Comparative Social Policy
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Social Policy After the Financial Crisis
Ian Greener
Incorporating insights from political economy and behavioural psychology, this radical book provides an up-to-date account of the dilemmas facing social policy this decade: where did we go wrong, and what we can do about it?eBook:Find out more$35.96
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Governance Analysis
Edited by Emma Carmel
This state-of-the-art book develops the parameters of ‘governance analysis’ as a critical mode of enquiry. From a synthesis of theoretical approaches to public policy and governance, it offers a critical analytical perspective for empiri...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Globalizing Welfare
Edited by Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle, Sven E.O. Hort
From the welfare state’s origins in Europe, the idea of human welfare being organized through a civilized, institutionalized and uncorrupt state has caught the imagination of social activists and policy-makers around the world. This is p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
Edited by Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones, Mahmood Messkoub
This book presents a state of the art in the developing field of social policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an up-to-date conceptual analysis of social policy programmes and discourses in the MENA region b...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Self-Employment as Precarious Work
Edited by Wieteke Conen, Joop Schippers
Since the 1970s the long term decline in self-employment has slowed – and even reversed in some countries – and the prospect of ‘being your own boss’ is increasingly topical in the discourse of both the general public and within academia...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook on In-Work Poverty
Edited by Henning Lohmann, Ive Marx
There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, acknowledging that across the world a large number of the poor are ‘working poor’. Taking a global and multi-disciplinary perspective, ...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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New Parents in Europe
Edited by Daniela Grunow, Marie Evertsson
This innovative book explores the different ways in which dual-earner couples in contemporary welfare states plan for, realize and justify their divisions of work and care during the transition to parenthood. Providing a unique comparati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Europe
Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Christer Hyggen, Mi A. Schoyen, Tomáš Sirovátka
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. Providing original insights into the factors causing early job insecurity in European countr... -
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Handbook of European Social Policy
Edited by Patricia Kennett, Noemi Lendvai-Bainton
This Handbook comprises of 29 original pieces from key contributors to the field of European social policy. It is intended to capture the ‘state of the art’ in European social policy and to generate and contribute to debates on the the f...eBook:Find out more$57.56
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Negotiating Early Job Insecurity
Edited by Bjørn Hvinden, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mi A. Schoyen, Christer Hyggen
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. Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this book explores how young ... -
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Youth, Diversity and Employment
Edited by Rune Halvorsen, Bjørn Hvinden
Including youth in the labour market is a major challenge facing many European countries. This book examines the transitions from education to employment with a focus on Nordic youth in the broader European context. The book combines ins...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Family Demography in Asia
Edited by Stuart Gietel-Basten, John Casterline, Minja K. Choe
The demographic future of Asia is a global issue. As the biggest driver of population growth, an understanding of patterns and trends in fertility throughout Asia is critical to understand our shared demographic future. This is the first...eBook:Find out more$40.00