Social Policy 99

The economy has been brutal to American workers for several decades. The chance to give one's children a better life than one's own -- the promise at the heart of the American Dream -- is withering ……続きを見る

This book introduces the “Belt and Road” in its entirety, including what it is, what it aims to do, what it can do and how. This book can serve as a helpful resource for the general public, it can i……続きを見る

This volume explores transgender children and internalized body normalization in early childhood education settings, steeped in critical methodologies including post-structuralism, queer theory, and……続きを見る

This book presents a novel approach to framing the concept of stigma, and understanding why and how it functions. Graham Scambler extends his analysis beyond common social interactionist understandi……続きを見る

This comparative resource charts the interface between the University of the Third Age (U3A) movement and active ageing, and in doing so, offers a comprehensive and thorough understanding of what U3……続きを見る

This book examines the staying power of the People's Action Party, a political party that has governed Singapore since June 1959. A political titan with few chinks in its armour, the party has kept ……続きを見る

As debates about migrants and refugees reverberate around the world, this book offers an important first-hand account of how migration is being approached at the highest levels of international gove……続きを見る

I segnali sulla necessità di rivedere il parametro della crescita su cui si fondano le società industriali continuano a moltiplicarsi: l’avvicinarsi dell’esaurimento delle fonti fossili e le guerre ……続きを見る

This book is devoted to offering a new concept of non-employment caused by social exclusion. Among labor economic studies, it is the first attempt to investigate the conditions of jobless persons wh……続きを見る

This book examines the work of Milton Friedman, which is amongst the most significant in modern economics and, equally, amongst the most contentious. Although Friedman became most famous for his vie……続きを見る

Billions of American tax dollars go into a vast array of programs targeting various social issues: the opioid epidemic, criminal violence, chronic unemployment, and so on. Yet the problems persist a……続きを見る

This book offers a sociological exploration of street children in India and what pulls and pushes them into delinquency, at a time when the government of India is contemplating strengthening its juv……続きを見る

Awarded "Special Recognition" by the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards Finalist for the American Bar Association's 2018 Silver Gavel Book Award Named one of the "10 books to read after……続きを見る

As cultural, social, political, and historical objects, guns are rich with complex and contested significance. What guns mean, why they matter, and what policies should be undertaken to regulate gun……続きを見る

This book explores the journey of young people through a Secure Training Centre and, more generally, the criminal justice system in the UK. It examines the extent to which young people have been fai……続きを見る

Questo è un best seller. Ha venduto milioni di copie nel mondo, è stato tradotto in ventotto lingue. Ha avuto un successo universale e ha fatto molto discutere. Il sasso in bocca è la cronaca in pre……続きを見る

This book uses mixed methods to extend the concept of “wellbeing stocks” to refer to dynamic ways of working with others. It addresses metaphors and praxis for weaving together strands of experience……続きを見る

This book uses previously unknown archive materials to explore the meaning of the term ‘incapable of work’ over a hundred years (1911–present). Nowadays, people claiming disability benefits must und……続きを見る

Our Families, Our Values challenges both the gay community and American society to examine carefully the meaning of family values and the nature of social institutions such as marriage and the famil……続きを見る

The purpose of this book is to survey the literature on social welfare policies and planning of different nations in order to explain some of the major problems that are encountered in comparative r……続きを見る

This book discusses approaches used by NGOs in formulating and implementing mental health care in the community in the context of high treatment gap, insufficient public expenditure on health, human……続きを見る

In this timely book about the current state of research and practice of emergency management in China, the authors take as their basic premises that we now live in a risk society and that our collec……続きを見る

Trailblazers: Profiles of America’s Gay and Lesbian Elected Officials (winner of the Victory Foundation Civic Leadership Award) is a quick reference to the most comprehensive list of the country’s o……続きを見る

1978’de kurulan ve 1984’ten itibaren Türkiye Cumhuriyeti devleti ve halkına karşı başlattığı terör ve şiddet eylemleriyle on binlerce Türk vatandaşının hayatını kaybetmesine neden olan terör örgütü ……続きを見る

Yılda bir kez yayınlanan ve Türkçe basımını Yordam Kitap'ın üstlendiği Socialist Register'ın 2009 sayısı şiddet konusuna eğiliyor. Günümüz dünyasının karşı karşıya olduğu şiddetin çapı ve yaygınlığı……続きを見る

Tarım konusunda çalışan Marksist sosyal bilimcilerden Henry Bernstein bu kitabında, tarımsal değişimi ekonomi politik bir yaklaşımla inceliyor. Değişik kapitalizm modellerinde köylülüğün farklı dönü……続きを見る

Karl Marx ve Friedrich Engels, insanlığın demokrasi mücadelesinde belirleyici sıçrama dönemi olan 19. yüzyıl demokratik hareketinin başkahramanlarıdır. Ne var ki, 20. Yüzyıl kapanırken, Marx ve Enge……続きを見る

Michael Lebowitz'e göre "iyi bir toplum, insani potansiyelin tam bir gelişimine olanak sağlayan toplumdur". Kısa, berrak ve anlaşılır bu kitapta Lebowitz, böyle bir toplumun mümkün olduğunu ikna edi……続きを見る

First published in 1999, this volume examines the issue that, in the last two decades, the housing system in Hong Kong has witnessed a slow but consistent transition from a tenure dominated by publi……続きを見る

This book focuses on building regional resilience by comprehensively improving regional assets. Regional vulnerability depends on the availability of regional assets for the population, as well as t……続きを見る