Welfare and benefit systems Books

Book SynopsisAfter the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response.Trade Review�This is an incredibly useful book, on a subject that could not be more important.� ProgressTable of Contents Introduction 1. The life and times of the welfare state 2. The battle of ideas 3. Four challenges 4. A future for the welfare state Further reading

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Book SynopsisAfter the most serious economic crash since the 1930s and the slowest recovery on record, austerity rules. Spending on the welfare state did not cause the crisis, but deep cuts in welfare budgets has become the default policy response.Trade Review�This is an incredibly useful book, on a subject that could not be more important.� ProgressTable of Contents Introduction 1. The life and times of the welfare state 2. The battle of ideas 3. Four challenges 4. A future for the welfare state Further reading

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Book SynopsisPublic welfare and social security in Canada as envisioned by Leonard Marsh.

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Book SynopsisEstablished in 1940 in response to the Great Depression, the original goal of Canada's system of unemployment insurance was to ensure the protection of income to the unemployed. Joblessness was viewed as a social problem and the jobless as its unfortunate victims. If governments could not create the right conditions for full employment, they were obligated to compensate people who could not find work. While unemployment insurance expanded over several decades to the benefit of the rights of the unemployed, the mid-1970s saw the first stirrings of a counterattack as the federal government's Keynesian strategy came under siege. Neo-liberalists denounced unemployment insurance and other aspects of the welfare state as inflationary and unproductive. Employment was increasingly thought to be a personal responsibility and the handling of the unemployed was to reflect a free-market approach. This regressive movement culminated in the 1990s counter-reforms, heralding a major policy shift. TTrade ReviewCampeau’s detailed account is concise, thorough and easy to follow. -- Alvin Finkel, Athabasca University * Labour/Le Travail, Issue 58, Fall 2005 *Campeau’s book is without question a useful survey of the history of employment insurance in Canada. For those interested in the legislation itself, Campeau offers a detailed and esoteric look at its adoption and development over the years. For those interested in the constitutional skirmish that has been fought through the years over employment insurance, Campeau also charts out how that battle has progressed over time ... In sum, anyone with an interest in labour law, and in particular the past, present and future of employment insurance in Canada, would likely find From UI to EI an interesting perspective and an informative read. -- Robert Neilson * Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 69, 2006 *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Why UI?2 The British Act of 19113 Developing a Canadian System 4) The UI Act of 19405 UI Expansion, 1940-756 Vision under Siege, 1975-887 Rights Enshrined in Case Law, 1940-908 The System Hijacked, 1989-969 Onward to EI10 Case Law in the Neoliberal Riptide of the 1990sConclusionEpilogue: Bill C-2, February 2001NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Other Welfare offers the first comprehensive history of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), from its origins as part of President Nixon's daring social reform efforts to its pivotal role in the politics of the Clinton administration. Enacted into law in 1972, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) marked the culmination of liberal social and economic policies that began during the New Deal. The new program provided cash benefits to needy elderly, blind, and disabled individuals. Because of the complex character of SSImarking both the high tide of the Great Society and the beginning of the retrenchment of the welfare stateit provides the perfect subject for assessing the development of the American state in the late twentieth century. SSI was launched with the hope of freeing welfare programs from social and political stigma; it instead became a source of controversy almost from its very start. Intended as a program that paid uniform benefits across the nation, it ended up repTrade ReviewThe Other Welfare is an excellent and insightful contribution to the study of federal and state interactions in social-welfare policy making and execution. In a few years its readers will want to return to it to trace the parallels between SSI and Obamacare. -- John E. Murray * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Berkowitz and DeWitt offer an exceptionally fine history of SSI. Along with their descriptive project, Berkowitz and DeWitt offer a handful of historically informed lessons for SSI, including how the perceived 'deservedness' of program beneficiaries can profoundly affect how policies are understood and how they are 'reformed.'. -- Stephen Pimpare * The Journal of American History, *Berkowitz and DeWitt's story of SSI illuminates not ony the program's participants but also the largely uncharted territory of social poicymaking after 'the high tide of the expansive welfare state of the postwar and Great Society eras.' Drawing on recent multidisciplinary scholarship on the state and American political development, they point to new structures and actors shaping social policy in an age of political conservatism, market ascendancy, congressional restructuring, and media saturation. -- Jennifer Mittelstadt * The American Historical Review *For those familiar with the SSI program, the details in the book will shed some needed light on the legislative wrangling that produced the program's cumbersome and often confusing structure. For those unfamiliar with SSI, the book is a well-documented reminder of the difficulties of efficiently and effectively managing federal income support programs across changing political and social environments. -- Mary C. Daly * Journal of Economic Literature *In their masterful historical account of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Edward D. Berkowitz and Larry DeWitt argue convincingly that disability benefits policy, though little studied by historians and political scientists, is at the heart of contemporary debate over the proper scope of government and its capacity to do good.. Drawing from archival material not previously available, Berkowitz and DeWitt's The Other Welfare is a marvelous book and their inquiry a timely one. Reformers of the left and right, academics, and policy analysts would do well to heed its lessons as our nation, amid great public doubt, partisan rancor, and budgetary pressures, rolls out the Affordable Care Act, one of the most ambitious pieces of social legislation since SSI. -- Jennifer L. Erkul * Journal of Children and Poverty *This unusual book provides an in-depth history of the administration of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program from its inception through 1996 and the Clinton administration. Berkowitz and DeWitt examine the pressures and compromises they witnessed from their respective professional positions.... The authors' proximity to the program enables them to report the details of political maneuvers and policy proposals few others could achieve. * Choice *This well-researched and insightfully argued history of the SSI program tells us how and why SSI failed to reinvent welfare and illuminates our understanding of U.S. social policy in several fundamental ways along the way. It shows that welfare policy—particularly in the U.S. political-cultural context of deserving and underserving poor—is inherently fraught with controversy.... In this sense, it takes its place in the venerable tradition of American Political Development. -- Benjamin W. Veghte * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Creating a New Welfare Program: The Politics of Welfare and Social Security Reform in the Nixon Administration2. A Year in Transition: Why Planning for the New Program Became Difficult3. Launching the Program: Why the Program Began Badly4. The Emergence of a Disability Program: How the Program's Fundamental Identity Changed5. The Continuing Disability Reviews: How the Politics of Controversy Hindered the Program6. The Courts and Other Sources of Program Growth: How the Program Expanded in a Conservative Age7. The Welfare Reform of 1996: How the Program Became Swept Up in the Narrative of Welfare Fraud and Abuse8. Post-1996 Developments: A Brief PostscriptConclusionNotes Index

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Book SynopsisDo the pressures of economic globalization undermine the welfare state? Contrary to the expectations of many analysts, Taiwan and South Korea have embarked on a new trajectory, toward a strengthened welfare state and universal inclusion. In Healthy Democracies, Joseph Wong offers a political explanation for health care reform in these two countries. He focuses specifically on the ways in which democratic change in Taiwan and South Korea altered the incentives and ultimately the decisions of policymakers and social policy activists in contemporary health care debates.Wong uses extensive field research and interviews to explore both similarities and subtle differences in the processes of political change and health care reform in Taiwan and South Korea. During the period of authoritarian rule, he argues, state leaders in both places could politically afford to pursue selective social policiesreform was piecemeal and health care policy outcomes far from universal. Wong fiTrade ReviewHealthy Democracies brings a detailed and timely argument to bear against several key orthodoxies of globalization, while at the same time avoiding cultural or social-structural assumptions that serve to occlude rather than explain the complexities and variations of regional development. -- Marc Carcelon * Contemporary Sociology *Joseph Wong shows how a state-centric approach for the analysis of the emerging welfare states in Taiwan and South Korea is not sufficient in account for how new political and policy goals were generated in the larger context of democratic change.... Healthy Democracies is a most valuable contribution to the growing literature on welfare-state development in general, and on East Asian developments in particular. -- Stein Kuhnle * Democratization *This is an excellent and well-written book. For years to come it is likely to be a standard reference point in debates not only about East Asian welfare capitalism but also about welfare developments in advanced societies throughout the globe. -- Ian Holliday * Political Studies Review *Wong offers new perspectives and a well-crafted analysis of welfare politics in Taiwan and Korea and has built a solid foundation for further comparative study with other regions. His book is a must-read for scholars of East Asian political economics. -- Tieh-Chih Chang * Political Science Quarterly *

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Book SynopsisFar from being a measure of progress or humanitarian aid, Indian welfare policy in Canada was used deliberately to oppress and marginalize First Nations peoples and to foster their assimilation into the dominant society. 'Enough to Keep Them Alive' explores the history of the development and administration of social assistance policies on Indian reserves in Canada from confederation to the modern period, demonstrating a continuity of policy with roots in the pre-confederation practices of fur trading companies.Extensive archival evidence from the Indian Affairs record group at the National Archives of Canada is supplemented for the post-World War Two era by interviews with some of the key federal players. More than just an historical narrative, the book presents a critical analysis with a clear theoretical focus drawing on colonial and post-colonial theory, social theory, and critiques of liberalism and liberal democracy.

