Welfare economics books

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Freedom, Peace, and Secession: New Dimensions of Democracy

Freedom, Peace, and Secession: New Dimensions of Democracy...

Author: Burkhard Wehner
ISBN: 9783030395223
Format: Paperback
$129.35

This book adopts a long-term perspective to consider political self-determination, peacekeeping and the creation...  Read More >>

Social Security in Developing Countries

Social Security in Developing Countries

Author: Ehtisham Ahmad (Senior Fellow, Senior Fellow, University of Bonn) ,  Jean Drèze (Visiting Professor, Visiting Professor, Ranchi University)
ISBN: 9780198860150
Format: Paperback
$92.95

The term 'social security' has a very different meaning in underdeveloped countries and is best understood as poverty...  Read More >>

Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives

Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives

Author: Jean Drèze (, Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Ranchi University, India) ,  Amartya Sen, FBA (, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, Harvard University)
ISBN: 9780198860167
Format: Paperback
$87.95

This volume of essays draws lessons from disparate experiences within India, rather than from contrasts with the...  Read More >>

Welfare Doesn't Work: The Promises of Basic Income for a Failed American Safety Net

Welfare Doesn't Work: The Promises of Basic Income for...

Author: Leah Hamilton
ISBN: 9783030371203
Format: Hardback
$142.29

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The Economics of the Welfare State

The Economics of the Welfare State

Author: Nicholas Barr (Professor of Public Economics, Professor Nicholas Barr is Professor of Public Economics in the European Institute at the London School of Economics)
ISBN: 9780198748588
Format: Paperback
$128.95

The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular,...  Read More >>

Walking the Highwire: Rebalancing the European Economy in Crisis

Walking the Highwire: Rebalancing the European Economy...

Author: Olli Rehn
ISBN: 9783030345914
Format: Paperback
$72.42

Walking the Highwire tells the story of the Eurozone Crisis from the perspective of the former Vice-President of...  Read More >>

Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation

Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation

Author: Alex Nicholls (Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, University of Oxford) ,  Rafael Ziegler (Head of Research, GETIDOS, Head of Research, GETIDOS, Universität Greifswald)
ISBN: 9780198830511
Format: Hardback
$271.00

This book aims at a comprehensive discussion of economic space for social innovation, addressing especially marginalized...  Read More >>

Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian Political Economy: Envisioning Egalitarian Transformation, Funding and Sustainability

Basic Income, Disability Pensions and the Australian...

Author: Jennifer Mays
ISBN: 9783030323486
Format: Hardback
$258.72

Global developments in basic income have reinvigorated political debates on the necessity of progressing to universal...  Read More >>

Management der Vielfalt: Emanzipation und Effizienz in sozialwirtschaftlichen Organisationen

Management der Vielfalt: Emanzipation und Effizienz...

Author: Anselm Böhmer
ISBN: 9783658253714
Format: Paperback
$85.36

Das Buch untersucht aktuelle Entwicklungen der Konstruktion von sozialer Differenz in spätmodernen Gesellschaften....  Read More >>

Market Failure

Market Failure

Author: Stephen Martin
ISBN: 9781786432285
Format: Hardback
$2119.16

Two of the most significant are the existence of competitive markets for all goods and services - including futures...  Read More >>

Individual Choice and Social Welfare: Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy: A Research Literature Review

Individual Choice and Social Welfare: Theoretical Foundations...

Author: Viktor J. Vanberg
ISBN: 9781839100772
Format: Paperback
$151.95

This important research literature review discusses some of the most prominent literature in the field of individual...  Read More >>

Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination: Comparisons with Hong Kong and Vietnam

Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination: Comparisons...

Author: Kaxton Siu
ISBN: 9789813291225
Format: Hardback
$194.04

This book explores three major changes in the circumstances of the migrant working class in south China over the...  Read More >>

A Concise Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st Century

A Concise Handbook of the Indian Economy in the 21st...

Author: Ashima Goyal (Professor, Professor, Indira Gandhi Institue of Development Research, Mumbai)
ISBN: 9780199496464
Format: Paperback
$29.95

After liberalization in the 1990s, growth rates were higher but were more volatile. The countries that did manage...  Read More >>

The Paradox of Punishment: Reflections on the Economics of Criminal Justice

The Paradox of Punishment: Reflections on the Economics...

Author: Thomas J. Miceli
ISBN: 9783030316945
Format: Hardback
$258.72

Finally, the book argues that, in addition to the threat of criminal sanctions, law inculcates principles of acceptable...  Read More >>

The Idea of Welfare

The Idea of Welfare

Author: Robert Pinker
ISBN: 9780367177621
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1979, The Idea of Welfare challenges conventional definitions of welfare, largely concerned...  Read More >>

Poverty, Social Exclusion and Stochastic Dominance

Poverty, Social Exclusion and Stochastic Dominance

Author: Satya R. Chakravarty
ISBN: 9789811334313
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book honors the memory of Tony Atkinson, who made significant contributions to the rigorous study of income...  Read More >>

Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism: Preferential Decision-making for an Inclusive Democracy

Majority Voting as a Catalyst of Populism: Preferential...

Author: Peter Emerson
ISBN: 9783030202187
Format: Hardback
$168.16

This timely book presents a critique of binary majority rule and provides insights into why, in many instances,...  Read More >>

Tax Credits for the Working Poor: A Call for Reform

Tax Credits for the Working Poor: A Call for Reform...

Author: Michelle Lyon Drumbl
ISBN: 9781108400206
Format: Paperback
$80.19

Drumbl analyzes the effectiveness of the earned income tax credit (EITC) in the United States and offers suggestions...  Read More >>

Tax Credits for the Working Poor: A Call for Reform

Tax Credits for the Working Poor: A Call for Reform...

Author: Michelle Lyon Drumbl
ISBN: 9781108415057
Format: Hardback
$245.81

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The Quest for a Divided Welfare State: Sweden in the Era of Privatization

The Quest for a Divided Welfare State: Sweden in the...

Author: John Lapidus
ISBN: 9783030247836
Format: Hardback
$194.04

This book deals with the quest for a divided welfare state in Sweden. He goes on to examine how semi-private welfare...  Read More >>

Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare and Developmental States in the Americas

Sorting Out the Mixed Economy: The Rise and Fall of...

Author: Professor Amy C. Offner
ISBN: 9780691190938
Format: Hardback
$72.99

The untold story of how U.S. development efforts in postwar Latin America helped lead to the dismantling of the...  Read More >>

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