{"title":"Welfare and benefit systems Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bread-for-all-9780141980355","title":"Bread for All","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY PRIZE 2018\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Makes a gripping human story out of the wisest and most progressive policy achievement of any government in the history of the world ... the welfare state deserves books this good'' Stuart Maconie, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A brilliant book, full of little revelations'' Jon Cruddas, \u003ci\u003eProspect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e''Carefully argued, deftly balanced and wittily written, with countless lovely details'' Dominic Sandbrook, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA landmark book from a remarkable new historian, on a subject that has never been more important - or imperilled\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, everybody seems to agree that something has gone badly wrong with the British welfare state. 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Tracing medical certification for absence from work from 1948 to 2010, Gareth Millward shows how the sick note has survived in practice and in the popular imagination - just like the welfare state itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween the book's deft and attractive opening and its fine conclusion there is much to enjoy. * Druin Burch, Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating * BBC History Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Introduction 2: The 'birth' of the sick note 3: Absenteeism and postwar rebuilding 4: Chauvinists and breadwinners in the 'classic welfare state' 5: Privatization? 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Is a UBI the ultimate solution to the problem of poverty? Is it the solution to automation-induced unemployment? Can it help solve gender and racial inequality?This book provides the average citizen with all the information they need to understand current debates about the UBI. It recounts the history of the idea, from its origins in the writings of 18th century radical intellectuals to contemporary discussions centered on unemployment caused by technological advances such as artificial intelligence. It discusses current pilot programs in the United States and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this important book, Zwolinski and Fleischer provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to universal basic income in all its forms, including stakeholder grants, the earned income tax credit, and the child tax credit. 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If anything, however, the long decade of the Great Recession proved that the welfare state remained a fundamental asset in hard times, stabilizing the economy, protecting households and individuals from poverty, reconciling gendered work and family life, while improving the skills and competences needed in Europe’s knowledge economy and ageing society. Finally, the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has, unsuprisingly, brought back into the limelight the productive role of welfare systems in guaranteeing basic security, human capabilities, economic opportunities, and democratic freedoms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this important contribution, Anton Hemerijck and Robin Huguenot-Noël examine the nature of European welfare provision and the untruths that surround it. 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Clashing Agendas is the traumatic inside story of how this simple concept became unimaginably complicated in execution, and then nearly self-destructed, told by David Freud, who was the Minister for Welfare Reform responsible for the transformation. David's initial welfare proposals in 2007, commissioned by the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair in one of his last political initiatives, proved popular across all political parties. When the Conservatives came calling, David Freud accepted the job of reforming the system, initially in the shadow ministerial team and then in Government. His core motivation was to end the welfare trap, by which the legacy systems made it difficult for many people to free themselves from dependency on the state.   This personal account reveals the complex interplay between politicians and civil servants - the true determinant of how Government really works. 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A story told with pace and pizzazz.\" NICHOLAS TIMMINS Journalist and author of The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State.; \"David Freud spent more time than any other minister at the centre of the biggest programme of welfare reform for half a century. In this fascinating account he takes us through the politics, the complexities, and the frustrations of delivering such a huge programme. Brimming with passion for improving our broken welfare system this is a classic insider's account, essential reading for anyone seeking an understanding not just of how welfare reform works, but how politics works.\" PAUL JOHNSON Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROLOGUE. REFORM. An unplanned journey.  AMBUSH. 1. The Welfare Trap.  2. Blunting the Salami-slicer.  MANOEUVRES. 3. Change of Regime. 4. Inside the Department.  5. The Conservatives Pounce.  OPPOSITION. 6. Get Britain Working.  7. Lords and Legislation.  8. Enter Iain Duncan Smith. 9. Moment of Serendipity.  PERSUASION. 10. Minister for Welfare Reform.  11. What's the Catch?  12. Reform for Cuts. PRIVILEGE.  13. Holding the Line.  14. The Lords' Den.  AGILE. 15. Digital by Default. 16. Timetable under Pressure.  WRITE-OFF. 17. Poacher turns Gamekeeper.  18. The Twin Track. WORTH.  19. Yet another Vacuum. 20. Problems to Solve. 21. UC at Work. 22. Ed Miliband strikes. CUTS. 23. The Pressure Mounts.  24. Tax Credit Volte-face.  25. An Explosive Resignation.  VISION. 26. Exit and Future.  ADDENDUM: REFORM. Lessons for Government Projects.  Acknowledgements. Dramatis Personae. Glossary of terms. Notes. Index.","brand":"Nine Elms Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48742570459479,"sku":"9781910533529","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781910533529.jpg?v=1720061945"},{"product_id":"research-handbook-on-leave-policy-parenting-and-social-inequalities-in-a-global-perspective-9781800372207","title":"Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing contributions from leading international scholars of social policy, this dynamic Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of conceptual and methodological developments in leave policy research, as well as state-of-the-art findings on leave policy determinants and outcomes globally.