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Book SynopsisGlobalization and the Future of the Welfare State focuses on the effects of globalization and free trade on social welfare policies in a variety of developing countries in Asia and Latin America.Trade ReviewBy linking an analysis of rich and poor country welfare states, Glatzer and Rueschemeyer show that glib forecasts of the welfare state's death are greatly exaggerated. - Herman Schwartz, University of Virginia; ""The study of the welfare state is breaking out of its European shell. This collection combines a strong focus on the consequences of globalization while extending the scope of comparative analysis to Latin America, East Asia, and the former socialist states. Drawing on the top scholars in the field, this is a first-rate volume."" - Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘To tackle today’s challenges in the context of globalization, the authors argue the role of the European Union should be even more centre-stage, not just technocratically, but also politically, to more actively develop an “Eco-Social Union”, complementing the core functions of democracies and welfare states. This elegantly composed book is strongly recommended for scholars, students and policymakers.’ -- Caroline de la Porte, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark‘This unique volume not only provides an insightful account of the deep social transformations and policy dilemmas in today’s post-industrial economies, it also does what other books don’t: it proposes an intellectual framework and reform proposals for bringing progressive policy making forward. A very welcome contribution in challenging times.’ -- Amandine Crespy, Université libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1 A Great Transformation, again: introduction 2 Post-industrial, educated but ‘precarious’: the society of the twenty-first century 3 Globalisation, inequality, insecurity 4 The digital economy and the changing world of work 5 Investing, including, encouraging: the new welfare state 6 The social dimension of the European Union through crises and beyond 7 After COVID-19: towards a new eco-social agenda 8 Social Reformism 2.0: robust protections, effective capacities, more and richer opportunities Conclusions: a long pan-European march Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWestern Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad provides an insightful appraisal of policy priorities and outcomes in four Western regimes: the Anglo-American liberal regimes, Southern European ‘proto-corporatist’ regimes, the historically social democratic Scandinavian regimes, and Western European conservative-corporatist regimes.Trade Review‘This book not only offers many statistical indicators that describe the social situations in the countries studied very well, but it also clarifies terms that often cause confusion. For example, it explains how the term “liberal” is used in different cultures.’ -- Gert G. Wagner, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany‘This book provides a comprehensive, comparative analysis of recent welfare state policies and achievements. Drawing on national and international data, the authors examine welfare policies and outcomes before, during and after the financial and Covid crises. The findings are innovative, compelling and at times provocative, but always engaging and thought-provoking. The book is essential reading for welfare state scholars, students and anyone interested in the recent socio-economic history of capitalist nations.’ -- Peter Saunders, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: PART I WELFARE-CAPITALIST REGIMES: POLICY PRIORITIES AND POLICY OUTCOMES 1. What are governments for? 2. Worlds of welfare capitalism 3. International comparisons, international data PART II COMPARING POLICY PERFORMANCE. 4. The Global Financial Crisis: a crisis within the economic system 5. Reducing poverty and income inequality 6. Wealth inequality: the one that got away 7. Reducing gender inequality 8. Enhancing personal autonomy 9. Promoting economic growth and rising living standards 10. Promoting economic security and social stability 11. Enhancing life satisfaction: a shared priority? PART III A CURRENT CRISIS: COPING WITH COVID. 12 Coping with Covid: public health responses – the trade-off that didn’t exist 13 Coping with Covid: fiscal, monetary, labour market, welfare and environmental policy responses PART IV WESTERN WELFARE CAPITALISMS: CONVERGENCE OR CONTINUITY. 14. Welfare-capitalist regimes in the 21st century: still delivering distinctive policy outcomes, little evidence of convergence Appendix 1. Ireland: a welfare-capitalist regime that defies classification Appendix 2. Western welfare publics support the welfare state ‒ in principle References Index

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Book SynopsisCan anything ever be truly unconditional? Can public services such as healthcare or education be unconditional? And can an income ever be unconditional? This incisive book responds to these questions with a qualified âyes,â and considers whether a social policy regime based on unconditionality might ever replace neoliberalism.Trade Review‘This is an important and timely book. Malcolm Torry rightly argues that the time has come to shift social policy away from the punitive, exclusionary failures commonplace to neoliberalism and towards a more effective, compassionate, and generative unconditionality fit for the complexities of the 21st Century. Combining empirical rigour and theoretical complexity, the book makes a strong case that it is time for “an unconditionality paradigm” to emerge and argues that this could be anchored in Universal Basic Income (UBI). This is an important text for anyone wishing to re-think contemporary social policy.’ -- Neil Howard, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to Unconditional 1 The meaning of unconditionality 2 Social policy regimes 3 Is unconditional giving possible? 4 Arguments for unconditionality 5 Arguments for unconditionality in healthcare and education 6 Some of the arguments for unconditionality in income maintenance 7 More of the arguments for unconditionality in income maintenance 8 Arguments against unconditionality 9 A trajectory: snapshots in history 10 Quite simply, unconditionality works 11 The ethics of unconditionality 12 Prospects for unconditionality Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Torry’s monograph should become a must-read for social policy makers and social legislators, as well as for politicians at all levels, students in many humanities disciplines, and scholars. The book is both very informative and readable, and I believe it could be produced in further, expanded editions.’ -- Kristina Koldinská, European Journal of Social Security‘This book is undoubtedly a valuable reference resource, since it draws together commentaries from a variety of secondary resources and gathers in one place summaries of historically significant philosophical arguments, policy proposals and studies. It offers a guide through the bewildering twists, turns and inflections in the terminologies these have entailed, but it also reveals the ways in which the position of some key thinkers has shifted over time and in which shifts in perspective can result in a Gestalt switch in perception.’ -- Hartley Dean, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities'Malcolm Torry has produced the first and only comprehensive history of Basic Income from the historical origins of the idea to the growing movement around it today.'- Karl Widerquist, Georgetown University-Qatar‘An extremely well informed account of the many modest origins and recent worldwide dissemination of the idea of Basic Income, and in particular of the role played by British thinkers and activists.' -- Philippe Van Parijs, University of Louvain, Belgium and Basic Income Earth Network'As Basic Income moves up the political agenda, the need to understand the history of the idea has never been more pressing. Malcolm Torry's wide-ranging study draws on a lifetime of research and will be an invaluable contribution to the growing literature on the subject.' -- Peter Sloman, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. A history of Basic Income 2. Who thought of Basic Income first? 3. Basic Income during the nineteenth century 4. Basic Income in the United Kingdom during the early twentieth century 5. Basic Income during the mid-twentieth century in the United Kingdom 6. Basic Income and diversity in Canada and the USA 7. Basic Income, research and feasibility in Great Britain and Ireland 8. Multiple approaches to Basic Income in continental Europe 9. A worldwide Basic Income debate 10. A global Basic Income debate 11. Conclusions: where now for Basic Income? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and forward-thinking book explores how we understand needs in relation to the welfare state and to what extent we can, if at all, measure need.Trade Review‘How are human needs defined and how are welfare states addressing them? This accessible and timely book answers this question by covering topics like the difference between needs and wants, the relationship between needs and poverty, and the role of income transfers, social services and private actors in meeting human needs.’ -- Daniel Béland, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Human needs in welfare states? 2 What are needs? 3 Demographic changes and the impact on demand and need for welfare states 4 Quality, needs and the welfare state 5 Needs and income transfers 6 Welfare services – how to define needs? 7 Who has the responsibility to cover needs? 8 Does legitimacy influence what is understood as needs? 9 Differences across welfare states and welfare regimes 10 Human needs and the welfare state: by way of conclusion

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Book SynopsisTrade 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 SynopsisGet the Social Security benefits you''ve earned In the newly updated Social Security For Dummies, you''ll find all the basics on Social Security, plus the latest updates and changes, so that you can make the most of your benefits. With clear jargon-free language and instructions, you''ll figure out when to start taking your benefits, based on your unique situation and goals. This bestseller simplifies the complex Social Security system, a cornerstone of many people''s retirement budgets. Social Security For Dummies will arm you with the knowledge you need to maximize your financial well-being. Get a comprehensive guide to the foundations of Social Security Understand your benefits and prepare your long-term financial plan Learn the latest benefits and find guidance on updated policies Determine the best time to apply for Social Security Whether you''re gearing up for retirement, already in the Social Security

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Book SynopsisAn evaluation of the most enduring privatisation of the Thatcher era Written in an accessible style, this is a key reference for students and researchers in housing and planning; geography; and social policy. The book analyses the operation and impact of the right to buy policy (RTB). It includes a critique of the Housing Act and the 2001 Housing (Scotland) Act. The enactment of these changes under a Labour government affirms the continuance of the RTB. The authors take stock of its profound effect on housing policy, reversing the growth in social housing developed over the twentieth century, transforming the nation''s tenure structure and revolutionising the UK housing system. The Right to Buy: analysis and evaluation of a housing policy begins with an examination of the policy background to the establishment of the RTB and the main features of the legislation. This is followed by chapters that review its take-up and the pattern of sales and theirTable of Contents1: Introduction. 2: A Policy For Its Time. 3: The Right To Buy In The Uk 1980- 20054: Unequal Opportunities, Time And Place. 5: Transforming Social Housing. 6: Extending The Owner Occupied Housing Market. 7: Promoting The Private Rented Sector. 8: Creating Sustainable Communities. 9: Housing Management And Housing Quality. 10: The Financial Equation. 11: Policy Transfer – International Perspectives On Housing Privatisation. 12: A Policy Past Its Sell-By Date?. 13: Learning From the Right to Buy. References. Index

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Book SynopsisBringing together top scholars in the field, Universality and Social Policy in Canada provides an overview of the universality principle in social welfare. The contributors survey the many contested meanings of universality in relation to specific social programs, the field of social policy, and the modern welfare state. The book argues that while universality is a core value undergirding certain areas of state interventionmost notably health care and educationthe contributory principle of social insurance and the selectivity principle of income assistance are also highly significant precepts in practice.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Understanding Universality DANIEL BÉLAND, GREGORY P. MARCHILDON, AND MICHAEL J. PRINCE 1 Placing Universality in Canadian Social Policy and Politics MICHAEL J. PRINCE 2 Equalization and the Fiscal Foundation of Universality P.E. BRYDEN 3 The Single-Tier Universality of Canadian Medicare GREGORY P. MARCHILDON 4 Elementary and Secondary Education: The First Universal Social Program in Canada JENNIFER WALLNER AND GREGORY P. MARCHILDON 5 From Family Allowances to the Struggle for Universal Childcare in Canada RIANNE MAHON WITH MICHAEL J. PRINCE 6 Universality and the Erosion of Old Age Security DANIEL BÉLAND AND PATRIK MARIER 7 Common Differences: The Universalism of Disability and Unevenness of Public Policy MICHAEL J. PRINCE 8 Segmented Citizenship: Indigenous Peoples and the Limits of Universality MARTIN PAPILLON 9 Universality and Immigration: Differential Access to Social Programs and Societal Inclusion TRACY SMITH-CARRIER 10 Universality and Social Policy in the United Kingdom ALEX WADDAN AND DANIEL BÉLAND 11 Universal Social Policy in Sweden PAULA BLOMQVIST AND DANIEL BÉLAND Conclusion: Resiliencies, Paradoxes, and Lessons GREGORY P. MARCHILDON, DANIEL BÉLAND, AND MICHAEL J. PRINCE List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the first English-language book to take a comparative look at the Italian welfare state as a whole since the 2008 economic crisis and will be a valuable resource for academics and researchers as well as students.Trade Review"This volume is a comprehensive, innovative and recommended read for all scholars interested in understanding the backgrounds of the Italian welfare state and its specificity in an international perspective." Social Policy & Administration“A thorough analysis of the trajectory of the Italian welfare state and its comparative situation, and a salient contribution to the current debate on the future prospects of social protection within the whole EU and the Eurozone.” Ana Guillén, University of Oviedo, Spain“Written by the best Italian scholars in the field, this outstanding and analytically rigorous book examines the multi-level dynamics of change in Italy's welfare state during the last decades.” Caroline de la Porte, Roskilde University, DenmarkTable of ContentsPart 1: Pension policy in Italy; Employment policy change in Italy; Social assistance in Italy in a comparative perspective; Social care in Italy in a comparative perspective; Health care policy change in Italy; School policies; Higher education policies; Taxation policies and the welfare state; Part 2: Social inequalities between “new” and “old” social risks and missing policy responses; Italy: A two welfare regimes welfare state?; The economic crisis, the austerity plans and the welfare state: what has been the impact on social inequalities?; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisA data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and coalition government policies following the financial crisis, with particular focus on poverty and inequality, by leading policy experts from the LSE, and Universities of Manchester and York.Trade Review"With the policy agenda of the last government set to continue, [this] work deserves to be read and consulted widely." Carys Roberts, Progress Online"Does the financial crisis and its aftermath represent a key turning point in the history of the UK welfare state? This is an essential resource for anyone interested in UK social policy." Jonathan Portes, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK"This book offers a reference guide for readers who want facts, figures and a meticulous analysis of social policy in order to critique the claims that make headline news." Frontline Magazine"Analysis of the high quality we have come to expect from these authors - a vital contribution to current debates about the fundamental policy principles and goals of the welfare state." Fran Bennett, University of Oxford"An essential addition to the bookshelves of anyone who studies or is involved in UK social policy" - Journal of Social Policy"The authors provide sophisticated levels of analysis and [present] intricate data." LSE Review of Books"Hats off to CASE for another in their invaluable series on whether social policy is meeting its goal of a fairer society. This authoritative account of social policy and wellbeing from 2007 to 2015 is chilling but essential reading." Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University, USA"Another superb assessment of UK social policies, this time in the face of austerity, from the anti-cyclical policies of Labour through to the end of the austerity coalition. So authoritative, resourceful and speedy!" Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York, UK"A one-stop shop for an authoritative and measured assessment of the response to the crisis by the Labour government and of the unfortunate policies of the 2010-15 Coalition – which is what you’d expect from this team." Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of KentTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Ruth Lupton, Kitty Stewart, Tania Burchardt, John Hills and Polly Vizard; Part One: Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes ~ John Hills, Paola De Agostini and Holly Sutherland; Young children ~ Kitty Stewart and Polina Obolenskaya; Schools ~ Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson and Polina Obolenskaya; Further and higher education and skills ~ Ruth Lupton, Lorna Unwin and Stephanie Thomson; Employment policy since the crisis ~ Abigail McKnight; Housing ~ Rebecca Tunstall; Health ~ Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya and Emily Jones; Adult social care ~ Tania Burchardt, Polina Obolenskaya and Polly Vizard; Part Two: Public and private welfare ~ Tania Burchardt and Polina Obolenskaya; Socioeconomic inequalities ~ John Hills and Kitty Stewart; The changing structure of UK inequality since the crisis ~ John Hills, Jack Cunliffe and Polina Obolenskaya; Spatial inequalities ~ Ruth Lupton, Polina Obolenskaya and Amanda Fitzgerald; Part Three: Summary and conclusion ~ John Hills, Ruth Lupton, Tania Burchardt, Kitty Stewart and Polly Vizard.

