Welfare and benefit systems Books

Book SynopsisThis innovative Handbook presents the core concepts associated with austerity, retrenchment and populism and explores how they can be used to analyse developments in different welfare states and in specific social policies. Leading experts highlight how these concepts have influenced and changed welfare states around the globe and impacted specific areas including pensions, long-term care, the labour market, taxation, social activism and gender equality.Comprehensive in approach, the authors offer cutting edge research demonstrating the importance of societal developments to welfare states and the effects of ideas, ideologies and variations in policies and decisions in different countries. They also investigate key country and regime-specific approaches to welfare state development, analysing and interpreting changes in the last 10-15 years. The main drivers for these changes, ranging from demography, to the financial crisis, to the use of new technology and the possible impact of populism, are examined.Far reaching and authoritative, this timely Handbook offers a systematic theoretic overview which will be invaluable for scholars of welfare states, social policy, sociology and political science. Social policy makers will also benefit from the novel case studies explored in depth, and suggestions for potential policy changes.Trade Review‘The book deserves a very broad readership of researchers, lecturers, students in general as well as professionals in particular.’ -- Niels Rosendal Jensen, European Journal of Social Work'This timely book offers compelling, critical yet nuanced analyses of the three key features shaping welfare-state reform since the Great Recession: austerity, retrenchment and populism. Covering a rich array of European regions, sectors and policy fields, it is an exceptionally stimulating contribution to the debate on the welfare state’s future.' -- Kees van Kersbergen, Aarhus University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to Handbook on Austerity, Populism and the Welfare State 15 Bent Greve PART II CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES 2 What is austerity? 24 Kevin Farnsworth and Zoë Irving 3 The politics of retrenchment 38 Peter Starke 4 Populism and the welfare state 53 Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser and Lisa Zanotti 5 Measuring retrenchment in welfare states: overcoming the challenges to the definition, operationalization and measurement of welfare policy change 66 Elisa Helena Xiol Y Ferreira and Michael Howlett 6 The dependent variable problem revisited: methods, concepts, and scope in the welfare retrenchment literature 76 Mehmet Fuat Kına and Erdem Yörük 7 Understanding the ‘welfare state’ in the context of austerity and populism 93 Sonja Blum and Johanna Kuhlmann 8 Austerity, populism, and the politics of blame: an ideational perspective 106 Daniel Béland and Alex Waddan 9 The social legitimacy of European welfare states after “the age of austerity” 122 Femke Roosma 10 Austerity and poverty 142 Paul Spicker PART III COUNTRY AND WELFARE REGIMES – ANALYSIS OF AUSTERITY/POPULISM 11 Nordic welfare state changes especially in the light of migration and the financial crisis 155 Bent Greve and Jon Kvist 12 Fiscal austerity, welfare retrenchment and political populism in Continental European welfare states 167 Jan-Ocko Heuer 13 The United Kingdom before and after Brexit 182 Benjamin Leruth and Peter Taylor-Gooby 14 South Europe: reclaiming welfare post-crisis? 197 Maria Petmesidou and Ana Marta Guillén 15 Austerity, populism and welfare retrenchment in Central and South Eastern Europe 219 Noemi Lendvai-Bainton and Paul Stubbs 16 Support to families with children in the Baltic States: pathways of expansion and retrenchment from 2004 to 2019 233 Jolanta Aidukaite PART IV ARE SPECIFIC WELFARE PROGRAMS MORE PRONE TO AUSTERITY – AND IF SO, WHY? 17 Incremental or paradigm shifting? Evidence about the retrenchment of public pension schemes in the industrialised world from expenditure and replacement rate data, 1980–2015 256 Paul Bridgen 18 Unemployment benefits in the 21st century: new dimensions of retrenchment and the roles of austerity and populism 277 Axel Cronert 19 Austerity and its corresponding effects on public safety and crime 293 Adegbola Ojo 20 Family policy in Europe in the era of austerity and populism 306 Mikael Nygård and Mikko Kuisma 21 Long-term care policies meet austerity 324 Barbara Da Roit 22 Changes in tax systems 340 Nelly Popova 23 Labour markets in post-crisis Europe: liberalisation, deregulation, precarisation 356 Dragos Adăscălitei and Jason Heyes 24 The impact of austerity on social activism 372 Shana Cohen 25 Gender, austerity and the welfare state 387 Sidita Kushi and Ian P. McManus PART V CHANGE TO THE ROLE OF WELFARE STATES? 26 Reflection upon the development of, and the future for, welfare states 408 Bent Greve Index

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Book SynopsisFeaturing 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. The 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. This 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. Its evaluation of cutting-edge developments in leave policy will also benefit national and international policy makers, as well as HR leaders interested in parenting leave best practice.Trade Review‘This cutting-edge collection deftly explores the past and future of parenting leave policy. The authors – an interdisciplinary who’s who in leave policy research – tackle the complexities of parenting leave with a keen focus on social inequalities, broadly defined. Its fresh focus on new frontiers in policy development and research will be generative of research for years to come.’ -- Jennifer Hook, University of Southern California, US‘Child-linked leave policy is one of the most dynamic and diversified fields of family policy both at the ideational and normative levels, featuring also as a multilayered package, as the rich chapters of this book document both analytically and empirically. This is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how and why leaves are regulated as they are in different contexts and times, while offering a new starting point for future research.’ -- Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Leave Policy: Parenting and Social Inequalities in a Global Perspective 1 Ivana Dobrotić, Sonja Blum and Alison Koslowski PART I CONCEPTUAL AND ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES IN LEAVE POLICY RESEARCH 2 A short history of leave policy research in higher income countries 14 Fred Deven and Peter Moss 3 Locating parenting leaves in gender and welfare state analysis 27 Rossella Ciccia 4 Grasping the character of parenting leave policies in space and time 40 Anna Kurowska 5 How to improve comparative parenting leave policy indicators? 54 Adeline Otto, Alžběta Bártová and Wim Van Lancker PART II ANALYSING THE DRIVERS OF LEAVE POLICIES: POLITICS AND IDEAS 6 Parenting leave policies and a global social policy agenda 68 Margaret O’Brien and Merve Uzunalioglu 7 The (new) politics of leave policymaking 83 Agnes Blome 8 Leave policies in populist and illiberal regimes: the cases of Hungary and Poland 100 Dorota Szelewa and Dorottya Szikra 9 The role of ideas in parenting leaves: the case of gender equality and its politicization in Finland 115 Mikael Nygård and Josefine Nyby PART III ASSESSING THE OUTCOMES OF LEAVE POLICIES 10 Measuring the impacts of parenting leaves: grappling with conceptual and methodological complexities 128 Andrea Doucet and Ann-Zofie Duvander 11 How parenting leaves impact parental employment, family work, and gender norms: a literature review 142 Pia S. 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. Pettigrew, Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, Tanja Vuckovic Juros and Mara A. Yerkes 24 The role of employers in reducing the implementation gap in leave policies 338 Lena Hipp, Charlotte Schlüter and Stefania Molina 25 Employer-provided leaves: paths to more time and money for working parents 353 Rosa Daiger von Gleichen 26 Broadening our conception of leave: leave to care for self or others over the life course 368 Marian Baird, Myra Hamilton, Daniel Dinale, Lisa Gulesserian and Alexandra Heron 27 Leave policy in the time of pandemic: new developments and lessons learned 384 Alison Koslowski, Sonja Blum and Ivana Dobrotić 28 Leave policy design and inequalities: reconfiguring leave as a social right? 398 Sonja Blum, Ivana Dobrotić and Alison Koslowski Index 413

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Book SynopsisThis Research Handbook is an essential guide to the design and use of research in mental health policy from a global perspective. It focuses on public mental health, as well as quasi-public and private policies in nations with significant private sectors.Expert contributors explore key mental health policies pertinent to psychiatric treatment and care, as well as those concerned with substance abusers and forensic patients. Organised into five parts, the Research Handbook addresses a wide array of mental health questions involving particular interventions and policies, ranging from psychiatric deinstitutionalization to system building, mental health law, and the human rights of mental patients. In addition, it considers the pros and cons of both established and emerging research methodologies, including geographic information systems and predictive analytics, and ways that these can be effectively integrated with policy making systems, along with their political, economic, and socio-cultural environments.This authoritative Research Handbook will be a key resource for scholars and students of mental health policy, social policy and welfare states. It will also be beneficial for policymakers and practitioners involved in public and private mental health programs.Trade Review‘One of the most important lessons of six decades of community mental health practice is that a shelf full of evidence-based intervention manuals does you little good without quality mental health policy to put them into action. Yet the empirical study of mental health policy has lagged far behind the study of interventions. This book constitutes a giant step toward closing the gap.This book has numerous virtues. The international perspective will be a valuable corrective for those whose view of mental health policy is limited to their own nation, which tends to be a particular problem in the United States. Readers will find the specific research topics, dissemination and implementation of services and the sociology of stigma, to be directly applicable to their practice. Perhaps the most important contribution of the book is its grasp of the complex nature of mental health policy research, which takes as its subject a system involving numerous interactions, nonlinearities and feedback loops, while playing out in an arena that affects millions of lives. Professor Hudson is uniquely qualified to grapple with this complexity, having been at the forefront of applying systems science to community mental health for three decades.Every mental health system should own at least one copy of the Research Handbook on Mental Health Policy, and preferably several.’ -- Keith Warren, The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiv PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Mental Health Policy 2 Christopher G. Hudson PART II THE CONDUCT OF MENTAL HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH 2 Formulation of mental health policy research problems 15 Christopher G. Hudson 3 Qualitative and exploratory methods in mental health policy research 29 Hugo Kamya 4 Quantitative methods for mental health research 43 Reginald O. York 5 Emerging research methods in mental health 58 Emily Ihara, JoAnn Lee, John Karavatas and Michael Wolf-Branigin PART III SELECTED RESEARCH RESULTS AND POLICY APPLICATIONS 6 Dissemination and implementation of mental health services: the problem, the response, the new science 73 Russell K. Schutt 7 National, state, and local mental health policy: meeting the needs for research pluralism and application of knowledge 90 David A. Rochefort and Jared M. Hirschfield 8 A critique of children’s mental health research 112 Yvonne Vissing 9 The sociology of stigma and pathways to care 134 Carla D. Kundert and Patrick W. Corrigan 10 Involuntary civil commitment for persons with mental illness 148 Jonathan Lukens and Phyllis Solomon 11 Deinstitutionalization and the development of community mental health 161 John R. Belcher 12 Psychiatric rehabilitation and continuity of care 172 Eva Dragomirecká, Jaap van Weeghel and Ondřej Pěč PART IV COUNTRY AND REGIONAL STUDIES 13 Australia. Good intentions – reviewing 30 years of mental health policy reform 190 Sebastian Rosenberg and Luis Salvador-Carulla 14 European Union. Mental health care ecosystems 206 Mencía R. Gutiérrez-Colosía, Jose A. Salinas-Perez and Luis Salvador-Carulla 15 Mental health policy in Israel’s community-based mental health services 223 Liron David, Max Lachman, Hilla Hadas and Sylvia Tessler-Lozowick 16 United Kingdom. An overview of its mental health policies and services 243 Christopher G. Hudson 17 United Kingdom. The place of shared decision making in UK mental health services 258 Shulamit Ramon and Echo Yuet Wah Yeung 18 United States. The development of integrated mental health policy 272 Ronald W. Manderscheid and Amy Ward PART V CONCLUSION 19 Conclusion – key lessons and emerging directions in the integration of research into mental health policy and practice 287 Christopher G. Hudson Index 297

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Book SynopsisMalcolm Torry explores Citizen's Basic Income - an unconditional income for every individual - moving the reader from a basic understanding of the concept to an in-depth recognition of its wide-ranging implications. Torry examines debates around the desirability, feasibility and implementation of a Citizen's Basic Income, and how this idea is becoming increasingly widespread. This Modern Guide presents a comprehensive treatment of Citizen's Basic Income, first offering insight into the language surrounding it, and moving through a number of key disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, politics, economics and law. Each chapter discusses an academic discipline, looking at relevant aspects of the debate to understand how the discipline enhances knowledge of Citizen's Basic Income, and how discussion around the topic can contribute to the academic discipline. Containing detailed case studies in each chapter, this book will be helpful to a wide variety of scholars and students wanting a broader knowledge of Citizen's Basic Income. It will also be useful to policymakers who wish to engage in the debate on the potential benefits and drawbacks of a Citizen's Basic Income.Trade Review‘Malcolm Torry’s A Modern Guide to Citizen’s Basic Income is a welcome addition for any student of this concept. Torry maintains an objective balance in analysing the merits of the concept and he addresses many of the critiques levelled against it throughout the book. One of the truly refreshing aspects of this book is the heterodox treatment applied in attempting to understand and critique the idea of CBI.’ -- Arya Pillai, International Review of Public Policy‘Malcolm Torry is one of the most prolific, well-rounded, and knowledgeable researchers in the field of Basic Income. No one is better placed to write a multidisciplinary guide to the topic.’ -- Karl Widerquist, Georgetown University, Qatar'Malcolm Torry has been at the forefront of the British campaign for a universal basic income for more than 30 years. This new book explores how twelve academic disciplines - from ethics and psychology to history and law - shed light on the idea. For students and researchers looking to engage with the growing debate on UBI, Torry's book provides a very good place to start.' --Peter Sloman, University of Cambridge, UK'Malcolm Torry is one of the most prolific, well-rounded, and knowledgeable researchers in the field of Basic Income. No one is better placed to write a multidisciplinary guide to the topic.' --Karl Widerquist, Georgetown University, Qatar'Amid the recent explosion of scholarship on basic income Malcolm Torry has found a novel approach to exploring its theory and practice: an exploration of basic income through different disciplinary perspectives.' --Almaz Zelleke, New York University Shanghai, ChinaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to a multidisciplinary study of Citizen’s Basic Income 2. The language of Citizen’s Basic Income 3. Histories of Citizen’s Basic Income 4. The ethics of Citizen’s Basic Income 5. The economics of Citizen’s Basic Income 6. The psychology of Citizen’s Basic Income 7. The social psychology of Citizen’s Basic Income 8. The sociology of Citizen’s Basic Income 9. Citizen’s Basic Income as social policy 10. The social administration of Citizen’s Basic Income 11. The politics of Citizen’s Basic Income 12. The political economy of Citizen’s Basic Income 13. The law of Citizen’s Basic Income 14. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Written by James Midgley, a leading authority on international social policy and social development, this Advanced Introduction offers a concise, readable and wide-ranging overview of how protection schemes such as social assistance, social insurance, employer mandates and social allowances promote social welfare by meeting peoples’ income needs and improving their living standards. It defines the field, traces its historical evolution, discusses the contribution of theories and ideologies and examines its impact on poverty.Key features include: Discussion of the impact of social protection on incomes and living standards and considers the role of social protection in the economy, politics and society Examination of the role of theories and ideologies in social protection A global perspective with a special focus on social protection in the Global South An accessible analysis of the challenges facing social protection and the way these are being dealt with. This perceptive Advanced Introduction will be an excellent resource for both graduates and undergraduates studying public and social policy, economics and the social sciences. It will also be a useful guide for civil servants and officials in international agencies as well as social protection practitioners in non-profits and community organizations.Trade Review‘The increasing forms of vulnerabilities in the past three decades within world nations have accentuated the need and the role of social protection in protecting against forms of vulnerability. The acknowledged important function of social protection is yet to attract similar academic recognition when compared to other disciplines in social sciences. Contributing to making social protection both as a field of study and practice fashionable to scholars, policymakers, and any person is the strongest contribution of Advanced Introduction to Social Protection. Professor James Midgley's wealth of scholarship, global exposure, and vast knowledge shone through as he painstakingly made social protection both readable, applicable, and conversational, and invited the reader to the ongoing debates in the discipline. His mastery of the field was on full display in each chapter of the book.’ -- Chibuikem Charles Nnaeme, International Journal of Community and Social Development‘In this very readable volume, Professor James Midgley provides readers with a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the field of social protection. This ambitious book starts by introducing and defining essential social policy terminology and offers a well-balanced short history of the evolution of social policies. In quick steps, the author leads the reader through an overview of theories and ideologies, the nature and extent of global poverty and the COVID–19 crisis. In turn, Midgley discusses the impact that politics and the electoral process have on growth and development and the constantly evolving concepts of socioeconomic equality and inequality. As a core element in this work, the book addresses the challenges and opportunities for expanding social protection in its multiple forms and calls for a rights-based approach to social protection, which recognizes access to basic social policies as a human right.’ -- Silvia Borzutzky, Carnegie Mellon University, US‘In protecting the poor and enhancing social justice, social protection is of key importance - yet, compared to other social systems, from schools to streets, it has received scant attention. James Midgley, drawing on a wealth of scholarship, introduces social protection - its global history, underlying concepts and values, its impact and the challenges it faces. Showing the importance of social protection, while demonstrating its breadth and complexity, this book makes an important contribution to the promotion of social justice.’ -- David Piachaud, London School of Economics, UK‘James Midgley’s Advanced Introduction to Social Protection is a welcome addition to contemporary social protection literature. It provides an excellent appraisal of social protection theory, practice, impacts on poverty and inequality, and the economic and societal contexts that shape these policies around the world. It is highly recommended for post graduate students, scholars and policy makers.’ -- Leila Patel, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Advanced Introduction to Social Protection 1. Definitions, terms and meanings 2. Historical perspectives 3. Theories, values and ideologies 4. Incomes, poverty and living standards 5. Society, the economy and politics 6. Challenges and opportunities References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Written by James Midgley, a leading authority on international social policy and social development, this Advanced Introduction offers a concise, readable and wide-ranging overview of how protection schemes such as social assistance, social insurance, employer mandates and social allowances promote social welfare by meeting peoples’ income needs and improving their living standards. It defines the field, traces its historical evolution, discusses the contribution of theories and ideologies and examines its impact on poverty.Key features include: Discussion of the impact of social protection on incomes and living standards and considers the role of social protection in the economy, politics and society Examination of the role of theories and ideologies in social protection A global perspective with a special focus on social protection in the Global South An accessible analysis of the challenges facing social protection and the way these are being dealt with. This perceptive Advanced Introduction will be an excellent resource for both graduates and undergraduates studying public and social policy, economics and the social sciences. It will also be a useful guide for civil servants and officials in international agencies as well as social protection practitioners in non-profits and community organizations.Trade Review‘The increasing forms of vulnerabilities in the past three decades within world nations have accentuated the need and the role of social protection in protecting against forms of vulnerability. The acknowledged important function of social protection is yet to attract similar academic recognition when compared to other disciplines in social sciences. Contributing to making social protection both as a field of study and practice fashionable to scholars, policymakers, and any person is the strongest contribution of Advanced Introduction to Social Protection. Professor James Midgley's wealth of scholarship, global exposure, and vast knowledge shone through as he painstakingly made social protection both readable, applicable, and conversational, and invited the reader to the ongoing debates in the discipline. His mastery of the field was on full display in each chapter of the book.’ -- Chibuikem Charles Nnaeme, International Journal of Community and Social Development‘In this very readable volume, Professor James Midgley provides readers with a thorough and comprehensive introduction to the field of social protection. This ambitious book starts by introducing and defining essential social policy terminology and offers a well-balanced short history of the evolution of social policies. In quick steps, the author leads the reader through an overview of theories and ideologies, the nature and extent of global poverty and the COVID–19 crisis. In turn, Midgley discusses the impact that politics and the electoral process have on growth and development and the constantly evolving concepts of socioeconomic equality and inequality. As a core element in this work, the book addresses the challenges and opportunities for expanding social protection in its multiple forms and calls for a rights-based approach to social protection, which recognizes access to basic social policies as a human right.’ -- Silvia Borzutzky, Carnegie Mellon University, US‘In protecting the poor and enhancing social justice, social protection is of key importance - yet, compared to other social systems, from schools to streets, it has received scant attention. James Midgley, drawing on a wealth of scholarship, introduces social protection - its global history, underlying concepts and values, its impact and the challenges it faces. Showing the importance of social protection, while demonstrating its breadth and complexity, this book makes an important contribution to the promotion of social justice.’ -- David Piachaud, London School of Economics, UK‘James Midgley’s Advanced Introduction to Social Protection is a welcome addition to contemporary social protection literature. It provides an excellent appraisal of social protection theory, practice, impacts on poverty and inequality, and the economic and societal contexts that shape these policies around the world. It is highly recommended for post graduate students, scholars and policy makers.’ -- Leila Patel, University of Johannesburg, South AfricaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Advanced Introduction to Social Protection 1. Definitions, terms and meanings 2. Historical perspectives 3. Theories, values and ideologies 4. Incomes, poverty and living standards 5. Society, the economy and politics 6. Challenges and opportunities References Index

