Welfare and benefit systems Books

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

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

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

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Book SynopsisAt a time of heightened neoliberal globalisation and crisis, welfare state retrenchment and desecularisation of society, amid uniquely European controversies over immigration, integration and religious-based radicalism, this timely book explores the role played by faith-based organisations (FBOs), which are growing in importance in the provision of social services in the European context. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, the contributions to the volume present original research examples and a pan-European perspective to assess the role of FBOs in combating poverty and various expressions of exclusion and social distress in cities across Europe. This significant and highly topical volume should become a vital reference source for the burgeoning number of studies that are likely follow and will make essential reading for students and academics in social policy, sociology, geography, politics, urban studies and theology/ religious studies.Trade Review“Faith-based organisations and exclusion in European cities is an anthology that is geared especially for those interested in learning about the concepts and practices of FBOs throughout Europe (and how what can be learned from them may be generalised in other regions), as well as those interested in advancing research in the field” – Journal of Poverty and Social Justice"Very accessible and well written...it will make a timely addition to libraries across Europe" Journal of Church and State"Social science can no longer ignore the power of faith and the faithful. Beaumont and Cloke's collection provides rich insight into the ways in which religion is remaking everyday life in European cities today." Jane Wills, Queen Mary, University of LondonTable of ContentsPreface ~ Ram Cnaan; Introduction to the study of fbos and exclusion in European cities ~ Justin Beaumont and Paul Cloke; Part one: Defining relations of FBOs: State-religion relations and welfare regimes in Europe ~ José Romanillos, Justin Beaumont and Mustafa ŞenState-religion; Spaces of postsecular engagement in cities ~ Agatha Herman, Justin Beaumont, Paul Cloke and Andres Walliser; FBOS, urban governance and welfare state retrenchment ~ Ingemar Elander, Maarten Davelaar and Andrés Walliser; Radical faith praxis? Exploring the changing theological landscape of christian faith-motivation ~ Paul Cloke, Samuel Thomas and Andrew Williams; Ethical citizenship? Faith-based volunteers and the ethics of providing services for homeless people ~ Paul Cloke, Sarah Johnsen and Jon May; Part two: Sectoral studies: Changing Policies: how faith based organisations participate in poverty policies ~ Danielle Dierckx, Jan Vranken and Ingemar Elander; Moralising the poor? Faith-Based Organisations, Big Society and contemporary workfare policy ~ Andrew Williams; A shelter from the storm: FBOs and provision of relief for the homeless ~ Maarten Davelaar and Wendy Kerstens; Turkish Islamic organizations: A comparative study in Germany, The Netherlands and Turkey ~ Jürgen Friedrichs, Jennifer Klöckner, Mustafa Şen and Nynke DeWitte; Convictional Communities ~ Samuel Thomas; Conclusion: The FBO phenomenon ~ Paul Cloke and Justin Beaumont.

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Book SynopsisThe eviction at Dale Farm in the UK in 2011 brought the conflicting issues relating to Gypsy and Traveller accommodation to the attention of the world's media. However, as the furore surrounding the eviction has died down, the very pressing issues of accommodation need, inequality of access to education, healthcare and employment, and exclusion from British (and European) society is still very much evident. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British society, including health, social policy, employment and education. It also looks at the dilemmas faced in representing disadvantaged minority groups in media and political discourse, theories on power, control and justice and the impact of European initiatives on inclusion. Gypsies and Travellers: Empowerment and inclusion in British society will be of interest to students, academics, policy makers, practitioners, those working in the media, police, education and health services, and of course to Gypsies and Travellers themselves.Trade Review"The book is timely...recommended". L De Danaan, emerita, Evergreen State College"This is a timely collection on a topic of important political and policy concern in Britain, which has in practice received little coverage in academic analysis." Pete Alcock, Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham"This collection makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the situation of one of the most excluded groups in British society. The concern with the empowerment and inclusion of Gypsies and Travellers underpins all chapters which cover a wide-range of policy areas." Dr Nando Sigona, Refugee Studies Centre, University of OxfordTable of ContentsForeword ~ Lord Avebury; PART ONE: CONTEXT, ISSUES AND POLICY RESPONSES: Setting the Context: Gypsies and Travellers in British Society ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder; Accommodation Needs and Planning Issues ~ Joanna Richardson and Maggie Smith-Bendell; Gypsy and Traveller Health ~ Patrice Van Cleemput; Education, inclusion and government policy ~ Brian Foster and Sarah Cemlyn; Gypsies, Travellers and Social Policy: Marginality and Insignificance: A case study of Gypsy and Traveller children in care ~ Dan Allen; Economic Inclusion ~ Margaret Greenfields, Andrew Ryder, David Smith; PART TWO: EMPOWERING GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS: Justice and Empowerment? ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder; Recognising Gypsy/Traveller History and Culture ~ Thomas Acton and Andrew Ryder; Research with and for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers; Combining Policy, Practice and Community in Action Research ~ Margaret Greenfields and Andrew Ryder; 'Stamp on the Camps' - The Social Construction of Gypsies and Travellers in Media and Political Debate ~ Joanna Richardson and Richard O'Neill; EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies: Insights into Empowerment and Inclusive Policy Development ~ Iulius Rostas and Andrew Ryder; PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS: Inclusion, Space and Empowerment for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder.

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Book SynopsisThe eviction at Dale Farm in the UK in 2011 brought the conflicting issues relating to Gypsy and Traveller accommodation to the attention of the world's media. However, as the furore surrounding the eviction has died down, the very pressing issues of accommodation need, inequality of access to education, healthcare and employment, and exclusion from British (and European) society is still very much evident. This topical book examines and debates a range of themes facing Gypsies and Travellers in British society, including health, social policy, employment and education. It also looks at the dilemmas faced in representing disadvantaged minority groups in media and political discourse, theories on power, control and justice and the impact of European initiatives on inclusion. Gypsies and Travellers: Empowerment and inclusion in British society will be of interest to students, academics, policy makers, practitioners, those working in the media, police, education and health services, and of course to Gypsies and Travellers themselves.Trade Review"The book is timely...recommended". L De Danaan, emerita, Evergreen State College"This is a timely collection on a topic of important political and policy concern in Britain, which has in practice received little coverage in academic analysis." Pete Alcock, Professor of Social Policy and Administration, University of Birmingham"This collection makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the situation of one of the most excluded groups in British society. The concern with the empowerment and inclusion of Gypsies and Travellers underpins all chapters which cover a wide-range of policy areas." Dr Nando Sigona, Refugee Studies Centre, University of OxfordTable of ContentsForeword ~ Lord Avebury; PART ONE: CONTEXT, ISSUES AND POLICY RESPONSES: Setting the Context: Gypsies and Travellers in British Society ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder; Accommodation Needs and Planning Issues ~ Joanna Richardson and Maggie Smith-Bendell; Gypsy and Traveller Health ~ Patrice Van Cleemput; Education, inclusion and government policy ~ Brian Foster and Sarah Cemlyn; Gypsies, Travellers and Social Policy: Marginality and Insignificance: A case study of Gypsy and Traveller children in care ~ Dan Allen; Economic Inclusion ~ Margaret Greenfields, Andrew Ryder, David Smith; PART TWO: EMPOWERING GYPSIES AND TRAVELLERS: Justice and Empowerment? ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder; Recognising Gypsy/Traveller History and Culture ~ Thomas Acton and Andrew Ryder; Research with and for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers; Combining Policy, Practice and Community in Action Research ~ Margaret Greenfields and Andrew Ryder; 'Stamp on the Camps' - The Social Construction of Gypsies and Travellers in Media and Political Debate ~ Joanna Richardson and Richard O'Neill; EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies: Insights into Empowerment and Inclusive Policy Development ~ Iulius Rostas and Andrew Ryder; PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS: Inclusion, Space and Empowerment for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers ~ Joanna Richardson and Andrew Ryder.

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Book SynopsisThis book questions whether the recently promoted European 'social investment' strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs, and help address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, globalisation, ageing and climate change. To assess the diversity, achievements, shortcomings and potentials of social investment policies, it brings together some of the best social policy scholars and well-known policy experts, connecting academic and policy debates around the future of the welfare state. Supported by the Nordic Center of Excellence NordWel and the EU funded Network of Excellence RECWOWE (Reconciling Work and Welfare).Trade Review"Towards a social investment welfare state? is published at a time of considerable economic and political challenges..As such, Towards a social investment welfare state? provides an excellent overview of the state and possible future developement of social investment policies." Peter Wells, International Journal of Social Welfare"The book provides a wide-ranging and intelligent discussion at the European level of an important new paradigm." Citizen's Income NewsletterTable of ContentsBeyond the welfare state as we knew it? ~ Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, Joakim Palme; Part I: Towards a new social policy paradigm: Two or three waves of welfare state transformation? ~ Anton Hemerijck; Redesigning citizenship regimes after neoliberalism: moving towards social investment ~ Jane Jenson; Part II: Mapping the development of social investment policies: Towards social investment? Patterns of public policy in the OECD world ~ Rita Nikolai; Social investment or recommodification? Assessing the employment policies of the EU member states ~ Caroline de la Porte and Kerstin Jacobsson; Part III: Assessing the social investment policies: Promoting social investment through work-family policies: which nations do it and why? ~ Kimberly J. Morgan; Active labour market policy and social investment: a changing relationship ~ Giuliano Bonoli; Do social investment policies produce more and better jobs? ~ Moira Nelson and John D. Stephens; Social investment in the globalising learning economy: a European perspective ~ Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Edward Lorenz; Part IV: Meeting the challenges ahead?: Social investment in the ageing populations of Europe ~ Thomas Lindh; Aftershock: the post-crisis social investment welfare state in Europe ~ Patrick Diamond and Roger Liddle; Climate policy and the social investment approach: towards a European model for sustainable development ~ Lena Sommestad; From the Lisbon Strategy to EUROPE 2020 ~ Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Edward Lorenz; Social investment: a paradigm in search of a new economic model and political mobilization ~ Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, Joakim Palme.

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Book SynopsisThis book questions whether the recently promoted European 'social investment' strategy is able to regenerate the welfare state, promote social inclusion, create more and better jobs, and help address the challenges posed by the economic crisis, globalisation, ageing and climate change. To assess the diversity, achievements, shortcomings and potentials of social investment policies, it brings together some of the best social policy scholars and well-known policy experts, connecting academic and policy debates around the future of the welfare state. Supported by the Nordic Center of Excellence NordWel and the EU funded Network of Excellence RECWOWE (Reconciling Work and Welfare).Trade Review"Towards a social investment welfare state? is published at a time of considerable economic and political challenges..As such, Towards a social investment welfare state? provides an excellent overview of the state and possible future developement of social investment policies." Peter Wells, International Journal of Social Welfare"The book provides a wide-ranging and intelligent discussion at the European level of an important new paradigm." Citizen's Income Newsletter"An original contribution that sheds light on the recent and current reform dynamics of welfare states. This book will enrich the public and academic debate substantially by inviting us all to reflect on how to tackle the present economic crisis and the way ahead, while also opening salient avenues to guide future research." Ana M. Guilln, Professor of Sociology, Universidad de Oviedo"The first book that gives us a balanced and sophisticated analysis of what social investment policies entail and how they have been implemented across the advanced world. It will become the authoritative reference on welfare state reform for years to come... a must-read for any serious social policy course." Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Professor of Sociology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra"....of crucial relevance in this time of economic crisis." Ana M. Guillén, Professor of Sociology, University of Oviedo, SpainTable of ContentsBeyond the welfare state as we knew it? ~ Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, Joakim Palme; Part I: Towards a new social policy paradigm: Two or three waves of welfare state transformation? ~ Anton Hemerijck; Redesigning citizenship regimes after neoliberalism: moving towards social investment ~ Jane Jenson; Part II: Mapping the development of social investment policies: Towards social investment? Patterns of public policy in the OECD world ~ Rita Nikolai; Social investment or recommodification? Assessing the employment policies of the EU member states ~ Caroline de la Porte and Kerstin Jacobsson; Part III: Assessing the social investment policies: Promoting social investment through work-family policies: which nations do it and why? ~ Kimberly J. Morgan; Active labour market policy and social investment: a changing relationship ~ Giuliano Bonoli; Do social investment policies produce more and better jobs? ~ Moira Nelson and John D. Stephens; Social investment in the globalising learning economy: a European perspective ~ Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Edward Lorenz; Part IV: Meeting the challenges ahead?: Social investment in the ageing populations of Europe ~ Thomas Lindh; Aftershock: the post-crisis social investment welfare state in Europe ~ Patrick Diamond and Roger Liddle; Climate policy and the social investment approach: towards a European model for sustainable development ~ Lena Sommestad; From the Lisbon Strategy to EUROPE 2020 ~ Bengt-Åke Lundvall and Edward Lorenz; Social investment: a paradigm in search of a new economic model and political mobilization ~ Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, Joakim Palme.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive study provides a thorough account of important policy developments in the Netherlands that are significant beyond the borders of the Dutch welfare state. It demonstrates the dramatic changes that have taken place in the protection of old and new social risks, exploring the mechanisms behind these changes in the context of corporatist welfare state institutions. This book is essential for welfare state scholars, graduate students and policy makers.Trade Review"Very good reading for all scholars interested in the institutional dynamics of welfare reform." Journal of Social Policy"This is a valuable book which extends discussion of new social risks into new areas." Peter Taylor-Gooby, Professor of Social Policy, University of KentTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ with Romke van der Veen; Changing social risks, changing risk protection? ~ with Romke van der Veen; Sickness and disability reform in the Netherlands; Collective childcare protection: The new workfare; Employability: Lack of clarity, lack of protection ~ with Hans Pruijt and Pascal Derogee; Transforming the Dutch welfare state

