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Thinking Collectively
What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to …
Nikephoros
In June 2014, to mark the appearance of volume 25 of the journal NIKEPHOROS, a conference was held in Graz on the theme of sport in antiquity. It documented, through the work of 32 …
Reclaiming individualism
This book is about individualist ideas, and how they shape contemporary approaches to public policy. If we were to believe the existing literature, we might think that only markets …
Thinking collectively
What does collectivism mean in social policy? What does thinking collectively imply for policy? In this book, well-respected author Paul Spicker lends a complementary voice to …
How to Fix the Welfare State
The British welfare state is traditionally understood to be comprised of five main services: health, housing, social security, education and the 'personal social services', such as …
States and Welfare States
Most governments in the world - including many that are autocratic or authoritarian - have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, …
States and Welfare States
Most governments in the world – including many that are autocratic or authoritarian – have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, …
Social Policy
Social Policy: Theory and practice is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of …
What's wrong with social security benefits?
In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of …
How social security works
How social security works is an introduction to the much-misunderstood system of benefits in Britain. The book is an accessible, broadly based and sometimes controversial text …
Origins of Modern Welfare
This book presents new translations of the earliest known studies in Social Policy. Juan-Luis Vives's De Subventione Pauperum (On the Relief of the Poor) is an academic report on …