The Welfare State Nobody Knows: Debunking Myths about U.S. Social Policy

By exploring the social issues of aging and debunking the common myths, Getting Wise about Getting Old paints a more accurate and nuanced portrait ...

Thinking Critically About the Kennedy Assassination uses the tools of critical thinking, historical research, and philosophical inquiry to debunk t...

Reducere. Emotional intelligence is an important trait for success at work. IQ tests are biased against minorities. Every child is gifted. Preschool makes ch...

COVID-19 has transformed the British welfare state. The government has created millions of new beneficiaries, spent tens of billions of pounds it d...

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Reducere. International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facet...

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This book maps out the contours of the European 'social investment' strategy, both at the ideational level and in terms of the policies implemented...

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The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state.Publisher: Oxford University P...

The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health ser...

This book explores contemporary claims about race and migration, combining an overview of the subject with new research. The authors argue that the...

The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today's welfare state cannot properly protect its citizens. Despite the valiant efforts of public ...

Compares welfare state politics before and after the Great Recession arguing that a new and lasting post-crisis dynamic has emerged where political...

An accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and unravelling of the British Welfare State - now fully revised...

Bryan Fanning traces the development of European welfare states in this accessible analysis of social change from the Industrial Revolution onwards...

Provides a politics-based explanation for the post-1980 transformation of the Turkish welfare system, in which poor relief policies have replaced e...

It is often argued that the regulated labour markets, relatively generous social protection and relative wage equality of European welfare states h...

Unaddressed it can lead to hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, overeating, and alcohol and drug abuse, and other chronic health issues.Dr. Burne...

At a time of renewed concern about health, social care, and national unity, the authors reassert the value of the Welfare State for society as a wh...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Elisabeth AndersonIllustration(s): 22 b/w illus. 14 tables.Number of pages: 384Collection: Princeto...

NEW EDITION FOR THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEVERIDGE REPORT The classic and entertaining narrative history of the establishment, development and u...

Bringing together the voices of leading experts in the field, this edition offers an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy sch...

DescriptionA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceResponsibility--which once meant the moral duty to help and support others--has come to be e...

Reducere. At the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the world's environment was a government-owned ...

This book explores, theoretically and empirically, the consequences of 'Big Data' for the politics of social protection. It argues that the informa...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Jennifer (Professor of History, Professor of History, Yale University) KleinIllustration(s): 12 il...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sylvia MignonDistinguished by its critical perspective, this book delivers a balanced and comprehensive examination of the ...

As a child growing up in Manhattan, William Helmreich played a game with his father called "Last Stop." They would pick a subway line, ride it to i...

Publisher: Akashic Books, U.S.Author(s): Elizabeth NunezNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 218 x 25Cover type: HardbackRed...

Reducere. As she examines the many misconceptions about the "Middle Ages", the renown French historian, Regine Pernoud, gives the reader a refreshingly origi...

Poverty Propaganda debunks many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty and its prevalence, causes and consequences. In particular, it highl...

Addressing the rapidly shifting politics of the minimum wage in six English-speaking countries, Shaun Wilson analyses minimum wage policies within ...

Publisher: Berghahn BooksNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 229 x 184 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Nils Edling...

For nation-states, the contexts for developing and implementing policy have become more complex and demanding. Yet policy studies have not fully re...

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The words Abraham Lincoln spoke at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg comprise perhaps the most famous speech in histo...

The scope and importance of social policy and the mechanisms in place across human society to support the wellbeing of its members are presented in...

The nail-bitingly intense story of a summer at camp that ends in a disturbing death-and depicts a powerful friendship that won't ever be forgotten....

The nail-bitingly intense story of a summer at camp that ends in a disturbing death-and depicts a powerful friendship that won't ever be forgotten....

Reducere. Bruce Barton's 1925 effort to reconfigure Jesus for the Roaring Twenties turned into one of the great best-sellers of the century. In The Man Nobod...

Paul Spicker offers an original take on the British welfare state. He outlines the structure of services, the impact of false narratives, the real ...

Reducere. Did you know there's not a single person on Earth who has the skills and knowledge to make something as deceptively simple as a cheese pizza? It ta...

Unaddressed it can lead to hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, overeating, and alcohol and drug abuse, and other chronic health issues.Dr. Burne...

Taxes dominate contemporary American politics. Yet while many rail against big government, few Americans are prepared to give up the benefits they ...

What is social policy, and why are welfare systems important? How have they been affected by the global financial crisis?The fourth edition of this...

Studying the globalization of social policy, this text demonstrates that national social policy is increasingly determined by global economic compe...