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The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada: Development Programs and Democracy, 1964-1979 by Will Langford 9780228003977
RRP: $46.44$39.07In the 1960s and 1970s, in the midst of the Cold War and an international decolonization movement, development advocates believed that poverty could be ended, at home and abroad. The Global Politics of Poverty in Canada explores the relationship between... -
Basic Income: A Short Guide by Annie Miller 9781804250921
RRP: $6.44$5.10This innovative book provides a new perspective on Basic Income - a regular, unconditional payment to every citizen of the country. This comprehensive book has been rigorously researched and thus will appeal to academics, policy-makers, and the general... -
The Political and Social Construction of Poverty: Central and Eastern European Countries in Transition by Serena Romano 9781447312710
RRP: $110.93$85.27Poverty is not a neutral phenomenon, nor are social inclusion programmes neutrally conceived, designed and implemented.Their ultimate nature is built upon ideas, values, actors, politics and economic constraints.This topical book is one of the first to... -
The Coalition Government and Social Policy: Restructuring the Welfare State by Hugh Bochel 9781447324560
RRP: $110.93$85.79Responding to the political and social policy changes made between 2010-2015 a wide-range of experts consider the relationship between the two coalition parties to provide a critical assessment of how their policies affected the British welfare state,... -
Social Policy Review 20: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2008 by Tony Maltby 9781847420763
RRP: $103.19$78.51Social 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 internationally... -
Understanding Global Social Policy by Meri Koivusalo 9781447358039
RRP: $110.93$85.79With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North. Accessible and lively, it incorporates... -
How to Fix the Welfare State: Some Ideas for Better Social Services by Paul Spicker 9781447364597
RRP: $109.65$84.31Paul Spicker offers an original take on the British welfare state. He outlines the structure of the five main services along with three other areas where institutional services have been developed: employment services, equalities and public services. ... -
The Changing Politics and Policy of Austerity by Stephen McBride 9781447359517
RRP: $103.20$78.52This collection of original essays explores the myriad expressions of austerity since the 2008 financial crisis. Case studies drawn from Canada, Australia and the European Union provide extensive comparative analysis of fiscal consolidation and the... -
Social Policy in Times of Austerity: Global Economic Crisis and the New Politics of Welfare by Kevin Farnsworth 9781447319115
RRP: $103.19$78.51The 2008 global economic crisis has led to a new age of austerity, based more on politics than economics, which threatens to undermine the very foundations of the welfare state. However, as resistance to the logic of austerity grows, this important book,... -
The Welfare of the Middle Class: Changing Relations in European Welfare States by Remo Siza 9781447359999
RRP: $103.20$78.52In many European countries, processes of individualisation have contributed to transforming the middle class into a multitude of people, a sort of 'middle mass' with an unstable social identity and radical activism. The different 'worlds' of European... -
Vulnerability and young people: Care and social control in policy and practice by Kate Brown 9781447318170
RRP: $103.19$78.51Moves to assist or protect the vulnerable now play a crucial role in welfare and criminal justice processes. This distinctive book draws on in-depth research with marginalised young people and the professionals who support them to explore the... -
Women, Welfare and Productivism in East Asia and Europe by Ruby Chau 9781447357711
RRP: $103.20$78.52Developing the new framework of 'life-mix', which considers the mixed patterns of caring and working in different periods of life, this book systematically explores the interplay of productivism, women, care and work in East Asia and Europe. The book... -
Reframing Global Social Policy: Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth by Christopher Deeming 9781447332497
RRP: $110.93$85.27Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally renowned contributors propose that the merging of the 'social investment' and 'inclusive growth and development' agendas is forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. The... -
Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy: A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions by Bruce S. Jansson 9780470505298
RRP: $82.50$71.83Praise for Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions "Bruce Jansson's thoughtful and innovative book will appeal to students in social work, nursing, and public health as well as those working in the health... -
Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy by Julia S. Jordan-Zachery 9780415996785
RRP: $174.15$151.29Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy offers a critical analysis of the policy-making process. Jordan-Zachery demonstrates how social meanings surrounding the discourses on crime, welfare and family policies produce and reproduce discursive... -
The Politics of Knowledge in Central Asia: Science between Marx and the Market by Sarah Amsler 9780415512626
RRP: $56.75$49.59Through careful historical and ethnographic research and extensive use of local scholarly works, this book provides a persuasive and careful analysis of the production of knowledge in Central Asia. The author demonstrates that classical theories of... -
Islam and the Everyday World: Public Policy Dilemmas by Sohrab Behdad 9780415453059
RRP: $56.75$49.59This is a new examination of how Shari'a law affects public policy both theoretically and in practice, across a wide range of public policy areas, including for example human rights and family law.The process by which public policy is decided - through... -
Equality in Asia-Pacific: Reality or a Contradiction in Terms? by Phil C. W. Chan 9780415373296
RRP: $112.22$97.96In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, stating every human being's right of equality in dignity and right. However, notwithstanding recognition by the international community of its importance... -
Vietnam's Development Strategies by Pietro P. Masina 9780415343114
RRP: $49.01$43.06Taking a developmental approach, this book critically reviews Vietnam's reform process and shows how the country's reform agenda is still dominated by a 'developmental orthodoxy' inspired by a post-Washington consensus. The author argues that a wider... -
Community Practice in the Network Society: Local Action / Global Interaction by Peter Day 9780415301947
RRP: $174.15$151.29Around the world, citizens in local communities are utilising ICTs to underpin the creation of a participatory and democratic vision of the network society. Embedded in the richness and diversity of community practice, a vision of a 'civil network... -
