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Social welfare & social services

Hardcover. Social security reform in the United States continues to be a contentious issue, with advocates proposing a centralized or privatized system of personal accounts. This volume provides an analysis of the issues involved in the administration of just such a system. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 line drawings, 31 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; KJVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226754857
ISBN
9780226754857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.11

Hardcover. Martin Preib is an officer in the Chicago Police Department - a beat cop whose first assignment as a rookie policeman was working on the wagon that picks up the dead. Inspired by Preib's daily life on the job, this title chronicles the outer and inner lives of both a Chicago cop and the city itself. Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226679808
ISBN
9780226679808
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.55

Hardcover. Oberlander provides a comprehensive hostory of Medicare politics, from the decades of consensus to debates over Medicare reform. Revealing how Medicare policies have developed over the past several decades this analysis will interest anyone concerned with public policy or healthcare. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 23 tables, 3line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JPA; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226615950
ISBN
9780226615950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.40

Hardcover. Morality is often imagined to be at odds with capitalism and its focus on the bottom line. In this book, morality is shown as the opposite: an indispensable tool for capitalist transformation. It presents an argument that the neoliberal state nurtures selflessness in order to cement some of its most controversial reforms. Series: Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; JKS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226545394
ISBN
9780226545394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 87.96

Hardcover. In 2003, in the face of errors and accidents caused by medical and surgical trainees, the American Council of Graduate Medical Education mandated a reduction in resident work hours to eighty per week. This title takes up the apparent paradox of medical professionals resisting reforms designed to help them and their patients. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226430027
ISBN
9780226430027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.87

Hardcover. Includes a broad range of research examining various aspects of disadvantage and ways of increasing the ability of low-income youths to improve their circumstances later in life. This volume assesses the causal impacts of disadvantage on youth outcomes, and how policy interventions can alleviate those effects. Editor(s): Gruber, Jonathan. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 496 pages, 21 line drawings, 89 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB1; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309453
ISBN
9780226309453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.07

Hardcover. Many of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. But the government projects its future finances using outdated methods. This title argues that the program faces insolvency far sooner than previously thought. It examines the forces shaping American demographics and the economy to project their future evolution. Num Pages: 374 pages, 34 line drawings, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226300337
ISBN
9780226300337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.47

Hardcover. Shows how federal intervention spurred a dramatic shift in the language and logic of racial integration in residential neighborhoods after World War II - away from invocations of a mythical racial hierarchy and toward talk of markets, property, and citizenship. Num Pages: 496 pages, 13 halftones, 4 maps, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL3; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 34. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226262758
ISBN
9780226262758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.68

Hardcover. The oldest members of the baby boom generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security and Medicare, with significant implications for these programs' fiscal sustainability. This book focuses on the relationship between health and financial well-being, especially as people age. Editor(s): Wise, David A. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 528 pages, 78 line drawings, 128 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG; KCR; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226146096
ISBN
9780226146096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.80

Hardcover. Despite the rapid disappearance of pensions and health-care benefits for retirees, older people are healthier and better off. This book analyzes the foundations of disability decline, quantifies this phenomenon in economic terms, and proposes what might be done to accelerate future improvements in the health of our most elderly populations. Editor(s): Cutler, David; Wise, David A. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 line drawings, 124 tables. BIC Classification: JKSG; KCQ; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226132310
ISBN
9780226132310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.83
€ 120.00

Hardcover. Through detailed studies of two different orphan support organizations in Uganda, the author shows how many Ugandans view material forms of Catholic charity as deeply intertwined with their own ethics of care and exchange. She reassesses the generally assumed paradox of material aid as both promising independence and preventing it. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGU; JKSN1; RNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226119533
ISBN
9780226119533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.85

paperback. Editor(s): Rohe, William M.; Watson, Harry L. Num Pages: 328 pages, 59. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801473616
ISBN
9780801473616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.10

paperback. Beyond Caring Labour to Provisioning Work offers a powerful new framework for understanding women's work in a holistic sense, acknowledging both their responsibilities in supporting others as well as their employment duties. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 figures. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBL; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442611757
ISBN
9781442611757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.91

Hardback. Negotiating Demands is an original and thought-provoking study that not only advances our knowledge of police organization and decision-making strategies but also refines our understanding of how processes of social inclusion and exclusion occur in different liberal regimes and how they can be addressed. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 260 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSW1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802092908
ISBN
9780802092908
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.05

paperback. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 171. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cork University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0022134
ISBN
9780902561229
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Evaluates supervisory structures and practices in the light of contemporary research and experiences. This book provides counsellors and psychotherapists with a considered examination of the supervision process and draws attention to those aspects of supervision that may benefit from critical analysis and reform. Editor(s): Lawton, Barbara; Feltham, Colin. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Sage Publications United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780761960102
ISBN
9780761960102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; GTB; JFC; JKSB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 10. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Birgit van de Wijer Belgium
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9789078464013
ISBN
9789078464013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Children's spaces are widening - culturally and socially: socially their spaces are more often multilocal, and culturally they are enlarged through mobility in the globalised and virtual spaces in the mediatised world. This volume contains chapters that present particular temporal and spatial aspects of social change in childhood. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white line drawings, figures, charts. BIC Classification: 1D; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776742027
ISBN
9788776742027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.00

Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 148 pages, ch. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892047
ISBN
9788772892047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.39

Hardcover. Editor(s): Warner, Deborah J. Num Pages: 404 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; JKS; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 178 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633213654
ISBN
9781633213654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 359.86
€ 246.51

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