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Welfare economics

Hardback. This is the first anthology published on the basic income proposal. Basic income is a policy that would assure an unconditional, individual income for everyone. Basic income attracts increasing attention throughout the world, and this anthology is useful not only for scholars, but also for teachers, students, and the general public. Editor(s): Widerquist, Karl; Noguera, Jose A.; Vanderborght, Yannick; De Wispelaere, Jurgen. Num Pages: 606 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JKSB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405158107
ISBN
9781405158107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.76

Hardback. In this book the authors explore how six major constraints are set to fix the trajectory of the global economy. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCG; KCJ; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137589927
ISBN
9781137589927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Hardcover. This volume goes beyond a narrow conceptualization of macroeconomic stability and explores the link between socio-economic policies, structural transformation and inclusive development. It rests on three thematic pillars: the limits of conventional macroeconomics; the long run agenda of structural transformation and the development of capabilities. Editor(s): Islam, Iyanatul; Kucera, David. Series: Advances in Labour Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 50 figures, 26 tables. BIC Classification: KCC; KCF; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137379245
ISBN
9781137379245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.63

Paperback. This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license. Children are the future of Latin America and the Caribbean. This book analyses the development of children in the early years of their life and makes a compelling case for government intervention in what is instinctively a family affair. Editor(s): Berlinski, Samuel; Schady, Norbert. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26 black & white tables, 67 figures. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JPA; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137536488
ISBN
9781137536488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447334040
ISBN
9781447334040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.98

Hardback. The papers in Measurement of Poverty, Deprivation, and Social Exclusion represent the most current research on poverty, deprivation, and income mobility. They illustrate the multidimensionality of poverty that is difficult to capture in any one measure. The volume presents state-of-the-art research that is relevant to poverty academics globally. Series: Research on Economic Inequality. Num Pages: 354 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785603877
ISBN
9781785603877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.96

Hardcover. Culture plays a central role in our understanding of migration as an economic phenomenon. This title emphasises on the distinctions in culture between migrants, the families they left behind, and the local population in the migration destination. Editor(s): Epstein, Gil; Gang, Ira. Series Editor(s): Beladi, Hamin; Choi, Eun Kwan. Series: Frontiers of Economics and Globalization. Num Pages: 757 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFN; KCF; KCR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
757
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780857241535
ISBN
9780857241535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.37

Hardcover. Discusses whether the Basic Income Guarantee could offer an alternative to both laissez-faire and existing welfare systems in developed countries - often criticized by both advocates and critics of laissez-faire - thus opening a constructive dialog in policy discussion. Editor(s): Nell, Guinevere Liberty. Series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white line drawings, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KCF; KCR; KCU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
250
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137263582
ISBN
9781137263582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.34

Hardcover. This book analyzes European capitalist welfare societies, exploring questions of sustainability and the financing of social rights. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JKSB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230296909
ISBN
9780230296909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Paperback. The last great rethink of the welfare system was the Beveridge Report of 1942. BIC Classification: JKS; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910376799
ISBN
9781910376799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.51

Hardcover. This book analyzes the determinants of happiness for both the rich and the poor in the developing regions of Asia, Latin America and Africa. Explanatory variables include education, health and income as well as demographic and social variables. The book highlights the overwhelming importance of health in uplifting well-being in these regions. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCL; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230285750
ISBN
9780230285750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.33

Hardback. This assessment of the prospects for work and retirement at age 65-plus in the UK and US is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners interested in the late careers and the future of retirement. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JPQB; KCR; KFFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447326175
ISBN
9781447326175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.70

Hardcover. The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The social and economic effects of this shift are significant. This title takes a eclectic view of the subject. It offers in-depth analysis of the effects of retirement plans, employer contributions, and housing prices on retirement. Editor(s): Wise, David A. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 504 pages, 106 line drawings, 126 tables. BIC Classification: JFSP31; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226903064
ISBN
9780226903064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.64
€ 113.06

Paperback. Explains how the poor find solutions to their everyday financial problems by conducting year-long interviews with impoverished villagers and slum dwellers in Bangladesh, India, and South Africa - records that track penny by penny how specific households manage their money. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 line illus. 36 tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCM; KCR; KCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
unknown
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148199
ISBN
9780691148199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. Explores the relationship between law and economics principles and the promotion of social justice. This title includes chapters that invoke the lens of corporate law theory or the corporate context as part of their analysis of the intersection of economics and social justice. Series: Research in Law and Economics. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCR; LNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848553347
ISBN
9781848553347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; JNF; KCR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Baraka Books Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771860642
ISBN
9781771860642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.13

Hardback. This is the first book to examine debates about, and the practice of, state supplementing of wages. It charts the historical development of such policies from prohibition in the 1830s and how opposition to it was overcome in the 1970s, thereby allowing the increasing supplementation of the wages of poorly paid working people. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137293961
ISBN
9781137293961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.96

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, 16 figures, 25 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JNF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137461865
ISBN
9781137461865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.37

Paperback. This book analyzes the impact of choice on welfare states in Europe. The recent focus on choice in many welfare states has created a more market-orientated approach, changed users to consumers, and increased the emphasis on private providers. Editor(s): Greve, Professor Bent. Series: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; JKS; JPH; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444333312
ISBN
9781444333312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.60

Paperback. Unflinching survey of the state of welfare systems across Europe today, as they struggle in an age of government austerity and neo-liberal reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKSB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745331393
ISBN
9780745331393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

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