The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and pote ... Read more
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The ongoing privatization of pensions - the shift from state to private responsibility for old age retirement income - raises fundamental issues of social and participatory rights. The recent financia ... Read more
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That some cities are vibrant while others are in decline is starkly apparent. In The Wealth and Poverty of Cities, Mario Polese argues that focusing on city attributes is too narrow. Cities do not con ... Read more
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Although in Europe there continues to be a large degree of consensus that it is the responsibility of government to ensure that nobody who is poor, sick, disabled, unemployed, or old is left deprived, ... Read more
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We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world's poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig d ... Read more
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This edited volume documents the intellectual influence of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) through its flagship publication, the World Economic and Social Survey ... Read more
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Julian L. Garritzmann; Silja Hausermann; Bruno Palier
Pages
488 Pages
Format
Hardcover
Size
156 x235 mm
Pub date
Jun 2022
Welfare states around the globe are changing, challenged by the development of knowledge economies. In many countries, policy-makers' main response has been to modernize welfare states by focusing on ... Read more
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Julian L. Garritzmann; Silja Hausermann; Bruno Palier
Pages
456 Pages
Format
Hardcover
Size
156 x235 mm
Pub date
Jun 2022
Welfare states around the globe are changing, challenged by the development of knowledge economies. In many countries, policy-makers' main response has been to modernize welfare states by focusing on ... Read more
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Answers questions such as 'who needs the WTO, and why?'
Does not shy away from the controversy surrounding the organization, and addresses the question of whether it deserves the reputation it ha ... Read more
The first-ever, inside account of the history of the Nobel Peace Prize
Unique insight from a distinguished historian who was also part of the Nobel selection process
Unprecedented, fascinating, ... Read more
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