Comparative Social Policy
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![International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment]()
International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment
Edited by Tony Fitzpatrick
Environmental change is central to the global social policy challenges of the twenty-first century. This comprehensive Handbook brings together leading experts from around the world to address the most important questions and issues we f...eBook:Find out more$54.36
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Integrating Social and Employment Policies in Europe
Edited by Martin Heidenreich, Deborah Rice
A central goal of European activation policies is to integrate social and employment policies into a coherent active inclusion approach that fosters social cohesion and enhances the employment chances of vulnerable groups. This requires ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy]()
International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy
Edited by Sarah Harper, Kate Hamblin, Jaco Hoffman, Kenneth Howse, George Leeson
The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe for government, policy makers, the private sector and civil society. It examines various national stat...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Gender, Education and Employment
Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopek, Moris Triventi, Sandra Buchholz
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as w...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Restructuring Welfare Governance
Edited by Tanja Klenk, Emmanuele Pavolini
This innovative book explores the introduction and impact of marketization and managerialism in social policy by adopting a dual perspective, considering both governance and human resources. Welfare governance (e.g. welfare mix, regulati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States]()
Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States
Edited by Pauli Kettunen, Sonya Michel, Klaus Petersen
In this interdisciplinary volume, leading and emerging scholars examine the relationship between homogeneity and welfare state development. They trace Gunnar Myrdal’s influence on thinking about race in the US and explore current Europea...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Social Policies in an Age of Austerity]()
Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
Edited by John Karl Scholz, Hyungypo Moon, Sang-Hyup Lee
Social Policies in an Age of Austerity is the first major publication on the topic, with a particular interest in the United States and the Republic of Korea. The authors of the ten chapters in this book review recent developments in soc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Sustainability of the European Social Model]()
The Sustainability of the European Social Model
Edited by Jean-Claude Barbier, Ralf Rogowski, Fabrice Colomb
This book argues that the European Social Model can only be sustained in the current economic crisis if social and employment policies are adequately recognised as integral parts of European economic policy-making. The contributing autho...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Interculturalism in Cities
Edited by Ricard Zapata-Barrero
Cities are increasingly recognized as new players in diversity studies, and many of them are showing evidence of an intercultural shift. As an emerging concept and policy, interculturalism is becoming the most pragmatic answer to concret...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Handbook on East Asian Social Policy]()
Handbook on East Asian Social Policy
Edited by Misa Izuhara
Dramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. Since the 1990s and in response to national as well as global pressure, th...eBook:Find out more$67.96
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![Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe]()
Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe
Colin Crouch
In this illuminating book Colin Crouch examines the diverse approaches presented by advanced societies in their attempts to resolve a central dilemma of a capitalist economy: the need to combine buoyant mass consumption with insecure wor...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Social Policy in a Developing World]()
Social Policy in a Developing World
Edited by Rebecca Surender, Robert Walker
This volume provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing social protection systems in the global south, and examines current strategies for addressing poverty and welfare needs in the region. In particular, the...eBook:Find out more$39.16
