Sociology and Social Policy

This important book translates seven landmark essays by one of Japan’s most respected and influential legal thinkers. While Takao Tanase concedes that law might not matter as much in Japan as it does in the United States, in a provocativ...

Hardback (2010)

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Party Politics and Social Welfare

Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Silke van Dyk, Martin Roggenkamp

Christian and Social Democratic parties have been the driving force behind welfare state developments post-WWII. This valuable book investigates whether continued party differences have contributed significantly to the design of social w...

Paperback (2010)

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Hardback (2008)

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Health Care Systems in Developing and Transition Countries

Edited by Diana Pinto Masís, Peter C. Smith

Health policy is a central preoccupation of many, if not all, developing countries. This book presents a selection of ten studies that illustrate the powerful tool that carefully conducted research can offer policy-makers seeking to addr...

Hardback (February 2010)

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The Labour Market Triangle

Edited by Paul de Beer, Trudie Schils

Currently, European governments are being challenged to find an optimal social policy strategy that fosters ''flexicurity’, whereby a flexible, well-functioning labour market is achieved, whilst protection for workers is maintained. This...

Hardback (February 2010)

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Governance of Welfare State Reform

Edited by Irene Dingeldey, Heinz Rothgang

Governance is now a major topic in political science. To date, analysts of governance have paid scant attention to social policy or welfare state reform. In this book, the concept of governance is used to analyse the outgoing variety of ...

Hardback (2010)

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Handbook on the Economics of Discrimination

Edited by William M. Rodgers III

Discrimination’s dynamic nature means that no single theory, method, data or study should be relied upon to assess its magnitude, causes, or remedies. Despite some gains in our understanding, these remain active areas of debate among res...

Paperback (2009)

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Hardback (May 2006)

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Personal Provision of Retirement Income

Edited by Jim Stewart, Gerard Hughes

In response to demographic change many countries in the European Union have reformed their pension systems. During the last two decades personal pensions have been introduced in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, ...

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Migration and Mobility in Europe

Edited by Heinz Fassmann, Max Haller, David Lane

The enlargement of the European Union has had an enormous impact on migration within Europe. This book addresses the form of these effects, outlining the social, political and economic problems created by the free movement of people with...

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Sustainable Cities

Edited by Maddy Janssens, Dino Pinelli, Dafne C. Reymen, Sandra Wallmann

This book focuses on cities, their relationships with each other and the disparities between them. Analysing cities as the places where diversity is especially apparent, where cultural richness is experienced and where conflicts often er...

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Nations of Immigrants

Edited by John Higley, John Nieuwenhuysen, Stine Neerup

This timely book examines the immense surges in immigration since the mid-1990s in Australia and the United States, two of the world’s most important settler-receiving countries.

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Family and the Welfare State in Europe

Agnes Blome, Wolfgang Keck, Jens Alber

This insightful book explores the role of both the family and the state in shaping the living conditions of the young and old in Europe. It provides a comparative theoretical and empirical analysis of age-related policies and welfare arr...

Hardback (October 2009)

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