Comparative Social Policy

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...

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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...

Paperback (2004)

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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.

Hardback (2004)

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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...

Hardback (2004)

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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 ...

Hardback (August 2003)

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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.

Hardback (2003)

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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...

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Social Exclusion and European Policy

Edited by David G. Mayes, Jos Berghman, Robert Salais

The purpose of this book is to analyse one of the most pressing social problems of recent years, namely exclusion. The authors bring a richness of perspective, drawing on the experiences of eight European countries and a range of discipl...

Hardback (2001)

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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...

Hardback (November 2001)

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