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Cover Global Youth Unemployment
Global Youth Unemployment
History, Governance and Policy
Ross Fergusson
and
Nicola Yeates
This timely book introduces a fresh perspective on youth unemployment by analysing it as a global phenomenon. Ross Fergusson and Nicola Yeates argue that only by incorporating analysis of the dynamics of the global economy and global governance can we make convincing, comprehensive sense of these developments. The authors present substantial new evidence spanning a century pointing to the strong relationships between youth unemployment, globalisation, economic crises and consequent harms to young people’s social and economic welfare worldwide. The book notably encompasses data and analysis spanning the Global South as well as the Global North.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
20 Apr 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900422
Collections:
Sociology, Social Policy and Education 2021
Cover Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice
Inequality, Social Protection and Social Justice
James Midgley
This thought-provoking book examines the role of social protection in reducing inequality and enhancing social justice. It assesses social protection’s impact on inequality in different parts of the world and shows that if carefully designed, adequately funded and effectively implemented, it can make a significant contribution to reducing income, gender and other forms of inequality. In this way, it can promote egalitarian ideals and enhance social justice.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
02 Mar 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789905588
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa
The New Social Protection Paradigm and Universal Coverage
Editors:
Rana Jawad
,
Nicola Jones
, and
Mahmood Messkoub
This book presents a state of the art in the developing field of social policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an up-to-date conceptual analysis of social policy programmes and discourses in the MENA region by critically reviewing the range of social insurance and social assistance schemes that are currently in existence there. It also analyses and offers suggestions on which of these policies can positively impact the region’s advancement in terms of human development and in addressing social and economic inequalities and exclusion.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
27 Sep 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786431998
Collections:
Social and Political Science 2019
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 Handbook on In-Work Poverty
Handbook on In-Work Poverty
Editors:
Henning Lohmann
and
Ive Marx
There has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, acknowledging that across the world a large number of the poor are ‘working poor’. Taking a global and multi-disciplinary perspective, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current research at the intersection between work and poverty.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
26 Jan 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715632
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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 Gender, Education and Employment
Gender, Education and Employment
An International Comparison of School-to-Work Transitions
Editors:
Hans-Peter Blossfeld
,
Jan Skopek
,
Moris Triventi
, and
Sandra Buchholz
For much of the twentieth century, women lagged considerably behind men in their educational attainment. However, in recent decades, young women have become an important source of human capital for labor markets in modern societies, as well as potential competitors to the male workforce. This book asks whether or not women have been able to convert their educational success into gains on the labor market
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Oct 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715038
Collections:
Social And Political Science 2015
Cover Handbook on East Asian Social Policy
Handbook on East Asian Social Policy
Editor:
Misa Izuhara
Dramatic socio-economic transformations over the last two decades have brought social policy and social welfare issues to prominence in many East Asian societies. Since the 1990s and in response to national as well as global pressure, there have been substantial developments and reforms in social policy in the region but the development paths have been uneven. Until recently, comparative analysis of East Asian social policy tends to have focused on the established welfare state of Japan and the emerging welfare regimes of four ‘Tiger Economies’. Much of the recent debate indeed preceded China’s re-emergence onto the world economy. In this context, this Handbook brings China more fully into the contemporary social policy debates in East Asia. Organised around five themes from welfare state developments, to theories and methodologies, to current social policy issues, the Handbook presents original research from leading specialists in the fields, and provides a fresh and updated perspective to the study of social policy.
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Handbook
Publication Date:
30 Aug 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857930293
Collections:
Social And Political Science 2013
Cover Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Jill Kickul
,
David Gras
,
Sophie Bacq
, and
Mark Griffiths

It is over twenty years since the first research article on social entrepreneurship was published. The literature has reached the critical mass necessary for reflection and singling out of exemplar pieces, and the exponential growth in research interest in the field now merits identification of foundational and model papers to aid and guide future advancements. In this research review, the authors discuss the most important and influential social entrepreneurship articles to date. Topics covered include social entrepreneurship opportunities and creation, developing business models and organizational forms, social impact and contextual influences on social entrepreneurship.
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Research Reviews
Publication Date:
30 Aug 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784714352
Cover Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change
Social Protection, Economic Growth and Social Change
Goals, Issues and Trajectories in China, India, Brazil and South Africa
Editors:
James Midgley
and
David Piachaud
This highly original and thought-provoking book examines the recent expansion of social protection in China, India, Brazil and South Africa – four countries experiencing rapid economic growth and social change.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
30 Aug 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781953952
Collections:
Social And Political Science 2013