Welfare States

The Relational Nordic Welfare State

Edited by Sakari Hänninen, Kirsi-Marja Lehtelä, Paula Saikkonen

The success of the Nordic welfare state is well known, but the key drivers of its remarkable expansion are not. This book explores the relationships between citizens that constitute the normative groundwork of Nordic societies, arguing t...

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Social Policy After the Financial Crisis

Ian Greener

Incorporating insights from political economy and behavioural psychology, this radical book provides an up-to-date account of the dilemmas facing social policy this decade: where did we go wrong, and what we can do about it?

Paperback (2019)

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Big Data

Edited by John S. Pedersen, Adrian Wilkinson

Big data and ''the package'' of the digital society is de-mystified in this important book. A group of international experts frame the debates around big data and analyse its impact in different sectors in practice. They also examine whe...

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European Welfare States and Globalization

Ali Hajighasemi

This timely book assesses how Europe’s welfare states have dealt with the challenges of globalisation and the financial crisis. It asks whether the European Union has adopted a general strategy for dealing with four major threats to the ...

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Globalizing Welfare

Edited by Stein Kuhnle, Per Selle, Sven E.O. Hort

From the welfare state’s origins in Europe, the idea of human welfare being organized through a civilized, institutionalized and uncorrupt state has caught the imagination of social activists and policy-makers around the world. This is p...

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Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones, Mahmood Messkoub

This book presents a state of the art in the developing field of social policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an up-to-date conceptual analysis of social policy programmes and discourses in the MENA region b...

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Social Security Outside the Realm of the Employment Contract

Edited by Mies Westerveld, Marius Olivier

All over the world countries face the challenge of inadequate social security coverage for workers without an employment contact. In countries of the global south, this phenomenon is a natural consequence of large informal economies. Cou...

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Handbook of European Social Policy

Edited by Patricia Kennett, Noemi Lendvai-Bainton

This Handbook comprises of 29 original pieces from key contributors to the field of European social policy. It is intended to capture the ‘state of the art’ in European social policy and to generate and contribute to debates on the the f...

Paperback (2019)

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Hardback (2017)

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Ageing, Ageism and the Law

Edited by Israel Doron, Nena Georgantzi

Europe is ageing. However, in many European countries, and in almost all fields of life, older persons experience discrimination, social exclusion, and negative stereotypes that portray them as different or a burden to society. This pivo...

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Gender and Generational Division in EU Citizenship

Edited by Trudie Knijn, Manuela Naldini

Family law, gender equality, care arrangements and the consequences of demographic change have long been on the agenda of the European Union. However, these are coloured by national and cultural factors more than any other disputes, and ...

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How to Live Well

Tony Fitzpatrick

The ancient moral philosophy of Epicureanism offers many valuable lessons for the modern world. How to Live Well updates and modifies Epicurean philosophy to offer an exciting new framework for contemporary social reform.

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