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Cover Corporatism since the Great Recession
Corporatism since the Great Recession
Challenges to Tripartite Relations in Denmark, the Netherlands and Austria
Mikkel Mailand
In the comparative study of Denmark, the Netherlands and Austria, Mikkel Mailand explores the roles of social partners in regulating work and welfare through corporatist arrangements. This insightful book illustrates how the frequency of tripartite agreements has either been stable or has increased since the Great Recession of 2008, in spite of challenges from trade unions’ loss of power and political developments. It will be an invaluable read for academics and students in industrial relations, political economy and other social science disciplines addressing the formulation of work and welfare related policies.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
11 Sep 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788114561
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Handbook of Social Policy and Development
Handbook of Social Policy and Development
Editors:
James Midgley
,
Rebecca Surender
, and
Laura Alfers
The Handbook of Social Policy and Development makes a groundbreaking, coherent case for enhancing collaboration between social policy and development. With wide ranging chapters, it discusses a myriad of ways in which this can be done, exploring both academic and practical activities. As the conventional distinction between ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries becomes increasingly blurred, this Handbook explores how collaboration between social policy and development is needed to meet global social needs.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
31 May 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785368431
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Social and Political Science 2019
Cover The Home
The Home
Multidisciplinary Reflections
Editor:
Antonio Argandoña
In the first major work to take the home as a center of analysis for global social problems, experts from a variety of fields reveal the multidimensional reality of the home and its role in societies worldwide. This unique book serves as a basis for action by proposing global legislative, political and institutional initiatives with the home in mind.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Mar 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786436573
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Social and Political Science 2018
Cover The Evolution of Social Innovation
The Evolution of Social Innovation
Building Resilience Through Transitions
Editors:
Frances Westley
,
Katherine McGowan
, and
Ola Tjörnbo
In a time where governments and civil society organizations are putting ever-greater stock in social innovation as a route to transformation, understanding what characterizes social innovation with transformative potential is important. Exciting and promising ideas seem to die out as often as they take flight, and market mechanisms, which go a long way towards contributing to successful technical innovations, play an insignificant role in social innovations. The cases in this book explore the evolution of successful social innovation through time, from the ideas which catalysed social and system entrepreneurs to create new processes, platforms, projects and programs to fundamental social shifts in culture, economics, laws and policies which occurred as a result. In doing so, the authors shed light on how to recognize transformative potential in the early stage innovations we see today.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Dec 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786431158
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Social and Political Science 2017
Cover Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State
Trust, Social Capital and the Scandinavian Welfare State
Explaining the Flight of the Bumblebee
Gunnar L.H. Svendsen
and
Gert T. Svendsen
Denmark exemplifies the puzzle of socio-economic success in Scandinavia. Populations are thriving despite the world’s highest levels of tax and generous social benefits. Denmark would appear to be a land of paradise for free-riders and those who want ‘money for nothing’. However, the national personality is characterized both by cooperation in everyday life and the numerous ‘hard-riders’ who make extraordinary contributions. Applying Bourdieuconomics, the authors focus on contemporary case studies to explain how social capital and trust are used to counteract free-riding and enable the flight of the Scandinavian welfare state ‘bumblebee’.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Feb 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785365584
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Social and Political Science 2016
Cover Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
A Comparative Analysis of the US and Korea
Editors:
John Karl Scholz
,
Hyungypo Moon
, and
Sang-Hyup Lee
Social Policies in an Age of Austerity is the first major publication on the topic, with a particular interest in the United States and the Republic of Korea. The authors of the ten chapters in this book review recent developments in social policies in OECD countries, with a focus on achieving greater effectiveness in public spending on social programs, under increasingly tight national budgets. The contributions cover social and fiscal policy and issues in labor market policy, in addition to the effectiveness of social insurance, education and antipoverty policy.
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Monograph Book
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26 Jun 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717575
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Economics 2015
Cover Non-Standard Employment in Post-Industrial Labour Markets
Non-Standard Employment in Post-Industrial Labour Markets
An Occupational Perspective
Editors:
Werner Eichhorst
and
Paul Marx
Examining the occupational variation within non-standard employment, this book combines case studies and comparative writing to illustrate how and why alternative occupational employment patterns are formed. Through expert contributions, a framework is developed integrating explanations based on labour market regulation, industrial relations and skill supply, filling the gaps in previous scholastic research.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
27 Mar 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781001721
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Social And Political Science 2015
Cover International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy
International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy
Sarah Harper
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Kate Hamblin
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Jaco Hoffman
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Kenneth Howse
, and
George Leeson
The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe for government, policy makers, the private sector and civil society. It examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people, and highlights alternatives based around the voluntary and third-party sector, families and private initiatives. The Handbook is highly relevant for academics interested in this critical issue, and offers important messages for policy makers and practitioners.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
29 Aug 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857933911
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Social And Political Science 2014
Cover The Politics of Structural Reforms
The Politics of Structural Reforms
Social and Industrial Policy Change in Italy and Japan
Editors:
Hideko Magara
and
Stefano Sacchi
For countries undertaking economic or political reform the case of Italy and Japan is both highly instructive and sobering. The Politics of Structural Reforms reveals what Italy and Japan gained and lost through a series of social and industrial reforms in the 1990s and 2000s, and why the changes they made in their policies have had little impact in softening the recent economic crisis.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
31 Oct 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857932938
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Social And Political Science 2013
Cover Community Co-Production
Community Co-Production
Social Enterprise in Remote and Rural Communities
Editors:
Jane Farmer
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Carol Hill
, and
Sarah-Anne Muñoz
This book addresses a clutch of contemporary societal challenges including: aging demography and the consequent need for extended care in communities; public service provision in an era of retrenching welfare and global financial crises; service provision to rural communities that are increasingly ‘hollowed out’ through lack of working age people; and, how best to engender the development of community social enterprise organizations capable of providing high quality, accessible services. It is packed with information and evidence garnered from research into the environment for developing community social enterprise and co-producing services; how communities react to being asked to co-produce; what to expect in terms of the social enterprises they can produce; and, how to make them happen.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
29 Jun 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849808415
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Social And Political Science 2012