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Shifting Boundaries of Belonging and New Migration Dynamics in Europe and China by Ludger Pries 9780230369719
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book explores the role that boundary making plays in creating a societal understanding of current migration dynamics and, by extension, in legitimising migration regimes. By comparing most recent developments in Europe and China, it reveals insights... -
The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis by Peter Starke 9780230285255
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare... -
Is Inequality Bad For Our Health? by Norman Daniels 9780807004470
RRP: $29.03$19.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807004470Author Norman DanielsFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
The World of Women: In Pursuit of Human Rights by Janice Wood Wetzel 9780333550304
RRP: $116.09$115.93The book is concerned with social issues and problems that effect women throughout the world, the policies and practices that impinge on their human rights, and the programmes around the globe that are successfully changing their conditions. This... -
Health Care Systems in Europe under Austerity: Institutional Reforms and Performance by Emmanuele Pavolini 9780230369610
$58.53This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency,... -
Approximating Prudence: Aristotelian Practical Wisdom and Economic Models of Choice by Andrew M. Yuengert 9780230120914
RRP: $116.09$115.93In a unique undertaking, Andrew Yuengert explores and describes the limits to the economic model of the human being, providing an alternative account of human choice, to which economic models can be compared.Book InformationISBN 9780230120914Author... -
Disability Benefits, Welfare Reform and Employment Policy by C. Lindsay 9780230349940
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book aims to tackle the issues that are central to understanding and addressing one of the most important employment policy problems facing governments in the UK and beyond: the high number of people of working age claiming 'disability' or... -
Debating Multiculturalism in the Nordic Welfare States by Peter Kivisto 9780230360198
$58.53This collection addresses the ways that Nordic countries have approached the issue of bringing ethnic minorities into the societal mainstream. With multicultural incorporation as an option, the authors explore the potential impact of the politics of... -
Europeanization, Care and Gender: Global Complexities by Hanne Marlene Dahl 9780230299696
RRP: $58.04$58.01This collection addresses the complexity of care arrangements in contemporary Europe, developing new insights into debates about the care crisis, gender equality, the division of work and the reconciliation of care and work.Book InformationISBN... -
Gender and Colonialism: A Psychological Analysis of Oppression and Liberation by Geraldine Moane 9780312220082
RRP: $116.09$115.93Drawing on the writings of diverse authors, including Jean Baker Miller, Bell Hooks, Mary Daly, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Ignacio Martin-Baro, as well as on women's experiences, this book aims to develop a 'liberation psychology'; which would aid in... -
Sexualizing the Social: Power and the Organization of Sexuality by Lisa Adkins 9780312160258
$56.77Sociologists are increasingly aware that analyses of social life must include a consideration of how the social may be structured by the sexual. In turn, this insight is contributing to a shift in understandings of sociology. This volume - drawn from... -
Political Engagement Amongst Ethnic Minority Young People: Making a Difference by Therese O'Toole 9780230202733
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book engages with debates on ethnic minority and Muslim young people showing, beyond apathy and violent political extremism, the diverse forms of political engagement in which young people engage.Book InformationISBN 9780230202733Author Therese... -
Human Rights and Free Trade in Mexico: A Discursive and Sociopolitical Perspective by Ariadna Estevez 9780230606555
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book demonstrates how human rights instruments and values have brought different movements together in the struggle against free trade. Estevez employs a specifically Latin American definition of human rights, thus challenging Eurocentric and... -
Criminal Records: A Database for the Criminal Justice System and Beyond by T. Thomas 9780230007673
RRP: $58.04$58.01Terry Thomas considers the use of criminal records within the criminal justice system and beyond - especially the growth of their use for pre-employment screening via the Criminal Records Bureau. This book also considers future developments and the... -
Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare: "To Count among the Living" by Aana Marie Vigen 9780230113633
RRP: $58.04$58.01Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. When seriously ill, what contributes to a sense of being truly cared for and respected?... -
Disability, Representation and the Body in Irish Writing: 1800-1922 by Mark Mossman 9780230574656
RRP: $58.04$58.01Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability'... -
The Colour of Disease: Syphilis and Racism in South Africa, 1880-1950 by Karen Jochelson 9780333740446
RRP: $58.04$58.01Today AIDS dominates the headlines. A century ago it was fears of syphilis epidemics. This book looks at how the spread of syphilis was linked to socio-economic transformation land dispossession, migrancy and urbanisation disrupted social networks -... -
Drugs, Prisons and Policy-Making by Karen Duke 9780333982037
RRP: $116.09$115.93In this fascinating new work, Karen Duke explores the conflicts and contradictory pressures in the development of prison drugs policy in Britain from 1980 to the present. Based on interviews with key policy actors and documentary analysis, it explores... -
Women and Empowerment: Illustrations from the Third World by Haleh Afshar 9780333719732
RRP: $116.09$115.93The authors in this volume address the questions 'What is empowerment?' Is it power over resources? Is it the ability to create 'effective demand'? Is it about the ability to make choices? Is it about access to resources and how they are controlled,... -
The Rights of Women in Islam: An Authentic Approach by Haifaa A. Jawad 9780333734582
RRP: $116.09$115.93It has been argued that Islam liberated Muslim women by granting them full rights as citizens. Yet in reality we see that women have long been subjected to both cultural and political oppression. Instances such as forced marriages are sadly common in the... -
Caring Capitalism: A New Middle-Class Base for the Welfare State by Ronald M. Glassman 9780312234676
RRP: $58.04$58.01Everywhere one travels in the world, people are excited about the new high technology production system. But the global villagers are also perplexed about the new social service needs that seem to accompany the high-tech economy: child care needs for... -