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book explores the role of both the family and the state in shaping the living conditions of the young and old in Europe. It provides a comparative theoretical and empirical analysis of age-related policies and welfare arrangements in Germany, France, Italy and Sweden.By combining institutional data on changes in public policies with longitudinal micro-data on living arrangements and informal support patterns in families, the authors are able to demonstrate the huge diversity in the organization of intergenerational relations and the changes that have occurred since the early 1990s. Age-specific differences in attitudes towards current social policy issues are also explored. The key finding is that intergenerational bonds of solidarity remain robust, meaning predictions of a potential conflict between the generations are vastly exaggerated.Providing up-to-date information on the perception of public policies and generational conflicts in different welfare states, this book is a must read for researchers in the field of comparative social policy and intergenerational relations. It will also benefit academics in sociology and political science, as well as policy-makers and consultants.Trade Review'The book offers a genuine and innovative research direction that explores the "black box" of intergenerational relations and in particular how institutions mediate families ability to offer financial resources as well as provide care services to their members.' -- Antonis Roumpakis, Journal of Social Policy'. . . the book is an impressive effort, from which both students and academics will benefit, as this reader indeed has.' -- Svein Olav Daatland, Ageing and Society'Most European countries are experiencing a dramatic demographic shift. A combination of falling birthrates and rising life expectancy leads to a significant aging of societies. The authors analyze how the state and the family shape generational living conditions in Germany, France, Italy and Sweden and how age-specific attitudes toward welfare policy are affected. One finding is that there is little evidence of conflict between the generations. The book is a very important contribution to a better understanding of the character of new challenges for European welfare states.' -- Stein Kuhnle, The University of Bergen, Norway and the Hertie School of Governance, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Intergenerational Solidarity between State and Family 3. Research Design 4. The Four Welfare Regimes Compared 5. Pension Systems and the Material Living Conditions of Older Persons 6. The Care of the Elderly 7. Transfer Payments for Families 8. Childcare between Family and State 9. Does a Generational Conflict Exist? Differences in Attitudes by Age Group 10. Old and Young in the Welfare State – Lessons from International Comparisons Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWelfare state models have for decades been the gold standard of welfare state research. Beyond Welfare State Models escapes the straitjacket of conventional welfare state models and challenges the existing literature in two ways. Firstly the contributors argue that the standard typologies have omitted important aspects of welfare state development. Secondly, the work develops and underlines the importance of a more fluid transnational conceptualisation. As this book shows, welfare states are not created in national isolation but are heavily influenced by transnational economic, political and cultural interdependencies. The authors illustrate these important points of criticism with their studies on the transnational history of social policy, religion and the welfare state, Nordic cooperation within the fields of social policy and marriage law, and the transnational contexts of national family policies. This fascinating work contributes to the understanding of the current changes of welfare states by discussing the relationship between globalized capitalism and social political regulations and by arguing that transnational transformations importantly take place within and between nation states.With its challenging and questioning approach, this cross-disciplinary book will appeal to social policy and welfare state researchers, academics and policy makers.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Rethinking Welfare State Models Pauli Kettunen and Klaus Petersen 2. The Transnational Construction of National Challenges: The Ambiguous Nordic Model of Welfare and Competitiveness Pauli Kettunen 3. National, Nordic and Trans-Nordic: Transnational Perspectives on the History of the Nordic Welfare States Klaus Petersen 4. International Modelling in the Making of the Nordic Social Security Systems Stein Kuhnle 5. From Charity to Social Justice: Religion and the European Welfare State Traditions Kees van Kersbergen 6. The Lutheran Nordic Welfare States Pirjo Markkola 7. Moving Targets: Towards a Framework for Studying Family Policies and Welfare States Sonya Michel 8. What is Nordic in the Nordic Gender Model? Kari Melby, Anna-Birte Ravn, Bente Rosenbeck and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg 9. Marketization and Free Choice in the Provision of Social Services. Normative Shifts 1982–2008. Social Democratic Lip Service as a Response to Problems of Legitimacy Jørn Henrik Petersen 10. The History and Future of Social Democratic Welfare Capitalism: From Modernization to the Spectres of Ultramodernity Christopher Lloyd 11. Social Policy History after the Transnational Turn Christoph Conrad Index

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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 SynopsisThe fast changing economic climate is creating substantial pressure for welfare state restructuring worldwide. Yet the discussion regarding challenges faced and the responses required has been confined to the 'standard welfare states' in the West. This book examines whether these challenges also apply to the countries in the East, whether these countries have generated different responses to their Western counterparts, and whether they have undergone a process of regime transformation while responding to these pressures.Comparative in approach, this book offers lively discussion on the new social challenges faced in East Asia following the unprecedented scale of the recent global financial crisis. It reaches beyond policy descriptions to offer more systematic analyses of welfare restructuring in the region in relation to the fast changing global economic order. By examining the dynamics of welfare state restructuring both in terms of continuity and change, it explores intensified impacts of global restructuring of welfare and the nature of welfare state adaptation in the region.This fascinating and thought provoking read will prove invaluable to academics, researchers and students with an interest in social policy, international social policy, comparative social policy.Contributors include: P. Abrahamson, N. Goishi, T. Hiroko, J. Hudson, G.-J. Hwang, D. Jung, S. Kuhner, S.S.-y. Lee, J. Liu, K.H. Mok, C.-u. Park, J. YamashitaTable of ContentsContents: 1. New Global Challenges and Welfare State Restructuring in East Asia: Continuity and Change Gyu-Jin Hwang 2. The Welfare Modelling Business Revisited: The Case of East Asian Welfare Regimes Peter Abrahamson 3. Analysing the Productive Dimensions of Welfare: Looking Beyond East Asia John Hudson and Stefan Kühner 4. Labour Market Risks in De-industrializing East Asian Economies: The Cases of Korea, Japan and Taiwan Sophia Seung-yoon Lee 5. Welfare–work Link in East Asia after the Economic Crisis: Korea and Japan since the 1990s Dongchul Jung and Chan-ung Park 6. Social Safety Net for the Working Poor in Japan, Korea and Taiwan Norimichi Goishi 7. Economic Restructuring and Changing Work/Family Life: The Cases of Japan and China Takeda Hiroko, Jieyu Liu and Junko Yamashita 8. Right Diagnosis and Appropriate Treatment for the Global Financial Crisis? Social Protection Measures and Social Policy Responses in East Asia Ka Ho Mok Index

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Book SynopsisHousing is an important commodity in the national accounts of all countries and has generated a high quality specialised literature. The papers in this scholarly collection span a thirty-five year period from 1960 when the field of housing economics was just beginning to attract attention. Topics covered include housing and urban spatial structures, housing supply, the analysis of housing demand and empirical and theoretical studies of housing quality and prices. One of the features which complicates economic analysis of housing is the severe regulation of the housing and land markets; the implications of such controls, including rent control, local taxes and housing subsidies are investigated, as are the effects of property taxes and the provision of public services on housing choice. The articles in the final section cover recent research on the linkage between housing markets and financial markets, a subject which is currently of intense interest to economists in this field.Trade Review'These two volumes contain an outstanding collection of the most notable academic papers on housing and related urban issues. . . . a treasure trove. . . . it is a collection that I am destined to spend many hours pondering. Quigley's expertise and evenhandedness provides insurance that they will be hours well spent.' -- Frank Braconi, Citiges Housing of Planning Council of New York 'The collection covers the main topics that one would expect to find in any textbook on housing economics. . .'– Christine Whitehead, Housing StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Introduction Part I: Housing and Urban Spacial Structure Part II: Housing Supply and Filtering Part III: Housing Demand Part IV: Housing Prices: Measurement and Interpretation Part V: Hedonic Markets and Housing Choice • Volume II: Part I: Tenure Choice and Homeownership Part II: Regulation in the Housing and Land Markets Part III: Housing Subsidy Policy Part IV: Housing Market Discrimination Part V: Local Taxes, Amenities, and Property Values Part VI: Risk, Mortgage, and Financial Markets

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Book SynopsisPieter Hennipman, the leading Dutch economist of the post-war period, made many substantial contributions to economic policy, welfare economics and, latterly, the methodology and history of economic thought during a long and distinguished career.Welfare Economics and the Theory of Economic Policy brings together a key selection of Professor Hennipman's papers - many of which have not been published in English before - which express his profound analysis of the theory of economic policy and his masterful discussion of its definition, character and scope. The pioneering work featured here developed his argument that normative economic statements and economic policies can be analysed scientifically and evaluated with the use of objective criteria. Prominent among these papers are the contributions to welfare economics and Pieter Hennipman's examination of the transition from the view that welfare was exclusively dependent on production to one which saw it as a subjective phenomenon dependent upon consumption. This volume also includes his rigorous and insightful essays on the history of the theory of welfare economics.With a thorough introduction by Donald Walker, this comprehensive volume will improve access to Professor Hennipman's outstanding contributions on the nature of the theory of economic policy as well as papers which place welfare theory in relation to other sections of economic theory in a penetrating and sophisticated manner.Trade Review'This book provides an excellent reference volume by bringing together a collection of this distinguished author's key papers covering analysis of the theory of economic policy and discussion of its definition, character and scope.' -- Aslib Book Guide'. . . I recommend the book especially to the "mainstream" sceptics.'– Yew-Kwang Ng, The Manchester SchoolTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. On the Theory of Economic Policy 2. Pareto Optimality: Value Judgement or Analytical Tool? 3. Welfare Economics: The Hennipman–Mishan Debate 4. The Reasoning of a Great Methodologist: Mark Blaug on the Nature of Paretian Welfare Economics 5. Two Kinds of Interpersonal Utility Comparison 6. Distribution in Paretian Welfare Economics 7. Wicksell and Pareto: Their Relationship in the Theory of Public Finance 8. Some Notes on Pareto Optimality and Wicksellian Unanimity 9. A Tale of Two Schools: Comments on a New View of the Ordinalist Revolution 10. Hicks, Robbins and the Demise of Pigovian Welfare Economics: Rectification and Amplification Index

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Book SynopsisMark Kleinman's new book explains what has happened to housing policy in Europe over the last two decades, and what housing policy can tell us about welfare development more generally over the period. Housing, Welfare and the State in Europe identifies a divergence in housing policy between, on the one hand, the majority of relatively affluent households and, on the other, an impoverished minority. The legal, financial and economic concerns of the well-housed, owner-occupier majority have preoccupied public policy across Europe, with the impoverished minority often badly housed or homeless. In Britain this has been particularly evident with elections won and lost on the level of the mortgage rate rather than the level of housing output, and still less on the level of homelessness.Housing policy occupies a unique place in public policy at the intersection of social with economic policy, involving a mixed economy of welfare. Consequently, Dr Kleinman's study offers insights into the future direction of public policy as a whole, the balance between economic and social goals, and the relative weighting given to free markets and state intervention in a variety of countries.Trade Review'Housing, Welfare and the State in Europe not only provides an insightful perspective on recent trends in housing policy, but is essential reading for anyone concerned with wider debates on convergence or social polarization.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Housing, Welfare and the State 2. Britain: An Anglo-Saxon Housing Policy? 3. France: “Qui dit Marché dit Exclusion” 4. Germany: From Social Market to Free Market 5. Europe: Bringing in the (Super) State? 6. The Wider Context: Welfare Division and Welfare Change 7. Policy Convergence or Policy Collapse? References Index

