cells can multiply, integrate, or delay synaptic inputs and how information can be encoded in the voltage across the membrane, in the intracellular calcium concentration, or in the timing of individual spikes. Key topics covered include the linear cable equation; cable theory as applied to passive dendritic trees and dendritic spines; chemical and electrical synapses and how to treat them from a computational point of view; nonlinear interactions of synaptic input in passive and active dendritic trees; the Hodgkin-Huxley model of action potential generation and propagation; phase space analysis; linking stochastic ionic channels to membrane-dependent currents; calcium and potassium currents and their role in information processing; the role of diffusion, buffering and binding of calcium, and other messenger systems in information processing and storage; short- and long-term models of synaptic plasticity; simplified models of single cells; stochastic aspects of neuronal firing; the nature of the neuronal code; and unconventional models of sub-cellular computation. Biophysics of Computation: Information Processing in Single Neurons serves as an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in cellular biophysics, computational neuroscience, and neural networks, and will appeal to students and professionals in neuroscience, electrical and computer engineering, and physics.

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588

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Oxford University Press

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0190292857

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9780190292850

Performing State Boundaries

Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China

By: Christof Lammer

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Performing State Boundaries

Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China

By: Christof Lammer

Polarizing images of authoritarian, socialist or culturalist otherness compromise analyses of the Chinese state. Still, such images produce effects beyond academia when they inform performances of the boundaries between state and non-state. This book shows how performative boundary work leads to contrasting judgements that decide about support and access to resources. In an ecological village in Sichuan, citizen participation in food networks and bureaucracy signaled Western liberalism, Maoism or traditional rural culture for different audiences. Attention to the multiplicity of performed state boundaries helps China studies and political anthropology to understand such diverging classifications – and how they sometimes co-exist without causing tensions.

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406

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Berghahn Books

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1805396528

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9781805396529

The Internet

Surfin' the Web

By: Christof Hafkemeyer

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The Internet

Surfin' the Web

By: Christof Hafkemeyer

The Internet provides readers with an easy-to-understand introduction to one of the fastest growing phenomena of our time: the fascinating world of the Internet. Clearly written, with numerous photos and graphics, this book explains the origins of the Internet and provides handy tips about using this rapidly changing technology.

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Tessloff Publishing

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1581850239

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Book's by Christof Schiller

The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany

The Politics of Welfare State Transformation in Germany

Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits

Intra-European Student Mobility in International Higher Education Circuits

Biophysics of Computation

Biophysics of Computation

Performing State Boundaries

Performing State Boundaries

The Internet

The Internet

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