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Book SynopsisAnalysing two major surveys of 14 different migrant groups connected to Danish register data, this insightful book explores what migrants think of the welfare state. It investigates the question of whether migrants assimilate to the ideas of extensive state intervention in markets and families or if they retain the attitudes and values that are prevalent in their countries of origin.The authors examine what various migrant groups from countries including Poland, Romania, Spain, the UK, China, Japan, Turkey, Russia, the US, Pakistan, Lebanon, Iraq and the former-Yugoslavia living in Denmark think about the trustworthiness of state institutions, state responsibility, economic redistribution, female employment and childcare. Chapters also cover the key issues of national identification, social trust and welfare nationalism. Concluding that migrants from diverse backgrounds assimilate well into the welfare attitudes, norms and values of the Danish people in several areas, the book points to the potential assimilative impact of the welfare state.Incorporating new theoretical discussions, this book will be critical reading for academics and students studying migration and welfare states. It will also be a useful resource for comparative migration researchers interested in the impact of the host country context on migrants' assimilation patterns.Trade Review‘The book closes a gap in the field of migration and welfare studies as this is the first study of its kind in Europe. A further strength of the book is the international literature in English that is referenced. It is therefore an important resource for scholars in the field of comparative migration studies, but also for practitioners working in a diverse multicultural environment wishing to improve inclusion.’ -- Simone Emmert, European Journal of Social Security'Fascinating. This innovative book tracks migrants' rapid adoption of Danish values on the welfare state. This transition is not primarily the result of self-interest or socialization processes. Rather, welfare state institutions themselves change attitudes by generating new opportunity structures, new experiences and new perceptions of how Danish society works. This is a fundamentally optimistic story about the integrative power of welfare state institutions. A story with relevance far beyond Danish borders.' -- - Keith Banting, Queen's University, Canada'The question of whether immigration is compatible with a robust welfare state has received much attention in recent times. However, the extent to which immigrants in welfare states share the welfare attitudes of natives, and to which welfare regimes may foster immigrant assimilation to such attitudes, are issues that have been rather neglected. This book addresses these questions by providing a most thorough analysis of the case of Denmark. It is highly recommended to scholars working on immigration and on the future of the welfare state.' -- - Nils Holtug, University of Copenhagen, Denmark'This book on migrants' attitudes towards the Danish welfare state is a welcome contribution to the ongoing and at times rather anxious and alarming ''migration-welfare state problematic'' discourse. Its findings show that migrants from a range of different countries and cultures adapt their norms and values regarding social justice and actual welfare provision to those that are common in their new country of residence, thereby strengthening, instead of threatening, the social legitimacy of the highly developed Danish welfare state. This has important implications for how in the wider EU we can, or should, see and value the problematic.' -- - Wim van Oorschot, Leuven University, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: PART I 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical perspectives on the assimilative impact of welfare state institutions 3. The surveys and register data PART II 4. The mixed background of the migrant groups 5. The mixed self-interest in the welfare state PART III 6. Migrants’ trust in Danish institutions 7. Migrants’ attitudes towards the government providing welfare 8. Migrants’ attitudes towards redistribution and poverty relief 9. Migrants’ attitudes towards female employment 10. Migrants’ attitudes towards public childcare PART IV 11. Attitudes to migrants’ access to equal social rights 12. Migrants’ social trust 13. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge Handbook argues for social protection to be situated in a wider system of social welfare and development programmes for low- and middle-income countries. Focusing on the role of citizens and communities in enhancing human development, it explores how welfare systems are unfolding in diverse contexts across the global South.Tracing the evolution and theory of social protection, the Handbook examines the nature, design, scope, goals and linkages of social protection and social development programmes. Case studies examine responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; the entrepreneurial character of modern social protection schemes; cash transfer schemes and the move towards cash-plus policies; and the fluidity between progression and regression of social protection. With global and regional reviews of social protection from in-country experts, the Handbook provides innovative solutions to key challenges.Bridging theoretical and empirical approaches, the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South will prove an invaluable resource for academics and graduate students of development, social policy and sociology. Its comprehensive overview of the field will also be useful for policymakers and practitioners working on social welfare and development in the global South.Trade Review‘This Handbook is a very important contribution to further our collective understanding of social protection. Showcasing how countries, including in low-income settings, have prioritized investments and followed differentiated pathways towards the realization of the right to social protection, it reaffirms the importance of context-specific processes, political economy dynamics and innovation. And precisely because of these differentiated pathways, social protection continues to demonstrate its central role for children’s wellbeing, elimination of multidimensional child poverty, enhancing equity, preparedness and social cohesion, and critically, accelerating human development results across the life cycle in times of crises, recovery and peace.’ -- Natalia Winder-Rossi, Global Director of Social Policy and Social Protection, UNICEFTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xxi James Midgley Acknowledgements xxv List of abbreviations xxvi Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South 1 Leila Patel, Sophie Plagerson and Isaac Chinyoka PART I THE NEXUS BETWEEN SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL WELFARE AND THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH 1 The social development approach to social protection and social welfare 12 Leila Patel and James Midgley 2 A social contract approach to social protection: its potential and limitations 28 Sophie Plagerson 3 The politics of social protection in the global South 44 Sarah M. Brooks PART II NATURE, SCOPE AND GOALS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL OVERVIEWS 4 The state of social protection around the world 64 Lutz Leisering 5 Social protection in Latin America 97 Armando Barrientos 6 Social protection in Africa 112 Renata Nowak-Garmer 7 Social protection in Southeast Asia 130 Charles Knox-Vydmanov and Nuno Cunha 8 Social protection systems in MENA: past, present and future 147 Charlotte Bilo, João Pedro Dytz, Maya Hammad, Lucas Sato and Fábio Veras Soares PART III DESIGN FEATURES OF SOCIAL PROTECTION AND INSTITUTIONAL CAPABILITY 9 Social protection systems and their linkages 168 Stephen Devereux 10 Universal, categorical and targeted social protection: issues, debates and solutions 188 Rachel Slater 11 Social protection modes of financing and capability challenges in lowand middle-income countries 205 Marianne S. Ulriksen PART IV WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL PROTECTION? 12 Evaluating social protection policies 220 Michael Samson 13 Social protection impacts, gaps and future research 239 Esther Schüring, Valentina Barca and Sajanika Sivanu 14 Understanding the role of nutrition-sensitive social protection interventions in child nutritional outcomes 260 Wanga Zembe-Mkabile PART V SOCIAL PROTECTION LINKAGES AND INNOVATIONS 15 Linking social protection with complementary services: approaches and country innovations 277 Sudhanshu Handa, Marwa Ibrahim and Tia Palermo 16 Social protection for workers in the informal economy: opportunities and constraints for informal worker-led schemes 289 Laura Alfers, Annie Devenish and Temilade Sesan 17 Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection and development 308 David Ansong, Moses Okumu, Jin Huang, Sicong Sun, Aytakin Huseynli, Isaac Koomson, Gina Chowa, Fred Ssewamala, Margaret S. Sherraden and Michael Sherraden 18 Linking formal and informal social protection in an insecurity regime: The case of Zimbabwe 331 Gift Dafuleya 19 The role of social work in the delivery of conditional cash transfer programmes: Lessons from Chile 350 Taly Reininger and Cristian Leyton 20 Public employment programmes and their interface with social protection 362 Kate Philip PART VI SOCIAL PROTECTION, VULNERABILITIES AND SOCIAL INCLUSION: LINKAGES WITH SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS 21 Cash plus programmes for children and families in eastern and southern Africa: Examples from practice and lessons learnt 381 Mayke Huijbregts, Tayllor Spadafora and Leila Patel 22 Gender and social protection in Brazil 399 Natasha Borges Sugiyama 23 Social security for persons with disabilities across low- and middle-income countries: An overview on lessons learnt and pathways toward greater inclusivity 416 Stephen Kidd, Diloá Athias and Holly Seglah 24 Social protection for refugees and asylum seekers: A South African case study 437 Marius Olivier and Amanuel Isak Tewolde PART VII COUNTRY RESPONSES TO COVID-19 25 Global rapid appraisal of social protection responses to COVID-19 456 Isaac Chinyoka 26 The digital delivery of welfare services in India: Achievements, anomalies and lessons learnt 470 Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan and Sony Pellissery 27 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Indonesia 485 David Androff and Sirojudin Abbas 28 Safeguarding vulnerable children in China during COVID-19 and beyond: An integrated approach to social protection and social governance 499 Suo Deng 29 Social protection responses to COVID-19 in South Africa 512 Jean D. 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Book SynopsisThis innovative book provides the first in-depth analysis of participatory income and its potential role in countering endemic poverty and unemployment in high-income countries. Heikki Hiilamo reviews the concept of basic income and specific basic income experiments before presenting participatory income as a viable alternative in the fight against poverty.Highly topical, chapters explore pressing issues such as the effects of automation on the future of work and the links between social protection and eco-social transition. Putting forward the argument that any reform of social assistance should continue to enforce reciprocity with reduced means-testing, Hiilamo explores the practical advantages of the participation income model in reducing poverty and developing an eco-social welfare model.Tackling one of the most heated current debates in social policy, this book will be a key resource for scholars and students in this field, particularly those with a focus on welfare and labour economics, labour policy and the sociology of work. Its use of examples and case studies will also benefit practitioners and policy makers.Trade Review‘As Research Professor at the National Institute for Health and Welfare and Professor of Social Policy at the University of Helsinki, Heikki Hiilamo has an extensive research background on subjects related to health and social security as well as basic income, illustrated by a wide range of academic contributions. Hiilamo’s interdisciplinary approach, comprehensive analysis, and forward-looking perspectives make this work a signi?cant contribution to the ?eld. Researchers and academics interested in these subjects will ?nd this book bene?cial in shaping new perspectives not only on basic income but also on more radical social protection reforms.’ -- Alger Kurti, European Journal of Social Security‘A quarter of a century ago Tony Atkinson suggested participation income as a key policy instrument for recalibrating struggling European welfare states. It has taken 25 years for a leading policy scholar to produce the first book-length discussion of the proposal, its merits and how to make it work in contemporary welfare systems. Building on both theoretical and empirical insights — and many years of experience as one of Europe’s leading policy scholars — Heikki Hiilamo has written a book that is as astute as it is topical. At a time when welfare states are figuring out how to deal with the societal ravages of a pandemic crisis, participation income is an idea that needs to be given due attention — and Heikki Hiilamo has written the book that tells us how and why.’ -- Jurgen De Wispelaere, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, LatviaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to digital transformation and social policy 2. Machine beats man – prospects of paid work 3. Other existing challenges 4. Conditionality and unconditionality as strategies to prevent labour market exclusion 5. Lessons from basic income experiments 6. Definition of participation income 7. Criticisms of participation income 8. New models for participation income 9. Practical applications of participation income 10. Conclusions: social policies for sustainable societies References Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book takes a unique approach to rethinking welfare states by considering two centrally interlinked issues: namely what is welfare, and what we should expect from welfare states now and in the future. Bent Greve critically considers thinking on the core elements of welfare states, how they should be ranked and how to recognise indicators of their direction of movement.Providing expert analysis of the historical development of welfare states and the challenges and pressures experienced both regionally and globally, this book argues for a new division of welfare states and a system for balancing old and new social risk. The investigation of dilemmas and the analysis of developing welfare states are particularly illuminating and informative.Greve provides a forward-thinking approach considering long-term stability and the challenges of inequality and poverty in different welfare regimes. He effectively combines new perspectives with attention to a strong public sector economy. With insightful new analysis this book will be an invaluable read for researchers and students of social policy and welfare states.Trade Review‘Bent Greve’s highly accessible book helps the reader to gain a relatively broad view on a complex issue: what is the welfare state and how is it changing? It is a very interesting and useful read both for students and researchers approaching issues related to social protection for the first time, as well as for relatively expert scholars.’ -- Emmanuele Pavolini, University of Macerata, Italy‘An innovative and up-to-date synthesis of the literature and an excellent introduction to welfare state research. This book challenges long-held views and discusses various measures to assess welfare state development. A must read for every student of comparative social policy.’ -- Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Rethinking welfare and the welfare state: an introduction 2. Historical development of welfare states: people and ideas 3. What is welfare? 4. Welfare state regimes – many or few? 5. The welfare state mix revisited 6. Pressures on welfare states 7. Individualism versus collectivism 8. New ways of measuring societal development 9. Inequality and poverty – new challenges for welfare states 10. Populism and welfare chauvinism as challenges for welfare states 11. Labour market restructuring as a game changer 12. Elements in rethinking welfare states – a new clustering 13. Conclusions: new directions for welfare states Index