Sociology as Social Criticism by Tom B. Bottomore 9780415581042
RRP: $174.15$151.29First published in 1975, this collection of essays embodies a conception of sociological thought as a critical analysis of social theories and doctrines, of social institutions and political regimes, of recent social movements. They deal, in particular,... -
Welfare and Social Protection in Contemporary Latin America by Gibran Cruz-Martinez 9780367731137
RRP: $51.59$45.23Social protection serves as an important development tool, helping to alleviate deprivation, reduce social risks, raise household income and develop human capital. This book brings together an interdisciplinary team of international experts to analyse... -
Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy After the Pandemic by David Stoesz 9780367700393
RRP: $45.14$39.80This book identifies specific changes to bring US social policy in accord with the information age of the 21st century, in contrast to the policy infrastructure of industrial America. Welfare State 3.0: Social Policy after the Pandemic acknowledges the... -
Higher Education in India: A Data Compendium by Laveesh Bhandari 9780367436322
RRP: $174.15$151.29This volume puts together the latest available information on higher education in India at a single location. While higher education is an extremely dynamic segment in India's education sector, yet a host of issues related to a lack of a good and... -
Effective Interventions for Unemployed Young People in Europe: Social Innovation or Paradigm Shift? by Tomas Sirovatka 9780367350109
RRP: $51.59$45.23Young people in Europe have been disproportionally affected by unemployment as a result of the economic crisis and a large number of the most disadvantaged are migrant youth, or those of a different ethnic origin, living in deprived city neighbourhoods... -
Maternity Services and Policy in an International Context: Risk, Citizenship and Welfare Regimes by Patricia Kennedy 9780367341428
RRP: $51.59$45.74This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship, it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for... -
Social Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Social Re-engineering for Inclusive Development by Ndangwa Noyoo 9780367221591
RRP: $174.15$151.29This book critically examines the current social policy in post-apartheid South Africa and proposes an alternative social policy agenda to create a new development pathway for the country. Taking social policy as a vehicle that will facilitate the... -
A Sociology of Immigration: (Re)Making Multifaceted America by Ewa Morawska 9780230321762
RRP: $116.09$65.11This book proposes a new theoretical framework for the study of immigration. It examines four major issues informing current sociological studies of immigration: mechanisms and effects of international migration, processes of immigrants' assimilation and... -
Making Social Welfare Policy in America: Three Case Studies Since 1950 by Edward D Berkowitz 9780226692067
RRP: $117.39$112.14American social welfare policy has produced a health system with skyrocketing costs, a disability insurance program that consigns many otherwise productive people to lives of inactivity, and a welfare program that attracts wide criticism. Making Social... -
The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion, and Immigration by Natalie Masuoka 9780226057163
RRP: $33.54$32.06The United States is once again experiencing a major influx of immigrants. Questions about who should be admitted and what benefits should be afforded to new members of the polity are among the most divisive and controversial contemporary political... -
Intersecting Inequalities: Women and Social Policy in Peru, 1990-2000 by Jelke Boesten 9780271036700
RRP: $74.76$64.40In this provocative study of poor women's organizations in Peru in the 1990s, Jelke Boesten raises most of the fundamental issues of transnational feminism and development facing the world today. Focusing on reproductive rights, domestic violence, and... -
Work and Family in Japanese Society by Junya Tsutsui 9789811324956
RRP: $70.94$70.60This book provides a systematic framework for interpreting the fertility decline in Japan. It situates the change in fertility rates in a broader context, such as family life and working customs. The basic argument it puts forward is that Japan has... -
Policy Implications of Virtual Work by Pamela Meil 9783319520568
RRP: $128.99$40.71This collection presents an array of policy debates and implications emerging from virtual work. The authors cover a range of areas, including: conceptual debates, measuring virtual work; discourses and levels of policy intervention; the role of the... -
No Country For The Young: Education from New Labour to the Coalition by Richard Hatcher 9781872767284
RRP: $16.71$11.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872767284Author Richard HatcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Tufnell PressPublisher Tufnell PressWeight(grams) 316g -
Party Politics and Social Welfare: Comparing Christian and Social Democracy in Austria, Germany and the Netherlands by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 9781849800280
RRP: $47.67$43.12Christian and Social Democratic parties have been the driving force behind welfare state developments post-WWII. This valuable book investigates whether continued party differences have contributed significantly to the design of social welfare in three... -
Economy and Society in Europe: A Relationship in Crisis by Luigi Burroni 9781849803656
$136.24While an economy is always 'embedded' in society, the relationship between the two is undergoing profound changes in Europe, resulting in widespread instability which is emphasised by the current crisis. This book analyses these changes, and in... -
Governance, Globalization and Public Policy by Patricia Kennett 9781848447073
RRP: $50.25$47.60Governance, Globalization and Public Policy is concerned with exploring the nature of the policy arena in the context of globalization and the reconstitution of the state. The contributors to this book seek to broaden, extend and integrate theoretical,... -
Happiness and Social Policy in Europe by Professor Bent Greve 9781848445741
$129.79Happiness is currently a central focus for research in the social sciences. Using data from the European Social Survey the researchers analyse the relation between happiness and social policy across Europe. The expert contributors demonstrate that... -
Beyond Welfare State Models: Transnational Historical Perspectives on Social Policy by Pauli Kettunen 9781848445697
$136.24Welfare state models have for decades been the gold standard of welfare state research. Beyond Welfare State Models escapes the straitjacket of conventional welfare state models and challenges the existing literature in two ways. Firstly the contributors... -
Work-Family Balance, Gender and Policy by Jane Lewis 9781848442115
$133.66Combining paid work with caring for children has become more difficult for families as women's working hours have increased. Over the past decade the issue of work-family balance has reached a more prominent place on the policy agenda of many Western...