Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

EUにおける脆弱なグループの社会的排除
Anagnostopoulou, Despoina (ed.), European Identities, Inclusion and Equality: Social Exclusion of Vulnerable Groups in the European Union. (Diversity and Inclusion Research) 294 pp. 2025:7 (Springer, GW) <749-276>
ISBN 978-3-031-90601-5 hard ¥28,244.- (税込) EUR 119.99

The volume takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to recent trends in European identities, social exclusion and poverty on the one hand, and social rights and equality legislation and policies in the European Union on the other. It examines whether legal instruments and policies can effectively address structural discrimination and social exclusion, explores their interplay with identity politics and stereotypes, and examines how legal principles and policies translate into societal progress and inclusion at both the EU and national levels. The book highlights the social rights safeguarded in the European Pillar of Social Rights, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe's European Social Charter, as well as the role of EU and national courts in interpreting social rights and non-discrimination legislation. Using case studies from Greece, Italy and Spain, the book examines state and civil society initiatives to combat poverty and marginalization. The book will appeal to students, researchers and academics in political science, law, sociology and education, as well as policy-makers and practitioners interested in equality and social policies aimed at combating social exclusion, marginalization and poverty.

いかに国際機関が数字を通じて社会政策を構築するか
Berten, John, Laboratories of Social Knowledge: How International Organizations Construct Social Policy Through Numbers. (Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy) 304 pp. 2025:5 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-277>
ISBN 978-3-031-89178-6 hard ¥30,598.- (税込) EUR 129.99

The book examines the politics of knowledge in global social policy, investigating how international organisations (IOs) have contributed to the emergence and development of social security as a global policy field. It reconstructs the role of numerical knowledge in the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Bank, theorising how IOs contribute to epistemic infrastructures of global social security. The book shows how IOs' knowledge production has led to a continuous refinement of the meaning and purpose of social security. First, it reveals how IOs arrived at a shared conception of social security: what the book calls an ontological framework. Second, it traces how numbers have increasingly enabled the assessment of countries according to shared benchmarks: what the book calls an evaluative framework. The author demonstrates the political and epistemic work involved in universalising knowledge of social security, while highlighting the limits of governing by numbers in global social policy.

Devetzi, Stamatia / Reinhard, Hans-Joachim (eds.), Provision for Surviving Dependants in Social Security: A New Architecture for the 21st Century? (An Interdisciplinary Series of the Centre for Intercultural and European Studies - CINTEUS) 212 pp. 2025:7 (Ibidem Pr., GW) <749-278>
ISBN 978-3-8382-2036-9 paper ¥6,029.- (税込) US$ 29.00

This book explores survivors’ benefits, a long-standing pillar of social security systems worldwide. Rooted in the outdated male breadwinner model, these benefits were crafted to shield dependents from financial ruin after losing a primary earner. Yet, as societal currents shift?marked by rising female employment, widespread divorce, and the prevalence of informal partnerships?, social security systems increasingly grapple with their relevance. Are survivors’ benefits a vestige of the past, poised for overhaul, substitution, or even elimination? Focusing on recent shifts in selected countries, this collected volume dissects the legal, social, and policy dimensions of these benefits. It examines how international and European legal instruments address survivors’ benefits and analyzes 21st-century reforms, revealing a system in quiet upheaval. Compact and incisive, this work lays bare the evolution of a once-steady institution now facing an uncertain future.

Heinrich, Andreas / Ewa Kaminska, Monika et al. (eds.), The Generosity of Social Policies in Socialist and Post-Socialist States. (Global Dynamics of Social Policy) 316 pp. 2025:7 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <749-279>
ISBN 978-3-031-87732-2 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This open access book maps and compares national social policies of socialist and post-socialist countries, examining designs, implementation, and outcomes. It analyses how the generosity of social policies - understood as the combination of their inclusiveness and the scope of benefits they offer - has been conceptualised in different socialist and post-socialist national contexts, how these conceptualisations have shaped the content of social policies, and finally, how the content of social policies has actually been implemented. Thus, the contributions include the ideational, de jure and de facto aspects of social policy in socialist and post-socialist contexts.