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Welfare economics
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
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
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
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
€ 37.99
€ 33.48
Hardback. Mainstream economics ignores power, meaning it can provide only partial explanations of inequality and poverty. Ozanne proposes a new approach for including power in standard microeconomic theory which, if adopted in economics teaching, could radically change the way young economists are taught to think about economic problems. Num Pages: 109 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; KCC; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 291.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553720
- ISBN
- 9781137553720
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86
€ 65.86
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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 136.64€ 113.06
€ 136.64
€ 113.06
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
€ 21.99
€ 20.13
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428271
- ISBN
- 9781847428271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 46.14
€ 47.99
€ 46.14
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
€ 67.96
Hardcover. Drawing on comparative data from a number of countries, this book examines the size, uses and importance of corporate welfare in a number of welfare states. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; KCR; KJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230274532
- ISBN
- 9780230274532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Furuto, Sharlene B.C.L. Num Pages: 304 pages, B&W Illus.: 1,. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JKS; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408. 304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Furuto, Sharlene. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1FP; JKS; KCR. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157155
- ISBN
- 9780231157155
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. In his academic work, Robert Higgs has dissected the government's shrewd secret excesses that lead to the Welfare State, the Warfare State, and the Administrative State. In this book, however, are essays that show a whimsical, introspective, and personal side of this world renowned scholar. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: JPP; KCP; KCQ; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Independent Institute,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781598132045
- ISBN
- 9781598132045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.57
€ 31.57
Hardcover. This book analyses the immediate challenges from headlong cuts, root-and-branch restructuring and the longer-term pressures from population ageing. It demonstrates that a more humane and generous welfare state that will build social inclusiveness is possible and shows how it can be achieved. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSB; JPH; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137328106
- ISBN
- 9781137328106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
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
€ 31.30
The Economics of Schooling in a Divided Society: The Case for Shared E...
Borooah, Vani K., Knox, Colin
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
€ 127.37
Paperback. Originally published in 1920, The Economics of Welfare provided a solution to the much discussed problem of externalities associated with market inefficiencies such as the problem of pollution.The concept of externalities remains central to modern day welfare economics and particularly environmental economics. Series: Palgrave Classics in Economics. Num Pages: 896 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230249318
- ISBN
- 9780230249318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.00
€ 88.00
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847427250
- ISBN
- 9781847427250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.87
€ 105.87
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality presents a new and definitive analysis of economic inequality in developed countries. Bringing together the world's top scholars, this comprehensive and authoritative volume contains an impressive array of original research on topics in economic inequality. Editor(s): Salverda, Wiemer; Nolan, Brian; Smeeding, Timothy M. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Economics. Num Pages: 768 pages, 78 figures, 60 tables. BIC Classification: JFS; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 177 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1206.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199606061
- ISBN
- 9780199606061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.64
€ 60.64
The Ripple Effect: The nature and impact of the children and young peo...
National Children´s Bureau
Paperback. A comprehensive, authoritative analysis of the size, scale and impact of the children and young people's voluntary sector Num Pages: 84 pages, 26 colour illustrations, 4 charts, 1 colour line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSR; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 296 x 211 x 5. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- National Children's Bureau
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907969430
- ISBN
- 9781907969430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.54
€ 23.54
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
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Polic...
Starke, Peter, Kaasch, Alexandra, Van Hooren,...
Hardcover. This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285255
- ISBN
- 9780230285255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. Childhood disadvantage encourages the development of antisocial, 'employment-resistant' personality characteristics which harm life outcomes in adulthood. A welfare state therefore risks harming society by increasing the number of citizens who develop employment-resistant personality characteristics due to disadvantage during childhood. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; JMH; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555274
- ISBN
- 9781137555274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. Having previously defined a good society as a sustainable society with a high level of development, significant provision of meaningful jobs, and low levels of inequality and social ills, Toward a Good Society in the Twenty-first Century provides a wide range of principles and policies that would be necessary if we are to achieve a good society. Editor(s): Marangos, John; Karagiannis, Nikolaos. Series: Perspectives from Social Economics. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCA; KCK; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274731
- ISBN
- 9781137274731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82