Medicine and the saints : science, Islam, and the colonial encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 by Amster, Ellen

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British politics by Jones, Bill, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…-- Social mobility and education -- Economic inequality -- Inequalities of the 1980s have never ben erased -- Land ownership -- Regional differences -- Gender -- Ethnicity -- Questions for discussion -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 5: Political culture -- Political culture -- Key historical factors in the evolution of British political culture -- Economic influences -- The constitution -- Extremism -- Deference -- Civil society -- Crime -- Welfare state…”
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The man who invented the chromosome : the life of Cyril Darlington by Harman, Oren Solomon

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The Edinburgh companion to Muriel Spark

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Global variations in the political and social economy of care : worlds apart

Table of Contents: “…/ Shahra Razavi and Silke Staab -- Care's place re-imagined -- Democratic care politics in an age of limits / Joan Tronto -- Shaping the policy agenda : care in advanced industrialized economies -- Advanced economy, modern welfare state, and traditional care regimes : the case of Switzerland / Mascha Madörin, Brigitte Schnegg and Nadia Baghdadi -- The struggle against familialism : reconfiguring the care diamond in Japan / Emiko Ochiai, Aya Abe, Takafumi Uzuhashi, Yuko Tamiya and Masato Shikata -- The boss, the worker, his wife, and no babies : south korean political and social economy of care in a context of institutional rigidities / Ito Peng -- Different worlds : the challenge of care in a development context -- Beyond maternalism : the political and social organization of childcare in Argentina / Valeria Esquivel and Eleonor Faur -- The limits of family and community care : challenges for public policy in Nicaragua / Juliana Martinez-Franzoni and Koen Voorend -- Care in south Africa : a legacy of family disruption / Debbie Budlender and Francie Lund -- Unpaid and overstretched : coping with HIV & AIDs in Tanzania / Debbie Budlender and Ruth Meena -- Between the state, market, and family : structures, policies, and practices of care in India / Rajni Palriwala and N. …”
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Family welfare : gender, property, and inheritance since the seventeenth century

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Disability benefits, welfare reform and employment policy

Table of Contents: “…Macdonald and Ivan Turok -- The impact of the UK's disability benefit reforms / Christina Beatty, Steve Fothergill and Donald Houston -- Germany : attempting to activate the long-term unemployed with reduced working capacity / Martin Brussig and Matthias Knuth -- Incapacity benefits : change and continuity in the Swedish welfare state / Rickard Ulmestig -- From dutch disease to Dutch fitness? …”
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Managing the Ageing Workforce in the East and the West. by Flynn, Matt

Table of Contents: “…The German Labour MarketEmployer Policies Towards Older Workers -- The United Kingdom and HKSAR: Two Variants of a Liberal Retirement Regime -- Welfare State and Labour Market -- Pension -- Age Discrimination Regulation and Retirement Age -- Company Policies -- Hypotheses -- Data and Methods -- Data -- Operationalisation and Methods -- Findings -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 How Retirement Is Financed in the East and West -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Pension Systems in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong -- Methodology…”
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The Ethics of the New Economy : Restructuring and Beyond. by Groarke, Leo

Table of Contents: “…Restructuring the Welfare State: Leaner, Meaner, and Inequitable -- Part III: Responsible and Irresponsible Restructuring -- 5. …”
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The culture of energy

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After national democracy : rights, law and power in America and the new Europe

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Medicine and the saints : science, Islam, and the colonial encounter in Morocco, 1877-1956 by Amster, Ellen

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Refocusing crime prevention : collective action and the quest for community by Schneider, Stephen, 1963-

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The politics of non-state social welfare

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Refocusing crime prevention : collective action and the quest for community by Schneider, Stephen, 1963-

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Social Work With Adults. by Koubel, Georgina

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Praise for This Book; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; References; Part I: The context of social work with adults; 1 The evolution of social work; Introduction; Learning outcomes; Defining social work; The welfare state; References and further reading; 2 The modernization of social work; Introduction; Learning outcomes; Community care; Care management; Policy and practice; Power, partnership and empowerment; Conclusion; References and further reading; 3 Empowering and safeguarding vulnerable adults; Introduction; Learning outcomes.…”
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Living under austerity : Greek society in crisis

Table of Contents: “…From Boom to Bust: A Comparative Analysis of Greece and Spain under Austerity; Björn Bremer and Guillem Vidal Lorda PART II: STATE FUNCTIONS, THE WELFARE STATE, AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS Chapter 6. Crisis and the Changes in the Mediascape: Greece and the Globe; Frank Hess Chapter 7. …”
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Algorithms, blockchain & cryptocurrency : implications for the future of the workplace by Brown, Gavin, Whittle, Richard

Table of Contents: “…-- Profit and Power in the Bitwork World -- 6: Managing the Bitworker Economy -- Introduction -- Taxation of the Future Worker -- Vilfredo Pareto and the Future Worker -- The Welfare State for the Future Worker -- The Multicurrency Post-Gig Economy -- 7: Conclusion, Recommendations and Survival Guide -- Are We Ready for This? …”
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Witchcraft and welfare : spiritual capital and the business of magic in modern Puerto Rico by Romberg, Raquel

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Karl Jaspers : an introduction to his philosophy by Wallraff, Charles F.

