Welfare economics books

1037 books were found.

The Role of Elites in Economic Development

The Role of Elites in Economic Development

Author: the late Alice H. Amsden ,  Alisa DiCaprio (Regional Cooperation Specialist in the Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank)
ISBN: 9780198716433
Format: Paperback
$109.95

Elites play a crucial role in the development process. The impact they have on growth and development exceeds their...  Read More >>

Austerity: The Demolition of the Welfare State and the Rise of the Zombie Economy

Austerity: The Demolition of the Welfare State and the...

Author: Kerry-Anne Mendoza
ISBN: 9781780262468
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A scathing critique of UK austerity and the long-term project to deliver our public services into the hands of corporations....  Read More >>

Coffee certification in East Africa: impact on farms, families and cooperatives

Coffee certification in East Africa: impact on farms,...

Author: Ruerd Ruben ,  Paul Hoebink
ISBN: 9789086862559
Format: Paperback
$241.56

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Migration States and Welfare States: Why Is America Different from Europe?

Migration States and Welfare States: Why Is America...

Author: A. Razin ,  E. Sadka
ISBN: 9781137445643
Format: Hardback
$145.17

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Basic Income in Japan: Prospects for a Radical Idea in a Transforming Welfare State

Basic Income in Japan: Prospects for a Radical Idea...

Author: Y. Vanderborght ,  T. Yamamori
ISBN: 9781349470525
Format: Paperback
$290.37

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Basic Income in Japan: Prospects for a Radical Idea in a Transforming Welfare State

Basic Income in Japan: Prospects for a Radical Idea...

Author: Y. Vanderborght ,  T. Yamamori
ISBN: 9781137356574
Format: Hardback
$290.37

Basic Income in Japan is the first collective volume in English entirely devoted to the discussion of Japan's potential...  Read More >>

Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries: Stopping the global epidemics of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Diarrhea

Communicable Diseases in Developing Countries: Stopping...

Author: John Malcolm Dowling ,  Chin Fang Yap
ISBN: 9781137354778
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This books provides an essential study of communicable diseases, by integrating the diagnosis, treatment and cure...  Read More >>

Writings on Distribution and Welfare (Routledge Revivals)

Writings on Distribution and Welfare (Routledge Revivals)...

Author: J. Hobson ,  Roger E. Backhouse
ISBN: 9780415825450
Format: Paperback
$79.99

The articles in this volume, originally published in a variety of journals between 1890 and 1937, deal with the...  Read More >>

Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategies

Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth...

Author: Brian Levy
ISBN: 9780199363810
Format: Paperback
$62.95

This book directs attention away from unattainable 'good governance', and towards 'with-the-grain' institutional...  Read More >>

Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth in Development Strategies

Working with the Grain: Integrating Governance and Growth...

Author: Brian Levy
ISBN: 9780199363803
Format: Hardback
$180.95

This book directs attention away from unattainable 'good governance', and towards 'with-the-grain' institutional...  Read More >>

Efficiency of Social Sector Expenditure in India

Efficiency of Social Sector Expenditure in India

Author: Brijesh Purohit (Madras School of Economics, India)
ISBN: 9780415736268
Format: Hardback
$83.99

@text: Government investments in social sector has always played an important role in tackling social issues and...  Read More >>

The Mediterranean Welfare Regime and the Economic Crisis

The Mediterranean Welfare Regime and the Economic Crisis...

Author: Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes ,  Pau Mari-Klose
ISBN: 9781138787254
Format: Hardback
$75.99

This book brings into focus social patterns and policies of the Southern Rim of Europe and asks if there is a special...  Read More >>

Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State

Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State...

Author: Andreas Bergh
ISBN: 9781783473496
Format: Hardback
$207.25

For some, Sweden is proof that a generous welfare state is fully compatible with a growing competitive economy....  Read More >>

Discoveries in the Economics of Aging

Discoveries in the Economics of Aging

Author: David A. Wise
ISBN: 9780226146096
Format: Hardback
$195.95

The oldest members of the baby boom generation are now crossing the threshold of eligibility for Social Security...  Read More >>

Elements of an Evolutionary Theory of Welfare: Assessing Welfare When Preferences Change

Elements of an Evolutionary Theory of Welfare: Assessing...

Author: Martin Binder (Max Planck Institute of Economics, Germany)
ISBN: 9781138807082
Format: Paperback
$105.00

It has always been an important task of economics to assess individual and social welfare. The traditional approach...  Read More >>

Caring for Our Own: Why There is No Political Demand for New American Social Welfare Rights

Caring for Our Own: Why There is No Political Demand...

Author: Sandra R. Levitsky (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9780199993123
Format: Hardback
$413.00

Caring for Our Own explores why American families don't translate their unmet long-term care needs into political...  Read More >>

Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets: Growth and Development in the Modern Economy

Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets: Growth and Development...

Author: M. Ashraf
ISBN: 9781349482184
Format: Paperback
$290.37

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Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets: Growth and Development in the Modern Economy

Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets: Growth and Development...

Author: M. Ashraf
ISBN: 9781137388957
Format: Hardback
$290.37

In Formal and Informal Social Safety Nets , Ashraf analyses the role of social safety nets in a time when our global...  Read More >>

Social Benefits and Migration: A Contested Relationship and Policy Challenge in the EU

Social Benefits and Migration: A Contested Relationship...

Author: Elspeth Guild ,  Sergio Carrera
ISBN: 9789461383495
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Does migration constitute a disproportionate burden to member states' domestic labor markets and welfare systems?...  Read More >>

Learning from the South Korean Developmental Success: Effective Developmental Cooperation and Synergistic Institutions and Policies

Learning from the South Korean Developmental Success:...

Author: Ilcheong Yi ,  Thandika Mkandawire
ISBN: 9781137339478
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This analysis of South Korea's development experience can present lessons for development in the 21st century. Situating...  Read More >>

Toward a Future Beyond Employment

Toward a Future Beyond Employment

Author: M. Cangul
ISBN: 9781137349620
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Toward a Future Beyond Employment proposes that as poor nations move to the emerging stage and as emerging economies...  Read More >>

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