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Book SynopsisPreface by Anton Hemerijck, Professor of Political Science and Sociology, European University Institute, Florence, ItalyWhile for some scholars the Euro crisis dashed the dream of Social Europe, this thought-provoking book proposes a more nuanced assessment, challenging the notion of austerity as the only way forward. Tracing the evolution of the political debate on European social integration and its interplay with the European economic governance after the Euro crisis, it sheds light on the conflict dynamics and political conditions that enabled the progressive shift away from the initial post-crisis EU ‘conservative reflex’, towards a new European holding environment for flourishing welfare states.This timely book provides a detailed reconstruction of the European social agenda after the Great Recession, touching upon budgetary, legislative and coordinative policies and including an in-depth analysis of the EU response to the Covid-19 crisis. Utilising innovative approaches and methodology, Francesco Corti identifies four lines of functional and territorial conflict which characterise the debate on EU social integration. An original focus on the role of the European Parliament in fostering further social integration gives the book an original and insightful perspective.The Politicisation of Social Europe will be a key resource for students and scholars of European politics, political sociology and welfare states, as well as EU officials and policy makers seeking to identify strategies that can facilitate them in pursuing a successful social agenda.Trade Review‘Francesco Corti’s The Politicisation of Social Europe is a timely contribution to the unexpected revamping of social Europe and its progressive politicization in the aftermath of the global financial crisis.’ -- Igor Guardiancich, Regional Studies‘Francesco Corti’s timely book offers a unique overview of recent developments in the EU social agenda and its interaction with the deepening of European economic integration following the Great Recession. His careful and detailed analysis of the politics behind European integration shows a deep understanding of how EU policies are made, and sheds light both on the obstacles undermining EU social integration as well as on the margins for manoeuvre that allowed further progress over the past years. Key findings of the book concern the role of the European Parliament as a new engine of European social integration, the re-discovered role of the European Commission as a social entrepreneur and the return of the community-method as a strategy to strengthen Social Europe. The reasoned optimism that permeates the book gives a needed stimulus to a debate on the future developments in Social Europe that seems to be being revitalised following the pandemic.’ -- Frank Vandenbroucke, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Belgian Federal Government, Belgium‘Lots of people have opinions or expectations about Social Europe – very few have wide-ranging factual knowledge about how EU policies are made. Francesco Corti’s book covers some of the key chapters of EU social policy in the past decade from posted workers to unemployment benefits, based on years of thorough analysis and extensive field work. What is even more impressive than Corti’s clarity about strategic concepts and attention to detail is his reasoned optimism about the possibility of progressive reform.’ -- László Andor, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Belgium‘The book provides an up-to-date assessment of Social Europe and its politics since the Great Recession. It outlines the main conflict lines (ideological, functional, territorial) which have shaped policy development at the EU level and gauges their relative significance in different arenas and issue areas in relation to the actors involved and decision making rules. One of the most original findings is the increasing relevance of partisan affiliation along the left right dimension within the European Parliament: a novel development, which marks an advancement in the political structuring of the EU. With its optimistic evaluation of the ongoing “social momentum” of EU policy making, the book brings a fresh and stimulating perspective to the debate on the European Social Model, still predominantly characterised by disillusionment and low spirits.’ -- Maurizio Ferrera, University of Milan, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface: EU social politics coming out from the cold Anton Hemerijck Introduction to The Politicisation of Social Europe 1. EU integration and the welfare state 2. Social Europe after the Great Recession 3. The Social Pillar and the debate in the European Parliament 4. From the Monti II Regulation to the revision of the posting of workers directive 5. The European Unemployment Benefit Scheme: between political conflicts and windows of opportunity 6. When politics steps in: the socialisation of the Semester and the role of the European Commissionn 7. Social Europe after Covid-19 Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendasoutline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are give n the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Forward-looking and innovative, Elgar Research Agendas are an essential resource for PhD students, scholars and anybody who wants to be at the forefront of research.This timely book utilises the specialised insights and experiences of those who have carried out research on different aspects of social welfare law and policy to construct an innovative post-Brexit and post-Covid 19 research agenda that identifies what needs to be studied and how this should be carried out.Embracing not only social welfare law but also social welfare policy, practice and impact, expert contributors consider major areas of non-economic law, such as asylum and immigration law, health law, social care law, social work and child welfare law, social security law, and issues involving social rights. Individual chapters cover branches of social welfare law, four areas of social welfare policy, four distinctive methodological approaches, and three contemporary developments. They reflect a wide-ranging set of substantive concerns and methodological approaches and, taken together, comprise a challenging but non-prescriptive research agenda.This Research Agenda will be a key resource for socio-legal researchers contemplating research on social welfare law and policy, as well as research councils, government departments and charitable bodies that fund research on social welfare law and policy.Trade Review‘We are (yet again) at a pivotal point in social welfare – after the global financial crisis, after Brexit, and approaching the worst recession in living memory. In this novel book, leading figures across social welfare law and policy address the methodological challenges that face us as researchers and also as actors in this unforgiving world. Full of insight, this is a book which transcends disciplinary narratives and should be read widely. Having had the privilege of reading the chapters in advance of publication, their appreciations of the field are already impacting on my thinking.’ -- David Cowan, University of Bristol, UK‘Michael Adler brings together a sharply focused selection of contributions that provide key insights into the issues facing social welfare law, now and in the future. This collection provides an in-depth discussion of the research challenges spanning different branches of law and methodological approaches, focused on different social welfare policies and on contemporary organisational developments. It makes a compelling case for how future developments in social welfare law, policy and practice need to be considered in a post-Brexit, post-Covid world. In doing so, it delivers a timely and significant agenda for research.’ -- Gráinne McKeever, Ulster University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: A view from the bridge 1 Michael Adler PART I SOCIAL WELFARE LAW 2 A public law perspective 25 Tom Mullen 3 Family law and social welfare research: Towards a sustainable symbiosis? 43 Mavis Maclean 4 A human rights lens: Reclaiming the narrative for social rights as legal rights 59 Katie Boyle and Diana Camps 5 An administrative justice perspective 77 Lee Marsons and Maurice Sunkin PART II SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY 6 Insights from health and social care 97 Jackie Gulland 7 A social security perspective 115 Mark Simpson 8 A view from education and employment law 133 Amir Paz-Fuchs and Tammy Harel Ben-Shahar 9 Social harms, crime and criminal justice 153 Chris Grover PART III METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES 10 An anthropological perspective 173 Insa Lee Koch 11 Normative approaches 191 Beth Watts and Katie Colliver 12 Feminist jurisprudence and administrative justice 211 Sharon Cowan and Simon Halliday 13 Race, gender and discrimination – learning from Zambrano 227 Iyiola Solanke PART IV IMPORTANT POLICY DEVELOPMENTS 14 The outsourcing perspective 245 Robert Thomas 15 Digital technologies and artificial intelligence: a computer science perspective 263 Paul Henman 16 The street level of the welfare state 281 Peter Hupe and Michael Hill 17 Concluding thoughts: Après le déluge 301 Michael Adler Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Bringing together contributions from a diverse range of international scholars, A Research Agenda for Public Attitudes to Welfare draws upon past and contemporary research methods used to study citizens’ attitudes to welfare. It highlights the rapidly growing research potential within the field, examining both new and understudied social policies to map out a comprehensive agenda for future research. This essential Research Agenda offers crucial suggestions to broaden the scope of research in the field and expand our knowledge of public attitudes to welfare. Chapters examine support for new social welfare policies such as active labour market policies, Universal Basic Income, and Social Europe, as well as investigating support among understudied subgroups in the population and over the life course. It ultimately emphasizes the importance of applying different analytical and methodological perspectives in order to understand public attitudes to welfare more thoroughly. Employing a diverse range of data and methods, this informative Research Agenda will benefit scholars of sociology, social policy, political science, and economics seeking to gain insight on public attitudes to welfare and welfare states. It will also be useful to social policy professionals and officials endeavouring to reflect on the progress of research within the field.Trade Review‘The book reveals the ideas, methods and aspirations of talented scholars seeking to understand public attitudes towards the welfare state. In their words, building on an unfinished La Sagrada Familia cathedral. In my opinion, the major strength of the book is the non-findings. How losing a job doesn’t matter. How the inflow of migrants doesn’t matter. How early institutions don’t matter. Such knowledge is seldom found in journal articles. The book is also filled with good ideas about better construction methods. Illustrated in a trial-and-error fashion. The use of panel data. The mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. The sensitivity to context. These ideas and suggestions are crucial for anyone wanting to contribute to this scholarly field. The book leaves me with a small puzzle, though. Why do we want to build a cathedral?’ -- Christian Albrekt Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark‘The institutions of the welfare state, which support millions of people globally, can only function efficiently and effectively when they are considered “just” by the public. It is therefore essential for academics and policymakers to understand how and why public attitudes change and differ cross-nationally in order to comprehend the basis for the legitimacy of our solidarity systems. This interesting and timely book offers a new perspective on innovative approaches to the study of public attitudes to welfare state policies, and individual and contextual level predictors and dynamics. On the basis of an impressive collection of chapters, it makes a significant, new contribution to comparative welfare state research.’ -- Birgit Pfau-Effinger, University of Hamburg, Germany‘The welfare state is a large machine redistributing resources and compensating social risks. This edited volume addresses the quest for welfare state legitimacy by studying social attitudes. It impressively expands our knowledge on welfare state support by researching changes over time and contextual factors as well as scrutinizing understudied fields of social policy.’ -- Steffen Mau, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany‘Welfare states change their approach, focus and instruments in response to newly emerging challenges. Therefore, the study of welfare attitudes must constantly innovate to keep us informed about the social legitimacy of the new pathways welfare is taking. This book convincingly presents an innovative agenda for such study. Its empirical chapters exemplify the research lines set out by it, thereby showing the agenda’s highly promising appeal as a guide for future research on public attitudes to welfare.’BR> -- Wim van Oorschot, KU Leuven, Belgium‘This timely overview of the field points to the wealth of new data-sources and new methods in welfare state attitude research. It makes the case for new applications to consider a broader range of policies and issues, for the expansion of theoretical and explanatory work and identification of the attitudinal triggers which contribute to attitude change and perhaps to a more generous welfare state politics.’BR> -- Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for Public Attitudes to Welfare 1 Femke Roosma and Tijs Laenen 2 Labour market policy preferences in the context of migration 25 Dominique Oehrli and Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen 3 From national welfare states to Social Europe: welfare attitudes in the context of European integration 55 Sharon Baute 4 New directions in research on public support for universal basic income 83 Marie-Laure Mulayi, Tijs Laenen, Wim Van Lancker and Bart Meuleman 5 Political awareness and the structure of support for the welfare state 105 Jason Jordan 6 Just institutions for those most in need? Quantitative and qualitative bottom-up perspectives on the perceived legitimacy of a social assistance reform: a focus on food aid recipients in Finland 123 Helena Blomberg and Christian Kroll 7 Varieties of welfare populism; radical right voters between chauvinism and producerism 143 Thierry Kochuyt, Koen Abts and Femke Roosma 8 Support for the welfare state over the life course: analysing individual attitude change with multiwave panel data 163 Elias Nauman 9 Institutional trajectories of the welfare state: returns from social policy inception to modern public opinion 187 Nate Breznau 10 Context as a part of our cases: the potential of qualitative work in welfare attitudes research 209 Katharina Zimmermann 11 Conclusion: welfare attitudes research as cathedral under permanent construction 231 Tijs Laenen and Femke Roosma Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Highlighting the diversity and complexity of the global Basic Income debate, Malcolm Torry assesses the history, current state, and future of research in this important field. Cognisant of the increasing extent and intensity of the current Basic Income debate, Torry begins by defining relevant key terms. Each chapter offers a concise history of a particular subfield of Basic Income research, describes the current state of research in that area, and makes proposals for the research required if the increasingly widespread global debate on Basic Income is to be constructive. Subsequent chapters tackle research on financial and political feasibility; employment market effects; other economic and social effects; ethical justifications for paying everyone an unconditional income; and questions of implementation.This state-of-the-art Research Agenda will be of great value to students and scholars interested in social and economic history, the economics of social policy, and a Universal Basic Income. Its proposed strategies for carrying out future research on Basic Income will also benefit journalists, think tank staff, and policymakers.Trade Review‘The idea of an unconditional Basic Income is now discussed all over the world and it raises many questions, sociological and political as well as economic and administrative. Some of them are universal, others are country-specific. In the process of identifying the most important unanswered questions, Malcolm Torry provides a lucid, splendidly informed overview of what we currently know about the many versions of Basic Income and their likely effects.’ -- Philippe Van Parijs, University of Louvain, Belgium and Basic Income Earth Network‘Malcolm Torry’s knowledge of Basic Income research is encyclopaedic and probably unrivalled. Supporters and detractors of Basic Income alike will find much to stimulate new research enquiries in his latest work, which artfully navigates the varied outputs of the host of different disciplines now engaged in Basic Income studies. It combines conceptual clarity with a practical orientation to reform.’ -- Nick Pearce, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to A Research Agenda for Basic Income 2. What is a Basic Income? 3. How could we pay for a Basic Income? 4. Employment market effects of a Basic Income 5. Economic effects of a Basic Income 6. Social effects of a Basic Income 7. What do people think of Basic Income? 8. Can we justify paying everyone a Basic Income? 9. Is a Basic Income politically feasible? 10. How would we implement a Basic Income? 11. Conclusion to A Research Agenda for Basic Income Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Extensively updated, this second edition of the Advanced Introduction to Social Policy provides a concise overview of the field that takes newer realities into account as well as taking insights from the traditional social policy canon. Daniel Béland and Rianne Mahon draw on both classic and contemporary theories to illuminate the broad processes that are putting pressure on existing social policy arrangements and raising new research questions.Key Features: Assesses the social policy implications of changing gender relations and the increasing salience of ethnic diversity Focuses on both the advanced industrial world and the growing significance of the Global South as a site of social policy innovation Provides a global perspective on social policy that features systematic attention to transnational actors, moving beyond the methodological nationalism that has traditionally marked the field Presenting a lucid and up-to-date overview of comparative and global social policy, this thoroughly revised second edition will prove vital to researchers, university students, and university instructors of social policy, political science, sociology, public policy, and social work.Trade Review‘In this timely second edition, Daniel Béland and Rianne Mahon bring new contexts and debates to their outstanding foundational social policy text. These include global crises, wars, and global social governance. It remains an admirably succinct and clear yet comprehensive text, perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of social policy and related subjects. The authors combine classic social policy concepts with key contemporary theories and issues. They show how political, social, and economic contexts influence shifts in thinking and the movement of ideas. The book importantly references the significance of social policies of different global regions. It will continue to appeal to a wide international audience.’ -- Fiona Williams, University of Leeds, UK‘This book delivers a superb concise introduction to social policy. With a wonderful flow and a truly global perspective, it draws from the finest of the classics and contemporary research to address the ideas and societal transformations that have deeply changed the face of social policy. Millions of people on the move, the travel of ideas, intense statecrat, critical feminist voices across the globe, all make their way into the novel contribution Béland and Mahon make to the teaching of social policy. In addition to refining arguments and including new material regarding subjects already present in the first edition, this new edition addresses the consequences of authoritarian parties and movements on social policy. It also elaborates on the role of war and crises like pandemics and climate change in welfare state building. As such, this improved second edition is even more of a must have on social policy courses in Latin America and the global South than the first one.’ -- Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Universidad de Costa Rica‘Daniel Béland and Rianne Mahon provide advanced students with an excellent overview of systems of social provision and regulation worldwide, notable for its theoretical sophistication and compelling empirical materials. The authors engage with the practical and analytic challenges to welfare states, and their analysts, posed by globalization and global governance, increased migration, transformations in household forms and gender relations, and shifting racial/ethnic dynamics. Moreover, the book is well-grounded in the rich comparative traditions of welfare studies while also attending to innovative theoretical trends.’ -- Ann Shola Orloff, Northwestern University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Capitalism, citizenship, and solidarity 2. Explaining social policy development: theoretical perspectives 3. Classifying countries: reconsidering welfare regimes 4. Taking ideas seriously in social policy 5. Social exclusion, new social risks, and social investment 6. Changing gender norms, welfare regime forms 7. Social policy and the politics of diversity 8. Globalization and social policy Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the face of major global demographic change, social care policy and practice are in urgent need of radical reform and reassessment. Rising poverty, inequality and pressure on local communities internationally, are also increasing the urgent need for reform. Drawing on the crisis-ridden UK experience as a case-study, this highly original book identifies the limits of the traditional welfare state in taking forward policy for the twenty-first century. The proposals amount to a renewed approach to social care, based on the philosophy of independent living as originally developed by the international disabled people’s movement and subsequently embodied in a United Nations treaty applicable to all in need of care and support. Despite wide international sign up since adoption in 2008 there is little evidence of any nation successfully delivering. For the first time, this book offers both a blueprint for an environmentally sustainable, rights-based approach to social care and a practical route to achieving it.Trade Review‘This book is exactly what is needed now. Government and professionals alike are deeply struggling with the complex social care crisis. I know, I sit on the House of Lord's Adult Social Care Select Committee. We are all grappling with how to draft recommendations which will have any likelihood of being implemented. The book explains the type of reforms necessary, so the system works for all. The proposals which reconcile the human and financial imperatives, offer us a real opportunity to recognise and grasp the social care nettle, once and for all!’ -- Baroness Jane Campbell of Surbiton, DBE‘We tend to hear the same things time and again about social care and its crises. This book offers a breath of fresh air, presenting challenges to the usual orthodoxy and drawing on the authors' wealth of experience and involvement in social care research, practice and lived experiences.’ -- Jill Manthorpe, Professor of Social Work, King’s College London, Director of the National Institute of Health Research, Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce‘The omnipresent debate about social care in the UK, and beyond, demands a radical and imaginative solution that places rights and sustainability at its core. This book does just that, offering a coherent, accessible blueprint for a transformative, inclusive and practical approach. I really enjoyed reading it.’ -- Alisoun Milne, Professor Emeritus of Social Gerontology and Social Work, University of Kent. Research Excellence Framework 2021 Sub Panel member Social Work and Social Policy‘The authors cogently outline a credible solution to solve the adult social care crisis and set out a pathway to create a framework that provides independent living for people who need care and support. Clearly written, the book is an interesting read for service users; a must read for professionals.’ -- Donald O’Neal, Author of The Lack of Care Act 2014: Service users’ perspectives of a failing adult social care system‘In part a detailed historical account, in part a clarion call to a better future, this important analysis deserves a wide readership. Both erudite and accessible, it is written with passion and compassion. The views of people on the receiving end of social care are centre stage, as are both the evidence base to underpin policy going forward and the global forces that will shape the future context. It stands too as a celebration of social care, what it offers and what it deserves. As such, it provides the strongest possible foundation for action to transform “a Cinderella service in the shadow of healthcare” into a rights-based, sustainable and just system.’ -- Suzy Braye, Professor Emeritus Social Work, University of Sussex and formerly Editor in Chief of European Journal of Social Work‘A must-read for anyone with any interest in social care. Beresford and Slasberg have brought together their extensive knowledge to powerfully expose the realities of a system responsible for support that is essential for social well-being and of growing demographic importance yet historically neglected, under-funded and concealed from public comprehension by complexity and spin. They make a compelling case for the need for urgent change.’ -- Ellen Clifford, Disabled activist, disability consultant and writer. Author of The War on Disabled People, winner of the 2021 Bread and Roses award for radical publishing‘This book comes at a very opportune time, when social care throughout the UK is in dire need of re-acquainting itself with its foundational ethics, values and purpose. Beresford and Slasberg boldly advance a new paradigm, based on a person-centred, human rights-based approach. Written in a clear and understandable format, the book would be of equal benefit to students, policy makers, and practitioners.’ -- James Elder-Woodward, Disabled Activist, Chair of Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living, Vice-Convenor Inclusion ScotlandTable of ContentsContents: Foreword David Brindle Introduction to The Future of Social Care PART I SOCIAL CARE IN THE UK: HOW IT WORKS AND HOW IT GOT HERE 1. Social care: the policy progress forgot 2. Sowing the seeds of dysfunction: the 1948 settlement 3. Rising awareness and falling achievement 4. The modern era, part one: the truth about eligibility 5. The modern era, part two: smoke, mirrors and elixirs 6. The social care funding fiasco PART II AN AGENDA FOR SOCIAL CARE CHANGE 7. Towards person-centred practice 8. A paradigm for an international approach to a rights-based system 9. Blueprint for a person-centred system to deliver the rights-based paradigm 10. Resistance to change PART III A CHANGING WORLD DRIVING CHANGE IN SOCIAL CARE 11. Renewing social care 12. Towards sustainable social care and independent living Index References

