-
Fixing social security
How Social Security has shaped American politics—and why it faces insolvencySince its establishment, Social Security has become the financial linchpin of American retirement. Yet demographic trends—longer lifespans and declining birthrates—mean that this popular program now pays more in benefits ...
Read MoreRegular price $42.00Sale price $42.00 Regular price $42.00Unit price per -
From social assistance to social development
Samuel Morley and David Coady demonstrate how a promising new alternative to standard donor-financed education programs—the conditioned transfer for education (CTE) program—can advance both poverty reduction and education goals at the same time. CTE programs meet the immediate needs of the poores...
Read MoreRegular price $20.00Sale price $20.00 Regular price $20.00Unit price per -
How policies make citizens
Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detailed and fluidly written book, Andrea Campbell argues that democratic participation and public policy powerfully reinforce each other. Through a case study of senior citizens in t...
Read MoreRegular price $47.00Sale price $47.00 Regular price $47.00Unit price per -
Inspectors general
Inspectors General: Duty, Authority, Integrity examines the firsthand experiences and insights of practitioners who work in an omnipresent yet little understood government watchdog institution, the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
Regular price $54.00Sale price $54.00 Regular price $54.00Unit price per -
Perceptions of a pandemic
With findings based on rich survey data from 1,500 Americans and 1,500 Finns, this deeply insightful work challenges us to confront the issues and challenges that we need to consider before the next global health crisis emerges.
Regular price $110.00Sale price $110.00 Regular price $110.00Unit price per -
Practical issues of european social security law
The European social security law, has been evolving for over 60 years. This book is the result of a dialogue between academia and practitioners in Germany and Greece on practical issues regarding the implementation of the coordination regulations.
Regular price $29.00Sale price $29.00 Regular price $29.00Unit price per -
The achievement of american liberalism
The New Deal established the contours and character of modern American democracy. It created an anchor and a reference point for American liberal politics through the struggles for racial, gender, and economic equality in the five decades that followed it. Indeed, the ways that liberalism has cha...
Read MoreRegular price $38.00Sale price $38.00 Regular price $38.00Unit price per -
The people's pension
Essential ammunition against the theft of our golden years by pundits, "free" marketeers, and bureaucrats.
Regular price $27.00Sale price $27.00 Regular price $27.00Unit price per -
The rise and fall of the privatized pension system in chile
‘The Rise and Fall of the Privatized Pension System in Chile’ analyses the Chilean experience with a privatised pension system and examines its impact on pension levels for the ageing population, differences in benefits across different groups, impact on local capital markets, savings redistribut...
Read MoreRegular price $125.00Sale price $125.00 Regular price $125.00Unit price per -
Unauthorized welfare
The evolution of federal welfare policies between the 1930s and the 1970s, and the roots of today’s anti-immigrant politicsBetween 1935 and 1972, US federal welfare policy did not distinguish between citizens and noncitizens. Noncitizens, including unauthorized immigrants, were eligible for Socia...
Read MoreRegular price $35.00Sale price $35.00 Regular price $35.00Unit price per -
Understanding the cost of welfare
The challenge of meeting the growing cost of welfare is one of the most pressing issues facing governments of our time. Glennerster’s authoritative Understanding the cost of welfare assesses what welfare costs and how it is funded sector-by-sector. The book is written in a clear, accessible style...
Read MoreRegular price $44.95Sale price $44.95 Regular price $44.95Unit price per -
Us pension reform
It is generally accepted that Social Security must be reformed, but there is little agreement on what should be done to reform the program. US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries looks at the social pension reforms of twelve other countries, assesses the current US Social Security progra...
Read MoreRegular price $26.95Sale price $26.95 Regular price $26.95Unit price per -
Wandering workers
This timely book offers a fresh perspective on the issue of contemporary migratory labor, otkhodnichestvo, in Russia—the temporary departure of inhabitants from small towns and villages for short-term jobs in the major cities of Russia. Although otkhodnichestvo is a mass phenomenon, it is not ref...
Read MoreRegular price $54.00Sale price $54.00 Regular price $54.00Unit price per
Something went wrong
Please try again