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Book SynopsisThe economic demands of an ageing population, coupled with the crisis of public spending pose one of the greatest challenges to social policy in both the East and West. This book focuses on the political economy of pensions, particularly on the interaction between private and state provision. Enterprise and the Welfare State argues that there is more to welfare than simply provision by the state and so the focus of this book is on the welfare society rather than the welfare state. This requires a new system of statistical accounting and a different focus for case studies. A multidisciplinary approach is used to examine the design of the pensions system in nine countries with different institutional welfare mixes. Using a common conceptual framework, it compares and contrasts the goals and realities of the welfare systems in France, Germany, The Netherlands and Sweden, where strong occupational pensions are in operation, with the more modest welfare states in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Each country case study provides a grounded analysis of the evolution of pension design and traces the impact of the policies on the economic well-being of the aged and the performance of the economy. It offers new data on the level of spending of enterprise based occupational pensions and examines the implications for redistribution resulting from changes in the design of state and occupational pensions. This book will be essential reading for academics, students and public policymakers interested in the economics of welfare, social policy and the future of pension provision.Trade Review'. . . anyone who wants to be an expert in this field should read this book. There is nothing to be criticized in either the research or the presentation by the authors. Indeed, the chapters are well written. . . . Altogether I can enthusiastically recommend this book for people in this field. It is well written, comprehensive, and the result of much work.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Emerging Role of Enterprise in Social Policy (M. Rein and E. Wadensjö) 2. The Austrian Pension System (P. Rosner, T. Url and A. Wörgötter) 3. France: A National and Contractual Second Tier (E. Reynaud) 4. The Public-Private Mix in Pension Provision in Germany: The Role of Employer-based Pension Arrangements and the Influence of Public Activities (W. Schmähl) 5. The Retirement Provision Mix in Italy: The Dominant Role of the Public System (R. Di Biase, A. Gandiglio, M. Cozzolino and G. Proto) 6. The Role of the Japanese Company in Compensating Income Loss after Retirement (Y. Kimura) 7. The Netherlands: Growing Importance of Private Sector Arrangements (M. Blomsa and R. Jansweijer) 8. The Welfare Mix in Pension Provisions in Sweden (E. Wadensjö) 9. The British Case (T. Lynes) 10. Enterprise and the State: Interactions in the Provision of Employees’ Retirement Income in the United States (L. apRoberts and J. Turner) Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative collection brings together 100 key articles on the subject of the welfare state selected by one of the world's leading experts. The first volume discusses the economic theory and related matters which underpin analysis of the welfare state. Volume II is about income transfers, especially social security benefits and poverty relief. Volume III looks at benefits in kind, particularly health care and education.This important work provides an analytical background to the subject whilst illustrating the vast array of literature available. It will be invaluable to students and professionals alike.Table of ContentsContents Volume I: Theory Acknowledgements Introduction Nicholas Barr PART I SETTING THE SCENE 1. Howard Glennerster (1995), ‘The Life Cycle: Public or Private Concern?’ 2. Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1996), excerpt from ‘After the Golden Age? Welfare State Dilemmas in a Global Economy’ 3. Nicholas Barr (1992), ‘Economic Theory and the Welfare State: A Survey and Interpretation’ PART II POLITICAL AND ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES 4. Lionel Robbins (1938), ‘Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: A Comment’ 5. Amartya Sen (1970), ‘The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal’ 6. Samuel Brittan (1995), ‘Choice and Utility’ 7. Samuel Gorovitz (1975), ‘John Rawls: A Theory of Justice’ 8. F.A. Hayek (1976), excerpt from ‘"Social" or Distributive Justice’ 9. Julian Le Grand (1984), ‘Equity as an Economic Objective’ 10. Amartya Sen (1984), ‘Ethical Issues in Income Distribution: National and International’ PART III ACHIEVING EFFICIENCY: THE ROLE OF MARKETS A Market Success 11. Arthur M. Okun (1975), ‘The Case for the Market’ B Market Failure 12. Bruce C. Greenwald and Joseph E. Stiglitz (1986), ‘Externalities in Economies with Imperfect Information and Incomplete Markets’ 13. Kenneth J. Arrow (1963), ‘Uncertainty and the Welfare Economics of Medical Care’ 14. George A. Akerlof (1970), ‘The Market for "Lemons": Quality, Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism’ 15. Mark V. Pauly (1974), ‘Overinsurance and Public Provision of Insurance: The Roles of Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection’ 16. Michael Rothschild and Joseph Stiglitz (1976), ‘Equilibrium in Competitive Insurance Markets: An Essay on the Economics of Imperfect Information’ 17. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1983), ‘Risk, Incentives and Insurance: The Pure Theory of Moral Hazard’ 18. Assar Lindbeck (1997), ‘Incentives and Social Norms in Household Behavior’ C Public Choice and Government Failure 19. Dennis C. Mueller (1997), ‘Public Choice in Perspective’ 20. James M. Buchanan (1962), ‘The Relevance of Pareto Optimality’ 21. Patrick Dunleavy (1985), ‘Bureaucrats, Budgets and the Growth of the State: Reconstructing an Instrumental Model’ 22. Julian Le Grand (1991), ‘The Theory of Government Failure’ PART IV POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES A Poverty 23. A.B. Atkinson (1989), ‘How Should We Measure Poverty? Some Conceptual Issues’ 24. Amartya Sen (1976), ‘Poverty: An Ordinal Approach to Measurement’ 25. Anthony F. Shorrocks (1995), ‘Revisiting the Sen Poverty Index’ 26. A.B. Atkinson (1987), ‘On the Measurement of Poverty’ 27. Meghnad Desai (1984), ‘A General Theory of Poverty? A Review Article’ B Income Inequality 28. Jan Pen (1971), ‘A Parade of Dwarfs (and a few Giants)’, excerpt from ‘Some Facts to be Explained’ 29. Peter Wiles (1974), excerpt from ‘The Distribution of Wages per Earner and of Income per Head in the U.S.S.R.’ 30. Arthur M. Okun (1975), ‘The Leaky-Bucket Experiment’ and ‘Inspecting the Leakages’ 31. A.B. Atkinson (1980), ‘On the Measurement of Inequality’ C Other Dimensions of Inequality 32. Richard Vaughan (1988), ‘Distributional Aspects of the Life Cycle Theory of Saving’ 33. Edwin Cannan (1928), ‘Inequality Between the Sexes’ 34. P.F. Apps and R. Rees (1996), ‘Labour Supply, Household Production and Intra-family Welfare Distribution’ 35. Jane Lewis (1992), ‘Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes’ Name Index Volume II: Income Transfers Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING AND INSURANCE A Social Insurance 1. A.B. Atkinson (1989), ‘Social Insurance and Income Maintenance’ 2. Samuel Brittan (1995), ‘Basic Income and the Welfare State’ 3. Jane Falkingham and John Hills (1995), ‘Redistribution Between People or Across the Life Cycle?’ B The Economics of Pensions 4. Paul A. Samuelson (1958), ‘An Exact Consumption-Loan Model of Interest With or Without the Social Contrivance of Money’ 5. Henry Aaron (1966), ‘The Social Insurance Paradox’ 6. Nicholas A. Barr (1979), ‘Myths My Grandpa Taught Me’ 7. Lawrence H. Thompson (1998), ‘Overview and Summary’ 8. P.A. Diamond (1977), ‘A Framework for Social Security Analysis’ C The Debate Over Pension Reform 9. Jonathan Gruber and David Wise (1998), ‘Social Security and Retirement: An International Comparison’ 10. Zvi Bodie, Alan J. Marcus and Robert C. Merton (1988), ‘Defined Benefit versus Defined Contribution Pension Plans: What Are the Real Trade-offs?’ 11. Peter A. Diamond (1998), ‘The Economics of Social Security Reform’ 12. Henry J. Aaron and Robert D. Reischauer (1998), ‘The Case for Preserving Social Security: How Should It Be Done?’ 13. Martin Feldstein (1996), ‘The Missing Piece in Policy Analysis: Social Security Reform’ 14. Peter A. Diamond (1996), ‘An Economist’s Perspective’, excerpt from ‘Social Security Reform in Chile: Two Views’ PART II POVERTY RELIEF, DISTRIBUTION AND REDISTRIBUTION A Targeting 15. Burton A. Weisbrod (1969), ‘Collective Action and the Distribution of Income: A Conceptual Approach’ 16. George A. Akerlof (1978), ‘The Economics of "Tagging" as Applied to the Optimal Income Tax, Welfare Programs, and Manpower Planning’ 17. Timothy Besley and Ravi Kanbur (1993), ‘The Principles of Targeting’ 18. Nicholas Stern (1982), ‘Optimum Taxation with Errors in Administration’ 19. Albert L. Nichols and Richard J. Zeckhauser (1982), ‘Targeting Transfers through Restrictions on Recipients’ B Measuring Income Poverty 20. Alan Gillie (1996), ‘The Origin of the Poverty Line’ 21. Martin Ravallion (1996), ‘Issues in Measuring and Modelling Poverty’ 22. Shubham Chaudhuri and Martin Ravallion (1994), ‘How Well Do Static Indicators Identify the Chronically Poor’ 23. Peter Gottschalk (1997), ‘Inequality, Income Growth and Mobility: The Basic Facts’ 24. W. Beckerman (1979), ‘The Impact of Income Maintenance Payments on Poverty in Britain, 1975’ C Measuring Inequality 25. A.B. Atkinson (1997), ‘Bringing Income Distribution in from the Cold’ 26. A.B. Atkinson, Lee Rainwater and Tim Smeeding (1995), ‘Income Distribution in European Countries’ 27. Peter Gottschalk and Timothy M. Smeeding (1997), ‘Cross-National Comparisons of Earnings and Income Inequality’ 28. Edward N. Wolff (1996), ‘International Comparisons of Wealth Inequality’ D Charity 29. Robert Sugden (1982), ‘On the Economics of Philanthropy’ 30. James Andreoni (1990), ‘Impure Altruism and Donations to Public Goods: A Theory of Warm-glow Giving’ 31. Richard M. Titmuss (1970), excerpt from ‘Who is My Stranger?’ 32. Julian Le Grand (1997), ‘Afterword’ Name Index Volume III: Benefits in Kind Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE A Health 1. Robert G. Evans (1996), ‘Health, Hierarchy and Hominids – Biological Correlates of the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health’ 2. Richard Wilkinson (1996), ‘The Social Economy of Health’ 3. Judith Shapiro (1995), ‘The Russian Mortality Crisis and Its Causes’ 4. Julian Le Grand (1987), ‘Inequalities in Health: Some International Comparisons’ 5. John Broome (1978), ‘Trying to Value a Life’ James M. Buchanan and Roger L. Faith (1979), ‘Trying Again to Value a Life’ M.W. Jones-Lee (1979), ‘Trying to Value a Life: Why Broome Does Not Sweep Clean’ Alan Williams (1979), ‘A Note on ‘Trying to Value a Life’’ John Broome (1979), ‘Trying to Value a Life: A Reply’ B The Economics of Health Care 6. Henry Aaron (1981), ‘Economic Aspects of the Role of Government in Health Care’ 7. Julian Le Grand (1996), ‘Equity, Efficiency and Rationing of Health Care’ 8. Robert G. Evans (1974), ‘Supplier-Induced Demand: Some Empirical Evidence and Implications’ C Allocating Health Care Resources Efficiently 9. Victor R. Fuchs (1996), ‘Economics, Values, and Health Care Reform’ 10. Howard Glennerster and Julian Le Grand (1995), ‘The Development of Quasi-Markets in Welfare Provision in the United Kingdom’ 11. Alan Williams (1985), ‘Economics of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting’ 12. Bernie J. O’Brien, Martin J. Buxton and Brian A. Ferguson (1987), ‘Measuring the Effectiveness of Heart Transplant Programmes: Quality of Life Data and Their Relationship to Survival Analysis’ 13. Michael Parsonage and Henry Neuburger (1992), ‘Discounting and Health Benefits’ D The Distribution of Health Care 14. A.J. Culyer and Adam Wagstaff (1993), ‘Equity and Equality in Health and Health Care’ 15. Eddy van Doorslaer, Adam Wagstaff et al (1992), ‘Equity in the Delivery of Health Care: Some International Comparisons’ 16. Adam Wagstaff, Eddy van Doorslaer et al (1992), ‘Equity in the Finance of Health Care: Some International Comparisons’ PART II EDUCATION A The Economics of Education 17. Mark Blaug (1976), ‘The Empirical Status of Human Capital Theory: A Slightly Jaundiced Survey’ 18. Mark Blaug (1985), ‘Where Are We Now in the Economics of Education?’ 19. Joseph E. Stiglitz (1975), ‘The Theory of "Screening", Education, and the Distribution of Income’ B School Education 20. Mark Blaug (1984), ‘Education Vouchers – It All Depends on What You Mean’ 21. Howard Glennerster (1991), ‘Quasi-markets for Education?’ 22. Dennis Epple and Richard E. Romano (1998), ‘Competition Between Private and Public Schools, Vouchers, and Peer-Group Effects’ 23. Eric A. Hanushek (1986), ‘The Economics of Schooling: Production and Efficiency in Public Schools’ 24. Eric A. Hanushek (1996), ‘Measuring Investment in Education’ 25. Christopher Jencks and Meredith Phillips (1998), ‘The Black-White Test Score Gap’ 26. Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout, Martín Sánchez Jankowski, Samuel R. Lucas, Ann Swidler and Kim Voss (1996), excerpts from ‘Why Inequality?’, and ‘Race, Ethnicity, and Intelligence’ C Financing Higher Education 27. Nicholas Barr (1998), ‘Higher Education in Australia and Britain: What Lessons?’ 28. W. Lee Hansen and Burton A. Weisbrod (1969), ‘The Distribution of Costs and Direct Benefits of Public Higher Education: The Case of California’ 29. Milton Friedman (1962), ‘The Role of Government in Education’ 30. Howard Glennerster, Stephen Merrett and Gail Wilson (1968), ‘A Graduate Tax’ 31. Nicholas Barr (1991), ‘Income-contingent Student Loans: An Idea Whose Time has Come’ 32. Paul Grout (1983), ‘Education Finance and Imperfections in Information’ 33. Bruce Chapman (1997), ‘Conceptual Issues and the Australian Experience with Income Contingent Charges for Higher Education’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe transition from central planning in Central and Eastern Europe has resulted in a decline in social security. Transformation of Pension Systems in Central and Eastern Europe provides an in-depth examination of systems of social protection for the elderly.The authors begin by analysing the urgent measures required to respond to a changing economic system. They also consider the fundamental questions of redesigning old-age financial security which is embedded in an international debate on pension reform, taking into account the political and economic factors from a comparative perspective. Covering the Baltic states, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary, the development of pension security is traced from the late 1980s to the end of the 1990s. Using local pension experts with academic and administrative backgrounds, the country studies are characterized by a detailed and interdisciplinary perspective, and provide an economic, political, legal and institutional approach to pension systems development.Trade Review'This book takes a detailed look at changes in the pension systems of central and East European countries.' -- European Library'Given the highly specialised subject matter, which so easily degenerates into rather tedious calculations, this book is really amazingly interesting and competently executed.' -- The late Mark Blaug, formerly of the University of London and University of Buckingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Transformation of Pension Schemes in Comparative Perspective 1. Introduction: Design of the Analysis, its Methodological Approach and Basic Decisions in Designing Pension Schemes 2. Economic, Demographic and Institutional Background 3. The Development of Pension Systems 4. Explaining Reforms Part II: Country Reports 5. Transformation of Old-Age Security in Estonia 6. Transformation of Old-Age Security in Latvia 7. Transformation of Old-Age Security in Lithuania 8. Transformation of Old-Age Security in Poland 9. Transformation of Old-Age Security in the Czech Republic 10. Transformation of Old-Age Security in the Slovak Republic 11. Transformation of Old-Age Security in Hungary Index