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Book SynopsisA data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and coalition government policies following the financial crisis, with particular focus on poverty and inequality, by leading policy experts from the LSE, and Universities of Manchester and York.Trade Review"With the policy agenda of the last government set to continue, [this] work deserves to be read and consulted widely." Carys Roberts, Progress Online"Does the financial crisis and its aftermath represent a key turning point in the history of the UK welfare state? This is an essential resource for anyone interested in UK social policy." Jonathan Portes, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, UK"This book offers a reference guide for readers who want facts, figures and a meticulous analysis of social policy in order to critique the claims that make headline news." Frontline Magazine"Analysis of the high quality we have come to expect from these authors - a vital contribution to current debates about the fundamental policy principles and goals of the welfare state." Fran Bennett, University of Oxford"An essential addition to the bookshelves of anyone who studies or is involved in UK social policy" - Journal of Social Policy"The authors provide sophisticated levels of analysis and [present] intricate data." LSE Review of Books"Hats off to CASE for another in their invaluable series on whether social policy is meeting its goal of a fairer society. This authoritative account of social policy and wellbeing from 2007 to 2015 is chilling but essential reading." Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University, USA"Another superb assessment of UK social policies, this time in the face of austerity, from the anti-cyclical policies of Labour through to the end of the austerity coalition. So authoritative, resourceful and speedy!" Jonathan Bradshaw, University of York, UK"A one-stop shop for an authoritative and measured assessment of the response to the crisis by the Labour government and of the unfortunate policies of the 2010-15 Coalition – which is what you’d expect from this team." Peter Taylor-Gooby, University of KentTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Ruth Lupton, Kitty Stewart, Tania Burchardt, John Hills and Polly Vizard; Part One: Benefits, pensions, tax credits and direct taxes ~ John Hills, Paola De Agostini and Holly Sutherland; Young children ~ Kitty Stewart and Polina Obolenskaya; Schools ~ Ruth Lupton, Stephanie Thomson and Polina Obolenskaya; Further and higher education and skills ~ Ruth Lupton, Lorna Unwin and Stephanie Thomson; Employment policy since the crisis ~ Abigail McKnight; Housing ~ Rebecca Tunstall; Health ~ Polly Vizard, Polina Obolenskaya and Emily Jones; Adult social care ~ Tania Burchardt, Polina Obolenskaya and Polly Vizard; Part Two: Public and private welfare ~ Tania Burchardt and Polina Obolenskaya; Socioeconomic inequalities ~ John Hills and Kitty Stewart; The changing structure of UK inequality since the crisis ~ John Hills, Jack Cunliffe and Polina Obolenskaya; Spatial inequalities ~ Ruth Lupton, Polina Obolenskaya and Amanda Fitzgerald; Part Three: Summary and conclusion ~ John Hills, Ruth Lupton, Tania Burchardt, Kitty Stewart and Polly Vizard.

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Book SynopsisExplains the challenges that collective welfare faces, and explores the complexities involved in delivering it, including debates about who benefits from welfare and how and where it is delivered.Trade Review“Pete Alcock uses his enviable gift for simplifying complex narratives and ideas to redeem the very meaning of `welfare’ and explain how the much-maligned welfare state entails concerted action in the service of the common good.” Hartley Dean, London School of Economics"This is an important book. It is a timely reminder of what the UK welfare state has achieved and what is currently at stake. It challenges us to secure the future." Jane Millar, University of Bath“Undoubtedly a text for our times and a must-read for anyone concerned about the future of our welfare system, providing an antidote to neo-liberal thinking and a compelling case for collective investment in the common good.” Margaret May, Honorary Research Fellow, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsIntroduction; What do we mean by welfare?; How should we deliver welfare?; Where should planning and delivery take place?; Who benefits from welfare?; What challenges does welfare face?; Conclusion: a new approach to collective welfare.

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Book SynopsisChristopher Deeming and Paul Smyth, together with internationally renowned contributors, illustrate how the merging of `social investment' and `inclusive growth and development' agendas, together with the environmental imperative of `sustainability', is forging an important new social policy framework and shaping a new global development agenda.Trade Review“What is particularly interesting about this book is the way in which its diverse contributions are all evidence for new perspectives emerging from within current social and economic policy: the new evolving out of the old rather than coming from elsewhere to replace it, and at the same time being genuinely new.” Citizen’s Income"Gathering excellent contributors, this edited volume is a must read for students of social policy interested in inclusive growth and social investment." Daniel Béland, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy ?"A stimulating read encompassing timely and important topics such as inclusive growth and social investment – and with a global perspective." Bent Greve, Roskilde University, DenmarkTable of ContentsIntroduction and overview ~ Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth Part I: Theoretical frameworks Social investment, inclusive growth that is sustainable and the new global social policy ~ Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth Taking social investment seriously in developed economies ~ Anton Hemerijck Making growth inclusive: perspectives on the role of social policy in developing economies ~ Sarah Cook The challenges of inclusive growth for the developmental welfare state ~ Huck-ju Kwon Part II: Policy applications Measuring and monitoring inclusive growth in developing and advanced economies: multiple definitions, open questions and some constructive proposals ~ Stephan Klasen Towards an employment strategy of inclusive growth ~ Günther Schmid Active labour market policies for an inclusive growth ~ Giuliano Bonoli Education and skills for inclusive growth ~ Marius R. Busemeyer Inclusive growth and social investments over the life course ~ Jon Kvist Inclusive economic growth for health equity: in search of the elusive evidence ~ Guillem López Casasnovas and Laia Maynou Social protection, social investment and inclusive development ~ James Midgley Social politics puzzling: governance for inclusive growth and social investment ~ Jane Jenson Limits to Growth revisited ~ Tim Jackson and Robin Webster Towards a new global social policy framework? ~ Paul Smyth and Christopher Deeming

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Book SynopsisIn Broken Benefits, Sam Royston argues that social security isn't working, and without a change in direction, it will be even less fair in the future. He provides an introductory guide to social security, correcting misunderstandings and presents practical ideas of how benefits should be reformed.Trade Review"This excellent book not only explains clearly how we got to the broken system we have, and what principles should guide its overhaul. An important book for all those making decisions about the benefits system and those hoping to influence those decisions." Naomi Eisenstadt, University of Oxford"A highly engaging and accessible account of the challenges within our social security system and a powerful manifesto for change. This authoritative guide to the facts behind the headlines is needed now more than ever." Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson of Eaglescliffe“A superb and deeply knowledgeable analysis of how our benefit system really works – and sometimes doesn’t – for those in need. Benefits too often confuse, conflict, are wrongly sanctioned and wrongly denied; claiming them even leaves some people worse off. Yet a sane and decent benefit system, both for those in and out of work, is the most effective path out of poverty. Clear-eyed, compassionate and compelling, this book is a must-read, and must-keep, for all who care about the poverty and insecurity of our fellow citizens. “ Rt. Hon.Baroness Hollis of Heigham, former Social Security Minister"Here is a policy expert who writes with real warmth. His plan to repair the safety net is unmissable." Rt Hon Stephen Timms, MP for East Ham and former Social Security Minister“The book is timely, detailed, well researched, and well written: not an easy combination to achieve in relation to the UK’s benefit system.” Citizen’s Income."Broken Benefits gives expert, accessible exposure of social security provision in the UK – its past, its cuts, its future plans. It strongly calls for Better Benefits." Terry Patterson, National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers"Invaluable: not just a clear and authoritative guide to the complex world of social security benefits, but a superb analysis of why much recent welfare reform has gone wrong and what needs to be done to get the system right for the people who rely on it." Patrick Butler, Social policy editor, The Guardian"Royston's book is a very good introduction to social security policy and also a swingeing critique of the thrust of policy since 2010" Jonathan Bradshaw, University of YorkTable of ContentsPart I: INTRODUCING THE BENEFITS SYSTEM; Introduction; The makings of a 'British revolution': A brief history of benefits; What are benefits for?; Part II: MAPPING IT ALL OUT - THE MECHANICS OF THE BENEFITS SYSTEM; Benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savings; Contribution-based benefit entitlements for people with no other income or savings; How support changes on moving into work; Part III: A THOUSAND CUTS; A freeze is as good as a cut; 'Unlimited' welfare; Welfare reform and the 'family test'; Cuts to Employment and Support Allowance and the ‘limited capability for work’ component of Universal Credit; Triple locked? Benefits for pensioners; Welfare that works? The 'old' system; Welfare that works? Universal Credit; Contribution-based benefits: The great insurance scam; Part IV: CHAOS, ERROR AND MISJUDGEMENTS - PAYMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE BENEFITS SYSTEM; Reasons to be fearful?: Assessing sickness and disability; 'Chaos, error and misjudgement': The administration of Tax Credits and Universal Credit; Sanctions; Local benefits, local choices; Making 'older people' older: Changes in the pension age; Part V: THE 'NEW SETTLEMENT' - BENEFITS IN 2020; Understanding the 'low tax, low welfare' economy; The social impact of moving to a 'low welfare' economy; Part VI: BETTER BENEFITS; Preventing poverty and destitution; A system that responds to household need; Supporting 'socially desirable' behaviours; Simplicity from the claimant's perspective; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisA substantial, authoritative, third edition of this important textbook about the impact of economic priorities and pressures on social policies at a time when neo-liberal arguments for reducing the burden of welfare are more dominant than ever before.Trade Review"This new edition could not be more timely or policy-relevant as policymakers around the world confront the challenges of adequately funding the welfare state." Jane Waldfogel, Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs, Columbia University“This book provides an expert, wide ranging review of the key evidence and arguments from economics as they relate to Social Policy. Because economic claims are so fundamental to, and ubiquitous in, the current debates on welfare, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to articulate an informed position on this subject.” Jeremy Kendall, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent“Understanding the costs and financing of welfare has rarely been so lively, engaging and real. Howard Glennerster has produced a text of outstanding scholarship, essential for undergraduate and postgraduate courses right across the social sciences.” Chris Deeming, Reviews Editor for the Journal of Social Policy and Chancellor's Fellow and Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde, UK"If we are concerned about the role of welfare in society, we need to understand how it is paid for, and how we might pay for it in the future. Glennerster is the acknowledged expert on these questions and he addresses both in this new edition of his established text, providing critical guidance on current practices and their problems, and outlining the challenges that we will face and how best to respond." Pete Alcock, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy & Administration, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsPart One: Principles; The cost of welfare; Market failure and government failure; What to tax. Who to tax. How much to tax; Rationing – who gets what?; Part Two: Service funding; Cash benefits: Pensions; Cash benefits: During working age; Paying for Health Services; Paying for Care; Paying for Education: Schools; Paying for Education: Post school; Shelter; Part Three: The Future; The future.

