Comparative Social Policy
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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$40.00
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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$40.00
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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$55.16
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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... -
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Irregular Migration
Bill Jordan, Franck Düvell
Irregular Migration is an extremely timely and topical book, analysing the fundamental tensions at the core of present attempts to manage the movement of population in today’s world. Recent events around the globe have prompted a reappra... -
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Restructuring the Welfare State
Virpi Timonen
What happens to extensive and generous welfare states when they are faced with serious economic crisis and the effects of globalization? This thorough analysis of the processes of social policy restructuring in two Nordic welfare states ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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EU Enlargement versus Social Europe?
Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
EU enlargement is higher than ever on the policy agenda and scholars and researchers of European Studies and social policy will find this book an invaluable reference. -
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![Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe]()
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Europe
Matt Barnes, Christopher Heady, Sue Middleton, Jane Millar, Fotis Papadopoulos, Graham Room, Panos Tsakloglou
There are estimated to be almost 60 million people living in poverty throughout the European Union. This bleak statistic underlines the value of this important book which explores the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in ... -
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Social Exclusion in European Welfare States
Edited by Ruud Muffels, Panos Tsakloglou, David G. Mayes
Social Exclusion in European Welfare States focuses on the complex relationship between economic welfare, labour market performance and social inclusion/exclusion. The contributors in the volume examine in detail the alleged trade-off be...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Global Market for Higher Education
Tim Mazzarol, Geoffrey N. Soutar
The authors of The Global Market for Higher Education discuss this industry from a strategic and services marketing perspective and suggest a model to explain how to obtain and maintain a competitive advantage. The book draws on more tha... -
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Globalisation and Social Development
Edited by Ludo Cuyvers
The impact of globalisation on social development is a critical issue for both developed and developing countries. In Globalisation and Social Development, leading experts investigate this from the perspective of European, and more speci...eBook:Find out more$40.00
