Comparative Social Policy
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The European Social Model
Nick Adnett, Stephen Hardy
This timely book explores the development of the European Social Model and questions whether the relatively high level of social protection provided, both in terms of social welfare provision and in the creation of workers’ rights and em...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Crisis of Innovation in Water and Wastewater
Duncan A. Thomas, Roger R. Ford
This significant new book highlights a little acknowledged but potentially catastrophic crisis of innovation in the global water sector, which institutions and industries are frighteningly ill-equipped to tackle or even accept. It sugges...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Economics of Social Policy
Peter G. Rosner
This unique book demonstrates how instruments of economics can be usefully employed to analyse social policy. The merits and limits of social policy programmes are discussed as answers to problems of market societies. -
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Work, Family and Childcare
Joris Ghysels
Work, Family and Childcare studies the joint decisions made by parents regarding the time they allocate to paid employment and childcare. Extensive cross-national data is analysed from three countries that represent the diversity of Euro...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Economics of Social Security in Japan
Edited by Toshiaki Tachibanaki
This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing populat...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Poverty and Subsidiarity in Europe
Didier Fourage
This book focuses on the effects of welfare state arrangements on the dynamics of poverty in Europe. The author contends that the EU is primarily based on economic integration and as a result social policy issues have remained secondary ... -
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Social Europe
Edited by Richard Berthoud, Maria Iacovou
Social Europe analyses the diverse dynamics of the lives of people across Europe. It is the first quantitative analysis of its kind to make a systematic comparison of life chances across the fifteen countries of the EU. This wide perspec... -
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Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany
Frances McGinnity
In recent decades, the problem of unemployment has generated fierce political and academic discussion on how national governments should address this issue. This book sheds light on a key debate in unemployment policy – that of whether u...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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The Third Sector in Europe
Edited by Adalbert Evers, Jean-Louis Laville
This book explores Europe’s third sector – the non-profit organisations and providers of social services such as mutuals, co-operatives, associations, voluntary organisations and charities: these elements of a civil society are important...eBook:Find out more£25.00
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Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics
Edited by Barbara Hobson, Jane Lewis, Birte Siim
An important contribution to the current literature on gender and social politics, this book challenges mainstream thinking on welfare states, citizenship, family, work, and social policy. Contested Concepts in Gender and Social Politics...eBook:Find out more£32.76
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Solidarity Between the Sexes and the Generations
Edited by Trudie Knijn, Aafke Komter
This book combines a theoretical and empirical cross-national perspective to examine how societal transformations in European welfare states affect patterns of solidarity between men and women, and across generations. -
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The Political Economy of the Voluntary Sector
Brian E. Dollery, Joe L. Wallis
In this book, the authors outline how policymakers in advanced countries have moved away from exclusive reliance on the public sector in social service delivery, towards a more multi-faceted approach that seeks to combine the strengths o...