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“john macnicol”

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  • Neoliberalising Old Age

    by John Macnicol ...
    Governments are encouraging later-life working and state pension ages are being raised. There is also a growing debate on intergenerational equity and on ageism/age discrimination. John Macnicol, one of Europe's leading academic analysts of old age and ageing, examines the effect of neoliberalism on the recent ageing and social policy agenda in the UK and the USA. He argues that the demographic ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Age Discrimination

    An Historical and Contemporary Analysis

    by John Macnicol ...
    Age discrimination is a highly topical issue in all industrialised societies, against a background of concerns about shortening working lives and ageing populations in the future. Based upon detailed research, and adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this unique study traces the history of the age discrimination debate in Britain and the USA since the 1930s. It critically analyses the concepts ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

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  • Irish Social Policy

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    by Fiona Dukelow, Mairéad Considine ...
    This 2nd edition of a highly respected textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to Irish social policy. It provides an accessible, critical overview taking account of significant changes over recent years.The book is organised across four key sections:1: Traces the emergence and development of Irish social policy from its origins to the present2: Situates the Irish case in the wider context of ... Read more

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  • Social Policy

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  • Rural Poverty

    Marginalisation and Exclusion in Britain and the United States

    by Paul Milbourne ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
    Moving beyond the highly visual forms of poverty characteristic of the city, Rural Poverty explores the nature of poverty in rural spaces in Britain and America. Setting out key features, it highlights the important processes that hide key components of rural poverty. The book seeks to challenge dominant assumptions about the spatialities of poverty and the nature of rural spaces in Britain and ... Read more

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  • Introduction to Social Security

    Policies, Benefits and Poverty

    Edited by John Ditch ...
    Social Security forms a major area of government policy and social expenditure. Government activity in this area impacts directly on all citizens, and consequently social security policy is the focus for much debate. People are affected by social security whether by funding it through taxation, or using it when claiming unemployment or other benefits. Introduction to Social Security is an up-to ... Read more

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  • Key Issues in Women's Work

    Female Diversity and the Polarisation of Women's Employment

    by Catherine Hakim ...
    Series series Contemporary Issues in Public Policy
    Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men, or do they already do more than their share of domestic work, caring work and voluntary work as well as work in the informal economy? Do women seek careers on the same ... Read more

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  • Poverty and the Third Way

    Edited by Colin C Williams, Colin C. Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
    What is poverty and how can it be tackled? Taking the Third Way out of its narrow party political context, this book argues that it is necessary to harness work beyond employment in order to pave a Third Way beyond capitalism and socialism. The outcome is a thought-provoking new approach towards combating poverty.Poverty and the Third Way uncovers how New Labour's employment-focussed approach ... Read more

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  • Poverty and Social Exclusion in the UK

    Volume 2 - The Dimensions of Disadvantage

    by Jonathan Bradshaw, Mike Tomlinson, Christiana Pantazis, Simon Pemberton, Glen Bramley, David Manley, Lucy Prior, Eldin Fahmy, Lisa Wilson, Kirsten Besemer0, Filip Sosenko1, Suzanne Fitzpatrick2, Paddy Hillyard3, Marco Pomati4, Demi Patsios5, Joanna Mack6 ...
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    How many people live in poverty in the UK, and how has this changed over recent decades? Are those in poverty more likely to suffer other forms of disadvantage or social exclusion? Is exclusion multi-dimensional, taking different forms for different groups or places?Based on the largest UK study of its kind ever commissioned, this fascinating book provides the most detailed national picture of ... Read more

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    Population ageing is projected to affect all countries across the world in coming decades. The current rate of population ageing is unprecedented in human history with population projections indicating that this will be an enduring trend. Moreover, population ageing is spatially pervasive, affecting every man, woman and child. This has considerable implications for policy responding to the ... Read more

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  • Social Geography (Routledge Revivals)

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    Edited by Michael Pacione ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The examination of social questions is a relatively new development in goegraphy, but social geography has now blossomed into a fully fledged sub-discipline which has in fact influenced significantly all other areas of geography. This book, first published in 1987, presents an overview of recent developments in all the major branches of social geography. As such it provides a valuable introduction ... Read more

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