Comparative Social Policy
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Cash-for-Childcare
Edited by Jorma Sipilä, Katja Repo, Tapio Rissanen
This insightful book examines the meaning of, and impacts on, cash-for-care systems for mothers of small children. The contributors present a comprehensive overview of the major political and economic contradictions, theoretical debates ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Rights and Social Policy
Edited by Ann Nevile
This fascinating study evaluates whether the recent focus on human rights, citizenship and values makes a difference to service delivery on the ground. In doing so, it bridges the social policy and human rights literature. -
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Terrorism and Social Exclusion
Edited by David Wright-Neville, Anna Halafoff
Recent thinking on globalization places risk at the centre of contemporary life. Yet what if our perception of risk is misplaced? What if the greatest risk is not terrorism itself but the conditions that allow terrorism to flourish? This... -
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Happiness and Social Policy in Europe
Edited by Bent Greve
Happiness is currently a central focus for research in the social sciences. Using data from the European Social Survey the researchers analyse the relation between happiness and social policy across Europe. -
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Health Tourism
David Reisman
In this unique and pathbreaking book, David Reisman examines the relatively new phenomenon of health travel. He presents a multidisciplinary account of the way in which lower costs, shorter waiting times, different services, and the chan...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Microcredit in Europe
Edited by Bárbara Jayo Carboni, Maricruz Lacalle Calderón, Silvia Rico Garrido, Karl Dayson, Jill Kickul
This timely Handbook offers a unique opportunity to consider the performance and national context of microcredit initiatives within the European Union.eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Work–Family Balance, Gender and Policy
Jane Lewis
This important book looks at the three main components of work–family policy packages – childcare services, flexible working patterns and entitlements to leave from work in order to care – across EU15 Member States, with comparative ref...eBook:Find out more$49.56
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Older Workers in a Globalizing World
Dirk Hofäcker
This timely book investigates the growth of the early retirement trend and its varying spread among different groups of older workers in fourteen modern societies. It argues for a differentiated political approach to reverse early retire...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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... -
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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...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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 ... -
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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...eBook:Find out more$40.00
