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The Welfare State in Europe
Edited by Marco Buti, Daniele Franco, Lucio R. Pench
This book analyses the main problems in the functioning of the welfare state and possible actions for its reform. Focusing on the European Union, it looks at the achievements of and challenges to the welfare state as we enter the 21st c...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Globalization and the Welfare State
Ramesh Mishra
Globalization and the Welfare State is highly accessible and will be welcomed by students and scholars of social policy, social work, political science and sociology as well as by policymakers in international organizations and government. -
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The Formation of a Labour Market in Russia
Simon Clarke
The Russian labour market has been hailed by some economists as being ‘perfectly flexible’ because Russia has achieved enormous employment restructuring with minimal unemployment, and by others as plagued by rigidities since pay structur... -
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Social and Economic Transformation in East Central Europe
Terry Cox, Bob Mason
This book focuses not only on economic and political transformation since the demise of communism in Eastern and Central Europe, but also on the relationships between economic organization, social patterns and institutional change. -
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Globalization and Labour Relations
Edited by Peter Leisink
This important book presents an in-depth analysis of the neo-liberal viewpoint on globalization and its impact on labour relations. The policies of states and multinational corporations as well as their effects are analysed from the pers... -
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The Economics of the Family and Family Policy
Francisco Cabrillo
This comprehensive and authoritative book offers a global approach to the modern economics of the family, family law and family policy. Beginning with the division of labour in the family, this book deals with the economics of marriage...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Job Creation
Edited by Jordi Gual
Insufficient job creation and the decreasing quality of jobs are fundamental social problems throughout the industrialized world. This impressive book uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide an accessible and wide-ranging assessmen... -
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Enterprise and the Welfare State
Edited by Martin Rein, Eskil Wadensjö
Enterprise and the Welfare State argues that there is more to welfare than simply provision by the state and so the focus of this book is on the welfare society rather than the welfare state. This requires a new system of statistical acc... -
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Urban Affairs and Urban Policy
Anthony Downs
The articles in this book set forth fundamental policy analyses concerning all of the major elements of urban policy. Written in Downs’s exceptionally clear and compelling style they focus on the space-related dimensions of urban affair... -
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The Political Economy of Population Ageing
William A. Jackson
Population ageing has been the subject of much discussion in recent years, often expressed in alarmist language that advocates evasive policy action to avert an imminent demographic crisis. This forward-looking book evaluates the debate... -
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Pensions and Population Ageing
John Creedy
The analysis of pensions presents many complex problems. A major aim of this book is to demonstrate how reasonably simple economic models can be designed and used to shed some light on the issues involved in population growth and pension... -
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Unemployment in Theory and Practice
Edited by Thomas Lange
Unemployment in Theory and Practice examines the effectiveness of current policies in the battle against unemployment. It uses a variety of country case studies to analyse the range of potential causes of and cures for unemployment and ...eBook:Find out more£25.00
