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The New Politics of Old Age Policy by Robert B. Hudson 9780801894916
$58.11As the aging population of the United States continues to increase, age-related policies have come under intense scrutiny and have sparked heated debates. This revised and updated edition of The New Politics of Old Age Policy explains the politics behind... -
Rethinking Community Policing in International Police Reform by Deniz Kocak 9781013292101
RRP: $52.40$44.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013292101Author Deniz KocakFormat PaperbackPage Count 68Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g -
To Serve the People: My Life Organizing with Cesar Chavez and the Poor by LeRoy Chatfield 9780826360878
RRP: $62.90$43.18The long pilgrimage of LeRoy Chatfield weaves its way through multiple collective projects designed to better the condition of the marginalized and forgotten. From the cloisters of the Christian Brothers and the halls of secondary education to the fields... -
Injecting Incentives Into the Solution of Social and Environmental Problems: Social Policy Bonds by Ronnie Horesh 9780595153749
RRP: $23.08$17.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595153749Author Ronnie HoreshFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint iUniversity PressPublisher iUniversity PressWeight(grams) 222g -
Social Democratic America by Lane Kenworthy 9780199322510
RRP: $53.53$40.89For decades, scholars and commentators have differentiated the US from Europe by pointing to the relative weakness of the American social welfare state. European social democracies--particularly the Nordic ones--have erected broad and deep social... -
The Wages of Sickness: The Politics of Health Insurance in Progressive America by Beatrix Hoffman 9780807849026
RRP: $90.20$82.13The Clinton administration's failed health care reform was not the first attempt to establish government-sponsored medical coverage in the United States. From 1915 to 1920, Progressive reformers led a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful crusade for... -
All Health Politics Is Local: Community Battles for Medical Care and Environmental Health by Merlin Chowkwanyun 9781469667676
$78.23Health care is political. It entails fierce battles over the allocation of resources, arguments over the imposition of regulations, and the mediation of dueling public sentiments-all conflicts that are often narrated from a national, top-down view. In... -
Making Democracy Work Better: Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect by Richard A. Couto 9780807848241
RRP: $98.60$92.44The decade of the 1980s marked a triumph for market capitalism. As politicians of all stripes sought to reinvent government in the image of private enterprise, they looked to the voluntary sector for allies to assuage the human costs of reductions in... -
Yield For Oncoming Greatness: Capping Capitalism by Matt N Tabrizi 9780996210003
RRP: $41.90$32.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996210003Author Matt N TabriziFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Thinking Hat PressPublisher Thinking Hat PressWeight(grams) 340g -
Race for the Exits: The Unraveling of Japan's System of Social Protection by Leonard James Schoppa 9780801474453
RRP: $46.18$36.48Contrary to all expectations, Japan's long-term recession has provoked no sustained political movement to replace the nation's malfunctioning economic structure. The country's basic social contract has so far proved resistant to reform, even in the face... -
Social Security and Medicare for the New Millenium by Dr Maurice Youakim 9780595141890
RRP: $18.88$13.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595141890Author Dr Maurice YouakimFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 168g -
Cooked? the Homosexualization of the Entire American Culture by Jo Coleman 9780979821219
RRP: $20.98$13.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979821219Author Jo ColemanFormat PaperbackImprint Unity PressPublisher Unity PressWeight(grams) 136g -
Sandy Hook: A Man Sold A Gun by Michael R Weisser 9780692945025
RRP: $31.40$25.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692945025Author Michael R WeisserFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Teetee PressPublisher Teetee PressWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
Health Care and Its Costs by Carl J. Schramm 9780393956719
$39.23It seems clear though that this massive spending has not improved the health of Americans. It is clear too that as the population ages, there must me major changes in America's health care delivery system. Is it feasible for the American government to... -
Social Policy, Employment and Family Change in Comparative Perspective by Jonathan Bradshaw 9781845426262
$246.81This book is a comparative study of family change, parental employment and social policy in the five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. In all these countries family forms have been profoundly affected by lower fertility... -
Democracy's Hidden Heroes: Fitting Policy to People and Place by David C. Campbell 9781439924570
RRP: $138.60$119.55Democracy’s Hidden Heroes tells the story of the local public managers and nonprofit directors who work where bureaucratic hierarchies and community networks meet and often collide. These “hidden heroes” struggle to align universal rules and compliance... -
Flak-Catchers: One Hundred Years of Riot Commission Politics in America by Lindsey Lupo 9780739138106
RRP: $214.20$188.03Flak-Catchers explores the ways in which riot commissions-the institutional bodies appointed by an executive in the aftermath of a race riot to determine a riot timeline, investigate causes, and offer prescriptions for change-have dealt with racial... -
Is the Good Book Good Enough?: Evangelical Perspectives on Public Policy by David K. Ryden 9780739150597
RRP: $228.90$200.70The political emergence of evangelical Christians has been a signal development in America in the past quarter century. And while their voting tendencies have been closely scrutinized, their participation in the policy debates of the day has not. They... -
Transforming Children's Mental Health Policy into Practice: Lessons from Virginia and Other States' Experiences Creating and Sustaining Comprehensive Systems of Care by Robert Cohen 9781498541145
RRP: $94.50$82.93This book examines the long term impact of service reform in children's mental health, focusing on comprehensive state and local initiatives to improve care for children with serious behavioral health and their families to illustrate how programmatic and... -
Transforming Children's Mental Health Policy into Practice: Lessons from Virginia and Other States' Experiences Creating and Sustaining Comprehensive Systems of Care by Robert Cohen 9781498541121
RRP: $231.00$212.23This book examines the long term impact of service reform in children's mental health, focusing on comprehensive state and local initiatives to improve care for children with serious behavioral health and their families to illustrate how programmatic and... -