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides a systematic analysis of the development of affluent Western welfare states in this turbulent era. It explores the consequences for welfare states of modern crises such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. Most importantly, it investigates how to prioritize scarce resources in the face of many competing demands and argues that there is an urgent need to improve crisis funding whilst at the same time maintaining provision for vulnerable groups.Bringing together a diverse team of expert contributors, chapters explore the key challenges faced by welfare states in this turbulent era, including changing demographic compositions, the impact of technological advances on working practices, financial crises, and shifting voter attitudes and expectations. Emphasizing how instability poses opportunities for new directions and developments, the book ultimately explores the pressures and possible ways forward for welfare states in years to come.Providing nuanced perspectives on welfare states, this timely book will be ideal for students and scholars of sociology, social and public policy, political science, and development studies.Trade Review‘With chapters offering essential insights into a wide range of cross-cutting challenges currently facing welfare states, Welfare States in a Turbulent Era will help students and scholars make sense of the complexities of social policy making in the wake of the global financial crisis and COVID-19 pandemic.’ -- Daniel Clegg, University of Edinburgh, UK‘In uncertain and turbulent times, a concise and encompassing introduction to emerging and challenging themes is a welcome contribution to the fast-changing landscape of (Western) welfare studies. The authors disentangle the complexity behind the issues and provide the reader with an insight of what is ultimately at stake.’ -- Yuri Kazepov, University of Vienna, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Welfare states in turbulent times 1 Bent Greve 2 Demography – once again and still challenging the welfare states 10 Cristiano Gori and Matteo Luppi 3 Self-employment and technology: different models of labor relations 28 Ferry Koster 4 The perceived dilemma between debt reduction and a fair society: saving for a rainy day without increasing poverty? 48 Jakub Sowula and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 5 The evolution of welfare attitudes in Europe over the past four decades 71 Gianna Maria Eick 6 Climate change and its effect on welfare states 84 Ian Greener 7 Keynesian economics steering is back – end of liberal economic policy? 98 Mogens Ove Madsen 8 The welfare state and handling health challenges 112 Caroline Rudisill 9 Welfare states, growth regimes, and the emergence of the knowledge economy: social policy in turbulent times 127 Julian L. Garritzmann and Bruno Palier 10 Allies or enemies of the welfare state? Welfare support and critiques from (left-wing) protesters in Europe 142 Femke Roosma 11 Conflicting demands and financial abilities? 167 Bent Greve 12 Effective and fair labour markets: more and focused active labour market policy? 180 Henri Haapanala 13 Mass migration due to climate change? A critique of the security focus on climate mobilities 195 Meltem Yilmaz Sener 14 The welfare state in turbulent times: a perspective from the United States 210 Alex Waddan 15 The way welfare states can develop in turbulent times 225 Bent Greve Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book builds a bridge between the literature on popular welfare deservingness and social welfare policies. It examines the relationship between the two, exploring the close correspondence between public opinion and public policy that has been present throughout the history of social welfare. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative data in a mixed-methods approach, Tijs Laenen not only investigates popular attitudes towards some of the most contested and 'least-deserving' policy target groups, but also towards groups alleged to be highly deserving of social welfare. The chapters also examine how deservingness opinions relate to public support for the social obligations of welfare recipients, for example job-seeking requirements for the unemployed, which has often been overlooked in the field. Valuable insights are offered into the relationship between welfare deservingness and policy on a cross-national basis, making this a valuable read for sociology, political science and social policy scholars seeking a more in-depth understanding of cross-national differences in welfare policies and welfare attitudes. Policy makers and administrators will also find the study of both the macro-level of welfare regimes and the meso-level of welfare schemes useful. Trade Review'Welfare states are not just ''cold arrangements'', but rely on solidaristic commitments of citizens. Tijs Laenen (and chapter coauthors) makes a fresh and empirically sound contribution to the issue, ''who deserves what'' based on the framework of deservingness. The strengths of the book lie not only in the conceptual comprehensiveness, but in the insightful and well-crafted combination of quantitative and qualitative data.' --Steffen Mau, Humboldt University zu Berlin, Germany'A valuable book, that enhances understanding of welfare deservingness.' --Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of Kent, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Part I General Introduction, Theoretical Framework And Methodological Framework 1. Introduction: The Interaction Between Welfare Deservingness And Welfare Policy 2. Theoretical Framework: Deservingness, Policy Feedback And Policy Responsiveness 3. Methodological Framework: Welfare Support, Deservingness And Welfare State Policies Part II Empirical Chapters 4. A Universal Rank Order Of Deservingness? Geographical,Temporal And Social-Structural Comparisons 5. Public Support For The Social Rights And Social Obligations Of The Unemployed: Two Sides Of The Same Coin? 6. Why Deservingness Theory Needs Qualitative Research. Comparing Focus Group Discussions On Social Welfare In Three Welfare Regimes 7. Do Institutions Matter? The Interplay Between Income Benefit Design, Popular Perceptions And Support For Social Welfare 8. How Popular Deservingness Perceptions Mediate The Link Between Unemployment Policies And Their Public Support 9. The Absence Of Public Resistance Against The Retrenchment Of Unemployment Insurance In Denmark And The Netherlands. The Role Of Deservingness Perceptions Among Welfare Constituencies Part III General Conclusion And Discussion 10. Conclusion: What The Book Contributes And What It Leaves Open For Future Research References Index

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Book SynopsisBringing together prominent scholars in the field, this Handbook provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the complex interrelationship between migration and welfare. Chapters explore the extent to which immigration policy affects – and is affected by – welfare states, from both economic and political perspectives. This Handbook also examines the effects of emigration on sending societies, exploring issues such as the impact of remittances, diasporas, and skill deterioration as a result of human capital flight on capacity building and on economic and political development more generally. Contributors draw on both qualitative and quantitative research to illuminate the contours and patterns of this complex relationship. This includes the assumed tension-reducing role of multiculturalist and integration policies, the shaping of native beliefs about migrants by socio-economic constraints and the potential for the extension of social rights to migrants to influence and increase pro-redistributive attitudes. Investigating the drivers of welfare chauvinism and its effects on social trust between native and immigrant groups, the Handbook also provides insights into the latest theoretical and empirical findings regarding the progressive’s dilemma, one of the most formidable policy challenges leaders of modern societies face. Breaking new theoretical and empirical ground, this cutting-edge Handbook is essential reading for academics, researchers and students in political science, economics, sociology, social policy and political philosophy, particularly those focused on global migration and changing attitudes to welfare. It will also benefit policymakers looking for new data and pioneering perspectives on immigration policy and the future of welfare states in a changing world economy.Trade Review‘The volume provides an excellent summary of the challenges of migration today and tries to show the dilemmas of both receiving and sending countries. I recommend the volume to all those who wish to conduct research in the field of migration and or who would like to gain more insight into the subject.’ -- Szandra Kramarics, European Journal of Social Security‘Migration and welfare spell an uneasy relationship. Membership and deservingness have come to delineate newcomers' access to social goods in host societies across the globe. Yet there is no unitary relationship between the entities. Context and politics matter. This Handbook delivers a unique set of analyses to grasp these complexities.’ -- Grete Brochmann, University of Oslo, Norway‘This Handbook tackles two of the thorniest questions of the twenty-first century: how do we ensure the collective welfare of others, and who counts as a member of “our” collective? The impressive range of contributions, across disciplines and methodologies, provides a wealth of data and valuable ideas for scholars and those who are making critical policy decisions about who gets what in the coming decades.’ -- Irene Bloemraad, University of California Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Migration and Welfare: The contours of contested concepts 1 Markus M. L. Crepaz PART I TAKING STOCK: MIGRATION AND THE STATE OF THE WELFARE STATE 1 Managing migration in modern welfare states: One-size policy does not fit all 13 Pieter Bevelander and James F. Hollifield 2 Economics or politics? Assessing immigration as a challenge to the welfare state 45 Maureen A. Eger 3 Migration, diversity, and the welfare state: Moving beyond attitudes 64 Patrick R. Ireland PART II IS SOCIAL HOMOGENEITY A PRECONDITION FOR REDISTRIBUTION? 4 Why share with strangers? Reflections on a variety of perspectives 87 Matthew Wright 5 The boundaries of generosity: Membership, inclusion, and redistribution 102 Allison Harell, Will Kymlicka, and Keith Banting 6 Immigration and preferences for redistribution: Empirical evidence and political implications of the progressive’s dilemma in Europe 118 Elie Murard 7 When does immigration shape support for a universal basic income? The role of education and employment status 137 Anthony Kevins 8 Welfare chauvinist or neoliberal opposition to immigrant welfare? The importance of measurement in the study of welfare chauvinism 156 Edward Anthony Koning 9 Personal and contextual foundations of welfare chauvinism in Western Europe 175 Conrad Ziller and Romana Careja PART III POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES AS SHAPERS OF THE WELFARE-MIGRATION CONTEXT 10 Framing matters: Pathways between policies, immigrant integration, and native attitudes 195 Anita Manatschal 11 The politics of multiculturalism and redistribution: Immigration, accommodation, and solidarity in diverse democracies 210 Keith Banting, Daniel Westlake, and Will Kymlicka 12 The politicization of immigration and welfare: The progressive’s dilemma, the rise of far-right parties, and challenges for the left 230 Maureen A. Eger and Joakim Kulin 13 Inclusive solidarity? The social democratic dilemma: Between EU rules and supporters’ preferences 255 Zoe Lefkofridi and Susanne Rhein 14 Institutional sources of trust resilience in diverse societies: The mitigating role of inclusive and egalitarian welfare state institutions 276 Elif Naz Kayran and Melanie Kolbe 15 Inequality, immigration, and welfare regimes: Untangling the connections 297 Christel Kesler 16 Welfare states and migration policy: The main challenges for scholarship 321 Frida Bor.ng, Sara Kalm, and Johannes Lindvall PART IV POLITICAL CULTURE, MIGRATION, AND REDISTRIBUTION 17 What explains opposition to immigration: Economic anxiety, cultural threat, or both? 338 Hanna Kleider 18 Economic resentment or cultural malaise: What accounts for nativist sentiments in contemporary liberal democracies? 351 Hans-Georg Betz 19 Does contact with strangers matter? 367 Eric M. Uslaner 20 A world to win at work? An integrated approach to meaningful interethnic contact 382 Katerina Manevska, Roderick Sluiter, and Agnes Akkerman 21 Constructing national identity and generalized trust in diverse democracies 405 Patti Tamara Lenard 22 Critically different or similarly critical? The roots of welfare state criticism among ethnic minority and majority citizens in Belgium 420 Arno Van Hootegem, Koen Abts, and Bart Meuleman PART V THE VIEW FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH: THE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION ON ORIGIN COUNTRIES 23 The Janus face of remittances: Do remittances support or undermine development in the Global South? 442 Farid Makhlouf and Oussama Ben Atta 24 Tracing the links between migration and food security in Bangladesh 470 Mohammad Moniruzzaman and Margaret Walton-Roberts 25 Migration as a development strategy: Debating the role that migrants and those in diaspora can play 488 Elizabeth Mavroudi 26 The migration–development nexus under scrutiny 504 Ra.l Delgado Wise Index 517

