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The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health service, and education.
A candid explanation of how the labor market really works and is central to everything-and why it is not as healthy as we thinkRelying on unemployment... Læs mere
The welfare state is unfit for purpose – how can we transform it into a force for equality and social justice?
Rotary International spreads America’s good news. The organization spent the interwar years convincing Main Street and the world at large that America’s promise... Læs mere
How does social spending relate to economic growth and which countries have got this right and wrong? Peter H. Lindert provides a compelling global guide to public education, health care, pensions, and welfare provision, and links them to inequality and fiscal redistribution.
The Poor and the Plutocrats is an examination of financial inequality. From Apple, the first trillion-dollar company, at one end of the spectrum to those living in dire poverty on the other, Francis Teal explains how a world has emerged where both of these extremes co-exist.
COVID-19 is speeding up history, but how? What is the shape of the world to come? Lenin once said, "There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades... Læs mere
'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' ObserverIt was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes this isle has ever produced: it was the Welfare State, and it made you and I.
Leading interdisciplinary scholars focus on the ‘social’ of social policy. This ground-breaking volume tackles pressing... Læs mere
An examination of the crucialchallenges of house communing.