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Book SynopsisThis three-volume compendium reproduces all the key texts on the welfare state - its rise and fall, its varying rationales and instrumentalities, its different forms in different periods and different places. Political history and social theory are interspersed with sociology and economics, and neo-liberal analyses sit alongside socialist and feminist ones, making for an invigorating blend of opposing perspectives. Anglo-American experiences are contrasted not just with those of Germany and Scandinavia but also with Japan and Taiwan, Italy and Hungary, Australia and South Asia, thus highlighting the many distinct styles of welfare states and the distinctive social, economic, political and cultural forces driving them. The juxtaposition of all the standard texts alongside many others which are deeply revealing but virtually unknown makes this an indispensable reference source for all serious students of the welfare state.Trade Review'. . . with The Foundations of the Welfare State, the editors have compounded a grand, magisterial collection that will become the standard reference for researchers and teachers.' -- Pieter Vanhuysse, Political Studies'At last a reference collection that does justice to the enormously rich literature on the development of social policy and the major issues involved. These volumes are sensitive to the many contributing disciplines and the editors have a shrewd eye for competing approaches. This collection is lively and comprehensive, it will be indispensable for teaching.' -- Jane Lewis, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Rise and Fall 1. T.H. Marshall (1964), ‘Citizenship and Social Class’ 2. Ann Shola Orloff (1993), ‘Gender and the Social Rights of Citizenship: The Comparative Analysis of Gender Relations and Welfare States’ 3. Claus Offe (1997), ‘Towards a New Equilibrium of Citizens’ Rights and Economic Resources?’ 4. Linda Gordon (1994), ‘Welfare Reform: A History Lesson’ Part II: Instrumentalities 5. U.S. Social Security Administration (1994), ‘Program Characteristics’ 6. Richard M. Titmuss (1958/1976), ‘The Social Division of Welfare: Some Reflections on the Search for Equity’ 7. Jacobus ten Broek and Richard B. Wilson (1954), ‘Public Assistance and Social Insurance – A Normative Evaluation’ 8. Robert E. Goodin (1990), ‘Stabilizing Expectations: The Role of Earnings-related Benefits in Social Welfare Policy’ 9. Deborah Mitchell, Ann Harding and Fred Gruen (1994), ‘Targeting Welfare’ 10. Theda Skocpol (1991), ‘Targeting within Universalism: Politically Viable Policies to Combat Poverty in the United States’ 11. James Tobin (1970), ‘On Limiting the Domain of Inequality’ 12. Alva Myrdal (1945), ‘In Cash or In Kind’ 13. Abram de Swaan (1988), ‘Workers’ Mutualism: An Interlude on Self-Management’ 14. Norman Johnson (1990), ‘Problems for the Mixed Economy of Welfare’ 15. Hilary Land (1978), ‘Who Cares for the Family?’ 16. World Bank (1994), ‘Overview: Averting the Old Age Crisis’ 17. Julian Le Grand (1991), ‘Quasi-Markets and Social Policy’ 18. Rudolf Klein and Jane Millar (1995), ‘Do-It-Yourself Social Policy: Searching for a New Paradigm?’ 19. A.B. Atkinson (1996), ‘The Case for a Participation Income’ Name Index Volume II Part I: The Growth of an Idea: The British Welfare State 1. English Poor Law of 1601 (1770), ‘Anno 43 Elizabeth, cap. 2’ 2. Jonathan Swift (1729/1955), ‘A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland, from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country; and For Making Them Beneficial to the Publick’ 3. Alexis de Tocqueville (1835/1983), ‘Memoir on Pauperism’ 4. Charles Booth (1891), ‘Enumeration and Classification of Paupers, and State Pensions for the Aged’ 5. B. Seebohm Rowntree (1902), ‘Summary and Conclusion’ 6. David Lloyd George (1908), ‘Old-Age Pensioners Bill. Order for Second Reading read’ 7. Winston Churchill (1911), ‘Speech on National Insurance Bill’ 8. R.H. Tawney (1943), ‘The Problem of the Public Schools’ 9. Sir William Beveridge (1942), ‘Social Insurance and Allied Services’ 10. John Maynard Keynes (1980), ‘Proposed Speech on Beveridge Report’ 11. Aneurin Bevan (1947), ‘National Assistance Bill. Order for Second Reading read’ Part II: Three Worlds 12. Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1989), ‘The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State’ 13. Jane Lewis (1992), ‘Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes’ A Liberal 14. Frances Perkins, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Henry A. Wallace and Harry L. Hopkins (1970), ‘The New Deal’ from ‘Report of the Committee on Economic Security’ 15. Margaret Weir, Ann Shola Orloff and Theda Skocpol (1988), ‘Understanding American Social Politics’ B Corporatist 16. Jens Alber (1986), ‘Germany: Historical Synopsis’ 17. Claus Offe (1992), ‘Smooth Consolidation in the West German Welfare State: Structural Change, Fiscal Policies, and Populist Politics’ C Social Democratic 18. Alva Myrdal (1945), ‘Official Programs and Legislative Acts’ 19. Walter Korpi (1990), The Development of the Swedish Welfare State in a Comparative Perspective Part III: Other Worlds 20. Catherine Jones (1990), ‘Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan: Oikonomic Welfare States’ 21. Chiara Saraceno (1994), ‘The Ambivalent Familism of the Italian Welfare State’ 22. New Gold Plan (1989) and Previous Golden Plan (1994) 23. Francis G. Castles (1996), ‘Needs-Based Strategies of Social Protection in Australia and New Zealand’ 24. Nancy Fraser (1994), ‘After the Family Wage: Gender Equity and the Welfare State’ 25. János Kornai (1992), ‘The Postsocialist Transition and the State: Reflections in the Light of Hungarian Fiscal Problems’ 26. Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen (1991), ‘Public Action for Social Security: Foundations and Strategy’ Name Index Volume III Part I: Expansion 1. Asa Briggs (1961), ‘The Welfare State in Historical Perspective’ 2. John Dryzek and Robert E. Goodin (1986), ‘Risk-Sharing and Social Justice: The Motivational Foundations of the Post-War Welfare State’ 3. Phillips Cutright (1965), ‘Political Structure, Economic Development, and National Security Programs’ 4. Harold L. Wilensky (1975), ‘Economic Level, Ideology, and Social Structure’ 5. Alexander M. Hicks and Duane H. Swank (1992), ‘Politics, Institutions, and Welfare Spending in Industrialized Democracies, 1960–82’ 6. David Collier and Richard E. Messick (1975), ‘Prerequisites Versus Diffusion: Testing Alternative Explanations of Social Security Adoption’ 7. Walter Korpi (1980), ‘Social Policy and Distributional Conflict in the Capitalist Democracies. A Preliminary Comparative Framework’ Part II: Aspirations and Accomplishments 8. Peter Townsend (1979), ‘Conclusion II: The Explanation and Elimination of Poverty’ 9. David Piachaud (1981), ‘Peter Townsend and the Holy Grail’ 10. Gilbert Y. Steiner (1974), ‘Reform Follows Reality: The Growth of Welfare’ 11. Sheldon Danziger, Robert Haveman and Robert Plotnick (1981), ‘How Income Transfer Programs Affect Work, Savings, and the Income Distribution: A Critical Review’ 12. Charles A. Murray (1982), ‘The Two Wars Against Poverty: Economic Growth and the Great Society’ 13. Mary Jo Bane and David T. Ellwood (1986), ‘Slipping Into and Out of Poverty: The Dynamics of Spells’ 14. Nancy Fraser and Linda Gordon (1994), ‘A Geneology of Dependency: Tracing a Keyword of the U.S. Welfare State’ 15. Rudolf Klein (1993), ‘O’Goffe’s Tale: Or What Can We Learn from the Success of the Capitalist Welfare States?’ 16. A.B. Atkinson (1995), ‘The Welfare State and Economic Performance’ 17. Alfred Pfaller, with Ian Gough and Göran Therborn (1991), ‘The Issue’ and ‘Welfare Statism and International Competition: The Lesson of the Case Studies’ Part III: Retrenchment 18. Paul Pierson (1996), ‘The New Politics of the Welfare State’ 19. George J. Stigler (1970), ‘Director’s Law of Public Income Redistribution’ 20. Assar Lindbeck (1995) ‘Hazardous Welfare-State Dynamics’ 21. Julian Le Grand and David Winter (1986), ‘The Middle Classes and the Welfare State under Conservative and Labour Governments’ 22. Gary Burtless, R. Kent Weaver and Joshua M. Wiener (1997), ‘The Future of the Social Safety Net’ Part IV: Rebirth on the World Stage? 23. Stephan Leibfried and Paul Pierson (1992), ‘Prospects for Social Europe’ 24. Bob Deacon (1995), ‘Global Social Policy Actors and the Shaping of East European Welfare’ 25. Abram de Swaan (1992), ‘Perspectives for Transnational Social Policy’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe Political Economy of the New Deal explores the political and economic forces that shaped the highly uneven distribution of federal emergency relief spending during the Great Depression. It presents new empirical evidence on the Roosevelt administration's response to the Great Depression, and shows how this was influenced more by presidential politics than by the plight of the unemployed millions. The authors apply public choice theory to data produced by the Roosevelt administration to produce an empirical model of New Deal spending decisions. It reassesses the role played by politics in shaping the policies adopted by the New Dealers through a detailed analysis of the distribution of federal emergency relief funds. The authors present new econometric evidence supporting the idea that President Roosevelt used the New Deal to buy electoral votes. They suggest that states with healthier economies attracted disproportionately larger shares of the federal government's relief funds simply because they could afford the programs' costs; and that states whose citizens were in greatest economic need were required to bear more of the cost of financing projects. The results from this analysis suggest that while economic need was certainly not ignored, political considerations dominated the distribution of New Deal dollars.This book examines the origins of the modern American welfare state from a public choice perspective and will be of great interest to economists and political scientists, as well as those interested in the economic history of the United States.Trade Review'All in all, The Political Economy of the New Deal is a well-written book that makes us think further about the motives of the New Dealers and politicians in general. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the New Deal and the politics of the 1930s.' -- Gene Smiley, The Independent Review'This book effectively debunks the popular mythology about the New Deal, and represents a watershed in the application of public choice analysis to an important episode in recent economic history.' -- Gary M. Anderson, Public Choice'. . . engaging and provocative . . . Couch and Shughart's book provides a useful outline of some of the arguments that a public choice based view of the New Deal must attempt to make. They present an interesting overview of several agencies and programs, accompanied by quotes and examples that often succeed in giving the reader a feeling of being in the midst of the action.' -- Barbara J. Alexander, Journal of Economic History'Well written, this volume is a useful blend of public choice theory and economic history.' -- H.H. Ulbrich, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A Concise History of the Great Depression 3. The Farm Crisis and Rural Relief 4. The First New Deal 5. The Second New Deal 6. Did the New Dealers Respond to Economic Need? 7. Politics and Patterns of New Deal Spending 8. The Political Economy of the New Deal 9. Summary and Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is concerned with some of the conceptual and practical problems of measuring the changes in welfare of individuals and the excess burdens arising from taxation. It provides an introductory review of alternative concepts and practical approaches to the measurement of welfare as well as providing a number of practical examples of welfare analyses in a variety of contexts.The excess burden of a tax is a central concept in economics. John Creedy provides an introduction to various concepts of welfare change, paying particular attention to the measurement issues involved. He then applies the methods outlined to the measurement of marginal tax reform and indirect tax reform, with empirical data taken from Australia. He also examines the redistributive effect of price changes in Australia between 1980 and 1995, and the effects of inflation in New Zealand over the period 1993-1995. Finally, he calculates the welfare costs of monopoly and measures the burdens of carbon taxation and welfare.Measuring Welfare Changes and Tax Burdens will be of interest to students and academics working in the areas of public finance and public policy, as well as economists working in government.Trade Review'This book will be of interest to advanced students and economists working in the area of public policy.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction and Outline Part II: Theory and Methods 2. Review of Demand Analysis 3. Concepts of Welfare Change 4. Measuring Welfare Changes 5. A Convenient Parametric Approach 6. Equivalent Incomes and Optimal Taxation Part III: Applications 7. Marginal Tax Reform 8. Indirect Tax Reform 9. The Distributional Effects of Inflation 10. Welfare Costs of Monopoly 11. Carbon Taxation and Welfare Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEconomic Welfare presents an important collection of leading writings in the fields of policy evaluation. The volume focuses on the conceptual issues behind welfare economics, drawing upon contributions from economics, moral philosophy and social philosophy. The selected readings are designed to present the case both for and against extant approaches to economic welfare.Modern welfare economics comprises three contrasting approaches. Pure Paretianism focuses on cases where everyone is made better off or worse off. This approach commands broad (although not universal) assent but does not apply to most real world choices. Cost-benefit analysis does most of the practical work for economic policy evaluation, but does not offer fully sound foundations. Newer approaches treat economic welfare as either cardinal or measurable in nature, often dropping the traditional strictures against interpersonal utility comparisons. This collection brings together these three approaches, examines their strengths and weaknesses and asks whether they share a common future.Economic Welfare will provide an indispensable reference source for students, academics and practitioners.Trade Review'The articles are well chosen to cover all aspects of the subject in each case.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Foundations 1. Hal R. Varian (1984), ‘General Equilibrium Theory and Welfare Economics’ 2. Arnold C. Harberger (1971), ‘Three Basic Postulates for Applied Welfare Economics: An Interpretive Essay’ 3. Amartya Sen (1979), ‘Personal Utilities and Public Judgements: Or What’s Wrong With Welfare Economics?’ 4. Tyler Cowen (1993), ‘The Scope and Limits of Preference Sovereignty’ 5. Steven Kelman (1981), ‘Cost–Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique’ 6. Robert Cooter and Peter Rappoport (1984), ‘Were the Ordinalists Wrong About Welfare Economics?’ 7. Amartya Sen (1984), ‘The Living Standard’ 8. Tyler Cowen (1991), ‘What a Non-Paretian Welfare Economics Would Have to Look Like’ Part II: Cost–Benefit Analysis 9. Robert D. Willig (1976), ‘Consumer’s Surplus Without Apology’ 10. John S. Chipman and James C. Moore (1978), ‘The New Welfare Economics 1939–1974’ 11. Richard G. Lipsey and Kelvin Lancaster (1997), ‘The General Theory of Second Best’ 12. Robert C. Lind (1982), ‘A Primer on the Major Issues Relating to the Discount Rate for Evaluating National Energy Projects’ 13. Martin J. Bailey and Michael C. Jensen (1972), ‘Risk and the Discount Rate for Public Investment’ 14. Daniel A. Graham (1981), ‘Cost–Benefit Analysis under Uncertainty’ 15. T.C. Schelling (1968), ‘The Life You Save May Be Your Own’ 16. Richard A. Posner (1981), ‘The Ethical and Political Basis of Wealth Maximization’ 17. Ronald M. Dworkin (1980), ‘Is Wealth a Value?’ 18. Arnold C. Harberger (1978), ‘On the Use of Distributional Weights in Social Cost–Benefit Analysis’ Part III: Social Choice and Utilitarianism 19. Allan M. Feldman (1974), ‘A Very Unsubtle Version of Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem’ 20. Kenneth J. Arrow (1984), ‘A Difficulty in the Concept of Social Welfare’ 21. John Rawls (1972), excerpt from ‘Justice as Fairness’ 22. John C. Harsanyi (1955), ‘Cardinal Welfare, Individualistic Ethics, and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility’ 23. Amartya Sen (1970), ‘The Impossibility of a Paretian Liberal’ 24. Robert Nozick (1974/1995), ‘How Liberty Upsets Patterns’ and ‘Sen’s Argument’ 25. Robert Sugden (1978), ‘Social Choice and Individual Liberty’ and ‘Discussion’ 26. Derek Parfit (1986), ‘Overpopulation and the Quality of Life’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisBy illustrating the similarities and differences within and across countries, this book reflects on the current role of social insurance, recent policy changes and pressures for reform in 10 European countries: UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Sweden and Denmark. The book summaries the main arguments and highlights the lessons to be learnt, reflecting on European experiences regarding social insurance and social security as a whole. Central questions addressed in the book are: What are the institutional and political forces which have shaped national systems? Are national governments diminishing the role of social insurance? Does social insurance have a future or is it an outdated welfare arrangement? Can the UK learn from experiences elsewhere? Social insurance in Europe provides a valuable contribution to the current debate about the future of the welfare state. It is essential reading for students and academics in the fields of social policy, European studies, sociology and political science and for all those concerned about the future of social security protection in modern society.Trade Review"This book is a very clear presentation of the place of social insurance within the general national framework of social protection systems." Journal of European Social Policy"This is an exceptionally useful addition to the literature on comparative social security and will be essential reading for courses in this field." Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Social insurance - an outmoded concept of social protection? ~ Jochen Clasen; Retrenchment or restructuring? The emergence of a multitiered welfare state in Denmark ~ Jon Kvist; Sweden: on the way from standard to basic security? ~ Ann-Charlotte Ståhlberg; Social insurance in Germany - dismantling or reconstruction? ~ Jochen Clasen; A 'liberal' dynamic in the transformation of the French social welfare system ~ Bruno Palier; Switzerland: institutions, reforms and the politics of consensual retrenchment ~ Giuliano Bonoli; The withering of social insurance in Britain ~ Angus Erskine; Social protection and social insurance in Portugal ~ Jack Hampson; Social insurance and the crisis of statism in Greece ~ Theodoros N. Papadopoulos; Social insurance in Hungary: the individualisation of the social? ~ Tony Maltby; Social security and social insurance in the Czech Republic ~ Mita Castle-Kanerova; Social insurance in Europe - adapting to change? ~ Angus Erskine and Jochen Clasen.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative and timely book examines the nature and meaning of 'empowerment' in child welfare and protection, using the family group conference (FGC) approach to decision making as an example. In response to the growing clamour for 'evidence-based practice', the book addresses the central question of how the idea of empowerment can be operationalised and evaluated. One of the aims of FGCs is to empower children and their families by enabling them more effectively to participate in the decision-making process and by affording them greater control over the outcomes of that process. Empowering practice? critically assesses the available evidence on the empowerment potential of FGCs and examines the implications of the approach for professionals, their agencies and the children and families involved. Empowering practice? is essential reading for academics and professionals working in a wide range of health, education and social care areas.Trade Review"This book provides a welcome intellectual analysis of empowerment. There is a comprehensive literature review, and the topic is located in its policy and practice context with a sound theoretical perspective ... it is to be hoped that it will find its way onto social work courses, and into post-qualification training ... the book should be helpful in advancing a number of very important debates in children and families social work." Community Care"Empowering practice? is a timely and important book [which] analyses the concept of empowerment with particular reference to child welfare. It is also a measured and comprehensive review of the national and international literature on family group conferences. This balanced book will be of value to academics and practitioners alike." Christine HallettTable of ContentsContents: The dilemmas of empowerment; Partnership and empowerment in children's services; Lessons from New Zealand; Empowering professionals?; International perspectives; Empowerment in process?; Assessing outcomes in child welfare Martin Stevens; Empowering outcomes?; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe New Labour government elected in May 1997 claimed that it would modernise the welfare state, by rejecting the solutions of both the Old Left and the New Right. New Labour, new welfare state? provides the first comprehensive examination of the social policy of New Labour; compares and contrasts current policy areas with both the Old Left and the New Right and applies the concept of the 'third way' to individual policy areas and to broader themes which cut across policy areas. The contributors provide a comprehensive account of developments in the main policy areas and in the themes of citizenship and accountability, placing these within a wider framework of the 'third way'. They find a complex picture. Although the exact shape of the new welfare state is difficult to detect, it is clear that there have been major changes in areas such as citizenship, the mixed economy of welfare, the centrality of work in an active welfare state, and the appearance of new elements such as joined up government at the centre and new partnerships of governance at the periphery. New Labour, new welfare state? provides topical information on the debate on the future of the welfare state and is essential reading for students and researchers in social policy, politics and sociology.Trade Review"This very substantial book ... gives a comprehensive account of the social welfare policies of the Labour government" Labour Research"There probably isn't another assessment as comprehensive as this available." New Labour Organiser"No reading list on contemporary British social policy should be without it!" Ruth Lister"Books which deal comprehensively and yet critically with the New Labour government’s third way for welfare reform will quickly become required reading for all students of social policy. This collection achieves both of these goals and is therefore deserving of such wide attention." Pete Alcock"... packed with information ... it can be used as a valuable reference book." Labour ResearchTable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Martin Powell; Public expenditure and the public/private mix ~ Tania Burchardt and John Hills; New Labour's health policy: the new healthcare state ~ Calum Paton; The personal social services and community care ~ Norman Johnson; Education, education, education ~ Yolande Muschamp, Ian Jamieson and Hugh Lauder; Housing policy under New Labour ~ Peter A. Kemp; New Labour and social security ~ Martin Hewitt; New Labour and employment, training and employee relations ~ Peter Cressey; The new politics of law and order: Labour, crime and justice ~ Sarah Charman and Stephen P. Savage; Citizenship ~ Hartley Dean; Accountability ~ John Rouse and George Smith; Bridging the Atlantic: the Democratic (Party) origins of Welfare to Work ~ Desmond King and Mark Wickham-Jones; Conclusion ~ Martin Powell.

