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Advanced Introduction to Social Protection
James Midgley
‘In protecting the poor and enhancing social justice, social protection is of key importance – yet, compared to other social systems, from schools to streets, it has received scant attention. James Midgley, drawing on a wealth of scholar...eBook:Find out more$19.96
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Advanced Introduction to Public Policy
B. G. Peters
In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems. Peters demonstrates how decision-makers can make mor...eBook:Find out more$20.76
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Advanced Introduction to Social Policy
Daniel Béland, Rianne Mahon
‘Daniel Béland and Rianne Mahon provide advanced students with an excellent overview of systems of social provision and regulation worldwide, notable for its theoretical sophistication and compelling empirical materials. The authors enga...eBook:Find out more$25.16
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Governance of Welfare State Reform
Edited by Irene Dingeldey, Heinz Rothgang
‘A timely and empirically grounded contribution to the literature on welfare governance. Examining internationalisation, regionalisation, privatisation and re-regulation, the case study chapters open up important questions about convergi... -
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Welfare States: Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction
Edited by Stephan Leibfried, Steffen Mau
‘Welfare States: Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction is the single most formidable compendium of welfare state writings that exists. The three volumes span all the main disciplines and the entire range of theoretical and empiric... -
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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 design... -
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Social Europe
Edited by Richard Berthoud, Maria Iacovou
的集体,章节提供有价值的见解s on conducting cross-national comparative research, especially the strengths and weaknesses of the welfare regime approach. They also provide useful case studies that complement the meth... -
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Social Exclusion in European Welfare States
Edited by Ruud Muffels, Panos Tsakloglou, David G. Mayes
‘This book provides useful analysis for social policy academics with a European bent, and should embolden policymakers. It does not underplay the challenges facing the EU, and especially southern countries and the UK, but it affirms that...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Theory and the Welfare State
Edited by Nicholas Barr
This authoritative collection brings together 100 key articles on the subject of the welfare state selected by one of the world’s leading experts. The first volume discusses the economic theory and related matters which underpin analy... -
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The Foundations of the Welfare State
Edited by Robert E. Goodin, Deborah Mitchell
‘. . . with The Foundations of the Welfare State, the editors have compounded a grand, magisterial collection that will become the standard reference for researchers and teachers.’ – Pieter Vanhuysse, Political Studies ‘At last a refer... -
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Globalization and the Welfare State
Ramesh Mishra
‘This is a short book, with only 152 pages of text, but by comparison with longer and windier texts it is a pleasure to read. Mishra has something to say, and he says it clearly, forcefully and directly . . . one might wish that other wr... -
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The Welfare State in Europe
Edited by Marco Buti, Daniele Franco, Lucio R. Pench
‘This book is essential reading for those working in the areas of public administration and finance, European studies, social policy, economics and political science. In its provision of policy suggestions it will also be welcomed by pol...eBook:Find out more$40.00