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  • The Versailles Memorandum

    by Peter Saunders ...
    A futuristic thriller.The year is 2046. After dirty bombs go off in four European cities, and a nuclear attack incinerates Israel, the United States of Europe has reached an uneasy truce with radical Islamism. Various city enclaves across the continent have been designated as semi-autonomous Special Islamic Zones, where residents are subject to Sharia Law as well as western law.In the East London ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Social Protection in East Asian Chinese Societies

    Challenges, Responses and Impacts

    Edited by Peter Saunders, Alex Jingwei He ...
    Despite its impressive economic growth, East Asia is facing daunting challenges in mitigating its social problems, including chronic poverty and worsening social inequality. The past decade has seen growing scholarly interest in the development of East Asian social policies not only because of the sheer size of the population and its global impact, but also due to the stark contrast between this ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • A Nation of Home Owners

    by Peter Saunders ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Housing Policy and Home Ownership
    Originally published in 1990, and re-issued in 2020 with an updated Preface, this book shows how the UK has become a nation of home owners, and the effect it has had on people’s lives, the impact which it has had on British society and the implications for those who have hitherto been excluded. The book briefly charts the history of the growth of owner-occupation in Britain and considers the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Welfare to Work in Practice

    Social Security and Participation in Economic and Social Life

    Edited by Peter Saunders ...
    Series series International Studies on Social Security (FISS)
    Welfare to Work in Practice brings together some of the leading international social security experts to discuss the rationale for welfare to work policies, their limitations and problems encountered in practice. Contributors include Jane Millar, Neil Gilbert, Martin Werding, Jonathan Bradshaw and Einar Overbye, who address topics ranging from the linkages between social security and the labour ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • International Simulation and Gaming Yearbook

    Edited by Peter Saunders, Benita Cox ...
    This text brings together topical contributions from figures in the field of games and simulations, representing the current international thinking and best practice. ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Creating Unequal Futures?

    Rethinking poverty, inequality and disadvantage

    Edited by Peter Saunders ...
    'This is an important and powerful book because of the rigour of the analysis, the good sense of the innovative strategies for action by government, business and civil society, and the concern throughout for social justice.' - John Langmore, Director, UN Division for Social Policy and DevelopmentOne in six Australian kids live below the poverty line. Among the twenty-five leading industrialised ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets

    International and Comparative Policy Perspectives

    by Malcolm Torry, Donald Hirsch, Maria Inês Amaro, Dalia Costa, Francisco Branco, Elvira Pereira, Jose Antonio Correia Pereirinha, Tim Goedeme, Abigail Davis, Nada Stropnik, Malin Lindquist Skogar, Anders Eiler Wiese Christensen, Jens Bonke, Elling Borgeraas, Marthe Hårvik Austgulen, Bart van Hulst, Stella Hoff, Benedikt Goderis, J. Cok Vrooman, Jordi Riera Romaní, Elena Carrillo Alvarez, Irene Cussó-Parcerisas, Peter Saunders, Berenice Storms, Kristiina Aalto, Anna-Riitta Lehtinen, Wanga Zembe-Mkabile, Matt Padley, Gemma Wright, Yi Ting Ting, Ad Maulod, Youyenn Teo, Yu Wei Neo, Kok-Hoe Ng, Aya Abe, Pierre Concialdi, Robert Thornton, Bernadette Mac Mahon, Jonathan Bradshaw ...
    Series series Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy
    Research into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating collection from leading academics in the field.From countries with long established research traditions to places where it is relatively new, contributors set out the different aims and objectives of investigations into the minimum needs and requirements of populations, and the historical ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Revisiting Henderson

    Poverty, social security and basic income

    by Peter Saunders ...
    Reform of the system must recognise, respect and reinforce its profound impact on the lives and wellbeing of millions of Australians, not only during childhood and retirement but also when unexpected needs arise in-between. It is time for a fundamental reassessment of how the system can best promote social inclusion and encourage economic contribution in current and future circumstances. This book ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • The Boy in a Plaster Cast

    A Story of a Childhood Experience

    by Peter Saunders ...
    At the end of World War 2, the German people suffered another major catastrophe in terms of economic disaster which befell them. This story tells of the damage done to one particular family both during and after the war. In particular, it focuses on a four-year-old boy who had the misfortune to contract tuberculosis in his hip joint, which caused him to be incarcerated in a hospital which was run ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Social Theory and the Urban Question

    by Peter Saunders ...
    First published in 1986. For this new edition of Social Theory and the Urban Question Peter Saunders has updated the text to take account of major theoretical developments in the 1980s and has also considerably developed his own approach. Three chapters have been completely rewritten and others have been appropriately revised. The revisions ensure that Social Theory and the Urban Question will ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Social Class and Stratification

    by Peter Saunders ...
    Series series Society Now
    The questions raised by a study of class and inequality are important, but often complex. This book succeeds in making them understandable without oversimplifying, and its breadth, originality, and easy style will appeal to a wide readership. Peter Saunders covers theories of social class as well as evidence on class inequalities in the contemporary period. He analyses why class inequalities exist ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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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

    $68.99 USD