Inheritance in contemporary America : the social dimensions of giving across generations by Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Table of Contents: “…-- The political economy of giving and receiving -- The legacy of the modern welfare state -- The dilemma -- Employer pension versus personal savings -- Cross-national research -- Dimensions of giving between generations -- The joy of giving -- Theoretical perspectives on money: good versus evil? …”
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New Public Governance, the Third Sector, and Co-Production. by Pestoff, Victor

Table of Contents: “…Regulation Partnerships in German Local Governance Arrangements; 15 The Potential of Nonprofit-Government Partnerships for Promoting Citizen Involvement; PART IV Effects of Co-Production: Service Quality, Accountability and Democracy; 16 Co-Production and Service Quality: A New Perspective for the Swedish Welfare State; 17 Co-Production: An Alternative to the Partial Privatization Processes in Italy and Norway.…”
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Rescuing the vulnerable : poverty, welfare and social ties in modern Europe

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Contested landscapes of poverty and homelessness in southern Europe : reflections from Athens by Arapoglou, Vassilis P., Gounis, Kostas

Table of Contents: “…3.1 Poverty and Homelessness in European Countries3.2 South European Cities in the Poverty Maps of Europe; References; Chapter 4 Contested Landscapes of Homelessness in Athens; Abstract ; 4.1 Rising Levels of Homelessness; 4.2 Mapping Visible and Invisible Homelessness; References; Chapter 5 Welfare State Rescaling and Austerity Since 2011; Abstract ; 5.1 Short-Sighted 'Extreme Poverty' Policies; 5.2 Short-Sighted 'Humanitarian' Policies; References; Chapter 6 Landscapes of Emergency: Roll-With Poverty Management?…”
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A mother's work : how feminism, the market, and policy shape family life by Gilbert, Neil, 1940-

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Migration and multiculturalism in Scandinavia

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison, and Markus Huss -- The Politics of Immigration -- Immigration to Scandinavian Welfare States in the Time of Pluralism / Grete Brochmann -- Folkhemmet: "The People's Home" as an Expression of Retrotopian Longing for Sweden before the Arrival of Mass Migration / Andreas Önnerfors -- Racing Home: Swedish Reception of Black/White Identity Politics in the 2016 US Presidential Election / Benjamin R. …”
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Developing business ethics in China

Table of Contents: “…With Special Reference to the East Asian Region / Yukimasa Nagayasu -- Business Ethics, Globalization, and the Information / Richard De George -- Part Two: Macro-Issues -- China's Ethical Challenges after Joining the WTO / Xiaoxi Wang -- Comparing Ethical Concepts of Consumption in China and the West in the Context of Globalization / Zhongzhi Zhou -- Ethical Evaluation of the Income Distribution in China and Its Five Income Sources / Jianwen Yang -- Business Corruption in China's Economic Reform and its Institutional Roots / Dajian Xu -- Rules, Roles, and Moral Disparity: The Problem of Corruption / George Brenkert -- Confidence in the Financial Reporting System: Easier to Lose than to Restore / Georges Enderle -- Speculation and Insider Trading as a Problem of Business Ethics / Peter Koslowski -- The Problems of Declining Birth Rate and Aging in the Japanese Welfare State and its Implications for Business and Economic Ethics / Koichi Matsuoka -- Part Three: Perspectives of Corporate Ethics -- 'Moral Reticence': Corporate Management's Tendency to Avoid Addressing Ethical Issues / Lanfen Li -- The Necessity and Prospects of Promoting Ethics in Chinese Enterprises: Experiences of Dazhong Transportation Group / Xiuhua Zhou -- The Moral Values of "Joint-Forces Culture": The Example of Xuchang Relay Group / Fareng Qiao -- Corporate Citizenship Behavior in a Transitional Economy: An Exploratory Study in the People's Republic of China / Han Long Lu & Chi Kwan Warren Chiu -- The Corporation's Evolving Personality / Lynn S. …”
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The Wiley Blackwell companion to the sociology of families

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Her Majesty's Treasury : spending review 2010 (edited and abridged)

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY: SPENDING REVIEW 2010 (EDITED AND ABRIDGED) -- HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY: SPENDING REVIEW 2010 (EDITED AND ABRIDGED) -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- Growth -- Fairness -- Reform -- DEFENCE AND SECURITY -- NEXT STEPS -- End Notes -- Chapter 1 OVERVIEW -- INTRODUCTION -- Scale of the Fiscal Challenge -- Scale of the Consolidation -- The Spending Framework -- THE GOVERNMENT'S SPENDING REVIEW CHOICES AND PRIORITIES -- GROWTH -- Prioritising Growth Enhancing Spending -- Transport Infrastructure -- Science -- Regional growth -- Digital Infrastructure -- Supporting the Low Carbon Economy -- Regional examples of capital projects -- Skills -- Structural Reforms -- Higher and further education -- FAIRNESS -- Fairness for the Future -- Reforming the Welfare State -- Key Benefits for Older People -- Child poverty -- Social housing -- Everyone Making a Fair Contribution -- The banking sector -- REFORM -- Localising Power and Funding -- Sharing Responsibility -- Value for Money -- Workforce Reform -- Asset sales -- Smaller central government -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 DEPARTMENTAL SETTLEMENTS -- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION -- Fairness -- Reform -- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH -- Reform -- Fairness -- DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT -- Supporting Long Term Growth -- Fairness -- Reform -- DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- Supporting Long Term Growth -- Fairness -- Reform -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT -- Supporting Long Term Growth -- Fairness -- Reform -- DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS -- Supporting Long Term Growth -- Fairness -- Reform -- HOME OFFICE -- Reform -- Fairness -- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE -- Reform -- Fairness -- LAW OFFICERS' DEPARTMENTS -- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE -- FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE -- Promoting Long Term Growth -- Reform.…”
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Territories of poverty : rethinking North and South

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Urban Policy Reconsidered : Dialogues on the Problems and Prospects of American Cities. by Euchner, Charles

Table of Contents: “…The Level of the EconomyThe Level of Government; The Evolution of the Welfare State; Welfare: From Discontent to Reform; Welfare Reform; Evaluating Welfare Reform; The Future of Welfare Policy; 3 Economic Development and the Construction of Opportunity; The Rise and Fall of the Urban Economy; Urban Renewal; Inducing Business Investment; Enticing Visitors to the City; Neighborhood Revitalization; Redirecting Economic Development Policy; 4 Housing and the Structure of Place; Housing, Opportunity, and the City; The Character of American Housing Policy; Housing, the Economy, and the City.…”
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Divide, provide, and rule : an integrative history of poverty policy, social policy, and social reform in Hungary under the Habsburg Monarchy by Zimmermann, Susan

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Europe, a political profile : an American companion to European politics by Slomp, Hans, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Policy StylesWelfare Is Not Welfare: The European Welfare State; Education; Immigration and Citizenship Policies; Left and Right: Does It Make a Difference?…”
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Working with family carers by Gant, Valerie

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Communicating the North : media structures and images in the making of the Nordic Region

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Aging, social inequality, and public policy by Pampel, Fred C.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Images of Old Age; Improvements in the Status of the Elderly; Remaining Problems for the Elderly; Changing Stereotypes; Inequality in Old Age; Problems of Public Funding; Problems of Health Care; A Combined View of Old Age; Conclusion; Chapter 2 -- Public Policy in Old Age; Government Social Protection; The Logic of Social Protection; A Brief History; A Welfare State for the Elderly; The Meaning of Social Security; Support for the Elderly in the United States; Support for Other Age Groups; Support for Public Programs.…”
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The Sources of Social Power, Volume 4 : Globalizations, 1945-2011. by Mann, Michael

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Everyday Life in Central Asia : Past and Present. by Sahadeo, Jeff

Table of Contents: “…15 The Shrinking of the Welfare State: Central Asians' Assessments of Soviet and Post-Soviet Governance16 Going to School in Uzbekistan; 17 Alphabet Changes in Turkmenistan, 1904-2004; 18 Travels in the Margins of the State: Everyday Geography in the Ferghana Valley Borderlands; Part 6: Religion; Introduction; 19 Divided Faith: Trapped between State and Islam in Uzbekistan; 20 Sacred Sites, Profane Ideologies: Religious Pilgrimage and the Uzbek State; 21 Everyday Negotiations of Islam in Central Asia: Practicing Religion in the Uyghur Neighborhood of Zarya Vostoka in Almaty, Kazakhstan.…”
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Perspectives for digital social innovation to reshape the European welfare systems

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Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership for Equity and Diversity. by Tillman, Linda C.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3 Policy, Equity, and Diversity in Global Context: Educational Leadership after the Welfare StateChapter 4 Organizational Theories and the Development of Leadership Capacity for Integrated, Socially Just Schools; Chapter 5 Distributed Leadership: Examining Issues of Race, Power, and Inequality; Section II: Understanding and Working Successfully With the Rich Racial and Ethnic Diversity Within U.S. …”
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Race And The Politics Of Welfare Reform.

Table of Contents: “…Race and the Limits of Solidarity: American Welfare State Development in Comparative Perspective / Robert C. …”
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They say cut back, we say fight back! : welfare activism in an era of retrenchment by Reese, Ellen, 1969-

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Multiculturalism and the politics of guilt : toward a secular theocracy by Gottfried, Paul, 1941-

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Medical Economics An Integrated Approach to the Economics of Health. by Obermann, Konrad

Table of Contents: “…7.2 Social health insurance in Germany -- 7.3 The Beveridge Report and the UK welfare state -- 7.4 Sin taxes to finance national health insurance: the Philippines -- 7.5 World war and vested interests prevented the creation of a national health insurance: the United States -- Further reading -- Part II Health economic theory -- 8 Approaching healthcare from an economic perspective -- 8.1 Economic thinking in healthcare and the role of health economics -- The role of public goods -- The role of health economics: providing data and reflecting on goals…”
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The second Red Scare and the unmaking of the New Deal left by Storrs, Landon R. Y.

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Case Studies on Modern European Economy : Entrepreneurship, Inventions, and Institutions by Berend, T. Iván (Tibor Iván), 1930-

Table of Contents: “…The non-market, centrally planned economic regimeThe Nazi Grossraumwirtschaft and the Soviet-led Comecon-regional autarchy; Trade unions and Sozialpartnerschaft; Renewal of capitalism: the welfare state; Renewal of capitalism: the regulated market system; The European Union's redistributive system: towards a homogenous Europe; Globalization: its winners and losers; Notes; 3 The power of ideas and inventions; Introduction; Enlightenment and Romanticism: the ideas of modern society and the nation-state; Liberal and secular values that formed the modern capitalist attitude.…”
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Perspectives on wellbeing : a reader

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The official history of privatisation Vol. 2, Popular capitalism, 1987-97 by Parker, David, 1949 September 28-

Table of Contents: “…The National Engineering LaboratoryThe Tote; James Mackie -- a near nationalisation; The welfare state; 3. Privatising The British Airports Authority; The decision to privatise; Rethinking the structure; Ministerial disagreements; The Airports White Paper and the Airports Act; The flotation; 4. …”
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Social, political and cultural challenges of the BRICS

Table of Contents: “…SOCIOLOGY OF THE BRICSCONCLUDING NOTE; REFERENCES; Development, social justice and empowerment in contemporary India: A social perspective; Abstract; Keywords; References; India's public policy: Issues and challenges & BRICS; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; INDIA AS A WELFARE STATE; FIVE-YEAR PLAN PROGRAMME; SOME REASONED REFLECTIONS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; POVERTY AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMMES; SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMMES; RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, AND SANITATION; SKILL DEVELOPMENT.…”
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Crime and control in comparative perspectives

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Community and identity : the making of modern Gibraltar since 1704 by Constantine, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Governors and law, 1915-69City Council and Executive Council, to 1940; Colonial government, City Council and housing, 1921-40; The politics of taxation, 1914-39; Conclusion; 10 Big government and self-government,1940-69; The City Council; Colonial government and post-war housing; Gibraltar's welfare state; Government fi nance and the politics of taxation; Constitutional change and the Legislative Council, 1950; Self-government and the Gibraltar constitution, 1969; Conclusion; 11 Towards the future: constructing aGibraltarian identity; Politics, Britishness and national identity.…”
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Community and identity : the making of modern Gibraltar since 1704 by Constantine, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Governors and law, 1915-69City Council and Executive Council, to 1940; Colonial government, City Council and housing, 1921-40; The politics of taxation, 1914-39; Conclusion; 10 Big government and self-government,1940-69; The City Council; Colonial government and post-war housing; Gibraltar's welfare state; Government fi nance and the politics of taxation; Constitutional change and the Legislative Council, 1950; Self-government and the Gibraltar constitution, 1969; Conclusion; 11 Towards the future: constructing aGibraltarian identity; Politics, Britishness and national identity.…”
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Insurance, Fund Size, and Concentration : Prussian Miners ́ Knappschaften in the Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries and Their Quest for Optimal Scale. by Jopp, Tobias Alexander

Table of Contents: “…The Knappschaften -- an ideal historical laboratory?!; 3. The welfare state evolves: Exploring quantitative developments; 3.1. …”
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Handbook of social justice theory and research

Table of Contents: “…Jost -- Chapter 16: Social Justice and the Welfare State: Institutions, Outcomes, and Attitudes in Comparative Perspective Patrick Sachweh -- Chapter 17: Justice in the Work Setting Marius van Dijke & David De Cremer -- Chapter 18: Justice in the Couple and the FamilyDorothea Dette-Hagenmeyer & Barbara Reichle -- Chapter 19: Justice and Education Nura Resh & Clara Sabbagh -- Chapter 20: Justice and Environmental Sustainability Susan Clayton, Elisabeth Kals, & Irina Feygina -- Chapter 21: Inequity Responses in Non-human Animals Catherine F. …”
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Race and ethnicity : across time, space, and discipline

Table of Contents: “…Brunsma & Kerry Anne Rockquemore -- How to talk nasty about blacks without sounding racist: exposing the sophisticated style of color-blind racism / Eduardo Bonilla-Silva -- A critical sociology of African Americans, the U.S. welfare state, and neoliberalism in the era of corporate globalization / Rose M. …”
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The Political Economy of the American Frontier. by Murtazashvili, Ilia

Table of Contents: “…Econometric Analysis of Homestead Votes, 1852-60House and Senate Votes, 1852; House and Senate Votes, 1854; House and Senate Votes, 1859 and 1860; National Security and the Veto of the Homestead Bill; Economic Analysis of Homesteads; Land and the Welfare State; 7 The Open Floodgate in the Far West; The Mining Act of 1866: Efficient Instituitonal Change or the Fruit of Rent Seeking?…”
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Pension reform in Southeastern Europe : linking to labor and financial market reform

Table of Contents: “…An overview of pension, labor market and financial market reforms in Southeastern Europe / Dušan Kidrič ; European pension reforms / Olivier Bontout and Georg Fischer ; The Slovenian pension system in the context of upcoming demographic developments / Boris Majcen and Miroslav Verbič ; Decreased employment and pensions : the case of Hungary / Maria Augusztinovics and Janos Köllő ; Live longer, work longer : making it happen in the labor market / Milan Vodopivec and Primož Dolenc ; Preparing the labor market for an aging population : designing public policy to increase labor force participation / Gary Burtless ; Retirement reform in a mature welfare state : the Danish experience / Lars Haagen Pedersen ; The pension system and employment of older workers : how to change the incentive structure : the Polish experience / Agnieszka Chlon-Dominczak ; Turning boomers into boomerangs : policies and preferences with regard to the employment of older workers in the Netherlands / Ernst B.K. van Koesveld ; Pension reform and financial markets : encouraging household savings for retirement / Anita Tuladhar ; Contemporary issues and challenges in a supplementary pension system : the case of Slovenia / Aleš S. …”
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Morality, competition, and the firm : the market failures approach to business ethics by Heath, Joseph, 1967-

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The Palgrave handbook of criminology and war

Table of Contents: “…The Rise and€Decline of€Old Privatisation Privatisation and€the€Welfare State; Neoliberalism and€New Privatisation; Conclusion; References; 3: Terrorism and€War: Interrogating Discourses of€Risk and€Security; Introduction; Contested Terms, Changing Contexts; War and€Terrorism in€the€Twenty-First Century: A€Transformed Calculus of€Risk?…”
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Frontrunners or copycats?

Table of Contents: “…-- 1 Understanding and Theorizing Modern Childhood in Denmark: Tendencies and Challenges -- Children and the welfare state: From private to shared responsibility -- Children as political subjects -- The 'schoolification' of children -- Institutionalized individualization and individualized institutionalization -- New 'ideals of normality' -- The competent child as compulsive idea -- Persisting ambiguities in modern childhood -- References -- 2 Children as Innovators and Opinion Leaders.…”
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