Welfare Economics
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The Welfare Economics of Public Policy
Richard E, Just, Darrell L. Hueth, Andrew Schmitz
A Thorough treatment of economic welfare theory for undergraduate and graduate level students ‘For the record, I am one of the people who requested that the authors revise and re-issue their textbook. It is an extremely valuable book fo...eBook:Find out more$69.56
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Work, Family and Childcare
Joris Ghysels
‘Based on economic theory and empirical evidence of European social reality, Joris Ghysels analyses micro-data using up-to-date econometrics. He thereby produces innovative insights and suggestions for policy change which will be of inte...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Economics of Nonprofit Enterprises
Edited by Richard Steinberg
The literature on nonprofit organizations can be said to have developed in three waves. The first wave asserted some plausible objectives for a nonprofit organization possessing monopoly power and examined the subsequent implications for... -
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The Economics of Social Security in Japan
Edited by Toshiaki Tachibanaki
This book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing populat...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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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 ... -
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The Distribution of Wealth
Michael Schneider
‘. . . reading this manuscript made me think again about why we feel the distribution of wealth is special and worth attention. . .’ – Jim Davies, University of Wester Ontario, Canada The Distribution of Wealth is the first book to prov... -
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What Has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations?
Edited by Edward N. Wolff
‘Especially useful to scholars is the in-depth description of methodology relating to the measures of well-being, the nature of the data, and terminology. A valuable addition to economic, sociological, and public policy collections. High...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Third Sector in Europe
Edited by Adalbert Evers, Jean-Louis Laville
‘This book offers an impressive analysis of the changing boundaries of the third sector in Europe and how this sector relates to the state and market in the provision of public services. Its penetrating insights deepen our understanding ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Rethinking the Welfare State
Edited by Martin Rein, Winfried Schmähl
‘This first comprehensive analysis of public–private mixings discovers pension systems as rather flexible "hybrid forms" not locked in as “uniform types”. The balance shifts towards extended coverage of private pensions or functional pri... -
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The Political Economy of the Voluntary Sector
Brian E. Dollery, Joe L. Wallis
‘This book provides a superb review of the literature on nonprofit organizations and extends the boundaries of our knowledge in a substantial and novel way. In particular, Dollery and Wallis provide a seminal analysis of public policy al... -
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Economics and Religion
Edited by Paul Oslington
‘Paul Oslington has done a simply marvellous job in pulling together the various bits of writing on the relation between economics and religion. The collection might surprise quite a few, who might have expected this area to be a trifle ... -
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Restructuring the Welfare State
Virpi Timonen
‘By documenting developments in [Finland and Sweden] in great detail, the author offers useful insights into social policy in the region and shows that the simplistic way many social policy writers have blamed globalization for welfare s...eBook:Find out more$40.00
