Comparative Social Policy
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Measuring More than Money
Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo, Enrique Fernández-Macías, José-Ignacio Antón, Fernando Esteve
Job quality is a crucial link between the economy and well-being. This original book proves that it can and should be measured, proposing a theoretically based multidimensional ‘Index of Job Quality’ that is tested in the EU member State...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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New Welfare States in East Asia
Edited by Gyu-Jin Hwang
The fast changing economic climate is creating substantial pressure for welfare state restructuring worldwide. Yet the discussion regarding challenges faced and the responses required has been confined to the ‘standard welfare states’ in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Welfare States and Public Opinion
Claus Wendt, Monika Mischke, Michaela Pfeifer
Welfare States and Public Opinion comprises an informed inquiry into three fields of social policy – health policy, family policy, and unemployment benefits and social assistance. Though the analyses stem from research spanning fifteen c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
Edited by Rafeal Ziegler
This timely book sets social entrepreneurship in a historical context, from its philanthropic beginnings in the Victorian era to the present day, against the backdrop of contemporary global capitalism.eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Development and Religion
Matthew Clarke
Development and Religion explores how the world’s five major religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam – understand and practice ‘development’ through an examination of their sacred texts, social teaching and basic ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Beyond Welfare State Models
Edited by Pauli Kettunen, Klaus Petersen
Welfare state models have for decades been the gold standard of welfare state research. Beyond Welfare State Models escapes the straitjacket of conventional welfare state models and challenges the existing literature in two ways. Firstly...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century]()
Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century
Edited by Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton, Clare Lyonette
Both women and men strive to achieve a work and family balance, but does this imply more or less equality? Does the persistence of gender and class inequalities refute the notion that lives are becoming more individualised? Leading inter...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Immigration and Nation Building
Edited by Andrew Markus, Moshe Semyonov
This insightful study explores the growth of the two largest post-industrial immigrant nations since the Second World War – Australia and Israel. Almost one in four Australians were born outside the country, more than one in three Israelis.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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]()
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.