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Book SynopsisIn the last decade, developed welfare states have witnessed a pendulum swing away from unconditional entitlement to social assistance, towards greater emphasis on obligations and conditions tied to the receipt of financial aid. Through administrative reforms, conditions of entitlement have been narrowed. With the introduction of compulsory work for recipients the contract between the state and uninsured unemployed people is changing. The product of research funded by the European Union, this book compares 'work-for-welfare' - or workfare - programmes objectively for the first time. It considers well publicised schemes from the United States alongside more overlooked examples of workfare programmes from six European countries: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and Britain. It is the first time that details of workfare programmes have been collated in such an easily accessible format. 'An offer you can't refuse' provides an analysis of the ideological debates that surround compulsory work programmes and gives a detailed overview of the programmes implemented in each country, including their political and policy contexts and the forces that have combined to facilitate their implementation. Similarities and differences between programmes are explored. Explanations for differences and lessons for policy makers are discussed.Trade Review"This is an important and highly readable book and it marks the first time that workfare programmes have been collated in such an easily accessible format." European Access Plus "... an excellent edited collection which provides insightful discussions of workfare policies and programs in the United States and several European countries." Journal of Progressive Human Services"An excellent volume. The editors have furnished us with a much-needed account of contemporary workfare arrangements in key welfare regimes." Journal of Social Policy"... an essential resource for students and others in social policy." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "... highly commendable ... It advances the comparative study of social assistance." European Journal of Social Work"A first and a must on work and welfare in comparative perspective." Stephan Leibfried, Director, Centre for Social Policy Research, Bremen University"'Workfare', 'activation', 'insertion' ... despite differing national titles, a significant shift in policy is underway. This book presents the first systematic cross-national survey of these new programmes, revealing their commonalities and diversity. More than that, it develops an original framework for making sense of the active welfare states that are emerging." Ian Gough, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath"This book makes a point that is new and very important. Social policies for able bodied adults are undergoing vast changes in the Western world. Our US experience is not unique, although differences in tone and purposes of national policies, as this book shows, are very great." Richard Nathan, The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of GovernmentTable of ContentsContents: A new contract for social assistance ~ Ivar L*emel and Heather Trickey; Between subsidiarity and social assistance - the French republican route to activation ~ Bernard Enjolras, Jean Louis Laville, Laurent Fraisse and Heather Trickey; Uneven development - local authorities and workfare in Germany ~ Wolfgang Voges, Herbert Jacobs and Heather Trickey; Workfare in the Netherlands - young unemployed people and the Jobseeker's Employment Act ~ Henk Spies and Rik van Berkel; National objectives and local implementation of workfare in Norway ~ Ivar Lødemel; When all must be active - workfare in Denmark ~ Anders Rosdahl and Hanne Weise; Steps to compulsion within British labour market policies ~ Heather Trickey and Robert Walker; Making work for welfare in the United States ~ Michael Wiseman; Comparing workfare programmes - features and implications ~ Heather Trickey; Discussion: workfare in the welfare state ~ Ivar Lødemel.

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Book SynopsisThis book challenges the underlying presupposition that regular employment is the royal road to inclusion. Drawing on original empirical research, it investigates the inclusionary and exclusionary potentials of different types of work, including activation programmes. Active social policies in the EU makes an important contribution to the debates in this area by: reporting on original international comparative research; reflecting on and critically assessing current activating policies; evaluating the consequences of these policies, as well as challenging the premises they are based on; including the perspectives of service users in its analyses; offering recommendations for the future design of activating policies. The book will be invaluable for students, lecturers and researchers of social and labour market policies and policy makers. It is essential reading for those interested in issues of inclusion, activation and the role of types of work in promoting inclusion.Trade Review"This is a balanced book, revealing a sensitivity to complex issues. The concluding emphasis on the need to view social policy innovations such as activation from the perspectives and experiences of clients is salutary and needs to be more widely adopted in comparative social policy research." Social Development Issues"There is currently a lot of political rhetoric about 'active social policies' in the EU. This book provides an empirical and analytical view of the complex issues of active employment and social policies in Europe. It is a most welcome contribution to ongoing debates. I warmly recommend it to policy makers, researchers and practitioners who wish to keep abreast of developments in the field." Matti Heikkilä, Deputy Director General of STAKES (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health), Helsinki, FinlandTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Rik van Berkel and Iver Hornemann Møller; The concept of inclusion/exclusion and the concept of work ~ Rik van Berkel, Iver Hornemann Møller and Colin C. Williams; The concept of activation ~ Rik van Berkel and Iver Hornemann Møller; The inclusive power of standard and non-standard work ~ Marisol García and Jan de Schampheleire; Inclusion through participation? Active social policies in the EU and empirical observations from case studies into types of work ~ Henning Hansen, Pedro Hespanha, Carlos Machado and Rik van Berkel; Patterns of exclusion/inclusion and people's strategies ~ Iver Hornemann Møller and Pedro Hespanha; Entrepreneurial activation: the Spanish Capitalisation of Unemployment Benefits programme ~ Aitor Gómez González; Orthodoxy and reflexivity in international comparative analysis ~ Ben Valkenburg and Jens Lind; Activation policies as reflexive social policies ~ Rik van Berkel and Maurice Roche.