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides a comprehensive analysis of the nationwide randomised Finnish basic income experiment 2017 to 2018, from planning and implementation through to the end results. It presents the background of the social policy system in which the experiment was implemented and details the narratives of the planning process alongside its constraints, as well as a final evaluation of the results.Empirical chapters analyse the outcomes of the experiment in relation to the employment, health and well-being, in various forms, of the recipients of unconditional income transfer. Phenomenological aspects of living on basic income, based on face-to-face interviews, are also reported, as well as media discourse on the experiment and its results. This thought-provoking book concludes with an examination of the political feasibility of basic income in Finland.Offering important lessons on the planning and implementation of such experiments in a developed welfare state, this unique book will be a vital resource for scholars and students of social policy, welfare economics, basic security and basic income.Trade Review‘...a highly insightful and easy-to-read study of an experiment considering the implications of BI.’ -- Floriane Geels, European Journal of Social Security‘The editors of this brilliant volume argue that basic income is the ‘‘money of trust‘‘. Basic income advocates and critics alike will read this book to unpack and correct the media portrait of an ambitious experiment designed to determine the extent to which we can or should trust one another and our social institutions. Researchers will be, by turns, fascinated and terrified by the “politics” of conducting controversial social experiments on vulnerable human beings under the gaze of the international media.‘Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the journey of the Finnish basic income experiment 1 Olli Kangas, Signe Jauhiainen, Miska Simanainen and Minna Ylikännö 2 The Finnish social security system: Background to the Finnish basic income experiment 6 Olli Kangas and Miska Simanainen 3 Making of the Finnish basic income experiment 18 Olli Kangas 4 Constitutional preconditions for the Finnish basic income experiment 37 Anna-Kaisa Tuovinen 5 Evaluation of the experiment 44 Signe Jauhiainen, Olli Kangas, Miska Simanainen and Minna Ylikännö 6 Basic income and employment 55 Minna Ylikännö and Olli Kangas 7 Subjective health, well-being and cognitive capabilities 71 Miska Simanainen and Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson 8 Financial well-being in basic income experiment 89 Maarit Lassander and Signe Jauhiainen 9 The bureaucracy of claiming benefits 106 Miska Simanainen 10 Trust, capabilities, confidence and basic income 117 Olli Kangas, Minna Ylikännö and Mikko Niemelä 11 What explains the popular support for basic income? 134 Miska Simanainen and Olli Kangas 12 Life on basic income – Interview accounts by basic income experiment participants on the effects of the experiment 150 Helena Blomberg, Christian Kroll and Laura Tarkiainen 13 Media coverage of the Finnish basic income experiment 169 Katja Mäkkylä 14 The feasibility of universal basic income 187 Olli Kangas Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and innovative book demonstrates the dynamics of welfare policies in different socioeconomic settings by providing comparative analyses of the Baltic and Nordic welfare state systems. The book contributes to finding and reflecting upon innovative solutions to common challenges in European welfare states. Challenging conventional welfare state research, the authors compare the Nordic countries with the welfare states of the market-oriented democracies of the Baltic area, discussing welfare state theories, family policy regimes and welfare state models. Top international contributors provide a better understanding of the complex inequalities that families and individuals are facing in the 21st century, and cover important topics such as poverty, social insurance and family policy in the Nordic and Baltic areas. Challenges to the Welfare State will be of great interest to social policy scholars and policy makers, particularly those with an interest in the Baltic and Nordic countries. It will also be a welcome addition to the literature for students interested in family policy and pension protection reforms, and those with a general interest in the contemporary welfare state studies in Europe.Trade Review‘In this important book, the authors offer a rich and multifaceted comparative analysis of family policies and pension protection systems in the Baltic and Nordic countries. By exploring two rarely contrasted socioeconomic settings, the authors brilliantly uncover not only similarities and differences in welfare provision but also lay bare the changes and challenges now taking place in them.’ -- Åsa Lundqvist, Lund University, Sweden‘Baltic countries are underrepresented in comparative welfare state studies and this volume addresses this unfortunate situation by addressing contemporary social policy challenges facing both Baltic and Nordic countries in the areas of family policy and pension protection. Featuring an excellent line-up of scholars, this unique volume makes a distinguished contribution to the comparative social policy literature and it offers unique insights for scholars and practitioners alike.’ -- Daniel Béland, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Introduction: Baltic and Nordic countries from a comparative perspective – family policies and pensions in the era of ageing 1 Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E. O. Hort and Stein Kuhnle PART I PERSPECTIVES ON FAMILY POLICY 2 Family support systems in the Baltic and Nordic countries: an explorative overview 11 Jolanta Aidukaite 3 Demographic challenges of Europe in the new millennium: Swedish family policies as an answer to them 33 Livia Sz. Oláh and Gerda Neyer 4 Nordic family policy in the 2000s: from a ‘transfer-based’ towards a ‘service-based’ family policy? 52 Mia Hakovirta and Mikael Nygård 5 Family policy support for the earner-carer and traditional-family models in Lithuania and Sweden1 72 Katharina Wesolowski, Sunnee Billingsley and Gerda Neyer 6 The sustainability of family support systems in the 21st century: comparing Sweden and Lithuania 94 Jolanta Aidukaite and Kristina Senkuviene 7 Cost of childcare: evolution of regional diversity in Estonia 119 Mare Ainsaar and Mona Sõukand PART II PERSPECTIVES ON PENSION PROTECTION IN THE ERA OF AGEING 8 Ageing and the welfare state: welfare policies and attitudes in the Baltic and Nordic countries 137 Jolanta Aidukaite, Sven E. O. Hort and Mare Ainsaar 9 Gender inequalities in family leaves, employment and pensions in Finland 160 Kati Kuitto and Susan Kuivalainen 10 Approaches to minimum-income protection in old age: comparing the three Scandinavian countries 180 Axel West Pedersen 11 Pension systems as risk management: a case of the Baltic states 202 Olga Rajevska 12 Looking for an adequate and sustainable old-age pension system: comparing Sweden and Lithuania 224 Teodoras Medaiskis and Šarūnas Eirošius 13 The inequality of public pension benefits for the elderly using Estonian data 248 Magnus Piirits 14 Stretching the canvas: beyond welfare state typologies to capability and agency 267 Barbara Hobson Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book explores the question of whether different myths and narratives have an impact on the development of welfare states. After discussing the various definitions of 'myths' and 'narratives', Bent Greve disentangles their relationship with the welfare state, referring also to debates on welfare chauvinism, deservingness and retrenchment.Greve discusses why some myths are particularly persistent and why some narratives may have a stronger impact than others. Incorporating ideas about how decision makers select and present information as well as how fake news can influence development, the book unravels narratives and perceptions about welfare scroungers, migrants and the misuse of the welfare system. Rejecting a number of long-standing myths about welfare states, Greve concludes that they have had a limited impact on welfare states' spending and development as attitudes towards welfare have remained fairly stable over the past decade. Taking a novel approach to understanding how welfare states operate and change, with a focus on European states, this book will be critical reading for academics and students of social policy and political science.Trade Review'Bent Greve investigates the stories we tell ourselves about the welfare state and its workings. This book is not only a quick and authoritative reality check on these stories, it is also a path-breaking study of how such popular narratives influence social policy across Europe.' -- James Wickham, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Myths, narratives and welfare states: an introduction 2. Key concepts 3. Welfare states’ development 4. Understanding of the behaviour of the unemployed - stories of laziness 5. Migrants take our jobs and use and misuse the welfare system 6. Do people know the size of the benefits? 7. Pressure on services: the austerity and retrenchment debate 8. Understanding of equality and deservingness 9. Technological unemployment – it takes our jobs 10. Lowering of taxes will make everyone richer 11. It should pay to work 12. Conclusions – ways forward for the welfare states Index

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Book SynopsisThis exciting and innovative Handbook provides readers with a comprehensive and globally relevant overview of the instruments, actors and design features of social protection systems, as well as their application and impacts in practice. It is the first book that centres around system building globally, a theme that has gained political importance yet has received relatively little attention in academia.Combining academic discussion with cases from the Global South and North, this Handbook offers practical recommendations on how greater harmonization across social protection policies, programmes and delivery mechanisms can be achieved. It also highlights the importance of linkages to other policy fields and issues such as taxation, humanitarian aid and livelihood approaches. Overall, the chapters argue that a systems approach is needed to respond to the individual needs of different groups in society and to face future challenges from demographic change, globalization, automation, climate change and pandemics.Targeting a broad audience, the Handbook on Social Protection Systems bridges the divide in academic debate around social protection in the Global South and North. It will be an invaluable resource for academics, students and practitioners.Trade Review‘The Handbook on Social Protection Systems represents a valuable addition to the literature to understand the dynamics of social policy in the 21st century. The focus on the large and heterogeneous groups of nations usually placed under the category of the 'Global South' is valuable and necessary, not only because of the intense research that the complexity of their social protection policies deserves, but also given the need for specialists of any region, whether students or scholars, as well as public officials, politicians or members of non-governmental and international organisations, to learn from the experiences, issues and cases discussed in the book.’ -- Ricardo Velázquez Leyer, Social Policy & Administration‘A unique tour de force through the world of social protection. The volume is distinguished by a novel systemic approach that takes account of the entire range of instruments, institutions, policies and actors that make up social protection. First-rate experts from more than 20 countries get down to the nitty-gritty of social protection systems, combining overview chapters with exemplary case studies across the global South and North. This Handbook sets new standards! It is highly recommended to researchers and practitioners alike.’Table of ContentsContents: Foreword xxvi Ralf Radermacher Acknowledgements xxvii List of abbreviations xxviii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Social Protection Systems 1 Markus Loewe and Esther Schüring PART I INSTRUMENTS Introduction: Instruments 38 Chris de Neubourg 2 Social transfers 41 Esther Schüring Case study A: Non-contributory social cash transfers in Zambia 55 Benson Chisanga Case study B: Universal basic income grant in theory and practice 61 Brian Mathebula 3 Social insurance 69 Alexander M. van den Heever Case study C: Transforming healthcare financing in Central and Eastern European countries 79 Mirella Cacace Case study D: Challenges of pension funds in Iran 84 Ali Akbar Taimazinani and Yaser Bagheri 4 Labour market policies 91 Andrea Salvini and Georg Bolits Case study E: Labour market policies in MENA countries 106 Ghada Barsoum 5 Social services 112 Barbara Rohregger 6 Micro-insurance 124 Markus Loewe PART II SYSTEM DESIGN Introduction: System design 136 Markus Loewe 7 Financing 138 Arthur van de Meerendonk 8 Targeting 151 Stephen Devereux 9 Human rights approaches 164 Markus Kaltenborn 10 Actors 174 Esther Schüring and Nicola Wiebe 11 Systematic approaches to social protection 190 Chris de Neubourg, Victor Cebotari and Julia Karpati Case study F: The challenges of moving towards universal social protection in Bolivia 211 Nicola Wiebe Case study G: Comprehensive social protection reform in South Africa 218 Alexander M. van den Heever PART III POLICY COORDINATION Introduction: Policy coordination 224 Daniele Malerba 12 Harmonization of similar instruments 227 Rachel Slater 13 Coordination of different instruments 240 Mira Bierbaum and Veronika Wodsak Case study H: Poverty and social transfer coverage in the Kingdom of Eswatini 253 Bernd Schubert 14 Graduation 263 Rachel Sabates-Wheeler 15 Taxation and social protection 277 Armin von Schiller Case study I: Simplified tax regimes and their impact on social insurance in Uruguay 290 Fernanda Teixeira 16 The humanitarian–development nexus 296 Cécile Cherrier Case study J: Emergency cash transfers in Yemen 308 Francisco V. Ayala Case study K: Humanitarian cash transfer in Palestine 314 Nicola Jones and Bassam Abu Hamad 17 Social budgeting 321 Krzysztof Hagemejer and Wolfgang Scholz PART IV GROUPS IN FOCUS Introduction: Groups in focus 336 Esther Schüring 18 Gender and social protection 338 Nicola Jones Case study L: Gender analysis of social protection in Iran 350 Ali Akbar Taimazinani and Maryam Ebrahimi 19 Disability inclusion and social protection 355 Alexandre Côte 20 Child-sensitive social protection 369 Keetie Roelen 21 The elderly and social protection 379 Luis H. Vargas Faulbaum 22 The informal sector and social protection 390 Jairous J. Miti, Mikko Perkiö, Anna Metteri and Salla Atkins Case study M: Extension of the contributory pension scheme to small-scale farmers in Zambia 404 Jairous J. Miti, Mikko Perkiö, Anna Metteri and Salla Atkins 23 Refugees and social protection 411 Tamara A. Kool and Zina Nimeh PART V ADMINISTRATION Introduction: Administration 425 Valentina Barca 24 Delivering social transfers 427 Valentina Barca and Madhumitha Hebbar 25 Delivering social insurance 438 Dominique La Salle 26 Integrated information management 449 Richard Chirchir 27 Portability 459 Dominique La Salle 28 Decentralization 469 Andrew Wyatt Case study N: Capacity development for social protection in Zambia 482 Benson Chisanga and Jairous J. Miti PART VI POLITICAL ECONOMY Introduction: Political economy 490 Esther Schüring 29 International actors and social protection 492 Jeremy Seekings 30 Public preferences 508 Katja Bender 31 The political economy of social protection adoption 521 Miguel Niño-Zarazúa and Alma Santillán Hernández Case study O: Political economy of social protection in Kenya 537 Barbara Rohregger Case study P: Political economy of the basic income grant in South Africa 542 Brian Mathebula 32 Acceptability of social protection reforms 549 Eszter Timár PART VII EFFECTS Introduction: Effects 560 Francesco Burchi 33 Data and analysis in social protection 562 Franziska Gassmann Case study Q: An evidence and gap map of effectiveness studies: social protection interventions in low- and middle-income countries 578 Ashrita Saran and Latha Radhakrishnan 34 Effects of social protection on poverty and inequality 583 Ludovico Carraro and Marta S.L. Marzi 35 Effects of social protection on food consumption and nutrition 597 Francesco Burchi 36 Effects of social protection on health 609 Christoph Strupat 37 Effects of social protection on economic development 622 Garima Bhalla, Mari Kangasniemi and Natalia Winder Rossi 38 Effects of social protection on social inclusion, social cohesion and nation building 636 Gabriele Köhler PART VIII MAJOR CHALLENGES AND REFORM OPTIONS Introduction: Major challenges and reform options 648 Krzysztof Hagemejer 39 Demographic change 651 John Woodall 40 Globalization 663 Joachim Betz 41 The future of work 676 Franziska Gassmann 42 Climate change 688 Daniele Malerba 43 Pandemics and other macro crises 705 John Woodall Case study R: A humanitarian social protection response to COVID-19 in Kenya 717 Larissa Pelham Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, the problem of unemployment has generated fierce political and academic discussion on how national governments should address this issue. This book sheds light on a key debate in unemployment policy - that of whether unemployment benefits should be insurance-based or means-tested. It carefully compares the impact of the British and German benefit systems on poverty, the duration of unemployment and the spread of workless households during the 1990s.In Germany unemployment is regarded as a risk which individuals insure themselves against through the state, whereas in Britain compensation for the unemployed is allocated primarily through means-tested benefits paid for from tax revenue. These contrasting welfare scenarios make this study of the differences in welfare provision and the effect on the lives of the unemployed especially valuable. The author combines an in-depth study of unemployment policies with extensive statistical analysis, to examine the experience over time of unemployed individuals and the households in which they live. In particular, she focuses on the important interactions between the state, labour markets and household structures. This book presents a large amount of new empirical material and employs an innovative methodology by applying event history analysis to social policy questions. Academics and policymakers working in the fields of unemployment, comparative welfare analysis and labour market sociology will welcome this rigorous and highly rewarding volume.Trade Review'. . . this is an important contribution to the comparative welfare state literature. It provides an excellent summary of the systems and contexts of welfare in both countries and it will in time come to serve as an important benchmark reminding us how different the welfare systems of Germany and Britain were prior to Hartz IV and the New Deal.' -- Claire Annesley, German Politics'One can only hope that policy makers will consider McGinnity's work as they ponder future policy changes. Without downplaying the role of individual decisions and cultural norms, McGinnity has more than proven her point that institutions matter. Her book provides a valuable benchmark for future research on changing unemployment policy regimes.' -- Jutta A. Helm, German Studies Review'Frances McGinnity has provided a major contribution to our understanding of the implications of welfare regimes for the experience of unemployment. Combining fine-grained institutional knowledge with methodologically sophisticated analysis of longitudinal data, she shows how German and British welfare institutions have very different implications for poverty risks, the duration of unemployment and the employment decisions of the partners of the unemployed. Over the next decade, comparative European research is likely to be a growth area. This study provides a model of how such research should be conducted.' -- Duncan Gallie, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK'The book establishes a landmark in the cross-national study of unemployment outcomes and makes an important contribution to our understanding of country differences in welfare provisions for the unemployed.' -- Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Bamberg University, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Comparing Labour Market Trends and the Composition of the Unemployed 3. Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany 4. Income Poverty Among the Unemployed 5. Comparing Durations of Unemployment 6. The Labour Force Participation of the Wives of Unemployed Men 7. Conclusions Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisIn the 1990s many Latin American countries decided upon full or partial pension privatisation, and a similar wave of reforms is currently taking place in Eastern Europe. Privatising Old-Age Security aims to examine what may account for this paradigm change in an area previously considered difficult to reform. Attempting to explore and explain the similarities and differences in pension policy both intra- and inter-regionally, this book analyses the political economy of radical pension reform in using case studies from Argentina, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Peru, Poland and Uruguay. By shedding light on the political viability of market-oriented reforms the book is a valuable and unique contribution to the understanding of the political economy of policy reform.With its unprecedented selection of case studies and application of theoretical insights, this book will appeal to researchers and academics of economics, public finance, social policy administration and transition studies. Moreover, policymakers will be intrigued by the up-to-date analysis of recent pension reforms.Trade Review'This is a fine comparative political economy interpretation of policy reform applied to pension systems in eight bold reformer countries of Latin America and Eastern Europe. The author shows great skill and sensible caution in showing what a multi-faceted, sometimes elusive undertaking reform is, involving many different actors with often conflicting goals. Considered within the specific policy and economic contexts, the analysis shows remarkable dexterity in confronting pension system reforms in countries that have being going through important or deep systemic transformation, and that have used pension system reform also to pursue broader and deeper changes and macroeconomic stabilisation.' -- Bruno Dallago, University of Trento, Italy'Privatising Old-Age Security is a fine example of contemporary political economy. Its theoretical perspective is equally sensitive to political and economic factors, and the cases are researched in uncommon depth. Its comparison of Eastern Europe and Latin America is unique in the literature on pension reform but obviously important. It will stand as a landmark example of sophisticated policy analysis.' -- Barry Ames, University of Pittsburgh, US'This book follows the reform of pension systems in eight countries. All cases were slightly different but, despite substantial differences in starting points and political conditions, there was a surprisingly high degree of similarity in a common trend towards partial privatisation. The author does not discuss whether such reforms could lead to better pension systems. That issue appears to have been of little relevance to their adoption. Instead, she focuses on factors that did influence the political processes in the countries concerned. The result is an important contribution towards an understanding of policy transfer in different institutional settings. It is an excellent example of the power of the comparative approach for examining how far the World Bank and other international financial institutions can persuade governments to accept their thinking.' -- Martin Myant, University of Paisley, UK'Katharina Mueller opens our eyes to the political and economic forces at work in the privatization of pension schemes, casting light on processes that were previously obscure.' -- Elaine Fultz, International Labour Office, Budapest, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: The Conceptual Framework 2. From State to Market: Explaining Policy Reform 3. Understanding Pension Reform Part II: Privatising Old-Age Security in Latin America 4. Regional Background: Old-Age Security in Latin America 5. Pension Privatisation in the Southern Cone 6. Pension Privatisation in the Andean Region Part III: Privatising Old-Age Security in Eastern Europe 7. Regional Background: Old-Age Security in the Transition Countries 8. Pension Privatisation in East-Central Europe 9. Pension Privatisation in South-Eastern Europe Part IV: Comparative Analysis and Conclusions 10. The Political Economy of Pension Privatisation 11. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive appraisal of social security in Japan, where traditionally the burden of welfare provision has been the main responsibility of the family and employers, rather than the state. However, an ageing population, changes in family structure and continued recession has led to an urgent reappraisal of this situation. The book begins by examining the social security system in Japan as a whole, before focusing on specific issues. These include public and occupational pensions, medical care and childcare, and the availability and accessibility of social infrastructure for the old and handicapped. In each case, the distinguished authors address the unique problems associated with Japan and propose practical policy recommendations for social security reform. The book also discusses the future path of Japanese welfare transition and explores the advantages and disadvantages of the private sector model for welfare provision compared to the public sector model. The expert contributors, including both Japanese and international specialists, provide a critical evaluation of social security reform in Japan, set against the background of future demographic and economic trends. This book will appeal to all scholars of public policy, welfare policy and public finance. It will also be of interest to anyone working on the merits and demerits of different social security systems.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Social Security Reform in Japan in the Twenty-first Century 3. Uncertainty and Pension Policy 4. Alternative Pension Reform Strategies for Japan 5. Effects of the Old-Age Pension System for Active Employees on the Labor Supply of Elderly Male Workers 6. Strengthening Employment-Based Pensions 7. Retirement Provision: Accumulations, Security, and Insurance 8. Issues in Japanese Health Policy and Medical Expenditure 9. Conjoint Analysis and Effect of Child-care Policies on Fertility 10. The Child-care Leave System in Japan: Development, Problems and Further Reform 11. Public Infrastructures for Equalizing Capability in an Ageing Society Index

