Politics and Pensions in Europe

Immigration and the Changing Politics of Europe

The politics of health in Europe

Somatostatin is a tetradecapeptide with potent inhibitory actions on several endocrine systems; it blocks the release of growth hormone, follicle stimulating hormone and thyrotropin from the pituitary gland (Krulich et al., 1968; Brazeau et al., 1973; Hall et al., 1978; Reichlin, 1983) and several peptide hormones from the endocrine gut and pancreas (Cohen et al., 1978; Gerich, 1981). It also a...

Poverty Politics and Crime Control in Europe and America

The growth of prisons and jails over the last thirty years transformed the social experience of American poverty. Penal confinement became commonplace for poor men of working age. Incarceration added to the unstable home life of poor children and their mothers, whose own imprisonment rates had also grown rapidly. Loı̈c Wacquant’s Prisons of Poverty (in part, first published in French in 1999) ca...

Science, politics, and the GM debate in Europe.

Europe today stands at a crossroad, facing challenges but also opportunities. In its intent to make Europe a leading technology-based economy by 2010, the European Commission has identified biotechnology and genomics as fields for future growth, crucial for supporting the agricultural and food processing industry. Since first commercialization in 1996, GM crop areas have grown at double-digit r...

The Quiet Continent: Religion and Politics in Europe