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Welfare economics

Hardback. In this book the authors explore how six major constraints are set to fix the trajectory of the global economy. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCG; KCJ; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137589927
ISBN
9781137589927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.09

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

€ 17.09

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

€ 84.49

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

€ 162.23

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
€ 14.76

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

€ 30.13

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

€ 22.97

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

€ 33.99
€ 24.23

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

€ 15.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
3rd New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447334040
ISBN
9781447334040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.63

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

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

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

€ 95.95

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
€ 39.30

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

€ 53.40

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

€ 54.99
€ 38.89

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

€ 63.08

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
€ 9.34

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

€ 122.19

Paperback. Evaluates the effectiveness of the World Bank Group's support for health, nutrition, and population (HNP) in developing countries from 1997 to 2008 - totaling more than $17 billion. This title highlights the contribution of investments in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene to improving the health of the poor. Series: Independent Evaluation Group Studies. Num Pages: 214 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 273. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
World Bank Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821379509
ISBN
9780821379509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Increasing efficiency in generating national income and improving equity in its distribution among economic agents is at the forefront of priorities of most modern economies. This book presents a model which aims to maximize a symmetrical welfare function under certain constraints which consider both efficiency and equity. Series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Num Pages: 168 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642300707
ISBN
9783642300707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.83

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

€ 122.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Schubert, Klaus; Villota, Paloma de; Kuhlmann, Johanna. Num Pages: 872 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 173 colour illustrations, 136 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: 1D; JKSB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 250 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
872
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319076799
ISBN
9783319076799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.68

Hardcover. The volume is at the forefront of the academic and policy debates on effective labour regulation, offering innovative approaches to research and policy. It is an interdisciplinary response to the central challenges that face modern labour regulation and draws on contributions by leading experts in a range of disciplines. Editor(s): McCann, Deirdre; Lee, Sangheon; Belser, Patrick; Fenwick, Colin; Howe, John; Luebker, Malte. Series: Advances in Labour Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137382207
ISBN
9781137382207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.19

Hardcover. Globalization of production has created opportunities and challenges for developing country producers and workers. This volume provides solutions-oriented approaches for promoting improved working conditions and labour rights in the apparel industry. Editor(s): Rossi, Arianna; Luinstra, Amy; Pickles, John. Series: Advances in Labour Studies. Num Pages: 344 pages, 22 figures, 43 tables, 2 tables. BIC Classification: KCF; KCM; KCP; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137377531
ISBN
9781137377531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.48

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