Social Security

Coopted by military operations, humanitarianism has never been neutral. Rather than welcoming refugees, host countries assess the relative risks of taking them in versus turning them away, using a risk-benefit analysis that often reduces refugees to...

Is large-scale immigration to Europe incompatible with the continent's generous and encompassing welfare states? Are Europeans willing to share welfare benefits with ethnically different and often less well-off immigrants? Or do they regard the newcomers...

In "The Truly Disadvantaged", renowned American sociologist William Julius Wilson takes a look at the social transformation of inner city ghettos, offering a sharp evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal...

As the state withdraws from welfare provision, the mixed economy of welfare - involving private, voluntary and informal sectors - has become ever more important. This second edition of Powell's acclaimed textbook on the subject brings together a wealth...

What is welfare? Why is it a key part of the 'common good' for all? And how should we go about providing it? Pete Alcock, a well-respected expert, explains the challenges that collective welfare faces, and explores the complexities involved in...

With contributions from those at the forefront of modern social work thought, this edited volume reflects the growing eminence of critical social work in the 21st Century. Taking a truly global outlook, this text advocates the promotion of equality...

The New Labour government elected in May 1997 claimed that it would modernise the welfare state, by rejecting the solutions of both the Old Left and the New Right. New Labour, new welfare state? provides the first comprehensive examination of the social...

In the award-winning Just Sex? The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape, Nicola Gavey provides an extensive commentary on the existing literature on rape, analysing recent research to examine the psychological and cultural conditions of possibility for...

An accessible multidisciplinary overview for anyone seeking to understand the commercial determinants of health Our health is largely shaped by the world around us-by the conditions in which we grow, work, and live. These conditions include the...

False charges of racial profiling threaten to obliterate the crime-fighting gains of the last decade, especially in America's inner cities. This is the message of Heather Mac Donald's new book, in which she brings her special brand of tough and honest...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501144769Author Professor of Economics Laurence J KotlikoffFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541645721Author Thomas AbtFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 155mm * 30mm

This book develops a new contractualist foundation for just war theory, which defends the traditional view of the moral equality of combatants and associated egalitarian moral norms.Traditionally it has been viewed that combatants on both sides of a war...

The two most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia - a Malaysian and a Singaporean - are on the run in the Philippines, but they manage to keep their friends and family updated on Facebook. Filipinos connect with al-Qaeda-linked groups in Somalia and Yemen...

Why would an authoritarian regime expand social welfare provision in the absence of democratization? Yet China, the world's largest and most powerful authoritarian state, has expanded its social health insurance system at an unprecedented rate,...

Issues of 'difference' are on the agenda right across the social sciences, and are encountered daily by practitioners in policy fields. A central question is how the welfare state and its institutions respond to impairment, ethnicity and gender. This...

SCMP's reporting team looks back at Hong Kong's most wrenching political crisis since its return to Chinese rule in 1997. Anti-extradition bill protests that morphed rapidly into a wider anti-government movement in 2019 left no aspect of the city...

Exploring the lived experiences of both poverty and prosperity in the UK, this book examines the material and symbolic significance of welfare austerity and its implications for social citizenship and inequality. Uniquely, the book offers a rare and...

Security Operations: An Introduction to Planning and Conducting Private Security Details for High-Risk Areas, Second Edition was written for one primary purpose: to keep people alive by introducing them to private security detail tactics and techniques...

Across the developing world, governments still lack the fiscal capacity to fund critical public goods, alleviate poverty, and invest in economic development. Yet, we know little about how to effectively build strong states in these settings. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781964524689Author Romina BocciaFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Cato InstitutePublisher Cato Institute

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390095940Author Himadri DasFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Pentagon PressPublisher Pentagon Press

The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2024 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. This completely updated Handbook, organized...

This timely 2 volume edited collection looks at the extent and nature of global jihad, focusing on the often-exoticised hinterlands of jihad beyond the traditionally viewed Middle Eastern 'centre'. As ISIS loses its footing in Syria and Iraq and al-Qaeda...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788187393863Author Rutuja HolkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Adroit PublishersPublisher Adroit PublishersWeight(grams) 245g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639058635Author David J BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Publisher VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.Weight(grams) 218g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789221129806Author Elaine FultzFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint International Labour OfficePublisher International Labour OfficeWeight(grams) 300g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789221137016Author Elaine FultzFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint International Labour OfficePublisher International Labour OfficeWeight(grams) 462g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987993309Author Matt FeretFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Mf Media, LLCPublisher Mf Media, LLCWeight(grams) 531g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789221129813Author Elaine FultzFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint International Labour OfficePublisher International Labour OfficeWeight(grams) 218g

An examination of the conditions that underlie state-sponsored crimes against humanity.An examination of the conditions that underlie state-sponsored crimes against humanity.About the AuthorPatricia Marchak, former dean of arts and professor emerita,...

Millions of Americans believe Social Security will be bankrupt by the time they retire; they resent contributing to a system that may never benefit them. Others want to opt out of the system and see to their own retirement needs. The Social Security...