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Hardcover. Basic Income in Japan discusses the potential of an unconditional basic income (UBI) in the context of a transforming Japanese welfare state. Editor(s): Vanderborght, Yannick; Yamamori, Toru. Series: Exploring the Basic Income Guarantee. Num Pages: 275 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JKSB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137356574
- ISBN
- 9781137356574
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€ 122.61
€ 122.61
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137274731
- ISBN
- 9781137274731
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€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Based on the findings of a large-scale, comparative research project, this volume systematically assesses the institutional design and national influence of the Open Method of Coordination in Social Inclusion and Social Protection (pensions and health/long-term care), at the European Union level and in ten EU Member States. Editor(s): Barcevicius, Egidijus; Weishaupt, Timo; Zeitlin, Jonathan. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JKSB; JPB; KCR; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137022615
- ISBN
- 9781137022615
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€ 64.55
€ 64.55
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369610
- ISBN
- 9780230369610
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€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardcover. This book aims to tackle the issues that are central to understanding and addressing one of the most important employment policy problems facing governments in the UK and beyond: the high number of people of working age claiming 'disability' or 'incapacity' benefits. Editor(s): Lindsay, Colin; Houston, Donald. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB; KCFM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230349940
- ISBN
- 9780230349940
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€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. Drawing on data from across Europe and the US, this book comparatively analyzes the current state of minimum income protection policies and explores the prospects for their improvement. Editor(s): Marx, Ive; Nelson, Kenneth. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 360 pages, 55 figures, 35 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB; KCF; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348134
- ISBN
- 9780230348134
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€ 134.08
€ 134.08
Hardcover. This book explores the widening gap between the wage packets of skilled and unskilled workers that has become a pressing issue for all states in the globalized world economy. Comparing the experiences of more and less developed economies, chapters analyse the underlying causes and key social changes that accompany income inequality. Editor(s): Hellier, Joel; Chusseau, Nathalie. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCG; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230303423
- ISBN
- 9780230303423
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€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. This volume analyzes and compares seven EU countries' labour market and pension reforms in order to assess whether income security in old age will still be ensured in the future. Editor(s): Hinrichs, Karl; Jessoula, Matteo. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 262 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSB; JPB; JPSN2; KCR; KFFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230290068
- ISBN
- 9780230290068
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Condition: New
€ 64.53
€ 64.53
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137555274
- ISBN
- 9781137555274
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Condition: New
€ 122.47
€ 122.47
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 109
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137553720
- ISBN
- 9781137553720
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€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardback. Why is it that government debt in the developed world has risen to world war proportions in a time of peace? This can largely be attributed to governments maintaining welfare expenditures beyond what tax revenues allow. But will these governments refrain from doing what is necessary for economic growth for fear of losing their electorate? Num Pages: 121 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCP; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137531995
- ISBN
- 9781137531995
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€ 63.40
€ 63.40
Hardback. We must quickly learn how to live well in the world as it is today, including the realm of work. We need to learn a new vocabulary of economics and markets that is more suitable to understand the present world and that is likely to offer us the tools to act, and perhaps improve it as well. Num Pages: 133 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCK; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 133
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137528872
- ISBN
- 9781137528872
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€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Welfare State Transformations and Inequality in OECD Countries
. Ed(S): Wulfgramm, Melike; Bieber, Tonia; Le...
Hardback. Editor(s): Wulfgramm, Melike; Bieber, Tonia; Leibfried, Stephan. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKSB; JPQB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137511836
- ISBN
- 9781137511836
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€ 112.67
€ 112.67
Hardcover. The author aims to develop conceptual refining and theoretical reframing of the productivist welfare capitalism thesis in order to address a set of questions concerning whether and how productivist welfarism has experienced both continuity and change in East Asia. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKSB; JPRB; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471840
- ISBN
- 9781137471840
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€ 63.78
€ 63.78
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461865
- ISBN
- 9781137461865
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€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Hardcover. EPUB Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137388957
- ISBN
- 9781137388957
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€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardcover. This volume goes beyond a narrow conceptualization of macroeconomic stability and explores the link between socio-economic policies, structural transformation and inclusive development. It rests on three thematic pillars: the limits of conventional macroeconomics; the long run agenda of structural transformation and the development of capabilities. Editor(s): Islam, Iyanatul; Kucera, David. Series: Advances in Labour Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, 50 figures, 26 tables. BIC Classification: KCC; KCF; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 578.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137379245
- ISBN
- 9781137379245
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Condition: New
€ 123.48
€ 123.48
Hardcover. Betrayed takes a new approach to the subject of global poverty, one that doesn't blame the West but also doesn't rely on the West for solutions. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCG; KCM; KCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137353030
- ISBN
- 9781137353030
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€ 66.12
€ 66.12
Hardcover. This analysis of South Korea's development experience can present lessons for development in the 21st century. Situating the development experience of South Korea within the framework of the capability enhancing state, this volume examines the empowering institutions and policies of South Korea between 1945 and 2000. Series: Social Policy in a Development Context Series. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; KCG; KCM; KCP; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137339478
- ISBN
- 9781137339478
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€ 123.91
€ 123.91
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 291
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137293961
- ISBN
- 9781137293961
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Condition: New
€ 65.33
€ 65.33
Hardcover. Postwar employment standards are being undermined and 'non-standard' employment is becoming more common. While scholars have pointed to negative consequences of this development, this volume also discusses the evidence for a new and socially inclusive European employment standard. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JHBL; JPB; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137267153
- ISBN
- 9781137267153
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Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardback. Investigates three sets of questions raised by the economic downturn. The first concerns issues of ethics and social responsibility in economic policymaking and in business and finance, secondly how the costs of the downturn have fallen within the population; and lastly the rise of unmet basic needs. Editor(s): Starr, Martha A. Series: Perspectives from Social Economics. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105317
- ISBN
- 9780230105317
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Condition: New
€ 64.55
€ 64.55
Striving to Save: Creating Policies for Financial Security of Low-Inco...
Sherraden, Margaret Sherrard, Mcbride, Amanda...
Hardcover. Examines savings in eighty-four working families with low incomes, including fifty-nine families who participated in a program of matched savings and financial education. This book concludes with recommended public policy approaches for increasing savings in households that are striving to save. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JKS; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472117123
- ISBN
- 9780472117123
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€ 74.94€ 68.19
€ 74.94
€ 68.19
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
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.34
€ 20.99
€ 19.34