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Book SynopsisWe are all approaching retirement but what should we expect? For some, it is a happy prospect. Others approach retirement knowing they face hardship and social exclusion. Amid alarming predictions of a 'demographic time bomb', governments and the private pensions industry urge everyone to plan and save now, but admit that there are risks. But will the pension funds deliver on their promises? Will the rich increasingly retire early but the poor work for longer? How reliable are state pension schemes? Do the USA, Sweden, or Australia have a 'better' approach to retirement pensions than the UK? Approaching retirement tackles these and many other questions from a number of sociological perspectives. Using the idea of the social division of welfare as a template, different approaches to retirement pensions policy are assessed and their strengths and weaknesses clearly presented. This book will be an invaluable resource for social science students at all levels and for those who teach them. Economists and pension practitioners will also find food for thought here.Trade Review"... an original, interesting and informed exposition on the issues of retirement." Ageing & Society"... highly readable. A significant achievement given the complexity of the subject matter, i.e. pensions, and the breadth of the theoretical perspectives that are examined." Journal of Social Policy"In the current ideological climate of 'apocalyptic demography', in which public welfare is portrayed as inferior to private, this book provides a lively review of the ideological contests surrounding retirement and pension policies. The social division of welfare is examined through the lens of several theoretical approaches, including political economy, consumption theory, Foucauldrian discourse theory and risk theory. The impact of pension policies on all our lives is made abundantly clear, as are the contradictions between individualism and wider social well-being." Jay Ginn, Department of Sociology, University of Surry, UK"This is an important and insightful book which deserves to be widely consulted. Kirk Mann's ability to synthesize theory and policy issues is truly impressive. He demonstrates just how sophisticated social policy scholarship has become." James Midgley, Specht Professor of Public Social Services and Dean of the School of Social Welfare, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsIntroduction; Social divisions, exclusion and retirement; Two versions of political economy: ease and plenty or immiseration and crisis?; Consumption, consumers and choice; Post-work and post-structuralism: first past the post?; Risk and post-traditional welfare; Looking (or put out) for greener grass? Some comparative measures of 'success'; Prophets, profits and uncertain conclusions.

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Book SynopsisRichard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics from 1950 until his death in 1973. His publications on welfare and social policy were radical and wide-ranging, spanning fields such as demography, class inequalities in health, social work, and altruism. Titmuss's work played a critical role in establishing the study of social policy as a scientific discipline; it helped to shape the development of the British Welfare State and influenced thinking about social policy worldwide. Despite its continuing relevance to current social policy issues both in the UK and internationally, much of Titmuss's work is now out of print. This book brings together a selection of his most important writings on a range of key social policy issues, together with commentary on these from contemporary experts in the field. The book should be read by undergraduate and postgraduate students in social policy and sociology, for many of whom Titmuss remains compulsory reading. It will be of interest to academics and other policy analysts as well as students and academics in political science and social work.Trade Review"... this edited volume is an excellent introduction to Titmuss's work and to his pioneering role in establishing the broad contours of the discipline." Journal of Social PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Pete Alcock and Ann Oakley; Part One: The family, poverty and population: Commentary by ~ Ann Oakley; The nation's wealth; The summation of poverty; A measurement of human progress; The position of women; Part Two: The 'welfare state': Commentary by ~ Tania Burchardt; The welfare state: images and realities; The social division of welfare: some reflections on the search for equity; War and social policy; Unfinished business; Part Three: Redistribution, universality and inequality: Commentary by ~ John Hills; The role of redistribution in social policy; Welfare state and welfare society; Social welfare and the art of giving; Part Four: Power, policy and privilege: Commentary by ~ Adrian Sinfield; The irresponsible society; The need for a new approach; Part Five: International and comparative dimensions: Commentary by ~ Howard Glennerster; The international perspective; Developing social policy in conditions of rapid change: the role of social welfare; Part Six: The subject of social policy: Commentary by ~ Pete Alcock; The subject of social administration; What is social policy?; Values and choices.

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Book SynopsisThroughout Europe income support for the poor has become highly controversial. It is often assumed to be not the answer to, but the cause of social exclusion, and is increasingly believed to give rise to welfare dependency. This book contributes to a more complex understanding of welfare state regimes and welfare recipients in contemporary Europe. Describing social assistance 'careers' in different national and urban contexts, it documents the strong interplay between personal biographies and policy patterns - a particularly useful perspective which complements the more structural, top-down approach of much international work in social policy. Social assistance dynamics in Europe is unique in comparing a range of northern and southern European countries (Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal); in its focus on the actual working of their policies: their set of actors; cultural background; implementation etc. and in its methodological approach, which combines longitudinal analysis with qualitative research. Academics and students of welfare and poverty, policy makers and social policy evaluators in the public, private and non profit sectors will find this book invaluable.Trade Review"... a most valuable sourcebook for anyone working on the problems of poverty and social exclusion." International Sociology "... daunting complexity is brilliantly managed by first-rate editing and teamwork. One can only guess what price was paid in terms of stressful relationships, but the result is excellent. ... this book shows it is possible to find important themes for comparison; to seek explanations for the differences in a disciplined way; to make the evidence locally specific without getting lost in detail; and to draw out general concepts, which will inform further discussion and eventually may even help to create more equitable services." European Journal of Social Work"... a remarkable piece of academic work. It provides, combines and analyses data from a variety of sources in a way that is rarely seen in comparative projects: historical data, in-depth qualitative interviews with recipients of social assistance, detailed information at the local and country level and lastly data on social assistance dynamics from eight cities in five European countries. The book is so rich, in methodological approaches, in data, in interpretations and theoretical insights, that a short review can hardly pay it full justice." International Journal of Social Welfare"... essential reading for anyone interested in the reform of tax and benefits." Citizen's Income Newsletter"... an original contribution to the understanding of comparative social assistance." Stewart Miller, Honorary Lecturer in Social Policy, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent at CanterburyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: exploring social assistance dynamics ~ Chiara Saraceno; Cities as local systems ~ Enzo Mingione, Marco Oberti and José Pereirinha; Income support measures for the poor in European cities ~ Yves Bonny and Nicoletta Bosco; Why some people are more likely to be on social assistance than others ~ Marisol Garcia and Yuri Kazepov; Paths through (and out of) social assistance ~ Bjorn Gustafsson, Rolf Müller, Nicola Negri and Wolfgang Voges; Deconstructing the myth of welfare dependence ~ Chiara Saraceno.

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Book SynopsisThe New Labour Government has placed great emphasis on service delivery. It has provided performance information in the form of Annual Reports, Public Service Agreements, Performance Assessment Frameworks, and a host of other targets. But has New Labour delivered on its welfare reform? Evaluating New Labour's welfare reforms: provides the first detailed and comprehensive examination of the welfare reforms of New Labour's first term; compares achievements with stated aims; examines success in the wider context; contributes to the debate on the problems of evaluating social policy. It is essential reading for academics and students of social policy and provides important information for academics and students in a wide range of areas such as politics, sociology, public policy, public administration and public management interested in welfare reform and policy evaluation.Trade Review"... a useful and detailed summary that will be of great value to students and teachers." Political Studies Review"... this book is strongly recommended to anyone with even a cursory interest in New Labour and New Labour welfare reform. The chapters are detailed, accessible and rich with additional sources and information, while the level of commentary and observation is in many places both considered and highly perceptive." Public Administration"... an important contribution to understanding the successes and failures of welfare policies during Labour's first term in office. Evaluating New Labour's welfare reforms brings together evidence from a wide range of sources." Tania Burchardt, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Martin Powell; New Labour and social justice ~ Martin Powell; Evaluating New Labour's accountability reforms ~ John Rouse and George Smith; Evaluating New Labour's approach to independent welfare provision ~ Edward Brunsdon and Margaret May; Children, families and New Labour: developing family policy ~ Jane Millar and Tess Ridge; Safe as houses? Housing policy under New Labour ~ Brian Lund; Cheques and checks: New Labour's record on the NHS ~ Calum Paton; A decent education for all? ~ Rajani Naidoo and Yolande Muschamp; New Labour and social care: continuity or change? ~ Mark Baldwin; New Labour and the redefinition of social security ~ Martin Hewitt; Toughing it out: New Labour's criminal record ~ Sarah Charman and Stephen P. Savage; Conclusion ~ Martin Powell.

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Book SynopsisCurrent policy encourages 'partnerships' - between statutory organisations and professionals; public and private sectors; with voluntary organisations and local communities. But is this collaborative discourse really as distinctive as the Labour Government claims? How far do contemporary partnerships exemplify an approach to governing which is based on networks (as distinct from hierarchies and markets)? Partnerships, New Labour and the governance of welfare: provides an up-to-date critical analysis of partnerships; addresses the highly topical theme of 'partnerships' as the means of achieving joined-up government; presents empirical evidence from a wide range of welfare partnerships; examines the relationships between local welfare partnerships and the management of those partnerships by central government; reveals the imbalance of power which characterises many contemporary partnerships. · It is essential reading for academics and students of contemporary social and public policy and for those with an interest in networks and other theories of welfare governance.Trade Review"The concept of 'partnership' assumes many different forms in the complext world of British social welfare. Martin Powell and his co-authors provide a clear and comprehensive account of the origins and many practical applications of this concept." Robert Pinker, Emeritus Professor of Social Administration, London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Martin Powell and Caroline Glendinning; Partnerships, quasi-networks and social policy ~ Martin Powell and Mark Exworthy; Partnership and the remaking of welfare governance ~ John Clarke and Caroline Glendinning; What is a 'successful' partnership and how can it be measured? ~ Bob Hudson and Brian Hardy; Partnership at the front line: the WellFamily service and primary care ~ Karen Clarke and Kirstein Rummery; Building capacity for collaboration in English Health Action Zones ~ Marian Barnes and Helen Sullivan; Partnerships for local governance: citizens, communities and accountability ~ Guy Daly and Howard Davis; Partnerships with the voluntary sector: can Compacts work? ~ Pete Alcock and Duncan Scott; Dangerous liaisons: local government and the voluntary and community sectors ~ Gary Craig and Marilyn Taylor; 'Together we'll crack it': partnership and the governance of crime prevention ~ Gordon Hughes and Eugene McLaughlin; Regeneration partnerships under New Labour: a case of creeping centralisation ~ Jonathan S. Davies; Education Action Zones ~ Marny Dickson, Sharon Gewirtz, David Halpin, Sally Power and Geoff Whitty; Public-private partnerships - the case of PFI ~ Sally Ruane; Public-private partnerships in pensions policies ~ Sue Ward; Towards a theory of welfare partnerships ~ Kirstein Rummery.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a psychosocial examination of the changing relationships between users of services, professionals and managers in the post-war welfare state. It: develops practice-based perspectives on changing social relations of care; discusses the psychic dimensions of entitlement, risk, responsibility, compassion and dependency in the welfare system; develops a grid to link the interpersonal, institutional and sociopolitical dimensions of successive post-war welfare settlements; explores the potential contribution of psychoanalytic concepts to social policy and practice. This book is aimed at all those who have an interest in the development of responsive welfare institutions, including policy makers, professionals and academics.Trade Review"... a good contribution to the field of the psychosociology of social policies. Based on the author's many years of professional practice, it contains a good many interesting ideas for reflection and debate, which should be read carefully, thinking about the theoretical and practical implications of the discussed topics." European Journal of Social Work"... highly erudite, thought-provoking and an exhilarating read." Journal of Social policy"... a stimulating read. Original, engaging and well written, Love, hate and welfare successfully reflects emerging shifts in the way in which people are thinking about social policy and social provision." Jane Millar, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of BathTable of ContentsContents: Part One: Introduction; Between fracture and solidarity; Psychosocial welfare; Old welfare: from warriors to citizens; No welfare: privatisation of concern; Mixed welfare: from consumption to compassion?; Part Two: Introduction; Beyond welfare: compassion, recognition and ethics of care; Beyond welfare: recognition, practice and the organisation; Beyond welfare: the political environment; Beyond welfare: vision, voice and story.

