Economics of Social Policy
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Handbook on Evaluation
Edited by Reinhard Stockmann
In this Handbook, Reinhard Stockmann and other esteemed experts in the field provide a systematic and comprehensive exploration into the planning, process, implementation and utilisation of evaluations. Covering the process and individua... -
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Taxation, Citizenship and Democracy in the 21st Century
Edited by Yvette Lind, Reuven Avi-Yonah
Proposing innovative ideas on the links between taxation, citizenship and democracy, this multidisciplinary book contributes to ongoing research and scholarship by emphasizing the importance of taxes to the functioning of democracy. -
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What Have Populists Done for Us?
Dani Filc, Amit Avigur-Eshel
This ground-breaking book goes beyond conventional arguments to explore how and why populists are able to hold power for long periods. It illustrates that exclusionary populist movements maintain power whenever they succeed in stabilizin... -
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Personal Provision of Retirement Income
Edited by Jim Stewart, Gerard Hughes
In response to demographic change many countries in the European Union have reformed their pension systems. During the last two decades personal pensions have been introduced in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, ... -
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Reform and Leadership in the Public Sector
Joe L. Wallis, Brian E. Dollery, Linda McLoughlin
The authors provide a fresh and accessible multi-disciplinary perspective on public management reform in this study. The work includes a broad survey of the paradigms and patterns that have shaped and differentiated the reform process in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Work, Leisure and the Environment
Tim Robinson
This significant book explains how work–life balance is being destroyed because individuals fail to link their work effort with its adverse environmental effects and the personal costs they impose. -
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Redesigning the Welfare State
Hans-Werner Sinn, Christian Holzner, Wolfgang Meister, Wolfgang Ochel, Martin Werding
Redesigning the Welfare State argues that the current high level of unemployment in Germany not only creates a major challenge for the German welfare state, but is to a good extent caused by the way the country''s welfare system is desig... -
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Public Pensions and Immigration
Tim Krieger
The rapid ageing of societies in many industrialized countries threatens the stability of unfunded public pension systems. An immigration policy that accepts young workers would appear to be a simple solution to the challenge, by increas...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital
Gunnar L.H Svendsen, Gert T. Svendsen
This book will contribute substantially to academic and popular debates on social capital and will be an invaluable source of reference for all social scientists. It will particularly appeal to students and scholars of public policy, eco...eBook:Find out more$55.16
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Pension Systems
Edited by Elsa Fornero, Paolo Sestito
Pension Systems enters into the current lively debate on European pensions. The focus of the book is the analysis of public intervention in individuals’ retirement choice, its rationale and the desirability of legislation introducing a s... -
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The Economics of Social Policy
Peter G. Rosner
This unique book demonstrates how instruments of economics can be usefully employed to analyse social policy. The merits and limits of social policy programmes are discussed as answers to problems of market societies. -
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Poverty and Subsidiarity in Europe
Didier Fourage
This book focuses on the effects of welfare state arrangements on the dynamics of poverty in Europe. The author contends that the EU is primarily based on economic integration and as a result social policy issues have remained secondary ...