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Book SynopsisAmid urgent debates around the function of welfare in the post-industrial 21st Century, and how we pay for it, David Byrne and Sally Ruane deploy the concepts and analytical tools of Marxist political economy to better understand recent developments, and the possibilities they present for social change.Trade Review"Fiscal crisis, class... and taxation. This very welcome book provides a clear analysis of the class-based nature of tax systems in post-industrial capitalism." Nick Ellison, University of York"This is a timely revisit to O’Connor’s seminal analysis of the welfare state in a capitalist system. David Byrne and Sally Ruane make an important argument that there is a better alternative to the financial system that is currently destroying social cohesion and feeding rising inequality. Taxation is part of the solution, not the problem." Philip Haynes, University of BrightonTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why understanding the tax system is so important Fiscal crisis in post-industrial capitalism The history of tax and the development of the fiscal crisis in post-industrial capitalism Austerity, debt and welfare in post-industrial capitalism Tax and inequality The politics of tax and welfare in post-industrial capitalism Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBrings the regional and local to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing original, evaluative evidence from ten European countries, and provides practical, accessible illustrations of good practice, routes to success, and lessons learned.Trade Review"I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in discovering about the latest innovations in European social investment policy." Christopher Deeming, University of StrathclydeTable of ContentsSocial Investment in welfare: a sub-national perspective ~ Sue Baines, Judit Csoba Florian Sipos and Andrea Bassi; Part 1: Children and families: early intervention in peoples’ life courses ~ Andrea Bassi and Sue Baines; Investing in the future! Three case studies of social innovation in the Emilia-Romagna Early Childhood Education and Care services system ~ Andrea Bassi; Troubled families in Greater Manchester ~ Jessica Ozan, Chris O’Leary, Susan Baines and Gavin Bailey; Innovative voluntary and public sector partnership for the reception and integration of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Gothenburg, Sweden ~ Inga Narbutaité Aflaki; Part 2: From a Caring State to an investing State: labour market activation ~ Judit Csoba and Susan Baines; The Youth Guarantee and One-Stop Guidance Centre as a social innovation and a policy implementation tool, Finland ~ Kaisa Sorsa; Acquiring work experience for technical education graduates (Greece) ~ Alexandra Koronaiou, George Alexias, Sakellariou Alexandros, George Vayias; Network for labour market integration of migrants and refugees in Münster, Germany (M A M B A) ~ Nikola Borosch, Danielle Gluns and Annette Zimmer; Labour market activation and empowerment of the homeless, Poland ~ Aldona Wiktorska-Święcka and Dorota Moroń; Part 3: Social solidarity and social investment ~ Florian Sipos; The creation of a socially diverse neighbourhood in Utrecht, the Netherlands ~ Alfons Fermin, Sandra Geelhoed & Rob Gründemann; Revitalising the self-sufficient household economy: The Social Land Programme in Hungary ~ Judit Csoba - Flórián Sipos; Social investment and the causes of energy poverty: Are cooperatives a solution? ~ Michael Willoughby, Jose Millet-Roig, Jose Pedro García-Sabater and Aida Saez-Mas; Social Investment in theory and praxis: a ‘quiet revolution’ in innovative local services? ~ Andrea Bassi, Sue Baines, Judit Csoba and Florian Sipos.

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Book SynopsisBrings the regional and local to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing original, evaluative evidence from ten European countries, and provides practical, accessible illustrations of good practice, routes to success, and lessons learned.Trade Review"I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in discovering about the latest innovations in European social investment policy." Christopher Deeming, University of StrathclydeTable of ContentsSocial Investment in welfare: a sub-national perspective ~ Sue Baines, Judit Csoba Florian Sipos and Andrea Bassi; Part 1: Children and families: early intervention in peoples’ life courses ~ Andrea Bassi and Sue Baines; Investing in the future! Three case studies of social innovation in the Emilia-Romagna Early Childhood Education and Care services system ~ Andrea Bassi; Troubled families in Greater Manchester ~ Jessica Ozan, Chris O’Leary, Susan Baines and Gavin Bailey; Innovative voluntary and public sector partnership for the reception and integration of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Gothenburg, Sweden ~ Inga Narbutaité Aflaki; Part 2: From a Caring State to an investing State: labour market activation ~ Judit Csoba and Susan Baines; The Youth Guarantee and One-Stop Guidance Centre as a social innovation and a policy implementation tool, Finland ~ Kaisa Sorsa; Acquiring work experience for technical education graduates (Greece) ~ Alexandra Koronaiou, George Alexias, Sakellariou Alexandros, George Vayias; Network for labour market integration of migrants and refugees in Münster, Germany (M A M B A) ~ Nikola Borosch, Danielle Gluns and Annette Zimmer; Labour market activation and empowerment of the homeless, Poland ~ Aldona Wiktorska-Święcka and Dorota Moroń; Part 3: Social solidarity and social investment ~ Florian Sipos; The creation of a socially diverse neighbourhood in Utrecht, the Netherlands ~ Alfons Fermin, Sandra Geelhoed & Rob Gründemann; Revitalising the self-sufficient household economy: The Social Land Programme in Hungary ~ Judit Csoba - Flórián Sipos; Social investment and the causes of energy poverty: Are cooperatives a solution? ~ Michael Willoughby, Jose Millet-Roig, Jose Pedro García-Sabater and Aida Saez-Mas; Social Investment in theory and praxis: a ‘quiet revolution’ in innovative local services? ~ Andrea Bassi, Sue Baines, Judit Csoba and Florian Sipos.

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Book SynopsisThis reissued classic contains a selection of Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) most famous writing on social issues. It covers subjects from the position of women in society, changes in family life to the problems of an ageing population, pensions, social security and taxation policy, and the development of the national health service.

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Book SynopsisThis reissued classic contains a selection of Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) most famous writing on social issues. It covers subjects from the position of women in society, changes in family life to the problems of an ageing population, pensions, social security and taxation policy, and the development of the national health service.

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Book SynopsisThe impacts of austerity and welfare reform on work and employment relations are explored in this perceptive assessment. This book highlights the role of trade unions and social movements in challenging the insecurities and inequalities imposed by work-focused welfare policies such as Universal Credit and proposes progressive new paths for welfare.Table of ContentsIntroduction: the crisis and austerity neoliberalism Conceptualising austerity, welfare and employment relations Embedding neoliberal austerity: from New Labour to the Conservative government Resisting welfare reforms and work-first policies ‘Devolving’ welfare policies in Greater Manchester’s precarious economy Challenging welfare conditionality and insecure work Towards a more inclusive labour market: lessons from Denmark Conclusions: progressive alternatives to austerity

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Book SynopsisProviding original observations, this seminal text analyses the emergence of social investment policies in both Europe and East Asia. Experts explore the roads and barriers towards effective social investment policies, derive practical social policy implications and highlight important lessons for future social policymaking.Table of ContentsWelfare Reform and Social Investment Policy in Europe and East Asia: An Introduction ~ Young Jun Choi, Timo Fleckenstein and Soohyun Christine Lee Work-Family Policy Expansion and the Idea of Social Investment: The Cases of England, Germany, Japan and South Korea ~ Sam Mohun-Himmelweit and Sung-Hee Lee Private Education in South Korea: Lessons for the West from Past Mistakes? ~ Sonia Exley How do Family Background and Shadow Education Affect Academic Performance and Labour Market Outcomes in South Korea?: Reasons for Redistributive Social Investment ~ Yun Young Kim and Young Jun Choi Employability, Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy ~ Niccolo Durrazi Does Social Investment Make the Labour Market ‘Flow’? Family Policies and Institutional Complementarities in Italy, Spain, Japan and South Korea ~ Ijin Hong and Jieun Lee The Social Investment Approach and Gender Division of Housework across East Asia and Europe ~ Mi Young An Employment Outcomes of Social Investment in Latecomer Countries ~ Jaehyoung Park Estimation of the Human Capital Depreciation Rate: An international Comparison and Policy Implications in Korea ~ Gawoon Ban Changing Patterns of Grandparenting and their Implications for Active Ageing in England and South Korea ~ Hyejin Choi The Governance of Social Investment Policies in Comparative Perspective: Long-Term Care in England and Korea ~ Jooha Lee Towards Greater Social Investments and Equality in Europe and East Asia: Policies and Politics ~ Timo Fleckenstein and Soohyun Christine Lee

