Welfare and benefit systems

Regulating the Risk of Unemployment offers a systematic comparative analysis of the recent adaptation of European unemployment protection systems to increasingly post-industrial labour markets.

Since the mid-1990s European welfare states have undergone a major transformation.

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

Current Legal Issues, like its sister volume Current Legal Problems (now available in journal format), is based upon an annual colloquium held at Univesity College London.

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.

The international community's efforts to halt child soldiering have yielded some successes.

One of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living standards of the least well-off.

One of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living standards of the least well-off.

Of the many functions of the welfare state, two are particularly prominent: the 'Robin Hood' function - the provision of poverty relief, the redistribution of income and wealth, and the reduction of social exclusion; and the 'piggy bank' function - ensuring mechanisms for insurance and for redistribution over the life cycle.

This book is about how much people earn and why the distribution of earnings has been changing over time.

To what extent has the process of European integration re-drawn the boundaries of national welfare states?

Applied Welfare Economics uses important results in the welfare economics literature to extend a conventional Harberger cost-benefit analysis.

This book is about inequality, how the State affects distribution through its spending programmes and through taxation, and what the public thinks of these three issues.

Written by one of the world's leading policy researchers, this book seeks to assess the threat posed to modern welfare states by globalization and demographic change.

As events highlight deep divisions in attitudes between America and Europe, this is a very timely study of different approaches to the problems of domestic inequality and poverty.

This book introduces the concept of new social risks in welfare state studies and explains their relevance to the comparative understanding of social policy in Europe.

The politics of the Third Way reflects an attempt by many contemporary social democracies to forge a new political settlement which is fitted to the conditions of a modern society and new global economy, but which retains the goals of social cohesion and egalitarianism.

Children throughout the world are engaged in a great number of activities classifiable as work.

Future pension provision is highly controversial; it juxtaposes the challenges of old age security with the exigencies of global finance.

Of the many functions of the welfare state, two are particularly prominent: the 'Robin Hood' function - the provision of poverty relief, the redistribution of income and wealth, and the reduction of social exclusion; and the 'piggy bank' function - ensuring mechanisms for insurance and for redistribution over the life cycle.

This book provides a major new examination of the current dilemmas of liberal anti-racist policies in European societies, linking two discourses that are normally quite separate in social science: immigration and ethnic relations research on the one hand, and the political economy of the welfare state on the other.

While the first half of the 20th century was characterized by total war, the second half witnessed, at least in the Western world, a massive expansion of the modern welfare state.

While the first half of the 20th century was characterized by total war, the second half witnessed, at least in the Western world, a massive expansion of the modern welfare state.

Working with Families Experiencing Vulnerability provides a comprehensive guide to family-centred practice for social workers.

Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people.

Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people.

Organized around the theme of child well-being, this book provides an overview of child welfare's past and present with consideration of its future.

Organized around the theme of child well-being, this book provides an overview of child welfare's past and present with consideration of its future.

Youth civic engagement efforts have become common across the globe.

Youth civic engagement efforts have become common across the globe.

Historically, the welfare state of the 20th century, which was built on the foundation of an industrial economy, seems poorly adapted to a 21st-century information age.

Drawn from real stories of rural child welfare practice, Rural Child Welfare Practice displays lessons learned from people working in the services field of child welfare.

Drawn from real stories of rural child welfare practice, Rural Child Welfare Practice displays lessons learned from people working in the services field of child welfare.

Historically, the welfare state of the 20th century, which was built on the foundation of an industrial economy, seems poorly adapted to a 21st-century information age.

Rising food prices, climate change, and the ravages of global capitalism have made the poor increasingly vulnerable to economic crises.

Rising food prices, climate change, and the ravages of global capitalism have made the poor increasingly vulnerable to economic crises.

In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU policy cooperation and coordination.

In 2000, the first social agenda in the history of the European Union was launched, and the endeavor to combat poverty came increasingly to the forefront as a specific area for EU policy cooperation and coordination.

On the eve of the financial crisis, Jacob S.

On the eve of the financial crisis, Jacob S.

The Impossible Imperative brings to life the daily efforts of child welfare professionals working on behalf of vulnerable children and families.

The Impossible Imperative brings to life the daily efforts of child welfare professionals working on behalf of vulnerable children and families.

The transition to adulthood is a longer and more complex process than it was just a few decades ago, and a growing number of youth and young adults experience significant challenges in the establishment of an autonomous and independent lifestyle when compared to previous generations.

Fundamental questions about the morality of pediatric medical research persist despite years of debate and the establishment of strict codes of ethics.

Supporting Bereaved Students at School provides educational professionals with essential information to support bereaved students.

What are the challenges facing social welfare in America?

What are the challenges facing social welfare in America?

Innovative Skills to Support Well-Being and Resiliency in Youth emphasizes the step-by-step procedures readers will need to implement evidence-based, innovative techniques and skills that emphasize well-being and resilience in youth.

Innovative Skills to Support Well-Being and Resiliency in Youth emphasizes the step-by-step procedures readers will need to implement evidence-based, innovative techniques and skills that emphasize well-being and resilience in youth.

Fundamental questions about the morality of pediatric medical research persist despite years of debate and the establishment of strict codes of ethics.