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Welfare economics
Hardcover. This book examines the relationship between development economics, social protection and democratization in the specific context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Moving existing theories of transformation into a new terrain, it sheds light on the exclusive origins of dictatorship and democracy. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; JKSW; JP; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299795
- ISBN
- 9780230299795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. Written by a distinguished scholar of German legal history, this book traces the origins of the German welfare state, and surveys the history of social security in Germany to 1945, including Bismarck's pioneering introduction of social insurance in the 1880s. Series: German Social Policy. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JPQB; KCP; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642225215
- ISBN
- 9783642225215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
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
€ 10.99
€ 9.51
Hardcover. Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclusive European employment standard. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBL; JPB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267153
- ISBN
- 9781137267153
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.39
€ 67.39
Hardcover. Drawing on data from across Europe and the US, this book comparatively analyzes the current state of minimum income protection policies and explores the prospects for their improvement. Editor(s): Marx, Ive; Nelson, Kenneth. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 360 pages, 55 figures, 35 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348134
- ISBN
- 9780230348134
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.69
€ 139.69
Hardback. Migration States and Welfare States focuses on a central tension faced by policy makers in countries that receive migrants from lower wage countries. Num Pages: 75 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; KCL; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137445643
- ISBN
- 9781137445643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
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
€ 172.37
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
€ 166.96
Hardback. We must quickly learn how to live well in the world as it is today, including the realm of work. We need to learn a new vocabulary of economics and markets that is more suitable to understand the present world and that is likely to offer us the tools to act, and perhaps improve it as well. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528872
- ISBN
- 9781137528872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardcover. This analysis of South Korea's development experience can present lessons for development in the 21st century. Situating the development experience of South Korea within the framework of the capability enhancing state, this volume examines the empowering institutions and policies of South Korea between 1945 and 2000. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context Series. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCG; KCM; KCP; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339478
- ISBN
- 9781137339478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.08
€ 129.08
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
€ 141.24
Hardcover. This volume analyzes and compares seven EU countries' labour market and pension reforms in order to assess whether income security in old age will still be ensured in the future. Editor(s): Hinrichs, Karl; Jessoula, Matteo. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; JPB; JPSN2; KCR; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290068
- ISBN
- 9780230290068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This book combines the two most important typologies of capitalist diversity; Esping-Andersen's welfare regime typology and Hall and Soskice's 'Varieties of Capitalism' typology, into a unified typology of capitalist diversity. The author shows empircally that certain welfare states bundle together with certain production systems. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPA; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310293
- ISBN
- 9781137310293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.09
€ 67.09
Hardback. Contains a selection of thirteen papers from the Second Biannual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Berlin, July, 2007. This work covers topics including welfare analysis with ordinal data, unit consistency and multidimensional inequality indices and unit consistency and intermediate inequality indices. Editor(s): Bishop, John A.; Zheng, Buhong. Series: Research on Economic Inequality. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCFM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781848551343
- ISBN
- 9781848551343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.36
€ 149.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; KCR; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169590
- ISBN
- 9780691169590
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Hardcover. This book analyses recent reform trends of European health care systems. Using eight European countries case studies it connects policy reforms with a healthcare quadrilemma, and compares how well these systems perform in terms of economic efficiency, medical achievements, social inequalities, and responsiveness to patients and workers. Editor(s): Pavolini, Emmanuele; Guillen, Ana M. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; KCQ; KCR; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369610
- ISBN
- 9780230369610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.53
€ 67.53
Happiness and Poverty in Developing Countries: A Global Perspective
Dowling, John Malcolm, Yap, Chin Fang
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
€ 128.33
Hardcover. This book explores the widening gap between the wage packets of skilled and unskilled workers that has become a pressing issue for all states in the globalized world economy. Comparing the experiences of more and less developed economies, chapters analyse the underlying causes and key social changes that accompany income inequality. Editor(s): Hellier, Joel; Chusseau, Nathalie. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCG; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303423
- ISBN
- 9780230303423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.69
€ 67.69
Hardcover. Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and policies, and explores the changes needed to prevent another global economic collapse. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273610
- ISBN
- 9780230273610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardcover. Free Money for All makes the case for a basic income guarantee of $10,000 per adult US citizen. The book shows that a basic income guarantee will increase gross national happiness and gross national freedom, while helping to mitigate some of the worst consequences of rising technological unemployment. Series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; KCA; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471321
- ISBN
- 9781137471321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388957
- ISBN
- 9781137388957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.49
€ 127.49
European Capitalist Welfare Societies: The Challenge of Sustainability
Frericks, Patricia, Maier, Robert
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
€ 66.76
Hardback. How immigrants and their descendents fare in the host society and in particular in the labor market is a very important question. This work helps to understand the complex relationship between ethnic or minority groups, the role of ethnic identity and their disparate economic performance. Series: Research in Labor Economics. Num Pages: 412 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781849506335
- ISBN
- 9781849506335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.71
€ 150.71
Paperback. A resounding call for a new Economic Bill of Rights to combat increasing poverty and economic bifurcation Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JFFJ; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612057279
- ISBN
- 9781612057279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54