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Book SynopsisIn the UK, both Conservative and New Labour welfare strategies have been influenced by American policies. British welfare reform has continued in recent years, while American policies appear to have stagnated. What now are the lessons of British reform for America? The welfare we want? presents a detailed and unique comparison of welfare policies in the two countries. A team of international experts outlines, compares and contrasts the reform strategies pursued in each country and summarises the results to date. The editors argue that recent American reforms have failed to address key problems but that British ideas could refresh the American policy agenda. Moreover, both systems would gain from increased transatlantic policy dialogue.Trade Review"The book provides an excellent description and assessment of the UK programmes in the central chapters, with valuable wider contextual material in the other chapters. Readers seeking information on recent developments in the US and the UK will find clearly written, up-to-date accounts by leading authorities on the topics at hand." Journal of Social Policy"This is a book in which genuine inquiry takes precedence over policy polemics." Community Care"... a clear and detailed overview of the different systems." European Interests (ESOSC) "... a valuable review of the first six years of the Blair Government's initiatives in the area of welfare and work." Political Studies Review"An excellent volume ... researchers and policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic should read it and ponder the issues raised." Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, USA"This excellent book contains a collection of engaging, carefully researched and well-written essays organised around an original and significant theme: that the United States has not only influenced British welfare reform but can, in turn, draw lessons from the UK experience. It makes an invaluable contribution to ongoing debates about welfare." Mark Wickham-Jones, Department of Politics, University of Bristol"This is an important book. Alongside Wisconsin's W-2, Britain's New Deal is the most impressive redesign of welfare to appear. The authors apply the British version and experience to the American welfare debate, which has been too self-contained. They are thorough experts and they write well, opening a vista toward the better and bolder welfare state that might be ours on the other side of entitlement." Larry Mead, Professor of Politics, New York UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Sharing ideas on welfare ~ Robert Walker and Michael Wiseman; Welfare in the United States ~Michael Wiseman; The British perspective on reform: transfers from, and a lesson for, the US ~ Alan Deacon ; Eradicating child poverty in Britain: welfare reform and children since 1997 ~ Mike Brewer and Paul Gregg; The art of persuasion? The British New Deal for lone parents ~ Jane Millar; Beyond lone parents: extending welfare-to-work to disabled people and the young unemployed ~ Bruce Stafford; Shaping a vision of US welfare ~ Robert Walker and Michael Wiseman.

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Book SynopsisIt is widely assumed today that the 'welfare state' is contracting or retrenching as an effect of the close scrutiny to which entitlement to social security benefits is being subject in most developed countries. In this book, fifteen authorities from nine different countries - the UK, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Norway and the US - investigate to what extent this assumption is warranted. Taking into account developments and initiatives at every administrative level from sub-national employment agencies to the OECD and the World Bank, they draw on both data and theories in a broad spectrum of related disciplines, including political science, economics, sociology, and law. Detailed materials allow the reader to formulate well-defined responses to such crucial questions as: is there indeed waning public support for social security?; is the 'demographic time bomb' of an ageing population as serious as we are often led to believe?; how seriously do supranational reform proposals tend to underestimate cross-national differences?; to what degree is 'activation policy' merely rhetorical?; to what extent do employment office staff reformulate and redefine policies 'on the ground' to accommodate specific case-by-case realities? Specific criteria for entitlement (eg disability) and such central issues as 'gendered' assumptions, access to benefit programmes, and the involvement of trade unions are examined in a variety of contexts. As an authoritative assessment of the current state of social security reform - its critical issues, its direction, and its potential impacts - What future for social security? is an incomparable work and is sure to be of great value to academics as well as professionals and officials concerned with social programmes at any government level.Trade Review"This collection contains important reflections on emerging themes in social security. Anyone concerned with how welfare provision is being shaped for the future would be well advised to invest in this book." Katherine Rake, ESRC SAGE Research Group, London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsContents:Social security in the new millennium ~ Jochen Clasen; Part I: Debates: Rising tides and rusty boats: economic position of the poor I 1985-1995 ~ Olli Kangas; Popular support for social security. A sociological perspective ~ Wim van Oorschot; Non-discriminating social policy? Policy scenarios for meeting needs without categorisation ~ Helen Bolderson and Deborah Mabbet; Equality, employment and state social policies: a gendered perspective ~ Ann Shola Orloff; Europeanisation and decentralisation of welfare 'safety nets' ~ Luis Moreno; Part II: Reforms: A: Reforms in theoretical perspective: Beyond entrenchment: four problems in current welfare state research and one suggestion how to overcome them ~ Bruno Palier; Change without challenge? Welfare states, social construction of challenge and dynamics of path dependency ~ Jørgen Goul Andersen; B: Reforming pension systems: Public expenditure and population ageing: why families of nations are different ~ Francis G. Castles; Ageing and public pension reforms in Western Europe and North America: patterns and politics ~ Karl Hinrichs; The redistributional impact of a world bank 'pension regime' ~ Einer Overbye; C: Activation reforms: Activating welfare states. How social policies can provide employment ~ Jon Kvist; Welfare to work and the organisation of opportunity: European and American approaches form a British perspective ~ Martin Evans; Activating the unemployed: the street-level implementation of UK policy ~ Sharon Wright.

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Book SynopsisPro-'workfare' governments justify their policies by claiming 'workfare' helps enhance self-esteem and promote the dignity of unemployed recipients. On the other hand, welfare activists argue that 'workfare' suppresses the dignity of unemployed persons. This book examines the concept of human dignity in this context and attempts to clarify its meaning. For the first time, it formulates a framework for evaluating the dignity of welfare recipients; uses this framework to explore the dignity of unemployed persons in four different welfare systems: UK, Sweden, China and Hong Kong and compares the conditions of human dignity in each case and identifies factors which enhance or suppress it. Human dignity and welfare systems is important reading for students and academics in the fields of social policy, social work, philosophy and politics. It is also a useful reference text for politicians, welfare administrators and activists.Trade Review"Chan and Bowpitt's study provides a fresh approach to exploring welfare systems ... it provides a thorough, detailed analysis from an original perspective." British Journal of Social Work"The issues the book addresses are important for policy-makers and administrators, for social workers and other front line staff and for the academic community." International Journal of Social Welfare"Social policy has suffered from a dearth of high-quality discussion of the ethical and cultural dimensions of welfare theories. By comparing the systems and conceptions of social welfare in four different countries, the UK, China, Sweden and Hong Kong, the authors enhance our understanding of social welfare globally." Dr C.W. Lam, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong KongTable of ContentsContents: Human dignity and social policy; Rationality, sociability and human dignity; Respect, social participation and four welfare states; Hong Kong and human dignity; China and human dignity; The United Kingdom and human dignity; Sweden and human dignity; Comparing human dignity in four welfare systems; Human dignity and the classification of welfare systems.

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Book SynopsisEastern welfare systems have largely been neglected by Western social policy. There is very little information in the West about their operation and the differences between them. Yet, as China and South-East Asia emerge as a major regional economic block, it is vital to understand the social models that are in operation there and how they are developing. This book puts the spotlight on the Chinese and South-East Asian welfare systems, providing an up-to-date assessment of their character and development. In particular it examines the underlying assumptions of these systems and how the processes of globalisation are impacting on them. As well as specific country case studies, there is a valuable comparative analysis of Eastern and Western welfare states. The book provides a unique insight into the main South-East Asian welfare systems written by experts living and working within them. It focuses on 'Confucianism' and globalisation to provide an account of tradition and change within the South-East Asian cultural context. Eastern welfare states in transition will be essential reading for students of social policy requiring an understanding of non-Western welfare systems. Policy makers and practitioners who are interested in how Eastern welfare systems are adapting to globalisation will also find it an important read.Trade Review"With this significant scholarly contribution to comparative global social welfare policy, the authors make a very strong case for the inclusion of East Asia in any future comparative social policy research and scholarship. Social development should become part of the criteria for comparative social welfare policy analysis. Highly recommended." Choice"This most recent edited book by Alan Walker and C.K. Wong brings a fresh set of eastern thoughts and ideas in examining Asian welfare systems. ... Hopefully, this volume can become one of the catalysts to inspire other younger Asian scholars to further examine the social and welfare developments of the Asian region." The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work"This book provides a wide range of welfare policy developments in six East Asian societies; the text is especially relevant for Western researchers and students who are interested in comparative social policy studies." International Journal of Social Welfare "... this is a timely contribution to the current debate on pension reforms and sustainability in the 'emerging' economies of East Asia ..." International Social Security Review "This is a timely contribution ... [it] fills a gap in comparative social policy research. It is an informative and well-documented book..." Relations Industrielles/ Industrial Relations, Vol. 61 (3)Table of ContentsPart 1: Welfare in East Asia: Introduction: East Asian welfare regimes ~ Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong; Is welfare unAsian? ~ Ruby C.M. Chau and Wai Kam Yu; Part 2: The East Asian welfare regimes: Social welfare in China ~ Joe C.B. Leung; Hong Kong: from familistic to Confucian welfare ~ Sammy Chiu and Victor Wong; Managing welfare in post-colonial Hong Kong ~ Chack Kwan Chan; The welfare regime in Japan ~ Makoto Kono; Taiwan: what kind of social policy regime? ~ Michael Hill and Yuan-shie Hwang; The development of the South Korean welfare regime ~ Sang-hoon Ahn and So-chung Lee; The welfare regime in Singapore ~ Vincent Wijeysingha; Conclusion: from Confucianism to globalisation ~ Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong.

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Book SynopsisThe book explores the extent to which rights to welfare are related to human inter-dependency on the one hand and the ethics of responsibility on the other. Its intention is to kick-start a fresh debate about the moral foundations of social policy and welfare reform. The ethics of welfare: explores the concepts of dependency, responsibility and rights and their significance for social citizenship; draws together findings from a range of recent research that has investigated popular, political, welfare provider and welfare user discourses; discusses, in a UK context, the relevance of the recent Human Rights Act for social policy; presents arguments in favour of a human rights based approach to social welfare. The book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of welfare. It is aimed at students and academics in social policy, social work, sociology, politics and law. It will also interest policy makers and welfare professionals, particularly those concerned with welfare benefits and social care.Trade Review"Although essentially this is an academic book, it would be of help to anyone working in welfare or benefits provision or social services." Community Care"A stimulating contribution to the debate about the rights and obligations of citizenship." Alan Deacon, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of LeedsTable of ContentsPart One: Ideological constructions: Human rights and welfare rights: contextualising dependency and responsibility ~ Hartley Dean; Dependency, justice and the ethic of care ~ Kathryn Ellis; Responsibility and welfare: in search of moral sensibility ~ Shane Doheny; Part Two: Popular and welfare provider discourses: Popular discourses of dependency, responsibility and rights ~ Hartley Dean and Ruth Rogers; Fostering a human rights discourse in the provision of social care for adults ~ Kathryn Ellis and Ruth Rogers; Administering rights for dependent subjects ~ Hartley Dean and Ruth Rogers; Part Three: Service user experiences: Agency, 'dependency' and welfare: beyond issues of claim and contribution? ~ Peter Dwyer; Ethical techniques of the self and the 'good jobseeker' ~ Ruth Rogers; New Labour, citizenship and responsibility: family, community and the obscuring of social relations ~ Michael Orton; Part Four: Conclusion: Reconceptualising dependency, responsibility and rights ~ Hartley Dean.

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Book SynopsisThere have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis of policy change and welfare reform in Europe. The book applies a dynamic and change oriented perspective to shed light on policy changes that are often poorly understood in the welfare literature, and contributes to a further development of the theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding social change. Using citizenship as a focus, several dimensions of change are analysed simultaneously: changes in the discipline of social policy itself; the changing character of social problems; changes in social policy and citizenship; and the emergence of new forms of social integration. The book also speculates on how different dimensions of change are interlinked.Trade Review"A much needed, European comparative study of welfare state change from a citizenship perspective. Genuinely multidisciplinary, critical and comprehensive." Wim van Oorschot, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Tilburg University, the NetherlandsTable of Contents'Active citizenship': the new face of welfare ~ Per H. Jensen and Birgit Pfau-Effinger; The goals of social policy: context and change ~ Adrian Sinfield; Which way for the European social model: minimum standards or social quality? ~ Alan Walker; The advent of a flexible life course and the reconfigurations of welfare ~ Anne-Marie Guillemard; Citizenship, unemployment and welfare policy ~ Jørgen Goul Andersen; Paradoxes of democracy: the dialectic of inclusion and exclusion ~ Marina Calloni; Citizenship and the activation of social protection: a comparative approach ~ Jean-Claude Barbier; The active society and activation policy: ideologies, contexts and effects ~ Jørgen Elm Larsen; Individualising citizenship ~ Asmund W. Born and Per H. Jensen; Gender equality, citizenship and welfare state restructuring ~ Birte Siim; New forms of citizenship and social integration in European societies ~ Birgit Pfau-Effinger; The outcomes of early retirement in Nordic countries ~ Laura Saurama; The role of early exit from the labour market in social exclusion and marginalisation: the case of the United Kingdom ~ Philip Taylor; The emergence of social movements by social security claimants ~ Rune Halvorsen; Conclusion: policy change, welfare regimes and active citizenship ~ Jørgen Goul Andersen and Anne-Marie Guillemard.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides invaluable descriptions and comparative analyses of the now complex and highly varied arrangements for the care of children, disabled and older people in Europe, set within the context of changing labour markets and welfare systems. It includes analyses of the modernisation of informal care and new forms of informal care, topics often neglected in the literature. Issues of gender, family change, social integration and citizenship are all explored in a series of chapters that report on original empirical, cross-national research. All contributors are high-ranking experts involved in the COST A13 Action Programme, funded by the European Union. Care and social integration in European societies is essential reading for social policy and sociology academics, particularly those who are interested in comparative policy analysis, gender, labour markets and families. It is also recommended reading for graduate level students in these fields and policy makers, for whom the book provides a unique resource on the latest European developments in this critical policy area.Trade Review" ... the book provides many intriguing insights." European Journal of Social Security"A timely resource of comparative social policy research into gender and care. The book increases understanding of care policies in different welfare societies and provides new perspectives on assessing policy development." Annette King, Research and Development, East Kent Hospitals TrustTable of ContentsContents: Part 1: Care arrangements in European societies: Change in European care arrangements ~ Birgit Geissler and Birgit Pfau-Effinger; Development paths of care arrangements in the framework of family values and welfare values ~ Birgit Pfau-Effinger; Part 2: New forms of informal, semi-formal and formal care work: Gender, labour markets and care work in five European funding regimes ~ Clare Ungerson; Changing long-term care regimes: a six-country comparison of directions and effects ~ Ute Behnin; Migrants' care work in private households, or: The strength of bilocal and transnational ties as a last(ing) resource in global migration ~ Felicitas Hillmann; Part 3: Welfare state policies towards care work: Comparative approaches to social care: diversity in care production modes ~ Anneli Anttonen and Jorma Sipilä; Social rights and care responsibility in the French welfare state ~ Jeanne Fagnani and Marie-Thérèse Letablier; Childcare policies of the Nordic welfare states: different paths to enable parents to earn and care? ~ Gudný Björk Eydal; Informal family-based care work in the Austrian care arrangement ~ Margareta Kreimer and Helene Schiffbänker; Part 4: The formalisation of care work and the labour market: Labour market participation of women and social exclusion: contradictory processes of care employment in Sweden and Germany ~ Hildegard Theobald; Women's work between family and welfare state: part-time work and childcare in France and Sweden ~ Anne-Marie Daune-Richard; Labour market integration of women and childcare in Slovenia ~ Nevenka Cernigoj Sadar; Family leave and employment in the EU: transition of working mothers in and out of employment ~ Anita Haataja; Part 5 Conclusions: Political actors and the modernisation of care politics in Britain and Germany ~ Traute Meyer; Welfare state and the family in the field of social care ~ Birgit Geissler.

