Economics of Social Policy
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Handbook on Austerity, Populism and the Welfare State
Edited by Bent Greve
‘This timely book offers compelling, critical yet nuanced analyses of the three key features shaping welfare-state reform since the Great Recession: austerity, retrenchment and populism. Covering a rich array of European regions, sectors... -
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Constraining Democratic Governance in Southern Europe
José M. Magone
‘Especially after the Great Depression of 2008 and later on with the Pandemic, Southern Europe has become an area of high interest again, as in the years of the transitions to democracy during the 1970s. Today, Southern European countrie... -
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Global Youth Unemployment
Ross Fergusson, Nicola Yeates
‘Rarely has a study of global youth unemployment so adeptly combined an empirically-grounded scrutiny of its levels and trends, with a conceptually nuanced analysis of its political economy drivers at multiple scales. Fergusson and Yeate... -
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![The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being]()
The European Social Model and an Economy of Well-being
Giovanni Bertin, Marion Ellison, Giuseppe Moro
‘The authors provide the reader with the analytical tools needed to understand what has been defined as the “European social model” and to grasp some of the most pressing challenges it is undergoing, including the Covid-19 stress test.’ ... -
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Poverty, Crisis and Resilience
Edited by Marie Boost, Jennifer Dagg, Jane Gray, Markus Promberger
‘The aftermath of the 2008 crisis left many communities across Europe facing serious problems, with the capacity of households to endure hardships pushed to the limit. In this exceptional volume the editors have brought together and dist...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Global Justice, Markets and Domination
Fausto Corvino
‘Fausto Corvino’s book is an original, engaging and enjoyable read. It is also erudite and wide-ranging. By bringing the extensive literatures on domination, distributive justice, and cosmopolitanism to bear on questions of commodificati...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Debt and Austerity
Edited by Jodi Gardner, Mia Gray, Katharina Moser
‘As problems of debt and overindebtedness loom large in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, this rich and interdisciplinary collection of essays provides timely insights into the theoretical, policy and practical issues in addressing p...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Research Handbook on Development and the Informal Economy
Edited by Jacques Charmes
‘Jacques Charmes and Edward Elgar Publishing are to be warmly congratulated for this Handbook, which reflects on 50 years of academic discussion on the informal economy, and offers us new insights and inspiration for the next 50 years of...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity
Edited by Tijs Laenen, Bart Meuleman, Wim van Oorschot
‘The three editors unite the finest state-of-the-art research about public attitudes towards the welfare state in Europe. Drawing on the 2008 and 2016 waves of the high-quality European Social Survey, the contributors analyse how and why...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income
Malcolm Torry
‘Malcolm Torry is one of the most prolific, well-rounded, and knowledgeable researchers in the field of Basic Income. No one is better placed to write a multidisciplinary guide to the topic.’ – Karl Widerquist, Georgetown University, QatareBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Companion to Transport, Space and Equity
Edited by Robin Hickman, Beatriz Mella Lira, Moshe Givoni, Karst Geurs
‘This unique and comprehensive volume provides a much-needed lens into multiple dimensions of transport equity across the life cycle, genders, modes, and indeed, the entire globe. By drawing from a diverse collection of cases, this colle...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Towards Convergence in Europe
Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