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe topic of inequality is placed at the centre of the Research Handbook, to strengthen the global debate and encourage broader thinking about the interconnections between leave policy design and social inequalities. Chapters illustrate the continued relevance of this correlation in the context of gendered care and employment practices, precarious, underinsured, and nonstandard employment, informal economies, migration, family changes, and growing financial strains for parents. Using parental leave policy as an empirical lens to further our understanding of the intersectional nature of social inequalities, the editors ultimately consider whether there is a case to reconfigure leave policy as a social right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis incisive Research Handbook will be essential reading for a multi-disciplinary audience of students and scholars of social policy, family studies, gender studies, sociology, social work, and public policy. 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Schober and Silke Büchau 12 Do leave policies impact fertility? The case of immigrants from low-fertility countries in Sweden 156 Eleonora Mussino 13 Fathers, fathering and parental leaves 174 Berit Brandth, Brita Bungum and Elin Kvande  PART IV LEAVE POLICIES IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 14 Gender equality and parenting leaves in Finland: a different pathway towards the ‘Nordic’ leave policy model 188 Johanna Lammi-Taskula 15 Trajectories of modernization of parenting leave policies within continental Europe: similarities and unexpected differences 202 Mara A. Yerkes, Birgit Pfau-Effinger and Wim Van Lancker 16 Trends towards de-gendering leave use in Spain and Portugal 219 Gerardo Meil, Karin Wall, Susana Atalaia and Anna Escobedo 17 Generous but unequal: the contradictions of parenting leaves in the Baltic States 232 Marre Karu 18 Legacies of an Antipodean model? Parenting leave policy trajectories in Australia and New Zealand 245 Gillian Whitehouse, Marian Baird and Suzy Morrissey 19 Disparities in access to paid leave in the US: differences between parenting and other types of leaves 258 Richard J. Petts, Cassandra Engeman, Shirley Gatenio Gabel and Gayle Kaufman 20 Parenting leave policies in East Asia: developmentalist policy approach and varieties of familialism 276 Xuan Li and Lisa Eklund 21 Leave policy across Latin America: a story of expansion, plateauing and the need for unconventional instruments 293 Gabriela Marzonetto and Juliana Martínez Franzoni 22 Colonialism and paid maternity leave policies in sub-Saharan Africa 310 Keonhi Son  PART V GAPS AND THE FUTURE OF LEAVE POLICY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 23 Are parenting leaves available for LGBTQ parents? Examining policies in Canada, Croatia, France, Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom 325 Gayle Kaufman, Auður Magndís Auðardóttir, Deni Mazrekaj, Rachael N. 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It questions whether the local authority can be seen as a single entity in terms of housing or whether it is fragmented into separate departments.  Incorporating in-depth empirical research from England and Wales, the book discusses whether the process of developing housing policy and allocating land needs to be more integrated, and whether key players such as speculative house-builders should be involved in the development of policy.  Analyzing which information sources influence the local authority's land allocations and housing strategies, the volume debates whether they provide the most useful data and suggests alternative information sources that m\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’There is a growing realization that in order to develop effective housing strategies local authorities, in their enabling role, need to understand the housing market in which they operate. 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This insightful book focuses on the case of changes in housing based on evidence collected from across the Central and Eastern European region.  The volume adopts a conceptual framework and provides cross-regional analysis, amongst which is situated a series of more focused case studies.  Issues examined include the consequences of the rapid privatization of state rental housing including the emergence of ''super-owner-occupied'' countries, dramatic changes in urban structure and evidence that housing, having been the shock absorber against which wider economic restructuring has occurred, now faces a whole series of deferred problems.  The enthusiasm with which the market economy was initially embraced must now be tempered by a more sober assessment of what in reality has happened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e’...this volume provides sobering lessons in what to do and not do in transforming any state-directed housing system into a market-based system. The volume should be on the shelf of all housing analysts and policy-makers in both the developed and developing worlds and in international agencies dealing with housing programmes.’  Professor Larry S. Bourne, University of Toronto, Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Introduction: housing in post-Communist Europe - issues and agendas. Comparative Perspectives on Housing Reforms: Housing reforms and market performance, Robert M. 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Wong fi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealthy Democracies \u003c\/i\u003ebrings a detailed and timely argument to bear against several key orthodoxies of globalization, while at the same time avoiding cultural or social-structural assumptions that serve to occlude rather than explain the complexities and variations of regional development.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Marc Carcelon * Contemporary Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Wong shows how a state-centric approach for the analysis of the emerging welfare states in Taiwan and South Korea is not sufficient in account for how new political and policy goals were generated in the larger context of democratic change.... \u003ci\u003eHealthy Democracies \u003c\/i\u003eis a most valuable contribution to the growing literature on welfare-state development in general, and on East Asian developments in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Stein Kuhnle * Democratization *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an excellent and well-written book. For years to come it is likely to be a standard reference point in debates not only about East Asian welfare capitalism but also about welfare developments in advanced societies throughout the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Ian Holliday * Political Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWong offers new perspectives and a well-crafted analysis of welfare politics in Taiwan and Korea and has built a solid foundation for further comparative study with other regions. His book is a must-read for scholars of East Asian political economics.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Tieh-Chih Chang * Political Science Quarterly *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405148299607,"sku":"9780801473494","price":26.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801473494.jpg?v=1730488880"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/welfare-and-benefit-systems.oembed?page=5","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}