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Book SynopsisWhile reforms of welfare policies have been widely analysed, the reform of welfare administration has received far less attention. Using empirical case studies, this book provides significant new insights into the way welfare administration is being internationally transformed. Particular attention is given to the effect on welfare clients, staff and agencies. "Administering welfare reform" presents a critical analysis of governance practices in welfare administration and examines shifts in the participants, practices and processes of welfare administration. It presents original empirical case studies that highlight the effects of reforming welfare governance on welfare subjects, staff and agencies and provides a much-needed international and comparative perspective of changing welfare governance. This book is aimed at scholars and advanced students of sociology, social policy, economics, public administration and management, as well as social policy practitioners and service delivery workers.Trade Review"Presents a critical analysis of governance practices in welfare administration; examines shifts in participants, practices and processess of welfare administration; presents original empirical case studies that highlight the effects of reforming welfare governance on welfare subjects, staff and agencies; and provides an international and comparative perspective on changing welfare governance." International Social Security Review "a strong collection ... useful addition for libraries" Public Administration, Vol. 85 (4) 2007" 'Administering Welfare Reform' provides a valuable comparative analysis of the impact of changing welfare governance on the structure and delivery of public services. ... the book offers important insights into how multi-agency governance, marketisation and managerialism have impacted on the participants, practices and processes at the heart of the new welfare state." Social Policy, Vol. 36 (4) 2007"This book provides interesting international comparative data and stresses very convincingly the need to study the transformations in welfare governance and administration in order to understand its role in the nature, practices and effects of the welfare state. It presents a promising research agenda." Journal of Contemporary European Research, Vol 4:1 2007Table of ContentsIntroduction: Administering wefare reform ~ Menno Fenger and Paul Henman; Welfare reform as governance reform: the prospects of governmentality perspective ~ Paul Henman; Part One: Participants: reforming the agents of welfare delivery; State-third sector partnership frameworks: from administration to participation ~ Deena White; Shifts in welfare governance: the state, market and non-profit sector in four European countries ~ Menno Fenger; From charity to 'not for profit': changes in the role and structure of voluntary social service agencies ~ Jo Barnes; Part Two: Practices: the welfare governance of street-level practices; Ending welfare as we know it: welfare reform in the United States ~ Joel F. Handler; The new governance of Australian welfare: street-level contigencies ~ Cosmo Howard; The administration of transformation: a case study of implementing welfare reform in the UK ~ Sharon Wright; Part Three: Processes: the changing spaces of welfare governance; Administering global welfare: public management, governance and the new role of INGOs ~ Gaby Ramia; The fight against unemployment as a main concern of European social policy: the implications of a new, local-level approach ~ Carla Valadas; From government fragmentation to local governance: welfare reforms and lost opportunities in Italy ~ Yuri Kazepov and Angela Genova; Administering welfare reforms: reflections ~ Paul Henman and Menno Fenger.

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Book SynopsisSocial Policy Review provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with detailed analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Contributions reflect key developments in the UK and internationally. and focus on developments and change in core UK social policy areas. Additional chapters provide in-depth analyses of topical issues in UK and international perspective, while this year's themed section is 'New Labour'.Trade Review"Social Policy Review combines up-to-date reviews of current policies with penetrating historical and comparative analyses. It is invaluable for students, teachers and practitioners alike." Alan Deacon, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of LeedsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Martin Powell, Linda Bauld and Karen Clarke; Part 1: Current services: Social security and welfare reform under New Labour ~ Peter A. Kemp; New Labour's education policy: innovation or reinvention? ~ Rob Hulme and Moira Hulme; Transforming the NHS: the story in 2004 ~ Rudolf Klein; Housing in an 'opportunity society' ~ Peter Malpass; Personal Social Services ~ Ann Netten; Part 2: Current issues: Governance and social policy in Northern Ireland (1999-2004): the devolution years and postcript ~ Eithne McLaughlin; At home abroad: the presidential election of 2004, the politics of American social policy and what European readers might make of these subjects ~ Theodore Marmor; The future of health care in the UK: think-tanks and their policy prescriptions ~ Sally Ruane; Consumerism and the reform of public services: inequalities and instabilities ~ John Clarke, Nick Smith and Elizabeth Vidler; The challenges of measuring government output in the healthcare sector ~ Adriana Castelli, Diane Dawson, Hugh Gravelle and Andrew Street; Social investment perspectives and practices: a decade in British politics ~ Alexandra Dobrowolsky and Jane Jenson; Part 3: New Labour: A rootless third way: a continental European perspective on New Labour's welfare state, revisited ~ Daniel Clegg; Welfare after Thatcherism: New Labour and social democratic politics ~ Stephen Driver; A progressive consensus in the making? ~ Peter Robinson and Kate Stanley; New Labour's family policy ~ Fiona Williams.

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Book SynopsisBased on an extensive series of interviews with MPs and Peers from across Parliament, the book traces the dynamics of political debate on welfare both between and within parties; assesses the emergence of a new political consensus on welfare; details the welfare policy environment and the reform of Parliament under Labour; examines the extent to which MPs support developments in welfare policy; provides the most detailed assessment to date of MPs' attitudes to welfare and their views on the future of the welfare state under Blair and beyond and offers the first consideration of the role of the reconstituted House of Lords in the scrutiny of welfare policy. "Welfare policy under New Labour" provides a timely examination of the role of Parliament in the policy process. It will prove invaluable to scholars and students of social policy and British politics and professionals working in social work and welfare policy. It also provides useful insights for those who wish to lobby Parliament in these fields.Trade Review"Bochel's and Defty's argument is well formulated, clear and empirically supported." Journal of Social Policy, Vol 37:2, 2008.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Continuity and change: the politics of welfare under New Labour; A declining force? Parliament under Blair; Towards a new consensus? MPs' attitudes to welfare; MPs' attitudes to welfare and public opinion; A more assertive chamber: the House of Lords and the scrutiny of welfare; 'Exercising influence and setting limits': MPs' influence on welfare policy; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisPublic social services are increasingly being individualised in order to better meet the differentiated needs of competent and independent citizens and to promote the effectiveness of social interventions. This book addresses this development, focusing on a new type of social services that has become crucial in the 'modernisation' of welfare states: activation services. The book discusses and analyses the individualisation of activation services against the background of social policy reforms on the one hand, and the introduction of new forms of public governance on the other. Critically discussing the rise of individualised social services in the light of various theoretical points of view, it analyses the way in which activation and the 'active subject' are presented in EU discourse. It compares the introduction of individualised activation services in five EU welfare states: the UK, Germany, Italy, Finland and the Czech Republic, focusing on official policies as well as policy practices. The book provides original insights into the phenomenon of the individualised provision of activation services. It is useful reading for policy makers as well as for students and researchers of welfare states, social policies and public governance.Trade Review"'Making it personal' provides a timely and authoritative engagement with debates about current transformations in social policy. The collaborative research on which it draws traces how such transformations are being experienced in different national policy contexts within the EU; and highlights some of the tensions that result. The authors - and editors - are to be commended for producing this important, engaging and critical study." Janet Newman, Professor of Social Policy, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: The individualisation of activation services in context ~ Rik van Berkel and Ben Valkenburg; Individualising activation services: thrashing out an ambiguous concept ~ Ben Valkenburg; A capability approach to individualised and tailor-made activation ~ Jean-Michel Bonvin and Nicholas Farvaque; Placing the individual 'at the forefront': Beck and individual approaches in activation ~ Håkan Johansson; User involvement in personal social services ~ Ilse Julkunen and Matti Heikkillä; Political production of individualised subjects in the paradoxical discourse of the EU institutions ~ Eduardo Crespo Suárez and Amparo Serrano Pascual; Reforming the public sector: personalised activation services in the UK ~ Bruce Stafford and Karen Kellard; Between universal policy and individualised practice: analysing activation policy in Finland ~ Elsa Keskitalo; Do we know where we are going? Active policies and individualisation in the Italian context ~ Vando Borghi; The individual approach in activation policy in the Czech Republic ~ Tomáš Sirovátka; Rushing towards employability-centred activation: the 'Hartz reforms' in Germany ~ Dirk Jacobi and Katrin Mohr; Individualised activation in the EU ~ Rik van Berkel.

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Book SynopsisThe notion of the European Social Model (ESM) has been one of the fastest growing in European political and academic discourse in recent years. It is conventionally used to describe the European experience of simultaneously promoting sustainable economic growth and social cohesion. However, the concept has suffered from a lack of clear definition. And where definitions have been found in the literature, they do not necessarily converge. This book presents the outcome of a project coordinated by the European Trade Union Institute in which experts from different countries and social scientific disciplines (sociology, political science and economics) were invited to reflect on both the meaning and political status of the concept of the ESM. In addition to analysing the ambiguities and multiple meanings attributed to the concept, the authors unpick the underlying assumptions and make use of a new approach - the ESM as political project - with which European countries can build consensus and share a common understanding. Offering a new analytical framework and with new empirical evidence, "Unwrapping the European Social Model" is essential reading for all those involved in European social policy research, education, policy and practice.Trade Review"Current concerns with achieving the objectives of the Lisbon Strategy together with the recent enlargement and widespread debate on the adoption of a new EU constitution have contributed to renewed interest in the sustainability of the European Social Model. This book offers an up-to-date, wide-ranging and detailed analysis of its impact on member states." Nick Adnett, Faculty of Business and Law, Staffordshire UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Amparo Serrano Pascual and Maria Jepsen; The concept of ESM and supranational legitimacy-building ~ Maria Jepsen and Amparo Serrano Pascual; Taking stock of social Europe: is there such a thing as a community social model? ~ Janine Goetschy; Employment and pay in Europe and the US: food for thought about flexibility and the European Social Model ~ Wiemer Salverda; Activation policies and the European Social Model ~ Joel F. Handler; Has the European Social Model a distinctive activation touch? ~ Jean-Claude Barbier; The European Social Model and gender equality ~ Lilja Mósesdóttir; The European Social Model and enlargement ~ Maarten Keune; Reforming the European Social Model and the politics of indicators: from the unemployment rate to the employment rate in the European Employment Strategy ~ Robert Salais; Assessing the European Social Model against the capability approach ~ Jean-Michel Bonvin; Social dialogue as a regulatory mode of the ESM: some empirical evidence from the new member states ~ Céline Lafoucriere and Roy Green.

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Book SynopsisSocial justice is a contested term, incorporated into the language of widely differing political positions. Those on the left argue that it requires intervention from the state to ensure equality, at least of opportunity; those on the right believe that it can be underpinned by the economics of the market place with little or no state intervention. To date, political philosophers have made relatively few serious attempts to explain how a theory of social justice translates into public policy. This important book, drawing on international experience and a distinguished panel of political philosophers and social scientists, addresses what the meaning of social justice is, and how it translates into the everyday concerns of public and social policy, in the context of both multiculturalism and globalisation.Trade Review"...this is a sobering and challenging book..... makes a strong case for social policy to play an extensive role in promoting social justice." Nick Axford, British Journal of Social Work Vol 38:8"An impressive collection of uniformly high-quality essays throwing new light on some of the important aspects of social justice. Its attempt to marry theoretical and policy perspectives, and to combine analytical rigour with moral commitment, adds greatly to its value." Bhikhu Parekh, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of WestminsterTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Tania Burchardt and Gary Craig; Social justice and public policy: a view from political philosophy ~ Jonathan Wolff; Social justice and public policy: a social policy perspective ~ David Piachaud; Multiculturalism, social justice and the welfare state ~ Will Kymlicka; Structural injustice and the politics of difference ~ Iris Marion Young; Recognition and voice: the challenge for social justice ~ Ruth Lister; Globalisation, social justice and the politics of aid ~ Christopher Bertram; Social justice and the family ~ Harry Brighouse and Adam Swift; Children, policy and social justice ~ David Gordon; Social justice in the UK: one route or four? ~ Katie Schmuecker; Monitoring inequality: putting the capability approach to work ~ Tania Burchardt; The limits of compromise? Social justice,' race' and multiculturalism ~ Gary Craig; Understanding environmental justice: making the connection between sustainable development and social justice ~ Maria Adebowale.

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