Policy Framing Issues in the World of COVID-19 by Beryl A Radin 9798889105442
RRP: $16.78$13.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798889105442Author Beryl A RadinFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Austin Macauley Publishers LLCPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers LLCWeight(grams)... -
Quest for Inclusive Growth in Bangladesh: An Employment-focused Strategy by Muhammed Muqtada 9789811576133
RRP: $188.98$188.73This book offers a selection of intensely researched essays focused on the critical planning objectives and policy priorities that would enhance the promotion of inclusive growth in a developing country. It has taken Bangladesh as the case study. It... -
Comparative Media Systems: European and Global Perspectives by Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska 9789639776548
RRP: $153.30$141.27Inspired by the recent achievements on comparing media systems and research on models of media and politics in Western Europe and the US, this title extends the findings to Central and Eastern Europe. It addresses five major interrelated themes: concepts... -
Divide and Pacify: Strategic Social Policies and Political Protests in Post-communist Democracies by Pieter Vanhuysse 9789637326790
RRP: $98.70$90.76Despite dramatic increases in poverty, unemployment, and social inequalitites, the Central and Eastern European transitions from communism to market democracy in the 1990s have been remarkably peaceful. This book proposes a new explanation for this... -
Divide and Pacify: Strategic Social Policies and Political Protests in Post-Communist Democracies by Pieter Vanhuysse 9789633866993
RRP: $41.90$38.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789633866993Author Pieter VanhuysseFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Central European University PressPublisher Central European University Press -
The Political Function of Education in Deeply Divided Countries by Theodor Hanf 9783832968052
RRP: $134.40$125.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783832968052Author Theodor HanfFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams) 454g -
Social Security, Demographics, and Risk by Christoph Borgmann 9783642060823
$193.81This study has been written during my time at the Institute of Public Finance at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Germany. I am indebted to a number of people who have made this work possible. First and foremost, I thank my teacher Prof. Dr... -
The Perils of Posting: Court Cases on Off-Duty Social Media Conduct of Public Employees by Paul Douglas Foote 9781498588928
RRP: $159.60$146.98In recent years, there has been an increase of public employees being fired for inappropriate behavior on social media. This research explores social media conduct of public employees that have been adjudicated through the federal and state court systems... -
Iran's Struggles for Social Justice: Economics, Agency, Justice, Activism by Peyman Vahabzadeh 9783319830162
RRP: $188.98$178.23This interdisciplinary volume offers a range of studies spanning the various historical, political, legal, and cultural features of social justice in Iran, and proposes that the present-day realities of life in Iran could not be farther from the promises... -
Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada by The New Transparency Project 9781927356777
RRP: $73.50$64.55Although most Canadians are familiar with surveillance cameras andairport security, relatively few are aware of the extent to which thepotential for surveillance is now embedded in virtually every aspect ofour lives. We cannot walk down a city street,... -
Ageing and Social Policy in Ireland by Patricia Kennedy 9781904558958
RRP: $44.10$42.32This book explores many of these aspects of ageing in Ireland today. It is envisaged that it will serve as an appraisal of policy developments to date and as a point of departure for future challenges. It is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate... -
Mental Health and Social Policy in Ireland by Suzanne Quin 9781904558323
RRP: $46.20$44.21A new textbook which draws together developments in mental health policy in recent years and identifies the challenges posed by changes in Irish society. Topics covered include international trends, health promotion, children, adolescence, women, ethnic... -
Social Policy Review 19: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2007 by Karen Clarke 9781861349415
RRP: $167.98$128.65"Social Policy Review" provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Contributions reflect key themes in the UK and... -
Social Policy Review 18: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2006 by Linda Bauld 9781861348449
RRP: $167.98$127.81"Social Policy Review" provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with detailed analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Bringing together a selection of commissioned papers,... -
The opportunities of a lifetime: Model lifetime analysis of current British social policy by Martin Evans 9781861346513
RRP: $46.18$36.14This report uses a revolutionary new research tool, LOIS (the Lifetime Opportunity and Incentives Simulation programme), to assess the impact of current government social policy on our lives from cradle to grave. The strengths and weaknesses of the... -
Young people and contradictions of inclusion: Towards Integrated Transition Policies in Europe by Andreu Lopez Blasco 9781861345240
RRP: $67.18$51.39Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment. It presents and discusses the findings of seven EU-funded projects involving 13 countries: Belgium, Denmark,... -
Politics, Inequality and the Australian Welfare State After Liberalisation by Ben Spies-Butcher 9781839988400
RRP: $168.00$160.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839988400Author Ben Spies-ButcherFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g -
Wealth and the Wealthy: Exploring and Tackling Inequalities between Rich and Poor Karen Rowlingson (University of York) 9781847423078
RRP: $62.98$48.34Wealth and the wealthy have received relatively little attention from social scientists despite a growing wealth gap. Aimed at a broad social science and public readership, this book draws on new data on wealth to answer the following key questions: What... -
Family futures: Childhood and poverty in urban neighbourhoods Anne Power 9781847429704
RRP: $62.98$48.34Family life in areas of concentrated poverty and social problems is undermined by surrounding conditions. This timely book, by acclaimed author Anne Power and her team, is based on a unique longitudinal study of over 200 families interviewed annually... -
Policy Change, Public Attitudes and Social Citizenship: Does Neoliberalism Matter? Louise Humpage (University of Auckland) 9781847429650
RRP: $180.58$139.65Neoliberal reforms have seen a radical shift in government thinking about social citizenship rights around the world. But have they had a similarly significant impact on public support for these rights? This unique book traces public views on social...