Sociology and Social Policy
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Education and Inequality Across Europe
Edited by Peter Dolton, Rita Asplund, Erling Barth
The relationship between education and income inequality is of fundamental importance. In this book, an international group of renowned contributors focus on patterns of inequality and their relationship to education using recent data fr... -
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Taxing the Working Poor
Achim Kemmerling
In most industrialized countries the tax burden of poor people has increased dramatically over the last few decades. This book analyses both the political origins of this increase and its consequences for the labour market.eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Social Policy in an Ageing Society
David Reisman
Around half the world’s population live in countries where the fertility rate is far below the replacement rate and where life expectancy is increasing dramatically. Using Singapore as a case study, Social Policy in an Ageing Society exp...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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When Marriage Ends
Edited by Hans-Jürgen Andreß, Dina Hummelsheim
In recent decades the probability of divorce and separation among married and cohabiting couples has increased significantly in most European countries. Focusing on both economic and social aspects, this comprehensive volume explores the...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Immigration, Internal Migration, and Local Mobility in the U.S.
Donald J. Bogue, Gregory Liegel, Michael Kozloski
This book provides an important assembly of research findings for all who are interested either in changing or reinforcing present immigration policy. Both comprehensive and up-to-date, the study of the demographic, economic, and social ... -
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Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance
Richard E. Wagner
This book advances a social-theoretic treatment of public finance, which contrasts with the typical treatment of government as an agent of intervention into a market economy. To start, Richard Wagner construes government not as an agent ...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Frontiers in Pension Finance
Edited by Dirk Broeders, Sylvester Eijffinger, Aerdt Houben
How to deliver adequate pension benefits at reasonable costs is a huge challenge confronting our ageing societies. This book delivers a comprehensive overview of the latest insights into pension finance, pension system design, pension go...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Social Protection in Africa
Frank Ellis, Stephen Devereux, Phillip White
The purpose of this book is to make accessible to a broad audience the ideas, principles and practicalities of establishing effective social protection in Africa. It focuses on the major shift in strategy for tackling hunger and vulnerab...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Analysing Social Policy
Edited by Greg Marston, Catherine McDonald
This book brings together leading international researchers to discuss governmental approaches to analysing social policies.eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Health Care and Public Policy
David Reisman
Health Care and Public Policy is a comprehensive and intelligible cross-disciplinary account of the objectives of health care policy (medical, social, economic) and of the policy-tools that government can employ (cost–benefit analysis, e...eBook:Find out more£39.16
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Regulatory Capitalism
John Braithwaite
Contemporary societies have more vibrant markets than past ones. Yet they are more heavily populated by private and public regulators. This book explores the features of such a regulatory capitalism, its tendencies to be cyclically crisi...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Innovating European Labour Markets
Edited by Peter Ester, Ruud Muffels, Joop Schippers, Ton Wilthagen
This book examines innovative theoretical perspectives and novel labour market policy responses to Europe’s changing work demands, employment careers and life courses. It presents creative ideas and recommendations for flexicurity polici...eBook:Find out more£25.00
