Welfare economics
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Welfare economics
Paperback. For anyone new to the subject of Citizen's Income, or who wants to introduce friends, colleagues or relatives to the idea, this valuable guide will be essential reading, offering a convincing case for a Citizen's Income and a much needed resource for all interested in the future of welfare in the UK. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447326120
- ISBN
- 9781447326120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.63
€ 16.99
€ 13.63
Paperback. The book reviews past and present debates on the challenges faced in attaining equitable economic development. The book aims to provide an introduction to economics where the application to poverty is central and guides learning. And it aims to help those who already know some economics learn more about poverty and inequality. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 736
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190212773
- ISBN
- 9780190212773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.79
€ 103.79
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
€ 85.58
€ 85.58
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
€ 164.55
€ 164.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Expanded edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141982502
- ISBN
- 9780141982502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
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
€ 30.26
€ 30.26
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
€ 23.29
€ 23.29
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€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. For the last five years, Britain has been under the hammer of 'Austerity'. In its name, wages have been frozen, benefits have been slashed and public spending squeezed. The pain of a financial crisis caused by bankers and speculators has been borne by ordinary people all over the country - and by the poor and disabled most of all. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- New Internationalist Publications Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780262468
- ISBN
- 9781780262468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.89
€ 18.99
€ 16.89
Paperback. After the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745698748
- ISBN
- 9780745698748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.74
€ 15.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447334040
- ISBN
- 9781447334040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.86
€ 40.99
€ 38.86
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
€ 45.00€ 35.96
€ 45.00
€ 35.96
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
€ 97.30
€ 97.30
Paperback. Dimensions of Tax Design consists of a set of 13 commissioned studies which draw on the latest thinking in the key areas of tax design. The volume includes contributions from a high-profile group of international experts and younger researchers and is supplemented by expert commentaries to provide the widest range of views and ideas on tax design. Editor(s): (Ifs), Institute For Fiscal Studies. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Numerous figures and tables. BIC Classification: KCR; KFFD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198795193
- ISBN
- 9780198795193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.09
€ 105.09
Hardcover. In the 1960s Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood was labeled America's largest ghetto. But its brownstones housed a coterie of black professionals intent on bringing order and hope to the community. In telling their story Michael Woodsworth reinterprets the War on Poverty by revealing its roots in local activism and policy experiments. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBEY; HBLW; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545069
- ISBN
- 9780674545069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.96
€ 47.99
€ 39.96
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
€ 57.33
€ 57.33
Paperback. Compares the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. This book traces the historical origins of social policy in these regions to crucial political changes in the mid-twentieth century, and show how the legacies of these early choices are influencing welfare reform following democratization and globalization. Num Pages: 496 pages, 34 line illus. 54 tables. BIC Classification: 1DV; 1FP; 1KL; JKS; JPB; KCR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135960
- ISBN
- 9780691135960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.00
€ 53.29
€ 42.00
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€ 9.42
€ 10.99
€ 9.42
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
€ 123.79
€ 123.79
Paperback. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; KCQ; KCR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190262044
- ISBN
- 9780190262044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.75
€ 18.99
€ 16.75
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCC; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643465
- ISBN
- 9780691643465
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.58
€ 144.58
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
€ 40.77
€ 40.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCF; KCM; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199363810
- ISBN
- 9780199363810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.47
€ 76.47
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
€ 65.73
€ 65.73