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Book SynopsisResearch into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating collection from leading academics in the field.Table of ContentsForeword ~ Professor the Baroness Ruth Lister of Burtersett Part 1: Introduction; An introduction to minimum income standards and reference budgets: International and comparative policy perspectives ~ Christopher Deeming; Part 2: Case Studies; From normative budget standards to consensual minimum income standards in the UK ~ Jonathan Bradshaw; Minimum essential standards of living research in Ireland ~ Bernadette Mac Mahon and Robert Thornton; The French experience of reference budgets ~ Pierre Concialdi; Minimum income research in Japan: its development and political implications ~ Aya K. Abe; Measuring needs and setting standards in Singapore ~ Kok-Hoe Ng, Yu-Wei Neo, Youyenn Teo, Ad Maulod and Yi-Ting Ting; A South African pilot of the minimum income standards approach ~ Gemma Wright, Matt Padley and Wanga Zembe-Mkabile; Reference budgets as tools for everyday life, evaluation and policymaking in Finland ~ Anna-Riitta Lehtinen and Kristiina Aalto; Belgian reference budgets for social participation and there use for policy purposes ~ Bérénice Storms; The development, value and application of budget standards: reflecting on the Australian experience ~ Peter Saunders; Estimating the cost of being a child in Catalonia through the reference budgets approach ~ Irene Cussó-Parcerisas, Elena Carrillo Álvarez and Jordi Riera Romaní; Measuring poverty in the Netherlands: the generalised reference budget approach ~ J. Cok Vrooman, Benedikt Goderis, Stella Hoff and Bart van Hulst; The Norwegian reference budget ~ Marthe Hårvik Austgulen and Elling Borgeraas Minimum budgets for Danish families ~ Jens Bonke and Anders Eiler Wiese Christensen The Swedish Consumer Agency’s calculations of reference values: for some of the most common household expense categories ~ Malin Lindquist Skogar and Ingrid Eriksson Part 3: Cross-national & Comparative Perspectives; Chapter 16. The Slovenian experience with three methods for defining the minimum income ~ Nada Stropnik; Applying the minimum income standard in diverse national contexts ~ Matt Padley and Abigail Davis; The steep and winding road to comparable reference budgets in Europe ~ Tim Goedemé; Adequate income in Portugal: a comparison of two estimation methods ~ José A. Pereirinha, Elvira Pereira, Francisco Branco, Dália Costa and Inês Amaro; Part 4: Policy & Practice; Basic needs budgets in policy and practice ~ Gordon M. Fisher; Establishing minimum income Standards in policy and practice ~ Donald Hirsch; Minimum income standards in the basic income debate ~ Malcolm Torry; Part 5: Conclusions; Minimum income standards and reference budgets, past, present, future? ~ Christopher Deeming.

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Book SynopsisThe Other Welfare offers the first comprehensive history of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), from its origins as part of President Nixon's daring social reform efforts to its pivotal role in the politics of the Clinton administration. Enacted into law in 1972, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) marked the culmination of liberal social and economic policies that began during the New Deal. The new program provided cash benefits to needy elderly, blind, and disabled individuals. Because of the complex character of SSImarking both the high tide of the Great Society and the beginning of the retrenchment of the welfare stateit provides the perfect subject for assessing the development of the American state in the late twentieth century. SSI was launched with the hope of freeing welfare programs from social and political stigma; it instead became a source of controversy almost from its very start. Intended as a program that paid uniform benefits across the nation, it ended up repTrade ReviewThe Other Welfare is an excellent and insightful contribution to the study of federal and state interactions in social-welfare policy making and execution. In a few years its readers will want to return to it to trace the parallels between SSI and Obamacare. -- John E. Murray * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Berkowitz and DeWitt offer an exceptionally fine history of SSI. Along with their descriptive project, Berkowitz and DeWitt offer a handful of historically informed lessons for SSI, including how the perceived 'deservedness' of program beneficiaries can profoundly affect how policies are understood and how they are 'reformed.'. -- Stephen Pimpare * The Journal of American History, *Berkowitz and DeWitt's story of SSI illuminates not ony the program's participants but also the largely uncharted territory of social poicymaking after 'the high tide of the expansive welfare state of the postwar and Great Society eras.' Drawing on recent multidisciplinary scholarship on the state and American political development, they point to new structures and actors shaping social policy in an age of political conservatism, market ascendancy, congressional restructuring, and media saturation. -- Jennifer Mittelstadt * The American Historical Review *For those familiar with the SSI program, the details in the book will shed some needed light on the legislative wrangling that produced the program's cumbersome and often confusing structure. For those unfamiliar with SSI, the book is a well-documented reminder of the difficulties of efficiently and effectively managing federal income support programs across changing political and social environments. -- Mary C. Daly * Journal of Economic Literature *In their masterful historical account of Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Edward D. Berkowitz and Larry DeWitt argue convincingly that disability benefits policy, though little studied by historians and political scientists, is at the heart of contemporary debate over the proper scope of government and its capacity to do good.. Drawing from archival material not previously available, Berkowitz and DeWitt's The Other Welfare is a marvelous book and their inquiry a timely one. Reformers of the left and right, academics, and policy analysts would do well to heed its lessons as our nation, amid great public doubt, partisan rancor, and budgetary pressures, rolls out the Affordable Care Act, one of the most ambitious pieces of social legislation since SSI. -- Jennifer L. Erkul * Journal of Children and Poverty *This unusual book provides an in-depth history of the administration of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program from its inception through 1996 and the Clinton administration. Berkowitz and DeWitt examine the pressures and compromises they witnessed from their respective professional positions.... The authors' proximity to the program enables them to report the details of political maneuvers and policy proposals few others could achieve. * Choice *This well-researched and insightfully argued history of the SSI program tells us how and why SSI failed to reinvent welfare and illuminates our understanding of U.S. social policy in several fundamental ways along the way. It shows that welfare policy—particularly in the U.S. political-cultural context of deserving and underserving poor—is inherently fraught with controversy.... In this sense, it takes its place in the venerable tradition of American Political Development. -- Benjamin W. Veghte * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Creating a New Welfare Program: The Politics of Welfare and Social Security Reform in the Nixon Administration2. A Year in Transition: Why Planning for the New Program Became Difficult3. Launching the Program: Why the Program Began Badly4. The Emergence of a Disability Program: How the Program's Fundamental Identity Changed5. The Continuing Disability Reviews: How the Politics of Controversy Hindered the Program6. The Courts and Other Sources of Program Growth: How the Program Expanded in a Conservative Age7. The Welfare Reform of 1996: How the Program Became Swept Up in the Narrative of Welfare Fraud and Abuse8. Post-1996 Developments: A Brief PostscriptConclusionNotes Index

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Book SynopsisJohn Brown was fiercely committed to the militant abolitionist cause, a crusade that culminated in Brown''s raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859 and his subsequent execution. Less well known is his devotion to his family, and they to him. Two of Brown's sons were killed at Harpers Ferry, but the commitment of his wife and daughters often goes unacknowledged. In The Tie That Bound Us, Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz reveals for the first time the depth of the Brown women's involvement in his cause and their crucial roles in preserving and transforming his legacy after his death.As detailed by Laughlin-Schultz, Brown's second wife Mary Ann Day Brown and his daughters Ruth Brown Thompson, Annie Brown Adams, Sarah Brown, and Ellen Brown Fablinger were in many ways the most ordinary of women, contending with chronic poverty and lives that were quite typical for poor, rural nineteenth-century women. However, they also lived extraordinary lives, crossing paths with such figurTrade Review[The Tie That Bound Us] is outstanding and will appeal to various readers. Historians of antislavery will find it a fascinating study of radical abolitionism, and those who study women's history will appreciate Laughlin-Schultz's careful analysis of the Brown women, their participation in John Brown's vision, and their attempts to shape and craft his legacy and the place of their family in American history. -- Karol K. Weaver * Journal of the Civil War Era *In The Tie That Bound Us, Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz analyzes John Brown's wife and daughters. In doing so, Laughlin-Schultz makes an important contribution to the scholarly literature on John Brown.... This is a deeply researched, well-written, and important book. Laughlin-Schultz succeeds in rescuing Mary Brown and her daughters from obscurity and her analysis of their lives, their sacrifices and struggles, and how they contested and shaped Brown’s memory is superb.... This compelling book will be welcomed by anyone interested in New York history, John Brown, gender, slavery and abolition, as well as the Civil War and its legacy; and will appeal to both a scholarly and a lay audience. -- Evan C. Rothera * New York History *Historian Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz sheds light on the Brown family women—long neglected in historical studies of Brown—in order to offer insight into nineteenth-century American women's lives.... The Tie that Bound Us is a significant contribution to women's history and to studies examining the ways that Americans have remembered the Civil War.... Though Laughlin-Schultz's focus is not on Brown himself, what she reveals about the women of his family—especially their support and devotion to him—is nonetheless important to understanding the abolitionist. -- Kelly Erby * Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains *Laughlin-Schultz complicates the abolitionist argument that the Brown women supported John's agenda unquestioningly and describes the role of daughters Ruth and Annie in their father's mission. Perhpas most interestingly, the author describes the competition between the Brown family and the abolitionist community to shape the memory of the man and his actions in Kansas and at Harpers Ferry.... [The] book makes a valuable contribution to abolition studies as well as to women's history. -- Beverly C. Tomek * The Journal of Southern History *This book offers an approach to the John Brown saga that focuses on the women of the family, while not neglecting his importance. Laughlin-Schultz... emphasizes the fact that the Brown women made it possible for Brown to implement his militant abolition plans in Kansas and at Harpers Ferry. A poignant account of a neglected side of the John Brown saga. * Choice *This fascinating work acts as a supplement to previous scholarship on Brown. Reading this book is a wonderful way to obtain more informationa bout the endlessly fascinating John Brown family. -- Harriet Hyman Alonso * American Historical Review *To the vast literature on John Brown, Laughlin-Schultz offers something new and revealing—namely, an intelligent and informative study of the women who stood behind and for John Brown and his family in their radical abolitionism and then in preserving their memory as men of principle.... She shows how the private became public and the personal political. In doing so she brings us close to the man John Brown, and his sons, who understood and demanded the necessity of women's courage. This is a book every student of antislavery, women’s, and Civil War history will read with profit. * Library Journal *With skillful writing rooted in exemplary research, Bonnie Laughlin-Schultz explores the complex relationships of a family constituted by and for abolition. She reminds us that marriage, parenthood, childhood, and sibship configure women's roles in movements for social change. -- Lee V. Chambers * The Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Searching for the Brown Women1. The Brown Family's Antislavery Culture, 1831–492. North Elba, Kansas, and Violent Antislavery3. Annie Brown, Soldier4. Newfound Celebrity in the John Brown Year5. The Search for a New Life6. Mary Brown’s 1882 Tour and the Memory of Militant Abolitionism7. Annie Brown Adams, the Last SurvivorEpilogue: The Last Echo from John Brown’s Grave AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWestern culture has ‘faith’ in the labour market as a test of the worth of each individual. For those who are out of work, welfare is now less of a support than a means of purification and redemption. Continuously reformed by the left and right in politics, the contemporary welfare state attempts to transform the unemployed into active jobseekers, punishing non-compliance. Drawing on ideas from economic theology, this provocative book uncovers deep-rooted religious concepts and shows how they continue to influence contemporary views of work and unemployment: Jobcentres resemble purgatory where the unemployed attempt to redeem themselves, jobseeking is a form of pilgrimage in hope of salvation, and the economy appears as providence, whereby trials and tribulations test each individual. This book will be essential reading for those interested in the sociology and anthropology of modern economic life. Chapters 1 and 3 are available Open Access via OAPEN under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Paradoxes of Welfare Archaic Anthropology: The Presence of the Past in the Present Reform: Policies and the Polity Vocation: Doing God’s Work Purgatory: The Ideal of Purifying Suffering Pilgrimage: The Interminable Ritual of Jobseeking Curriculum Vitae: Confessions of Faith in the Labour Market Conclusion: Parables of Welfare

