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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 Capital, Social Support and Stratification

Edited by Ronald S. Burt, Yanjie Bian, Lijun Song, Nan Lin

This insightful book explores the spread of ''social'' network imagery in three areas of sociology – social capital, social support, and China – using as its protagonist a man active in all three: Nan Lin. Social Capital, Social Support ...

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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?

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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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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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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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Sustainable Development Goals and Income Inequality

Edited by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk, Rolph van der Hoeven

This timely book documents and analyses the seriousness of growing national inequality in different regions around the world. It argues that the treatment of inequality in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is wholly insufficient d...

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New Parents in Europe

Edited by Daniela Grunow, Marie Evertsson

This innovative book explores the different ways in which dual-earner couples in contemporary welfare states plan for, realize and justify their divisions of work and care during the transition to parenthood. Providing a unique comparati...

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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...

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Youth, Diversity and Employment

Edited by Rune Halvorsen, Bjørn Hvinden

Including youth in the labour market is a major challenge facing many European countries. This book examines the transitions from education to employment with a focus on Nordic youth in the broader European context. The book combines ins...

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Reducing Inequalities in Europe

Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. International debate has recently focused on increased inequalities and the adverse effects ...

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