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  • Access to Social Justice

    Effective Remedies for Social Rights

    Series series Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This book proposes a conception of social justice according to international human rights law. Social rights include everyday rights such as housing, food, fuel and social security.Drawing on extensive research with frontline practitioners, the book frames access to social justice as a journey that should end with the realisation of an ... Leer más

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    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a fundamental dimension of modern government. And even after decades of free-market criticism and reform, their core institutions have proven ... Leer más

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  • Uncomfortably Off

    Why Addressing Inequality Matters, Even for High Earners

    In highly unequal societies such as the UK, where the top 10% take a higher share of disposable income than in most other European countries, many feel resentment towards high earners. On paper, they are doing well, but inequality isn’t even working for them.Uncomfortably Off reveals that those generally considered to be the most affluent feel anxious about the future and struggle to keep up, or ... Leer más

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  • The Student's Companion to Social Policy

    The new edition of the bestselling guide to the issues students will encounter in the study of social policy in both the UK and abroadFully updated and expanded, the sixth edition of The Student’s Companion to Social Policy remains the most accessible and comprehensive review of UK and comparative social policy available for undergraduate students. Written and edited by leading experts in the ... Leer más

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  • Labour Law, Vulnerability and the Regulation of Precarious Work

    de Lisa Rodgers ...
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  • Arguments for Welfare

    The Welfare State and Social Policy

    de Paul Spicker ...
    Series series Rowman & Littlefield International - Policy Impacts
    This book makes the case for the welfare state. Nearly every government in the developed world offers some form of social protection, and measures to improve the social and economic well-being of its citizens. However, the provision of welfare is under attack. The critics argue that welfare states are illegitimate, that things are best left to the market, and that welfare has bad effects on the ... Leer más

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  • Employment Law

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In today's society, work takes up a vast proportion of the time and energy of ordinary people. Although use of the phrase 'work-life balance' is now commonplace in the media and ordinary conversation, people work longer hours than ever before. However, rather than purely a means to an end in terms of supporting oneself financially, the ... Leer más

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  • Social Development

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    Walking through social development’s key theoreticalprinciples and practice strategies, this book shows how it promotes peoples’ wellbeing not only in the Global South, where it first emerged, but in the Western countries as well. It covers:Definitions and an historical evolution of social developmentKey theoretical debates around social well-being, human rights and social justiceSocial ... Leer más

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  • Wellbeing Economics

    The Capabilities Approach to Prosperity

    Series series Wellbeing in Politics and Policy
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  • What Is the Welfare State For?

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  • Work and Social Justice

    Rethinking Labour in Society and the Economy

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  • The Education Debate

    Series series Policy and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
    Education policy in England is constantly evolving and becoming increasingly incoherent and it is therefore becoming harder to keep up with, and make sense of, all the changes. This bestselling book looks at the role of the UK as a social laboratory for global education policy. Covering key concepts, it then examines new areas, including:• Global education policy mobility• Edu-business and ... Leer más

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