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Book SynopsisThis outstanding text, a follow-up to the authors' award-winning 1982 text, provides a thorough treatment of economic welfare theory and develops a complete theoretical and empirical framework for applied project and policy evaluation. The authors illustrate how this theory can be used to develop policy analysis from both theory and estimation in a variety of areas including: international trade, the economics of technological change, agricultural economics, the economics of information, environmental economics, and the economics of extractive and renewable natural resources.Building on willingness-to-pay (WTP) measures as the foundation for applied welfare economics, the authors develop measures for firms and households where households are viewed as both consumers and owner/sellers of resources. Possibilities are presented for (1) approximating WTP with consumer surplus, (2) measuring WTP exactly subject to errors in existing econometric work, and (3) using duality theory to specify econometric equations consistent with theory.Later chapters cover specific areas of welfare measurement under imperfect competition, uncertainty, incomplete information, externalities, and dynamic considerations. Applications are considered explicitly for policy issues related to information, international trade, the environment, agriculture, and other natural resource issues.The Welfare Economics of Public Policy is ideal for graduate and undergraduate courses in applied welfare economics, public policy, agricultural policy, and environmental economics and provides an essential reference for practitioners of applied welfare economics.Trade Review‘The Welfare Economics of Public Policy is a great book that should be of interest to all economists interested in applied welfare analysis. It is a good reference book for economists studying the effects of public policy. Finally, it should be a useful textbook for students studying economic policy and applied welfare economics.' -- Jean-Paul Chavas, American Journal of Agricultural Economics'. . . a very comprehensive overview of the state of the art in welfare economics. It can be used as a teaching book for advanced students as well as a reference volume for researchers. This duality of possible uses is supported by the fact that very complex issues are presented in an easily readable manner. More technical aspects are then outlined in the appendices of the relevant chapters, offering colleagues the option to study formal considerations in more detail. . . a welcome addition to and expression of the knowledge base of agricultural economics.' -- Stefan Mann, Journal of Agricultural Economics'I am absolutely delighted that the authors have revised and republished this text. I have used the previous version for years in my graduate environmental economics course; usually I had to share the one copy I have with students and I felt it was a shame that these students did not have the opportunity to purchase the book since every serious environmental economist should have this volume on their shelf. It has been a continuous reference volume for me over the years and I am sure this is true of many others in the discipline. In the field of applied welfare analysis (spanning environmental economics, international trade, agricultural policy, etc.) there is no need for further elaboration when "Just, Hueth and Schmitz" is referenced. Everyone knows the book that is being referred to: the "bible" of applied welfare economics.' -- Catherine Kling, Iowa State University, US'For the record, I am one of the people who requested that the authors revise and re-issue their textbook. It is an extremely valuable book for applied economists; as with the previous edition, I will use it extensively in two of my courses and consult it frequently in my own research endeavors.' -- Richard Adams, Oregon State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Pareto Optimality and the Pareto Criterion 3. The Compensation Principle and the Welfare Function 4. Welfare Measurement for the Producer Appendix to Chapter 4: Alternative Measures of Producer Welfare in Factor and Product Markets 5. Consumer Surplus and Consumer Welfare Appendix to Chapter 5: Nonuniqueness of Consumer Surplus 6. Willingness to Pay and Consumer Welfare Appendix to Chapter 6: Welfare Measurement for Consumers 7. Factor Supply and Factor Owner Welfare Appendix to Chapter 7: Welfare Measurement for Factor Owners 8. Aggregation and Economic Welfare Analysis of Market-Oriented Policies Appendix to Chapter 8: Measurement of Aggregate Market Welfare 9. Multimarket Analysis and General Equilibrium Considerations Appendix to Chapter 9: Welfare Measures for Multimarket Equilibrium 10. The Welfare Economics of Market Structure with Applications to International Trade 11. The Welfare Economics of Information with Applications to Advertising and Information Policy Appendix to Chapter 11: Measuring the Welfare Effects of Quality and Information 12. Stochastic Welfare Economics with Applications to Agricultural Policy Analysis Appendix to Chapter 12: Producer Welfare Measurement under Risk 13. Nonmarket Welfare Measurement with Applications to Environmental Economic Policy 14. Intertemporal Considerations in Cost–Benefit Analysis with Applications to Natural Resource Economics Appendix to Chapter 14: Intertemporal Welfare Analysis with Investment in Producer Capital and Consumer Durables 15. Conclusions and Further Considerations Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPopulation ageing and the resulting pressures on existing pension systems constitutes one of the most important challenges modern societies will have to face over the coming decades. Although governments have responded to such pressures by adopting a plethora of pension reforms, the adaptation process is far from over. This book comprehensively documents developments in pension policy in eleven advanced industrial countries in Western Europe, East Asia and North America. In order to explore what population ageing means for the sustainability of pension systems, the authors present a detailed review of pension policy making over the past two decades and provide up-to-date analysis of current pension legislation. They examine the factors that can facilitate or impede the adaptation of pension systems and the features that shape and determine reforms. They also highlight the fact that although the path of reform taken by each country is somewhat different, the processes at work are often very similar. Ageing populations throughout the world are extremely reluctant to see their pension systems dismantled and are therefore prepared to mobilise in their defence. This process of mobilisation interacts with demographic pressures and institutional constraints to help determine the future direction of pension policy. The breadth of geographic coverage provides an almost global picture of the impact of ageing on pension reform, at least in terms of high income countries. Academics and students with an interest in economics, social policy, sociology and political science will find this a worthwhile and rewarding volume. It will also be of value to policymakers interested in how the problem of unsustainable pension systems can be resolved.Trade Review'This is an admirable example of a multi-authored comparative book. The two editors set the scene very carefully in the opening chapter and the subsequent chapters follow the framework set out and use the concepts explored there. In this never simple policy area, national systems are explained as clearly as possible by each author.' -- Michael Hill, Journal of Social Policy'This is an enlightening introduction to the global dimensions and complexity of pension reform. Recommended.' -- J.F. O'Connell, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Population Ageing and the Logics of Pension Reform in Western Europe, East Asia and North America Giuliano Bonoli and Toshimitsu Shinkawa 2. Reconfiguring Italian Pensions: From Policy Stalemate to Comprehensive Reforms Maurizio Ferrera and Matteo Jessoula 3. New Century – New Paradigm: Pension Reforms in Germany Karl Hinrichs 4. The Politics of Pension Reform in France: The End of Exceptionalism? Christelle Mandin and Bruno Palier 5. Pension Reform in Sweden: Radical Reform in a Mature Pension System Karen M. Anderson 6. UK Pension Reform: A Test Case for a Liberal Welfare State? Peter Taylor-Gooby 7. Switzerland: Adapting Pensions within Tight Institutional Constraints Giuliano Bonoli 8. The Politics of Pension Reform in Japan: Institutional Legacies, Credit-claiming and Blame Avoidance Toshimitsu Shinkawa 9. Pension Reform in Taiwan: The Old and the New Politics of Welfare Chen-Wei Lin 10. Pension Reform in Korea: Conflict between Social Solidarity and Long-term Financial Sustainability Yeon Myung Kim and Kyo-seong Kim 11. Public Pension Reform in the United States R. Kent Weaver 12. Stasis Amidst Change: Canadian Pension Reform in an Age of Retrenchment Daniel Béland and John Myles Index

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Book SynopsisThe practical value of intuitive insights provided by innovative scholars in the past drives much of the current development in applied welfare economics. This single volume presents the key works that serve as a basis for applied welfare economic practices, the major papers that develop the methodology of applied economic welfare measurement and some of the most exemplary applications in the fields of welfare work. This indispensable book is designed to provide students and scholars with a convenient single source of the essential foundations in applied welfare economics.Trade Review‘From the authors of the “bible” of applied welfare analysis we now have the definitive collection of the seminal papers in the field. This book is a highly valuable reference for economists and policy analysts with a serious interest in the theory and application of welfare analysis in all areas of economics and public policy.’ -- Catherine L. Kling, Iowa State University, US‘In Applied Welfare Economics, the editors have done an outstanding job in putting together classical work that covers the gamut of welfare economics. The topics covered are extraordinarily comprehensive, ranging from theoretical inquiry to policy issues that are of substantial contemporary interest. This work can serve as a standard reference source for researchers, as well a primary or supplemental text for use in graduate courses that focus on issues related to welfare economics. I would highly recommend it for the reader concerned with theoretical and/or methodological issues in applied welfare economics.’ -- Ronald Cummings, Georgia State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Richard E. Just, Darrell L. Hueth and Andrew Schmitz PART I THE JUSTIFICATION FOR PUBLIC INTERVENTION A Market Failure 1. Paul A. Samuelson (1954), ‘The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure’ 2. Francis M. Bator (1958), ‘The Anatomy of Market Failure’ 3. Kenneth J. Arrow (1970), ‘The Organization of Economic Activity: Issues Pertinent to the Choice of Market versus Nonmarket Allocation’ B Second Best 4. Richard G. Lipsey and Kelvin Lancaster (1997), ‘The General Theory of Second Best’ 5. Otto A. Davis and Andrew B. Whinston (1965), ‘Welfare Economics and the Theory of Second Best’ PART II THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF WELFARE MEASUREMENT A Economic Surplus 6. J.R. Hicks (1943), ‘The Four Consumer’s Surpluses’ 7. E.J. Mishan (1959), ‘Rent as a Measure of Welfare Change’ 8. John Martin Currie, John A. Murphy and Andrew Schmitz (1971), ‘The Concept of Economic Surplus and Its Use in Economic Analysis’ 9. Arnold C. Harberger (1971), ‘Three Basic Postulates for Applied Welfare Economics: An Interpretive Essay’ B Compensation Criteria 10. Harold Hotelling (1938), ‘The General Welfare in Relation to Problems of Taxation and of Railway and Utility Rates’ 11. Nicholas Kaldor (1939), ‘Welfare Propositions of Economics and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility’ 12. J.R. Hicks (1939), ‘The Foundations of Welfare Economics’ 13. T. de Scitovszky (1941), ‘A Note on Welfare Propositions in Economics’ 14. Paul A. Samuelson (1950), ‘Evaluation of Real National Income’ PART III METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF WELFARE MEASUREMENT 15. Paul A. Samuelson (1942), ‘Constancy of the Marginal Utility of Income’ 16. Eugene Silberberg (1972), ‘Duality and the Many Consumer’s Surpluses’ 17. Robert D. Willig (1976), ‘Consumer’s Surplus Without Apology’ 18. Alan Randall and John R. Stoll (1980), ‘Consumer’s Surplus in Commodity Space’ 19. Jerry A. Hausman (1981), ‘Exact Consumer’s Surplus and Deadweight Loss’ 20. Yrjö O. Vartia (1983), ‘Efficient Methods of Measuring Welfare Change and Compensated Income in Terms of Ordinary Demand Functions’ PART IV INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN WELFARE MEASUREMENT 21. Andrew Schmitz and David Seckler (1970), ‘Mechanized Agriculture and Social Welfare: The Case of the Tomato Harvester’ 22. Bruce Gardner (1983), ‘Efficient Redistribution through Commodity Markets’ PART V DIMENSIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY EVALUATION A Welfare Economics of Market Power 23. Keith Cowling and Dennis C. Mueller (1978), ‘The Social Costs of Monopoly Power’ 24. Richard E. Just, Andrew Schmitz and David Zilberman (1979), ‘Price Controls and Optimal Export Policies under Alternative Market Structures’ B Multimarket Equilibrium Welfare Measurement 25. Richard E. Just and Darrell L. Hueth (1979), ‘Welfare Measures in a Multimarket Framework’ 26. Walter N. Thurman and J.E. Easley, Jr. (1992), ‘Valuing Changes in Commercial Fishery Harvests: A General Equilibrium Derived Demand Analysis’ 27. Runar Brännlund and Bengt Kriström (1996), ‘Welfare Measurement in Single and Multimarket Models: Theory and Application’ 28. Ian W.H. Parry (1995), ‘Pollution Taxes and Revenue Recycling’ C Welfare Measurement with Risk and Uncertainty 29. Benton F. Massell (1969), ‘Price Stabilization and Welfare’ 30. Daniel A. Graham (1981), ‘Cost-Benefit Analysis under Uncertainty’ 31. Rulon Pope, Jean-Paul Chavas and Richard Just (1983), ‘Economic Welfare Evaluations for Producers under Uncertainty’ 32. Kenneth J. Arrow and Robert C. Lind (1970), ‘Uncertainty and the Evaluation of Public Investment Decisions’ D Welfare Effects of Information and Advertising 33. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1985), ‘Information and Economic Analysis: A Perspective’ 34. William Foster and Richard E. Just (1989), ‘Measuring Welfare Effects of Product Contamination with Consumer Uncertainty’ 35. Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy (1993), ‘A Simple Theory of Advertising as a Good or Bad’ E Non-market Welfare Measurement 36. Harold Hotelling (1947), ‘Letter to the National Park Service’ 37. Oscar R. Burt and Durward Brewer (1971), ‘Estimation of Net Social Benefits from Outdoor Recreation’ 38. Karl-Göran Mäler (1971), ‘A Method of Estimating Social Benefits from Pollution Control’ 39. Nancy E. Bockstael and Kenneth E. McConnell (1983), ‘Welfare Measurement in the Household Production Framework’ 40. Nancy E. Bockstael and Catherine L. Kling (1988), ‘Valuing Environmental Quality: Weak Complementarity with Sets of Goods’ 41. Timothy J. Bartik (1988), ‘Measuring the Benefits of Amenity Improvements in Hedonic Price Models’ 42. Alan Randall, Berry Ives and Clyde Eastman (1974), ‘Bidding Games for Valuation of Aesthetic Environmental Improvement’ 43. W. Michael Hanemann (1999), ‘Welfare Analysis with Discrete Choice Models’ PART VI REFLECTIONS 44. John V. Krutilla (1981), ‘Reflections of an Applied Welfare Economist’ 45. W. Michael Hanemann (1992), ‘Preface’ 46. Richard G. Lipsey (2007), ‘Reflections on the General Theory of Second Best at its Golden Jubilee’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis book challenges the common view that social protection is exclusively a national concern with EU social policy fragmented and merely symbolic. Through eleven country studies, the book reveals that EU-level developments increasingly interact with social protection in all countries - a remarkable transformation from ten years ago. Using the same thematic framework, the book systematically compares how Europeanisation of social protection differs across countries chosen to reflect increasing EU diversity. For each country, specialists in social protection evaluate the form and extent of Europeanisation, comparing national strategies with the European social model. They examine recent reforms and responses to EU initiatives, including the Lisbon strategy and the open method of coordination, the extension of the internal market to services, the Economic and Monetary Union and EU enlargement. Differences in Europeanisation reflect not only different political legacies but also different adjustment pressures in terms of national welfare regime and degree of competitiveness. "Europeanisation of social protection" brings together both new evidence and new perspectives, making it essential reading for everyone interested in the changing patterns of social policy in Europe.Trade Review"An excellent book focusing on how national social policy has been shaped by the developments in the EU. Very good editing, informative and thought-provoking." Antonios Roumpakis, University of Bath"...a very readable and instructive insight...." Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Vol 16:2, 2008."This is an informative book which will serve as a useful reference for anyone interested in developments in social policy in Europe today." J of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol 36:3, 2008"Focusing on the interaction between supranational EU policy initiatives and national social policies, this carefully edited book fills an important gap in the comparative literature on European welfare states. This volume produced by prestigious welfare state researchers will become required reading for any student of social policies in the enlarged European Union." Professor Jens Alber, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Science Center Berlin)"The relationship between the EU and national welfare states has become increasingly controversial. However, we lack systematic knowledge about the specific influences that the integration process is exerting on domestic social policies - and vice versa. This excellent book makes a step in this direction. By analysing the experience of eleven Member States, the book casts new light on the growing 'Europeanization' of social protection and provides precious insights for both academic and political debates." Professor Maurizio Ferrera, University of MilanAUTHOR WANTS TO USE BOTH TESTIMONIALS ON BACK COVERTable of ContentsEuropean Union developments and national social protection ~ Juho Saari and Jon Kvist; Germany: moving towards Europe but putting national autonomy first ~ Milena Büchs and Karl Hinrichs; The United Kingdom: more an economic than a social European ~ Julian Le Grand, Elias Mossialos and Morgan Long; France: defending our model ~ Bruno Palier and Luana Petrescu; Italy: between indifference, exploitation and the construction of a national interest ~ Stefano Sacchi; Poland: redefining social policies ~ Irena Wóycicka and Maciej Grabowski; Spain: starting from periphery, becoming centre ~ Ana Guillén; The Czech Republic: tradition compatible with modernisation? ~ Martin Potucek; Finland: towards more proactive policies ~ Juho Saari and Olli Kangas; The Netherlands: social and economic normalisation in an era of European Union controversy ~ Anton Hemerijck and Peter Sleegers; Denmark: From foot dragging to pace setting in European Union social policy ~ Jon Kvist; Greece: the quest for national welfare expansion through more social Europe ~ Theodoros Sakellaropoulos; The Europeanisation of social protection: domestic impact and national responses ~ Jon Kvist and Juho Saari; Seeking a new balance ~ Juho Saari and Kari Välimäki.

