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Services for Homeless People: Innovation and Change in the European Union
ISBN: 9781861341891 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The significant feature of homelessness in Europe over the past 25 years has been its persistence. Traditional policies have increasingly been found wanting in the light of the changed economic and demographic circumstances of the last quarter of the 20th century. A reappraisal of the nature of European homelessness by academics and practitioners demonstrates the need for the development of innovatory policies and practice that take account of these changed circumstances and explicitly address the current needs of Europe's homeless people.This highly topical report provides a synthesis of...
The significant feature of homelessness in Europe over the past 25 years has been its persistence. Traditional policies have increasingly been found w...
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Ending Child Poverty: Popular Welfare for the 21st Century?
ISBN: 9781861341990 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the Beveridge Lecture, delivered on 18 March 1999, Prime Minister Tony Blair committed his government to abolishing child poverty within 20 years. He concluded that the present-day welfare state is not fitted to the modern world, and laid out his vision for a welfare state for the 21st century. Blair's vision, grounded in a particular conception of social justice, is perhaps as challenging as the blueprint laid down by Beveridge.Ending child poverty presents Blair's Beveridge Lecture alongside the views of some of Britain's foremost policy analysts and commentators. This unique collection...
In the Beveridge Lecture, delivered on 18 March 1999, Prime Minister Tony Blair committed his government to abolishing child poverty within 20 years. ...
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Developments and Debates: 2001-2002
ISBN: 9781861343772 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Policy Review 14 continues the tradition of providing a different style and approach to policy issues from that found in most academic journals and books. Chapters have been purposely chosen to review a varied and interesting selection of social policy developments in Britain and internationally, and to set current policy developments in a broader context of key trends and debates.
Social Policy Review 14 continues the tradition of providing a different style and approach to policy issues from that found in most academic journals...
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133,99 |
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Social Policy Review 14: Developments and Debates: 2001-2002
ISBN: 9781861343789 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Policy Review 14 continues the tradition of providing a different style and approach to policy issues from that found in most academic journals and books. Chapters have been purposely chosen to review a varied and interesting selection of social policy developments in Britain and internationally, and to set current policy developments in a broader context of key trends and debates.
Social Policy Review 14 continues the tradition of providing a different style and approach to policy issues from that found in most academic journals...
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444,52 |
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Losing Out?: Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Experience in Further and Higher Education
ISBN: 9781861345080 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By tracking a group of qualified but socio-economically disadvantaged young people, this study identifies the factors which impact upon their HE careers. It examines factors that govern levels of success as well as those that impede the progress of academically able but disadvantaged young people. The study uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to follow the progress of 395 young people from schools located in disadvantaged areas. It identifies factors that hinder their progress as well as the ways in which they overcome barriers.While there has been much recent debate on the...
By tracking a group of qualified but socio-economically disadvantaged young people, this study identifies the factors which impact upon their HE caree...
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Young People and Contradictions of Inclusion: Towards Integrated Transition Policies in Europe
ISBN: 9781861345240 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment. It presents and discusses the findings of seven EU-funded projects involving 13 countries.
Young people and contradictions of inclusion critically assesses policies addressing young people's transitions from school to employment. It presents...
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Young People and Contradictions of Inclusion: Towards Integrated Transition Policies in Europe
ISBN: 9781861345547 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a biographical approach, this book: . vbTab]integrates the perspectives of social policy, sociology, youth and transition research, and education and labour market research;. vbTab]compares policy and practice in a variety of European national contexts;. vbTab]explores the dilemmas of policies for the inclusion of young people;. vbTab]suggests that a holistic Integrated Transition Policy, which puts young people's subjective experience at its centre, can provide an alternative to current policies and practice; This book is aimed at academics and students in social policy, sociology,...
Using a biographical approach, this book: . vbTab]integrates the perspectives of social policy, sociology, youth and transition research, and educatio...
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Immigration and Homelessness in Europe
ISBN: 9781861346476 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on the national reports of the correspondents of the European Observatory on Homelessness, the book provides a comparative analysis, identifying the commonalities and differences across fifteen member states of the EU. Specifically, the book assesses the impact of recent changes in European housing markets, especially their commodification and privatisation; examines how immigrants' vulnerability to homelessness is reflected in their legal status and explores the effect that growing numbers of migrants and their changing demographics have had on providers of homelessness services in...
Drawing on the national reports of the correspondents of the European Observatory on Homelessness, the book provides a comparative analysis, identifyi...
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Affordable Credit: The Way Forward
ISBN: 9781861346872 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The poor pay more for many things but, arguably, it is the extra they pay for credit that puts the greatest strain on their budgets. This report looks beyond the rhetoric that has dominated much of the debate on high-cost credit to examine the scope for widening access to more affordable credit.The report explores what people on low incomes want from a credit source. It also analyses the constraints on lending to poor people. It looks at the scope for reducing the costs of lending and widening access to more affordable credit, and estimates the scale of demand for affordable credit.This...
The poor pay more for many things but, arguably, it is the extra they pay for credit that puts the greatest strain on their budgets. This report looks...
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Economic Segregation in England: Causes, Consequences and Policy
ISBN: 9781861348135 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the key objectives of government neighbourhood policy is to encourage a sustainable mix of tenures and incomes. This report addresses questions of why integration has been so difficult to achieve in practice and draws conclusions for future policy.The report analyses data from three related empirical studies. The first models, locally, the links between housing, labour markets, migration, deprivation and segregation. The second examines the factors behind the individual moving decisions that lie at the heart of segregation and how policy can influence choices. The third presents three...
One of the key objectives of government neighbourhood policy is to encourage a sustainable mix of tenures and incomes. This report addresses questions...