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Book SynopsisIn this fully revised third edition of Australia’s Welfare Wars, Philip Mendes questions many of the key values and assumptions that determine contemporary social welfare policies, and the factors and forces that shape these policies in Australia.Rather than concentrating on the history of the welfare state, or the process of making social policy, Mendes examines welfare politics in Australia from a broad political perspective, exploring the role played by key socio-economic players and their respective ideologies in the political struggles around welfare. The book looks closely at: the influence of ideas and ideologies – such as neoliberalism, laborism, social democracy and social investment – on the welfare state how different local interest and lobby groups influence welfare policy the significant impact of economic globalisation, and global social policy trends, on Australian welfare policy debates.

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Book SynopsisWelfare State, Universalism and Diversity is a thought-provoking book dealing with key ideas, values and principles of social policies and asking what exactly is meant by universal benefits and policies? Is the time of post-war universalism over? Are universalism and diversity contradictory policy and theory framings? Well-known scholars from different countries and fields of expertise provide a historically informative and comprehensive view on the making of universal social policies. Universalism is defined and implemented differently in the British and Scandinavian social policies. Service universalism is different from universalism in pensions. The book underlines the multiple and transformative nature of universalism and the challenge of diversity. There certainly is need for a greater diversity in meeting citizen s needs. Yet, universalism remains a principle essential for planning and implementing sustainable and legitimate policies in times characterized by complex interdependences and contradictory political aims. This impressive book is an attempt to untangle the multiple meanings of universalism and clarify the concept's relevance to contemporary policy debates. It will prove invaluable for students, researchers and practitioners in social policy, public policy, social administration, social welfare, social history, social work, sociology and political sciences. Policy makers and administrators involved with social and public policies, social services, social welfare, and social work will also find this book groundbreaking. Contributors: A. Anttonen, A. Borchorst, J. Clarke, J. Goul Andersen, L. Haikio, B. Hvinden, M. Kautto, J. Newman, J. Sipila, K. Stefansson, M. Szebehely, M. VaboTrade Review’This book is a most timely academic intervention. The concept of universalism is central to social policy and welfare state development yet it is rarely explored with such attention to its time and place specificities as in this book. Nordic and British authors investigate the different dimensions and meanings of universalism and the challenges it has faced. Buffeted by markets and choice on the one side and diversity on the other, can universalism survive? To find out, read on...’- Fiona Williams, University of Leeds, UK ’Universalism in social policy is politically challenged and normatively contested. This book examines how the principle of universalism can be understood and how it has been put into practice in various national contexts. Universalism is contrasted with the idea of diversity which has gained strength as a result of growing affluent middle classes and of multiculturalism in highly developed welfare states. The book deals with varieties of universalism and inspires a re-thinking of the normative basis of the welfare state.’ - Stein Kuhnle, University of Bergen, Norway and Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Universalism and the Challenge of Diversity Anneli Anttonen, Liisa Häikiö, Kolbeinn Stefánsson and Jorma Sipilä 2. Universalism in the British and Scandinavian Social Policy Debates Anneli Anttonen and Jorma Sipilä 3. What is in a Word? Universalism, Ideology and Practice Kolbeinn Stefánsson 4. Finding the Way between Universalism and Diversity: A Challenge to the Nordic Model Liisa Häikiö and Bjørn Hvinden 5. Brave New World? Anglo-American Challenges to Universalism John Clarke and Janet Newman 6. Reassessing Woman-friendliness and the Gender System: Feminist Theorizing About the Nordic Welfare Model Anette Borchorst 7. A Caring State for all Older People? Mia Vabø and Marta Szebehely 8. The Pension Puzzle: Pension Security for all Without Universal Schemes? Mikko Kautto 9. Universalization and De-universalization of Unemployment Protection in Denmark and Sweden Jørgen Goul Andersen 10. The Future of Welfare State: Rethinking Universalism Anneli Anttonen, Liisa Häikiö and Kolbeinn Stefánsson Index

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Book SynopsisThough the importance for social outcomes of improved local coordination of social and employment policies is widely acknowledged, it has to date been the object of only limited research in comparative welfare state studies. Based on detailed and systematic empirical research in 18 localities across six European countries, this innovative volume begins to redress this imbalance. The novel insights it offers into the complex determinants of effective policy coordination in contrasting national and local contexts will be of great interest to scholars and policy makers alike.'- Daniel Clegg, The University of Edinburgh, UK'This edited volume, based on internationally comparative research, provides a valuable contribution to the growing body of academic literature on the local governance of social and employment policies. Through national case study as well as comparative chapters, the book takes up the challenging task of investigating the complex processes of coordinating various politico-administrative levels, a variety of private and public actors, and diverse policy fields, focusing specifically on how these processes take shape at the local level.'- Rik van Berkel, Utrecht School of Governance, the Netherlands'Activation has been the latest leit motiv of labour market policies since the Nineties. Activation measures require extensive coordination across levels of government, service providers and administrative agencies operating in different sectors. This volume provides an excellent empirical analysis of six European countries, highlighting the light and shadows of real-world activation experiences at the local level. The authors provide precious insights not only for welfare state scholars, but also for policy makers faced with the challenge of modernizing work and welfare through a more effective governance.'- Maurizio Ferrera, Università degli Studi di Milano, ItalyA central goal of European activation policies is to provide coherent and actively inclusive employment and social services. This book offers new insights on the effective governance and implementation of such policies.Utilizing empirical studies from six European welfare states, expert contributors explore how different institutional contexts influence localized service delivery and how local authorities deal with the associated coordination challenges. Acknowledging that neither decentralization nor provider networks necessarily prevent fragmented service provision, Martin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice illustrate that an understanding of the European budgetary context, as well as individual network brokerage, is vital for a successful integration of employment and social policies at the local level.Timely and engaging, this innovative book will provide new theoretical perspectives and invaluable empirical materials for academics and students in the field of comparative social policy. Policy makers and officials will also appreciate the editors' practical approach.Contributors: P. Aurich-Beerheide, M. Bassoli, T. Berthet, C. Bourgeois, S.L. Catalano, V. Fuertes, C. Garsten, P.R. Graziano, M. Heidenreich, K. Hollertz, K. Jacobsson, S. Mandes, R. McQuaid, D. Rice, K. Sztandar-Sztanderska, K. Tourné Languin, K. ZimmermannTrade Review‘Though the importance for social outcomes of improved local coordination of social and employment policies is widely acknowledged, it has to date been the object of only limited research in comparative welfare state studies. Based on detailed and systematic empirical research in 18 localities across six European countries, this innovative volume begins to redress this imbalance. The novel insights it offers into the complex determinants of effective policy coordination in contrasting national and local contexts will be of great interest to scholars and policy makers alike.’ -- Daniel Clegg, The University of Edinburgh, UK‘This edited volume, based on internationally comparative research, provides a valuable contribution to the growing body of academic literature on the local governance of social and employment policies. Through national case study as well as comparative chapters, the book takes up the challenging task of investigating the complex processes of coordinating various politico-administrative levels, a variety of private and public actors, and diverse policy fields, focusing specifically on how these processes take shape at the local level.’ -- Rik van Berkel, Utrecht School of Governance, the Netherlands‘Activation has been the latest leit motiv of labour market policies since the Nineties. Activation measures require extensive coordination across levels of government, service providers and administrative agencies operating in different sectors. This volume provides an excellent empirical analysis of six European countries, highlighting the light and shadows of real-world activation experiences at the local level. The authors provide precious insights not only for welfare state scholars, but also for policy makers faced with the challenge of modernizing work and welfare through a more effective governance.’ -- Maurizio Ferrera, Università degli Studi di Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Martin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice 2. Integrating Social and Employment Policies at the Local Level: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges Martin Heidenreich and Deborah Rice 3. Integrated and Individualized Services: Paradoxes in the Implementation of Labour Market Policies in Sweden Katarina Hollertz 4. Activation Policy in a Fragmented Welfare System: The Case of Poland Slawomir Mandes 5. Personalized Activation Policies for the Long-Term Unemployed: The Role of Local Governance in the UK Vanesa Fuertes and Ronald McQuaid 6. The Local Governance of Social Inclusion Policies in Italy: Working Via ‘Organ Pipes’ Serida L. Catalano, Paolo R. Graziano and Matteo Bassoli 7. Challenges of Delivering Cross-Sectorial Employment Policies in France Thierry Berthet, Clara Bourgeois and Karine Tourné Languin 8. Organisational Barriers to Service Integration in One-Stop-Shops: The Case of Germany Katharina Zimmermann and Deborah Rice 9. The Local Usages of Europe in Social Cohesion Policies: A Comparative Analysis Serida L. Catalano and Paolo R. Graziano 10. The National Governance of Integrated Activation Policies in Europe Thierry Berthet and Clara Bourgeois 11. Local Worlds of Coordinated Activation Policy Katharina Zimmerman, Vanesa Fuertes and Patrizia Aurich-Beerheide 12. Negotiating Social Citizenship at the Street-Level: Local Activation Policies and Individualization in Sweden and Poland Christina Garsten, Kerstin Jacobsson and Karolina Sztandar-Sztanderska Index