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Book SynopsisTony Blair was the longest serving Labour Prime Minister in British history. This book, the third in a trilogy of books on New Labour edited by Martin Powell, analyses the legacy of his government for social policy, focusing on the extent to which it has changed the UK welfare state. Drawing on both conceptual and empirical evidence, the book offers forward-looking speculation on emerging and future welfare issues. The book's high-profile contributors examine the content and extent of change. They explore which of the elements of modernisation matter for their area. Which sectors saw the greatest degree of change? Do terms such as 'modern welfare state' or 'social investment state' have any resonance? They also examine change over time with reference to the terms of the government. Was reform a fairly continuous event, or was it concentrated in certain periods? Finally, the contributors give an assessment of likely policy direction under a future Labour or Conservative government. Previous books in the trilogy are "New Labour, new welfare state?" (1999) and "Evaluating New Labour's welfare reforms" (2002) (see below). The works should be read by academics, undergraduates and post-graduates on courses in social policy, public policy and political science.Trade Review"This book builds on the established reputation of Powell's previous two collections on the Blair governments. It will be eagerly awaited by students looking for an informed and comprehensive analysis of Labour's achievements over the last decade." Pete Alcock, Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham"For anyone who wants to understand welfare under New Labour and future directions for the welfare state this book is recommended. It is an up-to-date, authoritative and informative explanation of change." Luke Martell, Reader in Sociology, University of SussexTable of ContentsIntroduction: modernising the welfare state ~ Martin Powell; The NHS after 10 years of New Labour ~ Calum Paton; Housing policy: coming in out of the cold? ~ Brian Lund; Social security and welfare reform ~ Stephen McKay and Karen Rowlingson; Social care under Blair: are social care services more modern? ~ Mark Baldwin; Education: from the comprehensive to the individual ~ Susan Martin and Yolande Muschamp; Controlling crime and disorder: the Labour legacy ~ Sarah Charman and Stephen P. Savage; Social investment: the discourse and the dimensions of change ~ Alexandra Dobrowolsky and Ruth Lister; Risk and the Blair legacy ~ David Denney; Going private? ~ Mark Drakeford; Choice in public services: 'no choice but to choose' ~ Catherine Needham; The conditional welfare state ~ Peter Dwyer; The stages of New Labour ~ Ian Greener; Social Democratic reforms of the welfare state: Germany and the UK compared ~ Martin Seeleib-Kaiser; Conclusion: the Blair legacy ~ Martin Powell.

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Book SynopsisTony Blair was the longest serving Labour Prime Minister in British history. This book, the third in a trilogy of books on New Labour edited by Martin Powell, analyses the legacy of his government for social policy, focusing on the extent to which it has changed the UK welfare state. Drawing on both conceptual and empirical evidence, the book offers forward-looking speculation on emerging and future welfare issues. The book's high-profile contributors examine the content and extent of change. They explore which of the elements of modernisation matter for their area. Which sectors saw the greatest degree of change? Do terms such as 'modern welfare state' or 'social investment state' have any resonance? They also examine change over time with reference to the terms of the government. Was reform a fairly continuous event, or was it concentrated in certain periods? Finally, the contributors give an assessment of likely policy direction under a future Labour or Conservative government. Previous books in the trilogy are "New Labour, new welfare state?" (1999) and "Evaluating New Labour's welfare reforms" (2002) (see below). The works should be read by academics, undergraduates and post-graduates on courses in social policy, public policy and political science.Trade Review"This book builds on the established reputation of Powell's previous two collections on the Blair governments. It will be eagerly awaited by students looking for an informed and comprehensive analysis of Labour's achievements over the last decade." Pete Alcock, Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham"For anyone who wants to understand welfare under New Labour and future directions for the welfare state this book is recommended. It is an up-to-date, authoritative and informative explanation of change." Luke Martell, Reader in Sociology, University of SussexTable of ContentsIntroduction: modernising the welfare state ~ Martin Powell; The NHS after 10 years of New Labour ~ Calum Paton; Housing policy: coming in out of the cold? ~ Brian Lund; Social security and welfare reform ~ Stephen McKay and Karen Rowlingson; Social care under Blair: are social care services more modern? ~ Mark Baldwin; Education: from the comprehensive to the individual ~ Susan Martin and Yolande Muschamp; Controlling crime and disorder: the Labour legacy ~ Sarah Charman and Stephen P. Savage; Social investment: the discourse and the dimensions of change ~ Alexandra Dobrowolsky and Ruth Lister; Risk and the Blair legacy ~ David Denney; Going private? ~ Mark Drakeford; Choice in public services: 'no choice but to choose' ~ Catherine Needham; The conditional welfare state ~ Peter Dwyer; The stages of New Labour ~ Ian Greener; Social Democratic reforms of the welfare state: Germany and the UK compared ~ Martin Seeleib-Kaiser; Conclusion: the Blair legacy ~ Martin Powell.

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Book SynopsisThe activation of social welfare recipients has been, and still is, a central issue in the development of social and employment policies in Europe. This ambitious book explores the employment effectiveness of minimum income schemes, and provides the first comprehensive examination of its dependency on how the rights and obligations of the recipients are defined. The book argues that the right to a minimum income can only be adequately justified with reference to the individual's right to personal development. Combining political theory and policy analysis, the author draws on evidence from eight different European countries to illustrate how it is possible to combine higher levels of employment effectiveness with the respect for recipients' right to personal development. Exploring the balance between fairness and effectiveness in the activation of minimum income recipients and acknowledging that individuals have both rights and obligations, this book will provide a useful reference tool to students, researchers and policy-makers with an interest in the work versus welfare nexus.Trade Review"As Europe struggles to strike a balance between rights, obligations and effectiveness in the provision of minimum income, Amilcar Moreira not only captures the complexity of today’s issues, but also advances our understanding of them." Ivar Lødemel, Professor, Oslo University CollegeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; The right to a minimum income: between Mead and Van Parijs; Justifying a minimum income guarantee: the right to personal development; The activation dilemma: a comparative study; Measuring respect for the right to personal development; The employment effectiveness of minimum income schemes; The employment effectiveness of minimum income schemes and their respect for the right to personal development; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe expansion of the European Union (EU) has put an end to the East-West division of Europe. At the same time it has increased the cultural heterogeneity, social disparities and economic imbalances within the EU, exemplified in the lower living standards and higher unemployment rates in some of the new member states. This important new reference work describes the education systems, labour markets and welfare production regimes in the 10 new Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries. In three comparative chapters, discussing each of these domains in turn, the editors provide a set of theory-driven, comprehensive and informative indicators that allow comparisons and rankings within the new EU member states. Ten country-specific chapters follow, each written by experts from those countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. These chapters provide detailed information on each country's education and training systems, labour market structure and regulations, and its provision of formal and informal welfare support. An important component of each country chapter is the explanation of the historical background and the specific national conditions for the institutional choices in the transitional years. The handbook provides policy makers with the tools to assess the institutional changes in CEE countries, and scholars with ways to apply the proposed indicators to their analytic research. It will be a vital resource that no major research library should be without.Trade Review"Europe Enlarged is essential reading for anyone interested in the social transformation of Europe at the turn of the millennium. An understanding of this transformation is of great historical interest and will be of value for the future development of other countries." Robert Erikson, Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Walter Müller; Educational systems of Central and Eastern European countries ~ Irena Kogan; Labour markets in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Michael Gebel; Social protection, inequality and labour market risks in Central and Eastern Europe ~ Clemens Noelke; Bulgaria ~ Dobrinka Kostova; Czech Republic ~ Jana Strakova; Estonia ~ Ellu Saar and Kristina Lindemann; Hungary ~ Erzsébet Bukodi and Péter Róbert; Latvia ~ Ilze Trapenciere; Lithuania ~ Meilute Taljunaite; Poland ~ Anna Baranowska; Romania ~ Cristina Mocanu; Slovakia ~ Jan Kosta and Rastislav Bednarik; Slovenia ~ Angela Ivan?i?.

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Book SynopsisContemporary social policy has never been more vigorously contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing, social care, hospital closures through to organised movements around disability, environment, health and education. However, the historical and contemporary role played by social movements in shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard social policy texts. "Understanding social welfare movements" is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. Using actual case studies and written in an accessible and engaging style, it will attract a wide readership of undergraduate and postgraduate students, higher education teachers and researchers, stakeholders and activists. Introductory chapters examine the historical and theoretical relationship between state welfare and social movements. Subsequent chapters outline the historical contribution of various social movements to the creation of the welfare state relating to Beveridge's 'five giants' of idleness, ignorance, squalor, illness and want. The book then examines the contemporary challenge posed by 'new social movements' in relation to the family, discrimination, environment, and global social justice. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the demands of social movements.Trade Review"This original book relates justice and equity across all forms of social policy. It is especially timely given the social movement mobilisation towards social justice on a global scale." Professor Chris Rootes, University of Kent"A perceptive, illuminating analysis of the extra-parliamentary social movements that have reshaped the political and cultural landscape of modern Britain." Peter Tatchell, Human Rights Campaigner"This original book relates justice and equity across all forms of social policy. It is especially timely given the social movement mobilisation towards social justice on a global scale." Professor Chris Rootes (University of Kent)"The relationship between social movements and welfare is crucial for an understanding of the conditions of the modern welfare state. In a most relevant and illuminating way Annetts et al. analyse these interrelated social phenomena; as welfare again - surely - will be a central political issue for years to come, the book provides the reader with profound insights regarding the role of social movements in relation to processes of social welfare and the welfare state." Dr Magnus Ring, Lund University, SwedenTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Social movements and welfare: ideology, history and theory: Protest and principle in state welfare; The making of modern social welfare movements; Theorising social welfare movements and social welfare; Part two: Social movements and the classical welfare state: Fighting idleness and want: movements of the unemployed; Fighting sickness: the women's health movement; Fighting squalor: urban social movements; Fighting ignorance: social movements and the making of modern education; Part three: Contemporary social movements and social welfare: Contesting the family: LGBT and conservative counter-movements; Contesting discrimination: anti-racist movements; Contesting the environment: eco-welfare movements; Contesting neoliberalism: global social justice movements; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisContemporary social policy has never been more vigorously contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing, social care, hospital closures through to organised movements around disability, environment, health and education. However, the historical and contemporary role played by social movements in shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard social policy texts. "Understanding social welfare movements" is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. Using actual case studies and written in an accessible and engaging style, it will attract a wide readership of undergraduate and postgraduate students, higher education teachers and researchers, stakeholders and activists. Introductory chapters examine the historical and theoretical relationship between state welfare and social movements. Subsequent chapters outline the historical contribution of various social movements to the creation of the welfare state relating to Beveridge's 'five giants' of idleness, ignorance, squalor, illness and want. The book then examines the contemporary challenge posed by 'new social movements' in relation to the family, discrimination, environment, and global social justice. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the demands of social movements.Trade Review"This original book relates justice and equity across all forms of social policy. It is especially timely given the social movement mobilisation towards social justice on a global scale." Professor Chris Rootes, University of KentTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Social movements and welfare: ideology, history and theory: Protest and principle in state welfare; The making of modern social welfare movements; Theorising social welfare movements and social welfare; Part two: Social movements and the classical welfare state: Fighting idleness and want: movements of the unemployed; Fighting sickness: the women's health movement; Fighting squalor: urban social movements; Fighting ignorance: social movements and the making of modern education; Part three: Contemporary social movements and social welfare: Contesting the family: LGBT and conservative counter-movements; Contesting discrimination: anti-racist movements; Contesting the environment: eco-welfare movements; Contesting neoliberalism: global social justice movements; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis updated and revised edition of Understanding social citizenship is still the only citizenship textbook written from a social policy perspective. It provides students with an understanding of the concept of citizenship in relation to UK, EU and global welfare institutions; covers a range of welfare debates and issues; explores inclusion and exclusion; combines analysis and discussion of social policies and uses easy-to-digest text boxes. The revised second edition contains new topical sections on 'Cameron's Conservatism' and the EU and A8/10 migration in the UK. The book is essential reading for undergraduates in social policy, sociology, social work, politics and citizenship, A/AS level students and their teachers, and those on access courses, foundation degrees and teacher training courses.Trade Review'...this book is designed as a core text; but it will be useful not just to teachers and students but also to social policy practitioners and politicians because the contested and complex concept of citizenship now informs debate on all manner of social policy issues, as this book amply shows.' - Citizen's Income Newsletter"A second edition of this excellent book is most welcome. Dwyer's understanding of social citizenship is second to none and this new edition provides an updated discussion and assessment of all the practical and theoretical issues that students need to know about this important area of study." Nick Ellison, University of LeedsTable of ContentsContents: Part one: Citizenship and welfare: Introduction: defining citizenship; Two traditions of thought: civic republicanism and liberalism; The development of social citizenship in Britain; Contemporary approaches to social citizenship; Part two: Issues of difference and stratification: Poverty, class, citizenship and welfare; Gender, citizenship and welfare; Disabled citizens?; Race, ethnicity, citizenship and welfare; Ageing and older citizens; Part three: Beyond the nation state: Social Europe; Global citizenship?; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution both to the teaching of social policy and the wider debates surrounding it in Britain today. It offers a critical and theoretically sensitive overview of the role of religious values, actors and institutions in the development of state and non-state social welfare provision in Britain, combining historical discussion of the relationship between religion and social policy in Britain with a comparative theoretical discussion that covers continental Europe and North America. Grounded in new empirical research on religious welfare organisations from the nine major faiths in the UK, the book brings together all of these perspectives to argue for an analytical shift in the definition of wellbeing through a new concept called 'ways of being'. This reflects the moral, ideational and cultural underpinnings of social welfare. Written in a readable style, the book will appeal to students and tutors of social policy, as well as policy-makers seeking to inform themselves about the key issues surrounding faith-based welfare in modern Britain.Trade Review“This book does so much more than the title suggests ... In many ways, this is the book on religion and social policy that we have all been waiting for.” Social Policy & Administration"The connections between religion and welfare are growing in importance almost by the day. Rana Jawad's contribution to the debate is particularly welcome: it is historically informed, theoretically grounded and abundantly illustrated. It will become required reading for academics and policy-makers alike." Grace Davie, University of Exeter“For too long social services and the welfare state in the UK have been discussed without reference to religion. In a single volume, Jawad puts that right. She offers a comprehensive overview of religion's vital role in the past and present of social welfare, and shows what an important contribution faith can still make to its theory and practice in the 21st century.” Linda Woodhead, Professor of Sociology of Religion, Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Part one: Religious welfare in historical and theoretical context: Introduction: religion and wellbeing in the UK from historical context to contemporary social policy; Theorising religious welfare; Key concepts in religious welfare practice; Part two: Religious welfare practice: Education; Health support services; Housing and community regeneration; Social care; Social work; Cultural and recreational activities; Financial support and poverty-reduction; Conclusion: implications for social policy in the UK.

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Book SynopsisThis original book makes a timely and potentially controversial contribution both to the teaching of social policy and the wider debates surrounding it in Britain today. It offers a critical and theoretically sensitive overview of the role of religious values, actors and institutions in the development of state and non-state social welfare provision in Britain, combining historical discussion of the relationship between religion and social policy in Britain with a comparative theoretical discussion that covers continental Europe and North America. Grounded in new empirical research on religious welfare organisations from the nine major faiths in the UK, the book brings together all of these perspectives to argue for an analytical shift in the definition of wellbeing through a new concept called 'ways of being'. This reflects the moral, ideational and cultural underpinnings of social welfare. Written in a readable style, the book will appeal to students and tutors of social policy, as well as policy-makers seeking to inform themselves about the key issues surrounding faith-based welfare in modern Britain.Trade Review“This book does so much more than the title suggests ... In many ways, this is the book on religion and social policy that we have all been waiting for.” Social Policy & AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: Part one: Religious welfare in historical and theoretical context: Introduction: religion and wellbeing in the UK from historical context to contemporary social policy; Theorising religious welfare; Key concepts in religious welfare practice; Part two: Religious welfare practice: Education; Health support services; Housing and community regeneration; Social care; Social work; Cultural and recreational activities; Financial support and poverty-reduction; Conclusion: implications for social policy in the UK.

