Comparative Social Policy

  1. Add to Wish List Cultural Policy Beyond the Economy

    Cultural Policy Beyond the Economy

    Deborah Stevenson
    This unique and insightful book provides a comprehensive examination of contemporary cultural policy and its discourses, influences, and consequences. It examines the factors that have led to a narrowing of cultural policy and suggests n...
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  2. Add to Wish List Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe

    Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe

    Edited by Sofía Pérez de Guzmán, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio, Ivana Pais
    Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe investigates the manifold challenges posed by the continued expansion of the platform economy, the rise of non-standard forms of employment, and the diversification of work identities.
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  3. Add to Wish List Social Dialogue in the Gig Economy

    Social Dialogue in the Gig Economy

    Edited by Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni, Maria Mexi
    As our digital economy continues to expand, gig work becomes increasingly significant. This incisive book investigates the ways in which social dialogue can reinforce decent working practices and create inclusive workplaces in the growin...
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  4. Add to Wish List A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research

    A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research

    Edited by Beverley A. Searle, Jessica Pykett, Maria J. Alfaro-Simmonds
    This insightful Modern Guide explores heterodox approaches to modern wellbeing research, with a specific focus on how wellbeing is understood and practised, exploring policies and actions which are taken to shape wellbeing. It evaluates ...
    Hardback (2021)

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    Paperback (2022)

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  5. Add to Wish List A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society

    A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society

    Edited by Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters
    Providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the gig economy from both a labour and employment perspective, this Research Agenda goes beyond the question of the employment status of platform workers. It investigates how the g...
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  6. Add to Wish List Building Markets

    Building Markets

    Gyu-Jin Hwang
    Nowhere in the world presents a more dramatic case of wealth creation than East Asia. Contrary to the common belief that social policy in the economic powerhouses of the region is secondary to their pursuit of economic growth, Gyu-Jin Hw...
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  7. Add to Wish List Poverty and Inequality in East Asia

    Poverty and Inequality in East Asia

    Edited by Inhoe Ku, Peter Saunders
    This insightful book addresses the urgent need for robust evidence on recent trends and factors contributing to poverty and inequality in East Asia. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.
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  8. Add to Wish List Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe

    Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe

    Edited by Mi A. Schoyen, Bjørn Hvinden, Merethe Dotterud Leiren
    Foreword by Ian Gough 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. This seminal book addresses the critical and urgent question of ‘what...
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  9. Add to Wish List Social Policy in Changing European Societies

    Social Policy in Changing European Societies

    Edited by Kenneth Nelson, Rense Nieuwenhuis, Mara A. Yerkes
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach this book provides a cutting-edge, in-depth account of social policy research today, how we got here, and where...
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  10. Add to Wish List Rethinking Welfare and the Welfare State

    Rethinking Welfare and the Welfare State

    Bent Greve
    Bent Greve critically considers thinking on the core elements of welfare states, how they should be ranked and how to recognise indicators of their direction of movement. Providing expert analysis of the historical development of welfare...
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  11. Add to Wish List Global Youth Unemployment

    Global Youth Unemployment

    Ross Fergusson, Nicola Yeates
    This timely book introduces a fresh perspective on youth unemployment by analysing it as a global phenomenon. Ross Fergusson and Nicola Yeates argue that only by incorporating analysis of the dynamics of the global economy and global gov...
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    Paperback (2022)

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  12. Add to Wish List Advanced Introduction to Social Protection

    Advanced Introduction to Social Protection

    James Midgley
    Written by James Midgley, a leading authority on international social policy and social development, this Advanced Introduction offers a concise, readable and wide-ranging overview of how protection schemes such as social assistance, soc...
    Paperback (2022)

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    Hardback (2022)

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