We Are Not Babysitters: Family Childcare Providers Redefine Work and Care by Mary C. Tuominen 9780813532837
RRP: $46.44$41.03While recent decades have seen broad public concern and debate about the availability of affordable childcare for working parents, little attention has been given to the family childcare workers who provide paid care in their own homes. Why do many women... -
Gender and Immigration by G. Kelson 9780333741788
RRP: $116.09$115.93An exploration of the varied and complex ways in which women experience international migration: the chapters are concerned primarily with the question of whether international migration provides women with opportunities for liberating themselves from... -
Surviving Teenage Motherhood: Myths and Realities by H. Stapleton 9780230579200
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book explores the experiences of pregnant teenagers, their partners, and midwives, from pregnancy realisation through the early years of motherhood. It examines changing attitudes to female sexuality and moral discourses on adolescent subjectivity... -
Housing East Asia: Socioeconomic and Demographic Challenges by J. Doling 9780230358584
RRP: $58.04$58.01Housing policy has been central to the economic success stories of the major East Asian economies as well as a pillar of social and welfare provision. This book explores not only the development of their distinctive approach, but also the challenges... -
Torture and the Military Profession by J. Wolfendale 9780230001824
RRP: $116.09$115.93Wolfendale argues that the prevalence of military torture is linked to military training methods that cultivate the psychological dispositions connected to crimes of obedience. While these methods are used, the military has no credible claim to... -
Poverty and Equity: Measurement, Policy and Estimation with DAD by Jean-Yves Duclos 9780387258935
$118.00This text addresses the understanding and alleviation of poverty, inequality, and inequity using a unique and broad mix of concepts, measurement methods, statistical tools, software, and practical exercises. Most of the book's measurement and statistical... -
Religion and Democratization: Framing Religious and Political Identities in Muslim and Catholic Societies by Michael D. Driessen 9780199329700
RRP: $125.13$100.76Religion and Democratization is a comparative study of how regime types and religion-state arrangements frame questions of religious and political identities in Muslim and Catholic societies. The book proposes a theory for modeling the dynamics of... -
Rehabilitation, Crime and Justice by Professor Peter Raynor 9780333687406
RRP: $116.09$115.93Can offenders be rehabilitated? Can this be done in ways that benefit the community as a whole, as well as offenders? This book is about the history, theory, practice and effectiveness of rehabilitation. It shows how different beliefs about the value of... -
Drug Use and Social Change: The Distortion of History by M. Shiner 9780230222724
$90.56This book locates the rise of illicit drug use within the historical development of late industrial society and challenges the prevailing view. Highlighting key areas of continuity and the on-going value of classic criminological theory, it is argued... -
Ethnicity, Migration and Enterprise by Prodromos Ioannou Panayiotopoulos 9780230229341
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book examines the development of enterprise among key migrant groups in Europe and the United States. It argues that the development of 'ethnic economies' provides the material basis for alternative models of social integration, such as... -
Building Equality and Opportunity through Social Guarantees: New Approaches to Public Policy and the Realization of Rights by Estanislao Gacitua-Mario 9780821378830
$34.74This book examines the validity of a social guarantees approach as a framework for evaluating, monitoring, and improving the design of social policy. Social guarantees are defined as sets of policy mechanisms that determine citizens' entitlements related... -
Changing Ones: Third and Fourth Genders in Native North America by William Roscoe 9780312224790
RRP: $90.29$84.20The term 'berdache' is a little-known, rarely discussed reference to Native American individuals who embodied both genders - what some might classify as 'the third sex.' Berdaches were known to combine male and female social roles with traits unique to... -
Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism by E. Bell 9780230251977
RRP: $116.09$115.93This book explores the origins of the so-called 'punitive turn' in penal policy across Western nations over the past two decades. It demonstrates how the context of neoliberalism has informed penal policy-making and argues that it is ultimately... -
Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms in Brazil by Natasha Borges Sugiyama 9780268041427
$43.85One of the most fundamental questions for social scientists involves diffusion events; simply put, how do ideas spread and why do people embrace them? In Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms in Brazil, Natasha Borges Sugiyama examines why... -
Avoiding Governors: Federalism, Democracy, and Poverty Alleviation in Brazil and Argentina by Tracy Beck Fenwick 9780268028961
RRP: $29.66$25.81With the goal of showing the effect of domestic factors on the performance of poverty alleviation strategies in Latin America, Tracy Beck Fenwick explores the origins and rise of conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs) in the region, and then traces... -
International Immigration Policy: A Theoretical and Comparative Analysis by Eytan Meyers 9780312231439
RRP: $58.04$58.01Numerous studies explore immigration policies of individual receiving countries. But these studies share several weaknesses. First and foremost, they are empirically orientated and lack a general theory. Second, most examine the policy of single country... -
Masculinities, Care and Equality: Identity and Nurture in Men's Lives by N. Hanlon 9780230300217
RRP: $58.04$58.01This book explores men's ambiguous relationship with intimate caring work within a context where carefree and nurturing expectations for men are competing for influence. For men, to be more involved carers clashes with commonly valued expectations of... -
War and Social Welfare: Reconstruction after Conflict by Fred Pompeo Cocozzelli 9780230620780
RRP: $58.04$58.01War and Social Welfare: Reconstruction after Conflict addresses the issues of rebuilding social assistance and pension programs in the wake of war. Arguing that post-conflict reconstruction missions need to pay greater attention to comprehensive social... -
The Genocide Debate: Politicians, Academics, and Victims by Donald W. Beachler 9780230114142
RRP: $58.04$58.01Neither a case study of a particular genocide nor a work of comparative genocide, this book explores the political constraints and imperatives that motivate debates about genocide in the academic world and, to a lesser extent, in the political arena. The...