Social Policy

In this precisely argued book, Colin Crouch questions the current meaning of political parties for citizens in Western Europe given that the identities on which they are based were the product of past conflicts over industrialization and religion. Crouch...

This book traces the origins of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the broader context of universalism since the beginning of the 20th century. UHC aims to improve access to essential health services, provide financial protection and overcome health...

Can anything ever be truly unconditional? Can public services such as healthcare or education be unconditional? And can an income ever be unconditional? This incisive book responds to these questions with a qualified 'yes,' and considers whether a social...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorStephan Koeppe is Assistant Professor in Social Policy at University College Dublin. Andrea Parma is Researcher in Economic Sociology at the Polytechnic of Milan...

This open access book provides a topical overview of education, development plans, the knowledge economy, and human development in the State of Qatar, focusing on socio-political and cultural challenges, from a policy perspective. It describes the...

This important study explores the multifaceted Mongol experience in China, past and present. Combining insights from anthropology, history, and postcolonial criticism, Uradyn Bulag avoids romanticizing Mongols either as pacified primitive Other or as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815774778Author Alice M. RivlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815764656Author Michael E. O'HanlonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956754929Author Graciela BensusanFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint University of London PressPublisher University of LondonWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815751038Author Helen LaddFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 333g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815781912Author Robert P. StokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 454g

This volume casts a critical eye on representations and practices of consumption in the Western world. It offers a unique contemporary perspective on the themes of counter-consumerism, ecological crisis and sustainability that are rising fast on the...

This book provides a critical and theoretically-informed assessment of the nature and types of structural change occurring in the Irish welfare state in the context of the 2008 economic crisis. Its overarching framework for conceptualising and analysing...

In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the field of comparative policy studies to provide compelling insights into the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798881803858Author Margaret Sands OrchowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield...

Author note: Carl Boggs teaches political science at the University of Southern California.A comprehensive, stimulating, and provocative book on the new social movementsReviews"Boggs' account is informative, insightful, and provocative. His enthusiasm...

This collection of essays is a timely exploration of the progress of Aboriginal rights movements in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Contributors compare the situations in Canada and Mexico, in both of which demands by Aboriginal people for...

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This book provides a picture of recent developments in social policy and social work in Central and Southeast Europe, especially trends after the COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated significant welfare modifications. Through a comparative method, the...

This edited volume offers a critical, thorough, and interdisciplinary examination of arguments for eliminating the minimum democratic voting age. As children and youth increasingly assert their political voices on issues such as climate change, gun...

This book mainly addresses China's current demographic situation and social people-related policies. It aims to solve the issues of demographic transition, population aging, population flow, urbanization, population quality, etc. China is the first large...

This book investigates and documents multidimensional poverty in the United States and identifies patterns and relationships that contribute to the development of a more complete understanding of the incidence and intensity of deprivation. The first part...

This book presents an original contribution to the study of care and care work by addressing pressing issues in the field from a Latin American and intersectional perspective. The expansion of professional care and its impacts on public policies related...

This volume represents the beginning of a 'cross pollination' of different social scientific disciplines, bridging the boundaries between national and disciplinary epistemic communities in the worlds of European welfare markets. It maps the common ground...

This edited volume discusses the development of the new social and impact economy in ten countries around the globe. The new social and impact economy is an attempt to conceptualize developments after the 2008 economic crisis, which emphasized the...

This book discusses what is often called the "Great Leap Famine", which occurred in China during the years from 1959 to 1961. Scholarly consensus suggests that 30 million Chinese perished. Yang Songlin's book provides an evidence-based, systematic and...

This book discusses what is often called the "Great Leap Famine", which occurred in China during the years from 1959 to 1961. Scholarly consensus suggests that 30 million Chinese perished. Yang Songlin's book provides an evidence-based, systematic and...

This edited volume discusses the development of the new social and impact economy in ten countries around the globe. The new social and impact economy is an attempt to conceptualize developments after the 2008 economic crisis, which emphasized the...

How the expansion of primary education in the West emerged not from democratic ideals but from the state's desire to control its citizensNearly every country today has universal primary education. But why did governments in the West decide to provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736417Author Paul T. HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

Much of the recent policy debate surrounding poverty in Britain focuses on income as a measure of living standards. In this report we consider one alternative to income for measuring poverty that has been largely overlooked in the mainstream poverty...

The dramatic January 1, 1994, emergence of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) in Chiapas, Mexico, brought the state's indigenous peoples to the attention of the international community. Yet indigenous peoples in Chiapas had been politically...

Exploring sensitive issues often hidden to outsiders, this engaging study traces the transformation and economic development of a south China village during the first tumultuous decade of reform. Drawing on a wealth of intimate detail, Ku explores the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815710134Author David BlumenthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm)...

It is widely accepted that income poverty should be defined in relative terms - but relative to where? Almost all household poverty statistics count the number of poor in relation to the national average of the country they are living in. Would the...

The issue of homelessness has become extremely important in policy debates during the 1990s. Yet analysis that links the phenomenon of homelessness to wider debates about the changing social and economic environment remains relatively underdeveloped. ...

In Double Standard, James W. Russell shows how and why different models of social and welfare policy developed in the United States and Europe. The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect recent political developments that are...

Cinzia Padovani takes an in-depth look at Italian public service broadcasting, covering its history, its role in Italian society, its relationship to the political party system, and its influence on cultural and linguistic unification in Italy. Tracing...

In Value War: Public Opinion and the Politics of Gay Rights, Paul R. Brewer looks at how the public debate about gay rights has shaped public opinion and conversely how public opinion has shaped the public debate about gay rights. Using a variety of...

Citizenship has come under intense discussion recently because of threats to welfare and shifting immigration policies. The European Union has opened transnational citizenship rights and fledgling democracies throughout the world are struggling to...