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Holly Smith
Up in the Air

Up in the Air tells the story of Britain's multistorey council housing from its beginnings to the present day. Across the decades, the high rise has symbolised the welfare state for better or worse. Here,…

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David Matthews
The Class Struggle and Welfare

A fresh look on the welfare system--with a view beyond the stateWith The Class Struggle and Welfare, David Matthews argues that we must understand the welfare state as a dialectical phenomenon--a product …

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Taxing People

This book is for all scholars and policymakers who seek to understand how globalization, digitalization, post-colonialism, and changing social and demographic conditions impact traditional modes of taxing…

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Meredith Whitnah
Faith and the Fragility of Justice

South Africa has repeatedly made international headlines because of its high rates of gender-based violence. In the midst of a wide range of responses to the problem, an important voice has been largely a…

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Life in Dignity

Studien aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht - Band 83

Despite the abundance of legal and socio-political promises, combatting poverty remains an unrealised goal. This raises the question of how states actually guarantee minimum subsistence. Addressing it tou…

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António Tavares
Municipal Amalgamation Reforms

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of municipal amalgamation reforms in Europe. Adopting the analytical and methodological tools of comparative historical analysis, it examines how the history of…

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Francesco Farina
The Rise of Inequality and the Fall of Social Mobility

Social mobility in political science, economics, and sociology.- 2. Meritocracy.- 3. Social mobility.- 4. The social dynamics: an interpretative scheme.- 5. A phenomenon pending between the individual and…

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Klaus Degenhardt, Marie Levallois
Differences in Labour Law between Germany and France

There are significant differences between labour law in Germany and France that affect both employees and employers. In Germany, labour law is strongly influenced by the principles of the welfare state. I…

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Mary Honeyball
Edith Summerskill

An Independent Book of the MonthEdith Summerskill was a remarkable politician, feminist, physician, campaigner and writer. At a time when there were few powerful women in public life, Dr Edith, as she was…

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Popular Sovereignty in a Digital Age

Looks at how digitalization has changed the way we produce and interact, and the implications for working classes and countries of the Global South. In the evolution of global capitalism and geopolitics, …

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Maria Ignatova-Pfarr
Social Policy in Autocracies

This book examines the influence of authoritarian rule on the development of the welfare state. Building on theoretical approaches from research on autocratic regimes and comparative welfare state researc…

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David Goodhart
The Care Dilemma

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND THE SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR'Important' Financial Times 'Serious and thought-provoking' The Critic 'Brave' Richard ReevesFamily life has changed dramatically over the past 60 years…

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Sungur Savran, E. Ahmet Tonak
In the Tracks of Marx's Capital

This book provides an accessible introduction to Marx's seminal work Capital and explores the core ideas of Marxian political economy relevant for modern day economies. The first part gives an overview of…

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The Nordic Bible

The volume offers a new critical reflection on the use of the Bible in contemporary cultural and political debates in the Nordic countries. In Nordic Lutheran societies, the Bible has been perceived as a …

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Tuuli Matila
The Contemporary Archaeology of Emotions: Re-Framing the Past and Present

This SpringerBrief examines emotions in the past through contemporary archaeological materials. The author explores this topic using the context of a former working-class neighbourhood in northern Finland…

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Claes Berg
Gunnar Myrdal

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of Gunnar Myrdal's life, as well as his significant scientific, political and international contributions. Recognized as one of the foremost Stockholm economis…

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Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning
Building Modern Scotland

Combining architectural and social history, this open access book tells for the first time the in-depth story of Scotland's new towns.One of the most significant episodes in modern architectural, urban an…

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Ernest J Weinrib
The Least of My Brethren

As pauperism and begging dramatically increased throughout Europe in the sixteenth century, poverty began to be treated as the object of governmental regulation rather than of individual benevolence. The …

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Alistair Fair, Lynn Abrams, Kat Breen, Miles Glendinning
Building Modern Scotland

Combining architectural and social history, this open access book tells for the first time the in-depth story of Scotland's new towns.One of the most significant episodes in modern architectural, urban an…

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Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud
Sustainable Urban Transitions and New Public Management

Nordic welfare states are often looked to by those who favor more collective and collaborative models of governance. However, as in other European countries, in recent decades the New Public Management (N…

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