Table of Contents: “…INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONS AS GUIDES THROUGH LIFE; The State and Its Laws as Guides; Social Planning and the Welfare State; Philosophy of Existenz and Christianity; The Church as a Guide; Psychiatry as a Guide; CHAPTER IV. …”
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The Political Construction of Business Interests : Coordination, Growth, and Equality. by Martin, Cathie Jo

Table of Contents: “…Cover; The Political Construction of Business Interests; Series; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Collective Political Engagement and the Welfare State; Introduction; Our Scholarly Inspirations; Labor Activism, Skills, and Varieties of Capitalism; Networks, Associations, and the Construction of Preferences; Historical Institutionalism and the State in the Construction of the Social Classes; Varieties of Encompassing Employers' Associations; Partisan Origins of Encompassing Employers' Associations.…”
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Elusive Jannah : the Somali diaspora and a borderless Muslim identity by Abdi, Cawo M., 1970-

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BWB Texts. by Dalziel, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Market Production and WellbeingPhysical Capital and Wellbeing; Market Employment and Wellbeing; Labour Market Skills and Wellbeing; Human Capital and Wellbeing; 5 Public Service to Expand Capabilities; Te Tiriti o Waitangi and Wellbeing; Taxation and Wellbeing; Market Regulation and Wellbeing; Equity and Wellbeing ; Infrastructure and Wellbeing; The Public Service and Wellbeing; 6 Future Directions for New Zealand; A Wellbeing Example; Value-Added Activities; Skills and Education; The Living Standards Framework and Better Public Services; From Welfare State to Wellbeing State.…”
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Who's in? Who's out? : what to do about inclusive education

Table of Contents: “…Apple -- Reflections on ties : an oasis to engage / Lani Florian -- Reflections on ties : a passion about inclusion / Patricia O'Brien -- Reflections on ties : eating an elephant / Peter Walker -- Embracing radical epistemological stances to develop inclusive policies and practices / Simona D'Alessio, Christine Grima-Farrell and Kathy Cologon -- Inclusion and the management of diversity in the Danish welfare state / Bjorn F. Hamre -- 'Working the space' towards the vision of inclusion from one initial teacher (ITE) education programme in Aotearoa, New Zealand / Leechin Heng, Kathleen Quinlivan and Rosemary Ann Du Plessis -- Fearless and informal learning: challenging inclusion / Roseanna Bourke and John O'Neill -- UDL to support learning in Gunung Kidul / David Evans, Elga Andriana, Puti Ayu Setiani and Amitya Kumara -- Exploring the vaka / Ann Cheryl Armstrong, Merelesita Qeleni and Laisiasa Merumeru -- Dilemmas in the field : doing inclusive education elsewhere / Sulochini Pather and Roger Slee -- Evidence from the longitudinal surveys of Australian youth / Cameron Forrest, Peta Skujins and John Stanwick -- Re-engaging youth in learning and employment through the creative art of film-making / Bindi MacGill, Jenni Carter and Deborah Price -- Effective inclusive teaching needs synergistic knowing and learning / John Munro -- Principles of inclusion for children and students with disability in education and care / Ministerial Advisory Committee, Children and Students -- With disability.…”
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The outer limits of European Union law

Table of Contents: “…/ Konrad Lachmayer -- Expanding the frontiers of European Union citizenship by dismantling the territorial boundaries of the national welfare states? / Michael Dougan -- The outer limits of EU citizenship : displacing economic free movement rights? …”
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Western capitalism in transition : global processes, local challenges

Table of Contents: “…Western capitalism in transition : global processes, local challenges / Alberta Andreotti, David Benassi and Yuri Kazepov -- A child of its times : the 'new urban sociology' in context and its legacy / Michael Harloe -- Abstract from the concrete : capitalism spiralling out of control / David Harvey -- Rethinking social reproduction in an era of the dominance of finance capital / Gavin Smith -- On the social (dis-)embedding of the economy in a local context : where anthropology and sociology share metaphors as analytical tools / Simone Ghezzi -- The underclass and international comparison, variety and universalism / Jean-Claude Barbier -- Welfare migration and civic stratification : Britain's emergent rights regime / Lydia Morris -- The Mediterranean welfare states between recalibration and change in the cultural paradigm / Nicola Negri and Chiara Saraceno -- Deconstructing labour demand : implications for low-wage employment / Saskia Sassen -- International migrations and the Mediterranean / Enrico Pugliese -- Cities under economic austerity : the return of citizenship claims / Marisol García -- The sense of touch / Richard Sennett -- Urban disorder and the transformation of global governance / Sophie Body-Gendrot -- Urban political economy beyond convergence : robust but differentiated unequal European cities / Patrick Le Galès -- The spatial dimension of poverty / Norman Fainstein and Susan S. …”
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No turning back : the peacetime revolutions of post-war Britain by Addison, Paul, 1943-2020

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Shifts in the Social Contract : Understanding Change in American Society. by Rubin, Dr. Beth A.

