This paper combines engineering and social science approaches to enhance our understanding of industrial energy efficiency and broaden our perspective on policy making in Europe. Sustainable development demands new strategies, solutions, and policy-making approaches. Numerous studies of energy efficiency potential state that cost-effective energy efficiency technologies in industry are not alwa...

In the American political process, news discourse concerning public policy issues is carefully constructed. This occurs in part because both politicians and interest groups take an increasingly proactive approach to amplify their views of what an issue is about. However, news media also play an active role in framing public policy issues. Thus, in this article, news discourse is conceived as a ...

Gentrification has become a global phenomenon over the last fifteen years, and has been understood as an increasingly important strategy within neoliberal policy-making. Focusing on London and Mumbai, this paper details how public policies and planning regimes have been reconfigured and rescaled to facilitate and encourage new property speculation. However, against more generalised and abstract...

Social neuroscience is an exciting new field with much to offer to the study of stigma and intergroup relations. In this article, we consider the potential impact that social neuroscience will have for social and public policy pertaining to these important topics. Taking a Hegelian approach, we discuss why social neuroscience should and should not be used by intergroup researchers and policy ma...

background ghana’s national health insurance scheme (nhis), established by an act of parliament (act 650), in 2003 and since replaced by act 852 of 2012 remains, in african terms, unprecedented in terms of growth and coverage. as a result, the scheme has received praise for its associated legal reforms, clinical audit mechanisms and for serving as a hub for knowledge sharing and learning within...

evidence now shows that the key drivers of poor health are social factors, such as education, employment, housing and urban environments. variations in these social factors—or the conditions in which we live our lives—have lead to a growth in health inequalities within and between countries. one of the key challenges facing those concerned with health equity is how to effect change across the b...

background: the findings of many studies confirm that obesity includes social stigma. stigma involves several stereotypes that have negative psychosocial effects. the goal of this study was to evaluate the experience of social stigma in obese women with emphasis on their coping strategies. methods: after the interview was done in the department with 24 sleeve female candidate, their narratives ...

This paper reviews current criticisms of the welfare state, in particular those put forth in West Germany and Austria. The review is set against a background of alternative attitudes toward social policy-attitudes forming a spectrum of ways in which the term "social policy" may be defined in Europe. It is pointed out that the "crisis of the welfare state" is not solely a fiscal crisis. It must ...