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  • Sheltered Housing for the Elderly

    Policy, Practice and the Consumer

    Series series National Institute Social Services Library
    In the early-1980s, the ten million people of retirement age in the UK figured prominently among the disadvantaged and deprived. They were heavily over-represented in sub-standard housing and among those in most need of support from the personal social services.One form of social provision which gained rapidly in popularity in the 1960s and 1970s was sheltered housing. It was seen to combine ... Read more

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  • Comparative Social Administration

    by John Greve ...
    This is the first work that systematically applies the comparative method to the study of social policy and administration. After a full discussion of this approach in the introduction, the book offers three authoritative national studies--France, Norway, Canada--each giving a rounded picture of social policy and administration in the particular country. Social needs, resources, and forms of ... Read more

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    Culture, Markets and the Failure of Third-Way Socialism

    Series series Readings in Political Economy
    This book is important to help an international audience understand the cultural peculiarities behind the Scandinavian “success story”. It is also vital that Scandinavians themselves read this book to help them understand the market reforms that are essential for a successful future. ... Read more

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  • Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy

    No one is content with the state of health and social programs in Canada today. The Right thinks that there is too much government involvement, and the Left thinks there is not enough. In Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy James Rice and Michael Prince track the history of the welfare state from its establishment in the 1940s, through its development in the mid 1970s, to the period of ... Read more

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  • Dementia Studies

    A Social Science Perspective

    by Anthea Innes ...
    What is dementia? How should we organize dementia care? This comprehensive book critically examines the main approaches to understanding dementia (bio-medical, social-psychological and socio-gerontological) and the main principles and ideologies of care.The book:• provides clarity on the gap between the utopian aspirations of care and the reality of care• opens up a series of questions about ... Read more

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  • Child and Youth Migration

    Mobility-in-Migration in an Era of Globalization

    Edited by A. Veale, G. Donà ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This edited collection captures the intersection between migration, mobility and childhood studies. Contributors explore under-researched child and youth short-term and micro movements within major migration fluxes that occur in response to migration and global change. ... Read more

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  • Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts

    Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts addresses the context of poverty in the United States and focuses on poverty issues that family members must confront as they move through the life course.This edited collection provides a unique perspective that draws together macro and micro research about how poverty affects families throughout their lives, increasing risks and reducing opportunities at every ... Read more

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  • China's Automobile Industry

    Policies, Problems and Prospects

    by Eric Harwit ...
    The author presents an argument for a system of social insurance that replaces welfare with a Guaranteed Adequate Income. The book reviews public assistance programmes, and evaluates other plans that have been proposed. ... Read more

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  • Welfare & Competition

    Dealing with general economic theory, other than employment theory, the book discusses the theory of pure and monopolistic competition - with a special emphasis upon welfare aspects. Beginning with an analysis of the consumer and of the individual firm, the main stress is nevertheless placed on the analysis of the economic system as a whole. ... Read more

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