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Book SynopsisA hugely important contribution to one of the key questions of our time: how to combine, in a socially just way, the universalism embodied in national welfare states with the diversity and transnational mobility of populations. Using Myrdal's 1944 analysis, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, as a launch, the chapters circumnavigate this question 360 degrees across twentieth century history, across the Atlantic, and across the contemporary world, tracking the arguments this way and that. A must read.'- Fiona Williams, University of Leeds, UK'Gathering excellent contributors, this book explores the contested relationship between social policy and ethnic-racial diversity. Adopting an historical perspective and starting from Gunnar Myrdal's seminal book An America Dilemma, the volume compares the American experience with the European situation, where the implications of ethnic and racial diversity for social policy are now widely debated. Students of ethnic relations and of social policy from both sides of the Atlantic should read and engage with this unique and outstanding volume.'- Daniel Béland, University of Saskatchewan, Canada'Has racial and ethnic fragmentation undermined American social solidarity and undercut the US welfare state? Even more pertinently, now that we are all multiculturalists and every nation is a melting pot, do the formerly so-homogenous Europeans face similar dilemmas? Are they joining in a race to the social policy bottom, or have they found ways to overcome these divisions? Such questions are pursued by these fascinating essays that have relevance for both sides of the Atlantic, and for scholars and policy makers alike.'- Peter Baldwin, Global Distinguished Professor, New York University, USIn this interdisciplinary volume, leading and emerging scholars examine the relationship between homogeneity and welfare state development. They trace Gunnar Myrdal's influence on thinking about race in the US and explore current European states' approaches to the strangers in their midst, and what social citizenship looks like from a global perspective.Myrdal's An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy persuaded many scholars that the United States failed to develop a robust welfare state because of its ethnic and racial heterogeneity. Conversely, it argued that homogeneity was a precondition for the creation of strong welfare states in European, especially Nordic, countries. With increasing diversity now challenging these welfare states, the kind of 'dilemma' that Myrdal identified no longer appears to be solely an American one.Students and scholars of contemporary welfare states in the social sciences and policy studies will find this to be an insightful read, as the book challenges current perceptions. It will also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners looking to examine the historical context behind the politics of welfare states in the US and Scandinavia.Contributors: H. Blomberg-Kroll, G. Brochmann, R. Careja, P. Emmenegger, T. Faist, P. Kettunen, D. King, J. Kvist, S. Michel, M. Morey, H.B. Nassif, A. O'Connor, R.S. Parreñas, S. Pellander, K. Petersen, D. Roberts, A.V. Schwennicke, A.H. Sinno, E. Tatari, S. WilliamsonTrade Review'A hugely important contribution to one of the key questions of our time: how to combine, in a socially just way, the universalism embodied in national welfare states with the diversity and transnational mobility of populations. Using Myrdal’s 1944 analysis, An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy, as a launch, the chapters circumnavigate this question 360 degrees across twentieth century history, across the Atlantic, and across the contemporary world, tracking the arguments this way and that. A must read.' -- Fiona Williams, University of Leeds, UK‘Each individual chapter of Race, Ethnicity and Welfare States is interesting and well argued. Taken together, they raise many fascinating and pressing questions...This book sets an excellent example illustrating why cross-national comparison is important.’ -- Czech Sociological Review‘Gathering excellent contributors, this book explores the contested relationship between social policy and ethnic-racial diversity. Adopting an historical perspective and starting from Gunnar Myrdal’s seminal book An America Dilemma, the volume compares the American experience with the European situation, where the implications of ethnic and racial diversity for social policy are now widely debated. Students of ethnic relations and of social policy from both sides of the Atlantic should read and engage with this unique and outstanding volume.’ -- Daniel Béland, University of Saskatchewan, Canada‘Has racial and ethnic fragmentation undermined American social solidarity and undercut the US welfare state? Even more pertinently, now that we are all multiculturalists and every nation is a melting pot, do the formerly so-homogenous Europeans face similar dilemmas? Are they joining in a race to the social policy bottom, or have they found ways to overcome these divisions? Such questions are pursued by these fascinating essays that have relevance for both sides of the Atlantic, and for scholars and policy makers alike.’ -- – Peter Baldwin, Global Distinguished Professor, New York University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: An American Dilemma? Pauli Kettunen, Sonya Michel, and Klaus Petersen PART I MYRDAL IN HIS TIME 1. Swedish Roots to Gunnar Myrdal’s An American Dilemma (1944) Maribel Morey 2. Gunnar Myrdal’s New Deal Alice O’Connor PART II DIVERSITY IN THE MAKING OF WELFARE STATES 3. America’s Segregated State: How the Federal Government Shaped America’s Racial and Welfare Orders Desmond King 4. The US Welfare State’s Punishment of Black Women’s Childbearing and Care Giving Dorothy Roberts 5. Immigration and the Nordic Welfare State: A Tense Companionship Grete Brochmann PART III EUROPE’S CURRENT DILEMMA 6. Collective Threats and Individual Rights: Political Debates on Marriage Migration to Finland Saara Pellander 7. An American Dilemma in Europe? Welfare Reform and Immigration Romana Careja, Patrick Emmenegger and Jon Kvist 8. Ethnic Diversity and Popular Attitudes Towards the Nordic Welfare State Helena Blomberg-Kroll 9. Discourses on Muslims and Welfare Across the Atlantic. Abdulkader H. Sinno, Eren Tatari, Scott Williamson, Antje Schwennicke and Hicham Bou Nassif PART IV THE AMERICAN DILEMMA GOES GLOBAL 10. Permanent and Transitional Guest Workers: Variations of Partial Citizenship among Migrant Filipina Domestic Workers in the Diaspora Rhacel Salazar Parreñas 11. The Transnational Social Question: Cross-Border Social Protection and Social Inequalities Thomas Faist Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a stimulating contribution to the quickly advancing field of welfare attitudes research, this important book develops the understanding of welfare legitimacy. It does so by assessing the nature of popular judgments about welfare deservingness, as well as the roots and consequences of these attitudes, offering a state-of-the-art picture of the latest theoretical, conceptual and methodological developments. The Social Legitimacy of Targeted Welfare provides a multidisciplinary view on deservingness attitudes, with contributions from sociology, political science, media studies and social psychology. It advocates a multi-actor perspective, looking not only at citizens' attitudes, but also at attitudes of social administrators and policy-makers. The chapters also present new research methods in the field, including discrete choice experiments, factorial surveys, focus groups, and media content analysis. This book will be of interest to students and researchers in sociology, political science, and the fields of social psychology, philosophy, economics and history. It will help practitioners and policymakers in social policy, social work and healthcare understand popular perceptions and beliefs regarding just distributions of welfare.Contributors include: H. Blomberg, A. Bos, C. Buss, R. de Vries, M. De Wilde, B. Ebbinghaus, S. Evers, A. Fladmoe, B.B. Geiger, M. Hiligsmann, M. Jeene, J. Kallio, O. Kangas, A. Kootstra, C. Kroll, S. Kumlin, T. Laenen, D. Lepianka, B. Meuleman, E. Naumann, M. Niemelä, A. Paulus, J. Ragusa, T. Reeskens, F. Roosma, M. Sadin, K. Steen-Johnson, W. Uunk, M. van der Aa, T. van der Meer, B. van Doorn, W. van Oorschot, D. WollebaekTrade Review'Deservingness considerations are central to the moral economy of welfare state arrangements. This book, written by a distinguished group of authors, offers a comprehensive, inspiring and highly innovative account of the logic and the drivers of deservingness attitudes. The authors succeed in putting the question ''Who should get what, and why'' in perspective and show the pivotal role of deservingness opinion therein. For sure, the book will become a key reference in the wider field of comparative welfare state research.' --Steffen Mau, Humboldt University of Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Social Legitimacy of Targeted Welfare and Welfare Deservingness Wim van Oorschot and Femke Roosma PART II POPULAR RANKING AND WEIGHING OF DESERVINGNESS 2. A Universal Rank Order of Deservingness? Geographical, Temporal and Social-Structural Comparisons Tijs Laenen and Bart Meuleman 3. The Relative Importance of Welfare Deservingness Criteria Tim Reeskens and Tom van der Meer PART III THE COGNITIVE BASIS OF POPULAR DESERVINGNESS OPINIONS 4. False Beliefs and the Perceived Deservingness of Social Security Benefit Claimants Ben Baumberg Geiger 5. Negative Attitudes towards Welfare Claimants: The Importance of Unconscious Bias Robert de Vries PART IV MEDIA FRAMES OF (UN)DESERVINGNESS 6. Are Visual Depictions of Poverty in the US Gendered and Racialized? Bas van Doorn and Angela Bos 7. The Varying Faces of Poverty and Deservingness in Dutch Print Media Dorota Lepianka PART V THE NATIONAL CONTEXT OF DESERVINGNESS OPINIONS 8. How Welfare Reforms Influence Public Opinion Regarding Welfare Deservingness: Evidence from Dutch Time-Series Data, 1975–2006 Wilfred Uunk and Wim van Oorschot 9. Making Deservingness of the Unemployed Conditional: Changes in Public Support for the Conditionality of Unemployment Benefits Christopher Buß, Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Elias Naumann PART VI OBLIGATIONS OF BENEFIT CLAIMANTS 10. The Deservingness Logic Applied to Public Opinions Concerning Work Obligations for Benefit Claimants Femke Roosma and Marjolein Jeene PART VII DESERVINGNESS OPINIONS AMONG BUREAUCRATS AND POLICYMAKERS 11. Social Assistance Deservingness and Policy Measures: Attitudes of Finnish Politicians, Administrators and Citizens Helena Blomberg, Johanna Kallio, Olli Kangas, Christian Kroll and Mikko Niemelä 12. Deservingness in Social Assistance Administrative Practice: A Factorial Survey Approach Marjolijn De Wilde 13. Healthcare Deservingness Opinions of the General Public and Policymakers Compared: A Discrete Choice Experiment Maartje van der Aa, Mickaël Hiligsmann, Aggie Paulus and Silvia Evers PART VIII DESERVINGNESS OF MIGRANTS 14. Us versus Them: Examining the Perceived Deservingness of Minority Groups in the British Welfare State Using a Survey Experiment Anouk Kootstra 15. Leap of Faith or Judgment of Deservingness? Generalized Trust, Trust in Immigrants and Support for the Welfare State Staffan Kumlin, Dag Wollebæk, Audun Fladmoe and Kari Steen-Johnsen PART IX DESERVINGNESS OF THE RICH 16. They’re not Worthy: The Perceived Deservingness of the Rich and its Connection to Policy Preferences Meredith Sadin 17. Do the Rich Deserve a Tax Cut? Public Images, Deservingness Criteria and Americans’ Tax Policy Preferences Jordan Ragusa PART X CONCLUSIONS 18. Evaluating the Fruitfulness of Deservingness Theory Bart Meuleman, Femke Roosma and Wim van Oorschot Index