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92,75 |
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Building Better Credit Unions
ISBN: 9781861348296 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the UK there is increasing acceptance that credit unions have a potentially important role to play in the provision of affordable credit to all sections of society, including those facing financial exclusion. Against this backdrop, this study seeks to identify current patterns of credit union development, quantify the performance of credit unions and isolate those factors which make some credit unions more successful than others.The study considers the financial profile of UK credit union movement, examining the relative performance of credit unions for the UK as a whole and separately for...
In the UK there is increasing acceptance that credit unions have a potentially important role to play in the provision of affordable credit to all sec...
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104,20 |
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The Poverty Trade-Off: Work Incentives and Income Redistribution in Britain
ISBN: 9781861348630 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two strategies that governments have to help people on low incomes - providing them with financial support directly, and encouraging them to earn more - generally conflict. This report provides new evidence on the trade-off between redistributing income and improving work incentives.Drawing on large-scale survey data spanning the last 26 years, the report analyses the incomes and work incentives facing thousands of individuals and families, and how they are affected by the tax and benefit system. It shows how work incentives vary across the population and how this has changed since 1979 and...
Two strategies that governments have to help people on low incomes - providing them with financial support directly, and encouraging them to earn more...
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Helfer der Armen – Hüter der Öffentlichkeit / Guardians of the Poor – Custiodians of the Public: Die Wohlfahrtsgeschichte Osteuropas 1900-1960 / Welfare History in Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9783938094587 / Angielski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This bi-lingual flip-over book, written in English and German, describes the results of case studies about the history of social work in Eastern Europe between 1900 and 1960 in the countries of Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovenia. Topics include governmental social policy, institutions of civil society, social movements, charity activities of churches and communities, mutual aid in family and neighborhood networks, professional development and training, and international influences.
This bi-lingual flip-over book, written in English and German, describes the results of case studies about the history of social work in Eastern Europ...
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Jesus - Social Revolutionary?
ISBN: 9781847301109 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the context of an Ireland that has become unbelievably rich, but where many feel uncomfortable at the levels of homelessness and poverty that continue to exist. Jesus: Social Revolutionary? is an attempt to open a debate about the meaning of our faith and the obligations that belonging to the Christian community imposes on us.
In the context of an Ireland that has become unbelievably rich, but where many feel uncomfortable at the levels of homelessness and poverty that conti...
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Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
ISBN: 9780374531614 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Each of them is one in a million. They number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powerhouses of international finance, the media, world religions, and, from the shadows, the world's most dangerous criminal and terrorist organizations. They are the global superclass, and they are shaping the history of our time. Today's superclass has achieved unprecedented levels of wealth and power. They have globalized more rapidly than any other group. But do they have more in common with one another than with their own countrymen, as... Each of them is one in a million. They number six thousand on a planet of six billion. They run our governments, our largest corporations, the powe... |
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Urban Appropriation and Transformation: Bicycle Taxi and Handcart Operators
ISBN: 9789956558759 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is about emerging informal responses to unemployment in Malawi. To the bicycle taxi and handcart operators who are at the centre of the book, informality is a means for negotiating newer experiences and challenges associated with urbanisation. Jimu richly documents how informal economy activities continue to represent grassroots responses to widespread poverty, unavailability of meaningful employment opportunities and the failure of the state as well as the private and the non-state sectors to respond to escalating demand for formal sector jobs. Multiplicity of activities and...
This book is about emerging informal responses to unemployment in Malawi. To the bicycle taxi and handcart operators who are at the centre of the book...
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Poverty and Human Rights: Sen's 'Capability Perspective' Explored
ISBN: 9780199273874 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a major new cross-disciplinary framework for thinking about poverty and human rights. Drawing on the fields of ethics, economics, and international law, Vizard demonstrates how the work of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has expanded and deepened human rights discourse across traditional disciplinary divides.
This book provides a major new cross-disciplinary framework for thinking about poverty and human rights. Drawing on the fields of ethics, economics, a...
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505,09 |
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Globalization and the Global Politics of Justice
ISBN: 9780415495691 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book brings together a set of distinguished academics and activists to analyze, critique, and debate the global politics of poverty and justice and the contemporary nature of globalization. It examines the connections between 'really existing globalization', global capitalism, and global poverty, and the idea of and prospects for 'global justice' now and in the future. Identifying continuing contradictions between the stated aims of the reigning global economic orthodoxy and the actual consequences of these policies in relation to alleviation of severe poverty and injustice,... This book brings together a set of distinguished academics and activists to analyze, critique, and debate the global politics of poverty and justic... |
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225,25 |
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Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China
ISBN: 9780804759311 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chinese economy's return to commodification and privatization has greatly diversified China's institutional landscape. With the migration of more than 140 million villagers to cities and rapid urbanization of rural settlements, it is no longer possible to presume that the nation can be divided into strictly urban or rural classifications. Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China draws on a wide variety of recent national surveys and detailed case studies to capture the diversity of postsocialist China and identify the contradictory dynamics forging contemporary social...
The Chinese economy's return to commodification and privatization has greatly diversified China's institutional landscape. With the migration of more ...
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Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China
ISBN: 9780804761161 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Chinese economy's return to commodification and privatization has greatly diversified China's institutional landscape. With the migration of more than 140 million villagers to cities and rapid urbanization of rural settlements, it is no longer possible to presume that the nation can be divided into strictly urban or rural classifications. Creating Wealth and Poverty in Postsocialist China draws on a wide variety of recent national surveys and detailed case studies to capture the diversity of postsocialist China and identify the contradictory dynamics forging contemporary social...
The Chinese economy's return to commodification and privatization has greatly diversified China's institutional landscape. With the migration of more ...
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115,61 |
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