Comparative Social Policy
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Growing the Productivity of Government Services
Patrick Dunleavy, Leandro Carrera
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Productivity is essentially the ratio of an organization’s outputs divided by its inputs. Fo...eBook:Find out more$43.16
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The Costs of Children
Edited by David G. Mayes, Mark Thomson
The expert contributors provide an assessment of how countries can handle the fair allocation of the costs of childcare. They look at the experience within Europe in recent years and show in particular how these interrelate with the obje...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Colonialism and Welfare
Edited by James Midgley, David Piachaud
The British Empire covered three centuries, five continents and one-quarter of the world’s population. Its legacy continues, shaping the societies and welfare policies of much of the modern world. In this book, for the first time, this l...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Housing Markets and the Global Financial Crisis
Edited by Ray Forrest, Ngai-Ming Yip
Housing markets are at the centre of the recent global financial turmoil. In this well-researched study, a multidisciplinary group of leading analysts explores the impact of the crisis within, and between, countries.eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Social Capital in Europe
Emanuele Ferragina
The book investigates the determinants of social capital across 85 European regions capturing the renewed interest among social capital theorists for the importance of active secondary groups in supporting the correct functioning of soci...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Women, Gender and Rural Development in China
Edited by Tamara Jacka, Sally Sargeson
This multidisciplinary book explores gender politics in the discourses and practices of development in rural China. The contributors – scholars in political science, anthropology, gender, development and Chinese studies – examine how dif...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Community Co-Production
Edited by Jane Farmer, Carol Hill, Sarah-Anne Muñoz
This book addresses a clutch of contemporary societal challenges including: aging demography and the consequent need for extended care in communities; public service provision in an era of retrenching welfare and global financial crises;...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen
David Reisman
Thorstein Veblen was a multidisciplinary social scientist whose original insights continue to inspire debate. Rather than focusing on allocation, markets and scarcity, his perspective on economics was rather one of Darwinian evolution an...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Big Society Debate
Edited by Armine Ishkanian, Simon Szreter
The book is divided into two sections, history and policy, which together provide readers with a historically grounded, internationally informed, and multidisciplinary analysis of the Big Society policies. The introduction and conclusion...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Migration in Britain
Tony Fielding
Migration in Britain takes a fresh look at the patterns of migration at both the regional and local levels and develops new theoretical frameworks and novel methods to explain these patterns. It anticipates British society and its intern...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economy and Society in Europe
Edited by Luigi Burroni, Maarten Keune, Guglielmo Meardi
While an economy is always ‘embedded’ in society, the relationship between the two is undergoing profound changes in Europe, resulting in widespread instability which is emphasised by the current crisis. This book analyses these changes,...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Future of the Welfare State
Edited by Heikki Ervasti, Jørgen Goul Andersen, Torben Fridberg, Kristen Ringdal
At a time when welfare states in Europe are coming under increasing pressure from both growing demand and, in some countries, severe financial austerity measures, the attitudes of ordinary people and European social cohesion are much deb...eBook:Find out more$40.00