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Book SynopsisThis book contributes to the growing literature on social investment by discussing the way social investment ideas have been adopted in different countries and in various academic and professional fields, including social policy, development studies and non-profit management. Documenting the experience of implementing social investment in different communities, it encourages a One World perspective that integrates these diverse experiences and promotes policy learning between different nations. This book fills a major gap in the literature, which, in the past, has focused largely on European welfare states and their employment and educational policies. Contrary to the view that social investment is a new stage in the development of these welfare states, it shows that social investment has been endorsed in other countries and in different policy fields for many years, including housing, child welfare, community development, social protection and rural development. The contribution to social investment by international development organizations such as the United Nations, World Bank and International Labour Organization are discussed, specifically looking at how they have encouraged the application of social investment policies in development. This book is primarily targeted at an academic readership that has become increasingly interested in social investment ideas in recent years. However, it will also be a useful resource for post-graduate and upper-level undergraduate students in social development, development studies, sociology, social policy, social work and public policy.Contributors include: S. Cook, A. Conley Wright, E. Dahl, A. Hall, K. Halvorsen, J. Lee, J.C.B. Leung, T. Lorentzen, J. Midgley, A. Østertun Geirdal, L. Patel, S. Pellissery, S. Stjernø, A.G. Tøge, Y. XuTrade Review'The idea of shifting from welfare transfers to social investment has increasingly received attention in the social policy literature. This volume takes the debate further by adopting a One World perspective that traces social investment policies in both the global North and South; and by linking welfare state research and development studies, both of which have addressed the issue but have not normally spoken to each other. In this way, the book opens a space for mutual learning between North and South and between academic fields. The volume links exemplary case studies and overarching conceptual discussions, producing a broad and yet sophisticated analysis of the concept of social investment not available anywhere else. The volume is orchestrated by the doyen of global welfare research, James Midgley.' --Lutz Leisering, Bielefeld University, Germany'This is an exciting and welcome contribution to the debates surrounding social investment and to the comparative social welfare literature more generally. Edited by leading scholars in the field, the volume provides an intelligent and well-structured overview of the history, politics and outcomes of social investment policies in a range of different contexts. Perhaps most valuable is its focus on a broader range of countries than the traditional Eurocentric literature - in particular, countries in the Global South. Analysis of policies and programmes in a number of emerging economies (the so-called "BRICS") is especially timely.' --Rebecca Surender, University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction James Midgley, Espen Dahl and Amy Conley Wright 1. Social Investment: Concepts, Uses and Theoretical Perspectives James Midgley 2. Social Investment in Early Childhood in Australia Amy Conley Wright 3. Housing and Social Investment: Lessons from Hong Kong and Singapore James Lee 4. Social Investments and Poor Families in India: The Role of Early Childhood and Employment Programmes Sony Pellissery 5. Employment Policy and Social Investment in Norway Espen Dahl and Thomas Lorentzen 6. The Child Support Grant in South Africa: Gender, Care and Social Investment Leila Patel 7. Investing in Communities in the United States: Social Capital, Asset Building and Local Enterprise James Midgley 8. Cash Transfers as Social Investments: The Brazilian Case Anthony Hall 9. Pension Reform in China: Towards Social Investment Joe C.B. Leung and Yuebin Xu 10. A Critical Perspective on Child Care and Social Investment in Norway: Whats in Children’s Best Interest? Knut Halvorsen, Amy Østertun Geirdal and Anne Grete Tøge 11. Social Investment as a Means of Integrating Immigrants in Europe Steinar Stjernø 12. Social Investment and the International Development Organizations Sarah Cook 13. Conclusion: Lessons Learned and Future Directions James Midgley, Espen Dahl and Amy Conley Wright Index

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Book SynopsisThis review considers the most significant and contemporary literary contributions to the field of the economics of housing. It discusses articles that cover the housing markets demand and supply whilst considering these factors interactions on real estate valuations, home ownership and wealth decisions. Literature focusing on the interfaces that occur from the dynamics of neighbourhoods and housing prices is analysed and the review delves into how housing markets and their modelling have attracted particular policy interest, such as rent control. Recent analyses of housing markets through a lens that emphasizes the importance of frictions, namely the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides (DMP) model is also extended upon. This review promises to be an informative read to scholars and academics who are immersed in this fascinating topic. Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Yannis M. Iaonnides PART I HOUSING DEMAND, NEIGBHBORHOOD INTERACTIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHOICE 1. Richard Dusansky and Paul W.Wilson (1993), ‘The Demand for Housing: Theoretical Considerations’, Journal of Economic Theory, 61 (1), October, 120–38 2. Yannis M. Ioannides and Jeffrey E. Zabel (2008), ‘Interactions, Neighborhood Selection and Housing Demand’, Journal of Urban Economics, 63 (1), January, 229–52 3. Edward L. Glaeser, Matthew E. Kahn and Jordan Rappaport (2008), ‘Why do the Poor Live in Cities? The Role of Public Transportation’, Journal of Urban Economics, 63 (1), January, 1–24 4. Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan, Alvin Murphy and Christopher Timmins (2016), ‘A Dynamic Model of Demand for Houses and Neighbourhoods’, Econometrica, 84 (3), May, 893–942 5. Sanghoon Lee and Jeffrey Lin (2018), ‘Natural Amenities, Neighbourhood Dynamic, and Persistence in the Spatial Distribution of Income’, Review of Economic Studies, 85 (1), March, 663–94 6. Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Pierre-Daniel Sarte and Raymond Owens III (2010), ‘Housing Externalities’, Journal of Political Economy, 118 (3), June, 485–535 7. Maisy Wong (2013), ‘Estimating Ethnic Preferences Using Ethnic Housing Quotas in Singapore’, Review of Economic Studies, 80 (3), July, 1178–214 PART II HOUSING PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY 8. Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko and Raven E. Saks (2006), ‘Urban Growth and Housing Supply’, Journal of Economic Geography, 6 (1), August, 71–89 9. Dennis Epple, Brett Gordon and Holger Sieg (2010), ‘A New Approach to Estimating the Production Function for Housing’, American Economic Review, 100 (3), June, 905–24 10. Albert Saiz (2010),’The Geographic Determinants of Housing Supply’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 125 (3), August, 1253–96 PART III HOUSING MARKETS AND REAL ESTATE VALUATIONS 11. John M. Clapp (2004), ‘A Semiparametric Method for Estimating Local House Price Indices’, Real Estate Economics, 32 (1), February, 127–60 12. Andrew Caplin, Sumit Chopra, John Leahy, Yann LeCun and Trivikraman Thampy (2008), ‘Machine Learning and the Spatial Structure of Housing Returns’, Working Paper, December, 1–41 13. Philipe Bracke (2014),’House Prices and Rents: Microevidence from a Matched Dataset in Central London’, Real Estate Economics, 43 (2), June, 403–31 14. Stefano Giglio, Matteo Maggiori and Johannes Stroebel (2016), ’No-Bubble Condition: Model-Free Tests in Housing Markets’, Econometrica, 84 (3), May, 1047–91 PART IV HOUSING FINANCE, HOMEOWNERSHIP AND HOUSING IN WEALTH PORTFOLIO DECISIONS 15. John Geanakoplos (1997), ’Promises, Promises’ in W. Brian Arthur, Steven N. Durlauf and David A. Lane (eds), The Economy as an Evolving Complex System II, Chapter 12, Reading, Massachusetts, MA, USA: Addison-Wesley, January, 285–320 16. Marjorie Flavin and Takshi Yamashita (2002),’Owner-Occupied Housing and the Composition of the Household Portfolio’, American Economic Review, 92 (1), March, 345–62 17. Karl E. Case, John M. Quigley and Robert J. Shiller (2012),’Wealth Effects Revisited 1975–2012’, Critical Finance Review, 2 (1), July, 101–28 18. Jack Favilukis, Sydney C. Ludvigson, Stjn Van Nieuwerburgh (2017),’The Macroeconomic Effects of Housing Wealth, Housing Finance, and Limited Risk Sharing in General Equilibrium’, Journal of Political Economy, 125 (1), December, 140–223 19. Mathew Chambers, Carlos Garriga and Don E. Schlagenhauf (2009),’Accounting for Change in the Homeownership Rate’, International Economic Review, 50 (3), August, 677–726 Volume II Acknowledgements Introduction An introduction to both volumes by the editor appears in Volume I PART I NEIGHBORHOOD DYNAMICS 1. Thomas C. Schelling (1969), ‘Models of Segregation’, American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, 59 (2), May, 488–93 2. Thomas C. Schelling (1971), ‘Dynamic Models of Segregation’, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 1 (2), July, 143–86 3. Junfu Zhang (2004), ‘A Dynamic Model of Residential Segregation’, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 28 (3), August, 147–70 4. Dejan Vinković and Alan Kirman (2006), ‘A Physical Analogue of the Schelling Model’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103 (51), December, 19261–65 5. Anna Hardman and Yannis M. Ioannides (2004),’Neigbors’ Income Distribution: Economic Segregation and Mixing in US Urban Neighborhoods’, Journal of Housing Economics, 13 (4), December, 368–82 6. Jan K. Brueckner and Stuart S. Rosenthal (2009), ‘Gentrification and Neigborhood Cycles: Will America’s Future Downtowns Be Rich?’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 91 (4), November, 725–43 7. David Card, Alexandre Mas and Jesse Rothstein (2008), ‘Tipping and the Dynamics of Segregation’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (1), February, 177–218 PART II DYNAMICS OF HOUSING PRICES 8. Raven E. Saks, Grace Wong and Min Hwang (2008), ‘Reassessing the Role of National and Local Shocks in Metropolitan Area Housing Markets’, Brooking-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 9, January, 95–126 9. Sean Holly, M. Hashem Pesaran and Takashi Yamagata (2010), ‘A Spatio-temporal Model of House Prices in the USA’, Journal of Econometrics, 158 (1), September, 160–73 10. Katharina Knoll, Moritz Schularick and Thomas Steger (2017), ’No Price Like Home: Global House Prices, 1870 – 2012 ’, American Economic Review, 107 (2), February, 331–53 PART III HOUSING INDIVISIBILITY AND RENT CONTROL 11. Anna M. Hardman and Yannis M. Ioannides (1999),’Residential Mobility and the Housing Market in a Two-Sector Neoclassical Growth Model’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 101 (2), December, 315–35 12. Mamoru Kaneko, Tamon Ito and Yu-ichi Osawa (2006), ’Duality in Comparative Statics in Rental Housing Markets with Indivisibilities’, Journal of Urban Economics, 59 (1), January, 142–70 13. David H. Autor, Christopher J. Palmer and Parag A. Pathak (2014),’Housing Market Spillovers: Evidence from the End of Rent Control in Cambridge, Massachusetts’, Journal of Political Economy, 122 (3), June, 661–717 PART IV MACROECONOMIC ASPECTS OF HOUSING 14. Peter Englund and Yannis M. Ioannides (1993), ‘The Dynamics of Housing Prices: An International Perspective’, in Dieter Bös (ed.), Economics in a Changing World: Volume 3: Public Policy and Economic Organization, London, UK: St. Martin’s Press, 175–97 15. Morris A. Davis and Jonathan Heathcote (2005),’Housing and the Business Cycle’, International Economic Review, 46 (3), August, 751–84 16. 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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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