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  • Social Policy in an Era of Competition

    From Global to Local Perspectives

    by Zoë Irving, Kevin Farnsworth, Stefan Kühner, Kate Brown, Peter Dwyer, John Hudson, Chris Holden, Neil Lunt, Stuart Lowe, Theo Papadopoulos0, Antonios Roumpakis1, Naomi Finch2 ...
    Welfare states globally have been subjected to reform agendas that have stressed economic competitiveness but how has global competition reshaped welfare states in practice?Providing a new cross-national and international narrative this book captures the complexity of social policy reform process that have taken place over the past 25 years. Drawing on data relating to multiple countries the ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Research Handbook on Social Policy and Employment

    Edited by Gaby Ramia, Zoe Irving, Elke Heins, Ricardo Velázquez Leyer ...
    Series series Elgar Handbooks in Social Policy and Welfare series
    This compelling Handbook explores how social policies have been adapted and remodelled in response to transformations in work and employment in the twenty-first century. It outlines the history of the welfare-work relationship, assesses the current state of the global workforce and provides theoretical and practical analyses of the work-employment-social policy relationship.Leading experts review ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • Social policy in challenging times

    Economic crisis and welfare systems

    Edited by Irving, Zoë, Farnsworth, Kevin ...
    There is no precedent to the current economic crisis which looks set to redefine social policy debate throughout the globe. But its effects are not uniform across nations. Bringing together a range of expert contributions, the key lesson to emerge from this book is that 'the crisis' is better understood as a variety of crises, each mediated by national context. Consequently, there is an array of ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Social Policy in Times of Austerity

    Global Economic Crisis and the New Politics of Welfare

    Edited by Kevin Farnsworth, Zoë Irving ...
    The 2008 global economic crisis was unprecedented in living memory and its impact on economic and social life immense. Large-scale social policy interventions played a crucial role in helping to mediate the crisis, and yet the welfare state continues to come under attack. A new age of austerity, based more on politics than economics, is threatening to undermine the very foundations of the welfare ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Understanding Social Security

    Issues for Policy and Practice

    by Luke Martinelli, Dan Finn, Sue Watson, Ruth Patrick, John Hudson, Zoë Irving, Kevin Farnsworth, Nicola Yeates, Bozena Sojka, Emma Carmel, Fran Bennett0, Steve McKay1, Jane Millar2, Tess Ridge4 ...
    Series series Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
    The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015.With contributions from leading academics in the field this book critically examines the design, ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Alternatives to Neoliberalism

    Towards Equality and Democracy

    by Karel Williams, Sukhdev Johal, Jeremy Gilbert, Colin Crouch, Andrew Cumbers, Michael Moran, Grahame Thompson, Zoë Irving, Kevin Farnsworth, Ted Benton, Anna Coote ...
    In this collection, innovative and eminent social and policy analysts, including Colin Crouch, Anna Coote, Grahame Thompson and Ted Benton, challenge the failing but still dominant ideology and policies of neo-liberalism.The editors synthesise contributors’ ideas into a revised framework for social democracy; rooted in feminism, environmentalism, democratic equality and market accountability to ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Exploring the World of Social Policy

    An International Approach

    by Michael Hill, Zoë Irving ...
    This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives.Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book:• explores the ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • The Companion to Development Studies

    Edited by Vandana Desai, Rob Potter ...
    The Companion to Development Studies contains over a hundred chapters written by leading international experts within the field to provide a concise and authoritative overview of the key theoretical and practical issues dominating contemporary development studies. Covering a wide range of disciplines the book is divided into ten sections, each prefaced by a section introduction written by the ... Read more

    $162.99 CAD

  • The Student's Companion to Social Policy

    by Pete Alcock, Tina Haux, Vikki McCall, Margaret May ...
    The new edition of the bestselling guide to the issues students will encounter in the study of social policy in both the UK and abroadFully updated and expanded, the sixth edition of The Student’s Companion to Social Policy remains the most accessible and comprehensive review of UK and comparative social policy available for undergraduate students. Written and edited by leading experts in the ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • Social Development

    Theory and Practice

    by James O. Midgley ...
    Walking through social development’s key theoreticalprinciples and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples’ wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers:Definitions and an historical evolution of social developmentKey theoretical debates around social well-being, human rights and social justiceSocial ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

  • The Student's Companion to Social Policy

    Edited by Pete Alcock, Tina Haux, Margaret May, Sharon Wright ...
    This fully updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Student’s Companion to Social Policy charts the latest developments, research, challenges, and controversies in the field in a concise, authoritative format.Provides students with the analytical base from which to investigate and evaluate key concepts, perspectives, policies, and outcomes at national and international levelsFeatures a new ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD