Welfare & benefit systems books

This volume provides a wide spectrum description analysis of the contemporary and well established child protection...  Read More >>

Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth, together with internationally renowned contributors, illustrate how the merging...  Read More >>

Decent Incomes for All sheds new light on recent poverty trends in the European Union and the corresponding responses...  Read More >>

This book explores a variety of social risks and possible policy options that could be put in place to either prevent,...  Read More >>

Brings the regional and local to the forefront of social investment debates by showcasing original, evaluative evidence...  Read More >>

Promoting more thoughtful attention to the complex ethical problems that arise when research involves children,...  Read More >>

Refutes the commonly imagined threat to welfare states: that the welfare state package reduces the level and growth...  Read More >>

This innovative collection extends the emerging field of stress biology to examine the effects of a substantial...  Read More >>

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The aims of child rights education are to make children and their primary duty-bearers aware of child rights so...  Read More >>

This volume presents key findings from the EU funded Measuring Youth Well-being (MYWeB) project which assessed the...  Read More >>

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This updated second edition assists the reader in recognizing abuse and neglect in children and youth, as well as...  Read More >>

The 2019 Edition of Social Security Benefits Including Medicare provides a concise and helpful explanation of the...  Read More >>

An infant’s experiences during his or her first two years of life have a significant impact on later development....  Read More >>

The aims of child rights education are to make children and their primary duty-bearers aware of child rights so...  Read More >>

This book presents for the first time in English language an overview of the research done in Brazil in the field...  Read More >>

Updated with facts & figures for 2022! Medicare has become an important program for nearly every retiree in the...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of China’s children and youth, tracking their well-being...  Read More >>

Fully updated edition of THE bestselling book on assessing children in need and their families. Comprehensive and...  Read More >>

What is the social cost of privatising public services? And what effect has the failure of previous privatisations...  Read More >>

This volume analyses the phenomenon of social cash transfers in the global South, providing a definitive and comprehensive...  Read More >>

This comprehensive volume shows the normative limits of a strict non-discriminatory approach to European Union citizens’...  Read More >>

Across the globe, family policy is becoming ever more important in tackling key issues such as poverty, child welfare...  Read More >>

Presenting a comparative study of the UK and Germany, this volume increases our knowledge of a broad spectrum of...  Read More >>