Welfare economics books

1037 books were found.

The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism

The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism...

Author: Colin Hay (University of Sheffield, UK) ,  Daniel Wincott (Cardiff Law School, UK)
ISBN: 9781403902245
Format: Paperback
$79.99

A state-of-the-art assessment of welfare provision, policy and reform at national and at EU level which spans the...  Read More >>

The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism

The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism...

Author: Colin Hay (University of Sheffield, UK) ,  Daniel Wincott (Cardiff Law School, UK)
ISBN: 9781403902238
Format: Hardback
$260.00

A state-of-the-art assessment of welfare provision, policy and reform at national and at EU level which spans the...  Read More >>

The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen

The Social Economics of Thorstein Veblen

Author: David Reisman
ISBN: 9780857932181
Format: Hardback
$309.75

Thorstein Veblen was a multidisciplinary social scientist whose original insights continue to inspire debate. This...  Read More >>

Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State

Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow...

Author: Eileen Boris (, Professor of History and Women's Studies at UC-Santa Barbara) ,  Jennifer Klein (, Assistant Professor of History at Yale University)
ISBN: 9780195329117
Format: Hardback
$85.95

"In this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring...  Read More >>

Nordic Capitalisms and Globalization: New Forms of Economic Organization and Welfare Institutions

Nordic Capitalisms and Globalization: New Forms of Economic...

Author: Peer Hull Kristensen (Professor, Copenhagen Business School) ,  Kari Lilja (Professor, Aalto University School of Economics)
ISBN: 9780199655847
Format: Paperback
$107.95

Through detailed case studies of Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, this book investigates how and why welfare...  Read More >>

Fairness, Responsibility, and Welfare

Fairness, Responsibility, and Welfare

Author: Marc Fleurbaey (CNRS, University Paris-Descartes and LSE)
ISBN: 9780199653591
Format: Paperback
$70.95

Many philosophers now define social justice in terms of equal opportunities and economists have incorporated such...  Read More >>

Public Microeconomics: Efficiency and Equity in Public Policy

Public Microeconomics: Efficiency and Equity in Public...

Author: Joaquim Silvestre
ISBN: 9780857932075
Format: Hardback
$258.50

The analysis found in Public Microeconomics is simple and operational, conducive to computationally easy examples...  Read More >>

Measuring Justice: Primary Goods and Capabilities

Measuring Justice: Primary Goods and Capabilities

Author: Harry Brighouse (Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison) ,  Ingrid Robeyns (Professor, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
ISBN: 9780511810916
Format: Undefined
$594.00

A team of leading theorists examine two approaches to social justice: the capabilities approach and the primary...  Read More >>

Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms: Flexible Today, Secure Tomorrow?

Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms: Flexible...

Author: K. Hinrichs ,  M. Jessoula
ISBN: 9780230290068
Format: Hardback
$224.40

Increasingly flexible labour markets and reforms of old-age pension systems are still ranking high on the political...  Read More >>

European Capitalist Welfare Societies: The Challenge of Sustainability

European Capitalist Welfare Societies: The Challenge...

Author: P. Frericks ,  R. Maier
ISBN: 9780230296909
Format: Hardback
$145.17

Capitalism is defined as a multi-model economy, comprising of a market economy (including production, distribution...  Read More >>

Health and Social Justice

Health and Social Justice

Author: Jennifer Prah Ruger (Associate Professor, Yale University)
ISBN: 9780199653133
Format: Paperback
$89.95

This book brings together the latest thinking in social justice and health policy and seeks to integrate a capabilities...  Read More >>

Social versus Corporate Welfare: Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State

Social versus Corporate Welfare: Competing Needs and...

Author: K. Farnsworth
ISBN: 9781349324484
Format: Paperback
$116.41

The greatest myth of modern times is the suggestion that capitalism and corporations do better with less government....  Read More >>

Social versus Corporate Welfare: Competing Needs and Interests within the Welfare State

Social versus Corporate Welfare: Competing Needs and...

Author: K. Farnsworth
ISBN: 9780230274532
Format: Hardback
$145.17

The greatest myth of modern times is the suggestion that capitalism and corporations do better with less government....  Read More >>

Equality Of Opportunity: The Economics Of Responsibility

Equality Of Opportunity: The Economics Of Responsibility...

Author: Francois Maniquet (Univ Catholique De Louvain, Belgium & Univ Of Warwick, Uk) ,  Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton Univ, Usa)
ISBN: 9789814368872
Format: Hardback
$361.68

A collection of articles on the topic of equality of opportunity. It offers many possible aspects of the analysis...  Read More >>

Markets, Sustainability and Social Welfare Enhancement in the European Union: 12 th  and 13 th  Annual Conference of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration- Sofia, October 9 to 10, 2009 and October 8 to 9, 2010

Markets, Sustainability and Social Welfare Enhancement...

Author: Jürgen Plöhn ,  George Chobanov
ISBN: 9783631633014
Format: Hardback
$100.40

Presents contributions to the proceedings of the 12th and 13th annual conference of the Faculty of Economics and...  Read More >>

Social Welfare

Social Welfare

Author: Rosario Laratta
ISBN: 9789535102083
Format: Hardback
$307.91

Social Welfare offers, for the first time, a wide-ranging, internationally-focused selection of cutting-edge work...  Read More >>

Greek Social Economy Revisited: Voluntary, Civic and Cooperative Challenges in the 21 st  Century

Greek Social Economy Revisited: Voluntary, Civic and...

Author: Ioannis Nasioulas
ISBN: 9783631623558
Format: Paperback
$62.36

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Basic Income Reconsidered: Social Justice, Liberalism, and the Demands of Equality

Basic Income Reconsidered: Social Justice, Liberalism,...

Author: S. Birnbaum
ISBN: 9780230114067
Format: Hardback
$343.17

Basic income is one the most innovative, powerful and controversial proposals for addressing poverty and growing...  Read More >>

Human Development in South Asia 2010-2011: Food Security in South Asia

Human Development in South Asia 2010-2011: Food Security...

Author: Moonstone
ISBN: 9780199062966
Format: Paperback
$35.50

Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre report highlights food security in South Asia, addressing availability and...  Read More >>

Working Hard, Working Poor: A Global Journey

Working Hard, Working Poor: A Global Journey

Author: Gary S. Fields (John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor, John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor, Cornell University)
ISBN: 9780199794645
Format: Hardback
$77.95

More than three billion people in the world live on less than two-and-a-half U.S. dollars per person per day. In...  Read More >>

European Capitalist Welfare Societies: The Challenge of Sustainability

European Capitalist Welfare Societies: The Challenge...

Author: P. Frericks ,  R. Maier
ISBN: 9781349334049
Format: Paperback
$116.41

Capitalism is defined as a multi-model economy, comprising of a market economy (including production, distribution...  Read More >>

Latin American Urban Development into the Twenty First Century: Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City

Latin American Urban Development into the Twenty First...

Author: D. Rodgers ,  J. Beall
ISBN: 9781349350773
Format: Paperback
$145.17

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