Table of Contents: “…Forming Flexible FamiliesFlexible Specialization and the Middle Class; Numerical Flexibility and the Working Class; The New Economy and the Underclass; The Feminization of Poverty; Conclusions; Chapter 5 -- The Changing Role of Government; Levels of Government Involvement; The Uninvolved State; The Protection of Property; Regulation of Employment Relations; Depression, War, and the End of an Era; The Involved State; The Welfare State; The Warfare State; Tensions in the Involved State; The Distracted State; Globalization of the Economy; Fiscal Crisis; Technological Distractions.…”
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Between reform and revolution : German socialism and communism from 1840 to 1990

Table of Contents: “…Social democrats, communists, and the Weimar welfare state, 1919 to 1933 -- The iron front : Weimar social democracy between tradition and modernity -- Communism and the public spheres of Weimar Germany -- The rise and fall of red Saxony -- Cultural socialism, the publis sphere, and the mass form : popular culture and the democratic project, 1900 to 1934 -- The social origins of unity sentiments in the German socialist underground, 1933 to 1936 -- Communist resistance between Comintern directives and Nazi terror -- Rethinking social democracy, the state, and Europe : Rudolf Hilferding in exile, 1933 to 1941 -- Ordnungsmacht and Mitbestimmung : the postwar labor unions and the politics of reconstruction -- The Soviets, the German left, and the problem of "sectarianism" in the Eastern Zone, 1945 to 1949 -- Pronatalism, nationbuilding, and socialism : population policy in the SBZ/DDR, 1945 to 1960 -- German social democracy and European unification, 1945 to 1955 -- The politics of culture and the culture of everyday life in the DDR in the 1950s -- Social democratic gender policies, the working-class milieu, and the culture of domesticity in West Germany in the 1950s and 1960s -- Social democratic gender policies, the working-class milieu, and the culture of domesticity in West Germany in the 1950s and 1960s -- Is the SPD still a labor party? …”
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Aiming high : progressive politics in a high-risk, high-opportunity era

Table of Contents: “…The Future of the Welfare State, Peter A Hall/ 3. The Rise of Challenger Parties and the Decline of the European Left, Sara Hobolt and Catherine de Vries/ 4. …”
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The meanings of work : essay on the affirmation and negation of work by Antunes, Ricardo, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The limits of Taylorism/Fordism and of the social-democratic compromiseThe emergence of mass-worker revolts and the crisis of the welfare-state; Chapter Four Toyotism and the New Forms of Capital-Accumulation; The fallacy of 'total quality' under the diminishing utility-rate of the use-value of commodities; The 'lyophilisation' of organisation and labour in the Toyotist factory: new forms of labour-intensification; Chapter Five From Thatcher's Neoliberalism to Blair's 'Third Way': the Recent British Experience; Neoliberalism, the world of work and the crisis of unionism in England.…”
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Dead on arrival : the politics of health care in twentieth-century America by Gordon, Colin, 1962-

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The social question in the global world

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A prophet in politics : a biography of J.S. Woodsworth by McNaught, Kenneth, 1918-1997

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A prophet in politics : a biography of J.S. Woodsworth by McNaught, Kenneth, 1918-1997

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The Political Economy of Putin's Russia. by Sutela, Pekka

Table of Contents: “…; 6.3 Did Russia become a welfare state?…”
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Philanthropy and settler colonialism by O'Brien, Anne, 1954-

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A Concise History of Canada. by Conrad, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Canada's WarPeace and Prosperity; Conclusion; 9 Liberalism Triumphant, 1945-1984; The Rights Revolution; Liberalism in Cold War Canada; The Economy on a Roll; Rogue Tory; Canada's American Problem; Quebec in Question; Society in Transition; Just Watch Me; Reaping the Whirlwind; Progress on the Ropes; Conclusion; 10 Interesting Times, 1984-2011; The Market Welfare State; Constitutional Conundrums; The Liberal Party Redux; Harper at the Helm; The Knowledge Economy; Swinging in the Economic Winds; The Environment in Question; A Warrior Nation; Society in Transition; Aboriginal Empowerment.…”
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Perverse Politics? : Feminism, Anti-Imperialism, Multiplicity. by Orloff, Ann Shola

Table of Contents: “…Feminism/s in Power: Rethinking Gender Equality after the Second WaveA New Gendered Order: New Questions and Challenges for Feminist Critique; A Post-Second Wave Feminist Debate: The Critics of Feminism in Power; Critiques of Feminist in Power: Anti-Sexual Violence and Anti-Sex Trafficking Campaigns; Critiques of Feminists in Power: The Gendered Welfare State; Discussion: Rethinking the Meanings of a (New?) …”
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Dead on arrival : the politics of health care in twentieth-century America by Gordon, Colin, 1962-

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