Economics of Social Policy
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Fixing Prices
Franck Cochoy, Johan Hagberg, Hans Kjellberg
Shedding light on a range of price fixing mechanisms and price display technologies, this incisive book offers a clear overview of the retail price setting, posting and adjusting processes. Based on a detailed study of a century of prici...eBook:Find out more$35.16
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The Role of the Public Sector
Bent Greve
At last – a textbook on the public sector for students of social policy, public policy, political science and sociology. This book explains why we have a public sector and what tasks it is expected to perform.eBook:Find out more$24.76
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Basic Income
Malcolm Torry
Presenting a truly comprehensive history of Basic Income, Malcolm Torry explores the evolution of the concept of a regular unconditional income for every individual, as well as examining other types of income as they relate to its histor...eBook:Find out more$35.16
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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...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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A Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income
Malcolm Torry
Debate on the desirability, feasibility and implementation of a Citizen’s Basic Income – an unconditional, nonwithdrawable and regular income for every individual – is increasingly widespread among academics, policymakers, and the genera...eBook:Find out more$39.96
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Digitalization, Immigration and the Welfare State
Mårten Blix
The Swedish welfare state finds itself in the middle of two major upheavals: The impact of technology and immigration. Having taken in more refugees per capita than most other countries, the pillars of the welfare state are being shaken....eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Transforming European Employment Policy
Edited by Ralf Rogowski, Robert Salais, Noel Whiteside
Since the mid 1990s, the focus of European employment and social policy has shifted from protection to promotion. This book provides a timely analysis of this new form of governance, and the new forms of policy delivery and audit which a...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Housing Markets and the Global Financial Crisis
Edited by Ray Forrest, Ngai-Ming Yip
Housing markets are at the centre of the recent global financial turmoil. In this well-researched study, a multidisciplinary group of leading analysts explores the impact of the crisis within, and between, countries.eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy
Graham Room
Graham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytica...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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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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Global Finance and Social Europe
Edited by John Grahl
With global finance reshaping the world economy, this insightful new book provides a full account of the EU’s financial integration strategy, together with a critical assessment arguing the case for social control over global finance. W...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Work after Globalization
Guy Standing
In this ground-breaking book, Guy Standing offers a new perspective on work and citizenship, rejecting the labourist orientation of the 20th century.eBook:Find out more$49.56
