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  • Making the Transition

    Education and Labor Market Entry in Central and Eastern Europe

    Edited by Irena Kogan, Clemens Noelke, Michael Gebel ...
    Series series Studies in Social Inequality
    After the breakdown of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe, the role of education systems in preparing students for the "real world" changed. Though young people were freed from coercive state institutions, the shift to capitalism made the transition from school to work much more precarious and increased inequality in early career outcomes. This volume provides the first large-scale analysis ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe

    The Multifaceted Consequences of Labour Market Insecurity

    Edited by Marge Unt, Michael Gebel, Sonia Bertolini, Vassiliki Deliyanni-Kouimtzi, Dirk Hofäcker ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity, and the subsequent consequences.Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences ... Read more

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  • Happiness

    A Revolution in Economics

    by Bruno S. Frey ...
    Series series Munich Lectures in Economics
    A leading economist discusses the potential of happiness research (the quantification of well-being) to answer important questions that standard economics methods are unable to analyze.Revolutionary developments in economics are rare. The conservative bias of the field and its enshrined knowledge make it difficult to introduce new ideas not in line with received theory. Happiness research, however ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Uses of Social Investment

    Edited by Anton Hemerijck ...
    The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social investment. It surveys the emergence, diffusion, limits, merits, and politics of social investment as the welfare policy paradigm for the 21st century, seen through the lens of the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Crime and the Economy

    by Richard Rosenfeld, Steven F. Messner ...
    Series series Compact Criminology
    In this unique and timely book, two of the world′s leading criminologists explore the connections between crime and economic conditions. The authors skilfully draw on influential criminological theories to formulate an original "institutional" perspective. This perspective sheds light on the complex ways in which levels and forms of crime reflect the structure and functioning of the economy in ... Read more

    $65.69 USD

  • Welfare Reform and Social Investment Policy in Europe and East Asia

    International Lessons and Policy Implications

    by Jooha Lee, Hyejin Choi, Jaehyoung Park, Mi Young An, Jieun Lee, Ijin Hong, Niccolo Durazzi, Young Jun Choi, Kim Yun-Young, Sonia Exley0, Sung-Hee Lee1, Sam Mohun-Himmelweit2 ...
    Series series Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
    Social investment policies have enjoyed prominence during recent welfare reforms across the OECD world, and yet there is insufficient long-term strategy for their success.Reviewing labour market, family and education policies, this edited collection analyses the emergence of social investment policies in both Europe and East Asia. Adopting a life course perspective and examining both public and ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Happiness for All?

    Unequal Hopes and Lives in Pursuit of the American Dream

    by Carol Graham ...
    How the optimism gap between rich and poor is creating an increasingly divided societyThe Declaration of Independence states that all people are endowed with certain unalienable rights, and that among these is the pursuit of happiness. But is happiness available equally to everyone in America today? How about elsewhere in the world? Carol Graham draws on cutting-edge research linking income ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Measuring the Global Shadow Economy

    The Prevalence of Informal Work and Labour

    by Colin C. Williams, Friedrich Schneider ...
    This book brings together two leading researchers in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of the shadow economy from a global perspective. Reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of different ways of measuring the informal sector, the authors evaluate its size and key determinants across the world. Williams and Schneider clearly establish the persistence and prevalence of the shadow ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Social Capital and European Democracy

    Edited by Marco Maraffi, Kenneth Newton, Jan Van Deth, Paul Whiteley ...
    Series series Routledge/ECPR Studies in European Political Science
    The authors of this work examine the dominant view that voluntary activity promotes social capital and hence good government, but also explore alternative models for the creation of social capital. Theoretical discussion is combined with detailed case studies to provide a new explanation of : * the origins and nature of social capital * its effects on political participation and policy-making * ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society

    The Losers in a Globalizing World

    Edited by Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Erik Klijzing, Melinda Mills, Karin Kurz ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Examining how youths in fourteen industrialized societies make the transition to adulthood in an era of globalization and rising uncertainty, this collection of essays investigates the impact that institutions working with social groups of youths have upon those youths' abilities to make adult decisions determining their life courses.Covering both Europe and North America, the book includes case ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Triple Bind of Single-Parent Families

    Resources, Employment and Policies to Improve Wellbeing

    by Natascha Van Mechelen, Anne Grege Toge, Sabine Hubgen, Malin Bergstrom, Viveca Ostberg, Marina Fernandez Salgado, Juho Härkönen, Janet Gornick, Gideon Calder, Diego Collado, Bea Cantillon0, Guðný Björk Eydal1, Ann Morissens2, Yekaterina Chzhen3, Antonia Keung4, Jonathan Bradshaw5, Joakim Palme6, Rense Nieuwenhuis7, Karen Modesta Olsen9, Ingrid Esser0, Nicklas Korsell1, Ann-Zofie Duvander2, Wim Van Lancker3, Young Hwan-Byun4, Ive Marx5, Jeroen Horemans6, Hannah Zagel7, Sara Brolin Laftman8, Emma Fransson9, Jaap Dronkers0, Marloes de Lange1, Susan Harkness2, Morag C. Treanor3, Eva Sierminska4 ...
    Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Single parents face a triple bind of inadequate resources, employment, and policies, which in combination further complicate their lives.This book - multi-disciplinary and comparative in design - shows evidence from over 40 countries, along with detailed case studies of Sweden, Iceland, Scotland, and the UK. It covers aspects of well-being that include ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • Redistributing Happiness

    How Social Policies Shape Life Satisfaction

    by Hiroshi Ono, Kristen Schultz Lee ...
    Drawing on international comparisons of data on happiness, this book offers both general and academic audiences a simple, deep, and honest answer to the timeless question: "What makes people happy"?The conventional recipe for happiness has long included money, marriage, and parenthood as basic ingredients. What research is telling us, however, is that these elements don't relate to happiness in ... Read more

    $55.09 USD