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Book SynopsisPeter Townsend, who sadly passed away in June 2009, had a long career researching an exceptional range of topics within the social sciences and campaigning against social inequalities. This reader brings together for the first time a collection of his most distinctive work, allowing readers to review changes and continuities over the past six decades, and reflect on social issues that have returned to the fore today. A particular feature of the volume is in tracing the links between empirical evidence and both social theory and social policy, and how those disciplines intersect. This reader will provide a teaching and learning resource for students in different disciplines of the social sciences and will also provide an insight into the development of one scientist's entire intellectual approach. We hope it will be a fitting memorial to his life and work.Trade Review"..this reader is an inspiration to us to collect and publish evidence in the cause of social change - and that, I'm sure, is the legacy for which Townsend would have wished. (It) is everything which students of social policy would have asked for." Citizens' Income Newsletter"A valuable selection from the writings of an outstanding sociologist whose analyses have greatly enriched our understanding of social policy and its impact on people’s lives and the wider society." Adrian Sinfield, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh"This collection of Peter Townsend's writing is a tribute to his breadth of scholarship, and the superb clarity of his writing and his commitment will continue to inspire social scientists." Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, Department of Social Policy and Social work, University of York"This invaluable collection introduces readers to a wide range of Peter Townsend's writings over half a century. It is a fitting memorial to an outstanding scholar and campaigner." Professor Ruth Lister, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Section I: Sociology and social policy ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section II: From welfare state to international welfare ~ edited by Nicola Yeates; Section III: Poverty ~ edited by David Gordon; Section IV: Inequality and social exclusion ~ edited by Ruth Levitas; Section V: Health inequalities and health policy ~ edited by Peter Phillimore; Section VI: Older people ~ edited by Chris Phillipson; Section VII: Disability ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section VIII: Social justice and human rights ~ edited by Margot E. Salomon.

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Book SynopsisPeter Townsend, who sadly passed away in June 2009, had a long career researching an exceptional range of topics within the social sciences and campaigning against social inequalities. This reader brings together for the first time a collection of his most distinctive work, allowing readers to review changes and continuities over the past six decades, and reflect on social issues that have returned to the fore today. A particular feature of the volume is in tracing the links between empirical evidence and both social theory and social policy, and how those disciplines intersect. This reader will provide a teaching and learning resource for students in different disciplines of the social sciences and will also provide an insight into the development of one scientist's entire intellectual approach. We hope it will be a fitting memorial to his life and work.Trade Review"..this reader is an inspiration to us to collect and publish evidence in the cause of social change - and that, I'm sure, is the legacy for which Townsend would have wished. (It) is everything which students of social policy would have asked for." Citizens' Income Newsletter"A valuable selection from the writings of an outstanding sociologist whose analyses have greatly enriched our understanding of social policy and its impact on people’s lives and the wider society." Adrian Sinfield, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh"This collection of Peter Townsend's writing is a tribute to his breadth of scholarship, and the superb clarity of his writing and his commitment will continue to inspire social scientists." Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, Department of Social Policy and Social work, University of York"This invaluable collection introduces readers to a wide range of Peter Townsend's writings over half a century. It is a fitting memorial to an outstanding scholar and campaigner." Professor Ruth Lister, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Section I: Sociology and social policy ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section II: From welfare state to international welfare ~ edited by Nicola Yeates; Section III: Poverty ~ edited by David Gordon; Section IV: Inequality and social exclusion ~ edited by Ruth Levitas; Section V: Health inequalities and health policy ~ edited by Peter Phillimore; Section VI: Older people ~ edited by Chris Phillipson; Section VII: Disability ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section VIII: Social justice and human rights ~ edited by Margot E. Salomon.

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Book SynopsisThis book challenges the concept of wellbeing as applied to children, particularly in a school-based context. Taking a post-structural approach, it suggests that wellbeing should be understood, and experiences revealed, at the level of the subjective child. This runs counter to contemporary accounts that reduce children's wellbeing to objective lists of things that are needed in order to live well. This book will be useful for academics and practitioners working directly with children, and anyone interested in children's wellbeing.Trade Review"An in-depth analysis of terms that we all use, brilliantly explained. The reader is helped to understand the bigger picture of what we need to do to address children's social and emotional wellbeing in our schools." Mick Waters, Professor of Education, Wolverhampton UniversityTable of ContentsSection 1 Context: Introduction: Conceptual dimensions of wellbeing; Critical review of policy literature and concepts of wellbeing; Schools- current research findings/ trends/ concerns related to wellbeing; Section 2 Key issues: Inclusive Discourses in schools; Social and Emotional Dispositions and Skills- a way forward in understanding wellbeing?; Promoting positive relationships in schools; Play, playfulness and children's wellbeing ~ Karen McInnes; Children's rights and their contribution to wellbeing ~ Margaret Boushel; Professionals supporting wellbeing in schools; Section 3 Conceptions of wellbeing: towards a holistic discourse of wellbeing in schools; Social pedagogy and the promise for conceptions and practice of wellbeing in schools; Whose definition of wellbeing?; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisSocial justice and social policy in Scotland offers a critical engagement with the state of social policy in one of the devolved nations of the UK, a decade after the introduction of devolution. Promoting greater social justice has been held up as a key vision of successive Scottish administrations since devolution began. It is argued throughout this important book that the analysis of Scottish social policy must therefore be located in wider debates around social injustice as well as about how the devolution process affects the making, implementation and impact of social policy. Social justice and social policy in Scotland focuses on a diverse range of topics and issues, including income inequalities, work and welfare, criminal justice, housing, education, health and poverty, each reflecting the themes of social inequality and social justice. This book will be essential reading for academics, researchers, policy makers and practitioners as well as students of social policy and of society in Scotland and other devolved nations.Trade Review"This work analyses developments in a comprehensive range of Scottish social policies, addressing key and controversial issues. It makes an invaluable contribution to demonstrating the importance of devolution for the contemporary analysis of social policy." Derek Birrell, University of Ulster"Bold and considered treatment of controversial subjects...this book provides rigorous analysis of progress made so far towards the stated aims of social justice and social policy in Scotland." International Review of Scottish Studies" Mooney and Scott have brought together a range of contributions that demonstrate the challenges Scotland faces, and the possibilities and constraints in different policy arenas that are available to its policy makers and citizens. This book offers important lessons for Scottish and wider UK social policy and will be required reading for students, policy makers and practitioners. " Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling"It is the central concern with issues of social inequality and social justice that binds this collection of papers on key areas of social policy in contemporary Scotland and makes it so compelling. This is an invaluable text not only for those in Scotland but for all concerned with developments in social policy across the devolved UK and elsewhere." Charlotte Williams, Keele UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Devolution, social justice and social policy: the Scottish context ~ Gerry Mooney and Gill Scott; Chapter 2: Between autonomy and dependency: state and nation in devolved Scotland ~ Alex Law; Chapter 3: Income and wealth inequalities in Scotland since 1997; Carlo Morelli and Paul Seaman; Chapter 4: From social inclusion to solidarity: anti-poverty strategies under devolution ~ Stephen Sinclair and John H. McKendrick; Chapter 5: Regeneration policy and equalities issues ~ Gill Scott; Chapter 6: Migration, 'race' equality and discrimination: a question of social justice ~ Philomena de Lima; Chapter 7: Health policy and health inequalities ~ Lynne Poole; Chapter 8:The coming of age of Scottish social services? ~ Sue Dumbleton and Mo McPhail; Chapter 9: Education policies and social justice ~ Margaret Arnott and Jenny Ozga; Chapter 10: Policies for young people in contemporary Scotland: A 'lost generation'? ~ Eddy Adams; Chapter 11: Criminal justice, social inequalities and social justice ~ Hazel Croall; Chapter 12: Working Scotland ~ Christine Bertram and Sharon Wright; Chapter 13: Social housing and homelessness policies: reconciling social justice and social mix ~ Kim McKee and Danny Phillips; Chapter 14: Environmental justice: a question of social justice? ~ Eurig Scandrett; Chapter 15: Conclusion: towards a new phase of devolution? ~ Gill Scott and Gerry Mooney

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Book SynopsisSocial justice and social policy in Scotland offers a critical engagement with the state of social policy in one of the devolved nations of the UK, a decade after the introduction of devolution. Promoting greater social justice has been held up as a key vision of successive Scottish administrations since devolution began. It is argued throughout this important book that the analysis of Scottish social policy must therefore be located in wider debates around social injustice as well as about how the devolution process affects the making, implementation and impact of social policy. Social justice and social policy in Scotland focuses on a diverse range of topics and issues, including income inequalities, work and welfare, criminal justice, housing, education, health and poverty, each reflecting the themes of social inequality and social justice. This book will be essential reading for academics, researchers, policy makers and practitioners as well as students of social policy and of society in Scotland and other devolved nations.Trade Review"This work analyses developments in a comprehensive range of Scottish social policies, addressing key and controversial issues. It makes an invaluable contribution to demonstrating the importance of devolution for the contemporary analysis of social policy." Derek Birrell, University of Ulster"Bold and considered treatment of controversial subjects...this book provides rigorous analysis of progress made so far towards the stated aims of social justice and social policy in Scotland." International Review of Scottish Studies" Mooney and Scott have brought together a range of contributions that demonstrate the challenges Scotland faces, and the possibilities and constraints in different policy arenas that are available to its policy makers and citizens. This book offers important lessons for Scottish and wider UK social policy and will be required reading for students, policy makers and practitioners. " Kirstein Rummery, University of Stirling"It is the central concern with issues of social inequality and social justice that binds this collection of papers on key areas of social policy in contemporary Scotland and makes it so compelling. This is an invaluable text not only for those in Scotland but for all concerned with developments in social policy across the devolved UK and elsewhere." Charlotte Williams, Keele UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1: Devolution, social justice and social policy: the Scottish context ~ Gerry Mooney and Gill Scott; Chapter 2: Between autonomy and dependency: state and nation in devolved Scotland ~ Alex Law; Chapter 3: Income and wealth inequalities in Scotland since 1997; Carlo Morelli and Paul Seaman; Chapter 4: From social inclusion to solidarity: anti-poverty strategies under devolution ~ Stephen Sinclair and John H. McKendrick; Chapter 5: Regeneration policy and equalities issues ~ Gill Scott; Chapter 6: Migration, 'race' equality and discrimination: a question of social justice ~ Philomena de Lima; Chapter 7: Health policy and health inequalities ~ Lynne Poole; Chapter 8:The coming of age of Scottish social services? ~ Sue Dumbleton and Mo McPhail; Chapter 9: Education policies and social justice ~ Margaret Arnott and Jenny Ozga; Chapter 10: Policies for young people in contemporary Scotland: A 'lost generation'? ~ Eddy Adams; Chapter 11: Criminal justice, social inequalities and social justice ~ Hazel Croall; Chapter 12: Working Scotland ~ Christine Bertram and Sharon Wright; Chapter 13: Social housing and homelessness policies: reconciling social justice and social mix ~ Kim McKee and Danny Phillips; Chapter 14: Environmental justice: a question of social justice? ~ Eurig Scandrett; Chapter 15: Conclusion: towards a new phase of devolution? ~ Gill Scott and Gerry Mooney

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book to examine the views of a number of theorists from ancient times to the 19th century on a range of welfare issues: wealth, poverty and inequality; slavery, gender issues, and the family; child rearing and education; crime and punishment; the role of government in society; the strengths and weaknesses of government provision vis a vis market provision. The book also looks at the values of the various theorists as well as their perception of human nature for these tend to underpin their welfare views. The book will make essential reading for students of social policy, gender issues, community care, social work, and sociology.Trade Review"Professor George has made a major contribution to the welfare literature. I urge him to continue his important work!" International Journal of Social Welfare"This is a very good book indeed ... Above all, it is clear, detailed and interesting, excellently free from jargon and convoluted prose, and a pleasure to read." Journal of Social Policy"In this scholarly and highly readable book, Professor George traces the history of welfare thought back to the time of Plato and Aristotle. In doing so, he adds a new dimension to contemporary debates about the ends and means of social policy and our perceptions of its intellectual lineage." Professor Robert Pinker"This book has two virtues: it offers the broadest historical range of any study of ideas about welfare, and it uses the analysis to show how social context and philosophical approach shape thinking about social provision and the good society." Peter Taylor-Gooby FBA, AcSS, Director ESRC Risk ProgrammeTable of ContentsIntroduction; Classical Athens: Plato and Aristotle; The Graeco-Roman world: Epicurus, Zeno, Cicero, Seneca and Aurelius; Early Christianity: St Augustine, St Francis of Assisi and St Aquinas; The Renaissance: Desidarius Erasmus and Thomas More; The Reformation: Martin Luther and Jean Calvin; Absolutism: Thomas Hobbes; Liberalism: John Locke; Early feminism: Mary Astell, Sophia, and Mary Wollstonecraft; A welfare society: Jean-Jacques Rousseau; The market, laissez-faire and welfare: Adam Smith; Democracy and welfare: Thomas Paine; Classical Marxism and welfare: Karl Marx and Frederick Engels; Positive freedom and state welfare: T.H. Green.

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Book SynopsisMinimum income protection provides the last social safety net for people in need. The book provides a systematic comparative and longitudinal analysis of minimum income protection systems in 17 EU countries based on a newly developed dataset. Country-specific chapters providing institutional overviews are combined with comparative quantitative indicators on issues such as benefit levels, expenditures and beneficiaries. The book will be of major interest to researchers, scholars and experts in income protection, poverty and the welfare state.Trade Review"Navigating through the complex institutional puzzles which make up the last safety nets in the European countries, the authors offer detailed empirical information on the actual working of welfare states and on different conceptions of deservedness and social citizenship." Chiara Saraceno, Research Professor, Institute for Social Research, BerlinTable of ContentsIntroduction; Defining and measuring minimum income protection; Welfare state contexts; Country analyses; Comparative analyses; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisHow social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text which can help readers to make sense of the system in practice. It explains the guiding principles, outlines the social context, considers the development and political dimensions of benefits, and reviews how the system operates now. There are detailed discussions of the types of benefit, and the contingencies covered by the benefits system. Paul Spicker examines whether the system offers value for money, how it could be simplified and how it can be improved. The book will be useful to students on undergraduate and professional courses, but beyond that it will appeal to policy makers, practitioners and a broader general readership.Trade Review"How Social Security Works is a valuable addition to the literature on social security policy. It will prove to be very useful for introducing students to social security benefits, the ways they are administered and their operation. I would recommend that it is read for these purposes." The Journal of Social Policy, March 2012"Overall the book is extensive, clear, accessible and engaging. It is both through provoking and informative and will no doubt be a key text for students and others engaged with the social security system." Lee Gregory, University of Cardiff"... a rich source of information ... useful for those who are interested in the general aspects of social security." European Journal of Social Security"At last! A good, critical and up-to-date introduction to social security. It will be of enormous assistance to students, academics and indeed anyone interested in social policy." Jonathan Bradshaw, Professor of Social Policy, University of York"A comprehensive account of the principles of British social security delivered in bite-sized chunks beloved by students." Robert Walker, Professor of Social Policy, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPart one: Introductory principles: What is social security?; Social security and the welfare state; Social security and society; Part two: The development of the system: The origins of social security in the UK; The politics of social security; A unified system?; Part three: Benefits: National Insurance; Means tested benefits I: the basic minimum; Means testing II: income supplements; The provision of non-contributory benefits; Discretionary benefits; Universal benefits; Claiming benefits; Understanding complexity; Part four: The principal contingencies: Pensioners; Benefits for people with disabilities; Incapacity; Children and families; Lone parents; Unemployed people; Benefits for the poor; Part five: Issues in social security policy: The cost of social security; Targeting; Fraud and abuse; Responding to poverty; Social security and redistribution; How social security in Britain compares to other countries.

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Book SynopsisHow social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text which can help readers to make sense of the system in practice. It explains the guiding principles, outlines the social context, considers the development and political dimensions of benefits, and reviews how the system operates now. There are detailed discussions of the types of benefit, and the contingencies covered by the benefits system. Paul Spicker examines whether the system offers value for money, how it could be simplified and how it can be improved. The book will be useful to students on undergraduate and professional courses, but beyond that it will appeal to policy makers, practitioners and a broader general readership.Trade Review"How Social Security Works is a valuable addition to the literature on social security policy. It will prove to be very useful for introducing students to social security benefits, the ways they are administered and their operation. I would recommend that it is read for these purposes." The Journal of Social Policy, March 2012"Overall the book is extensive, clear, accessible and engaging. It is both through provoking and informative and will no doubt be a key text for students and others engaged with the social security system." Lee Gregory, University of Cardiff"... a rich source of information ... useful for those who are interested in the general aspects of social security." European Journal of Social Security"At last! A good, critical and up-to-date introduction to social security. It will be of enormous assistance to students, academics and indeed anyone interested in social policy." Jonathan Bradshaw, Professor of Social Policy, University of York"A comprehensive account of the principles of British social security delivered in bite-sized chunks beloved by students." Robert Walker, Professor of Social Policy, University of OxfordTable of ContentsPart one: Introductory principles: What is social security?; Social security and the welfare state; Social security and society; Part two: The development of the system: The origins of social security in the UK; The politics of social security; A unified system?; Part three: Benefits: National Insurance; Means tested benefits I: the basic minimum; Means testing II: income supplements; The provision of non-contributory benefits; Discretionary benefits; Universal benefits; Claiming benefits; Understanding complexity; Part four: The principal contingencies: Pensioners; Benefits for people with disabilities; Incapacity; Children and families; Lone parents; Unemployed people; Benefits for the poor; Part five: Issues in social security policy: The cost of social security; Targeting; Fraud and abuse; Responding to poverty; Social security and redistribution; How social security in Britain compares to other countries.

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