Articles

In the welfare provision of today, power takes both the shape of juridical sanctions and of attractive offers for self-development. When state institutions... 
Social service | Human services | Public welfare | Contemporary Social Theory | Welfare | Public & Nonprofit Management | Nurse Education & Management | Public Administration & Management | Social Work Policy | Social interaction | Power (Social sciences)

History | Public welfare

Nordic welfare states are known for a unique combination of equity and efficiency and for political institutions facilitating compromise and consensus between... 
History | Welfare state | Politics & government | Social Policy & Social Work,Comparative Social Policy | Social Policy | Welfare | Denmark | Sweden | Finland

This book introduces the concept of new social risks in welfare state studies and explains their relevance to the comparative understanding of social policy in... 
Welfare state | Public welfare | political economy | Case studies | Social policy | European Union | Europe | Active labour market | Health care | Post-fordism | Pensions | Child care | Unemployment | Eu | Social risks | Work | Politics | Reform | Retrenchment

Income distribution | Consumer behavior | Economic policy | Public welfare

Written by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy, defined as the public pursuit of secure... 
Developing countries Social policy | Public welfare | Sociology, Social Studies | Developing countries | Social policy

Welfare, Work, and Poverty provides the first systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of China's primary social assistance... 
China Social policy | Public welfare | Social Policy and Advocacy | Public welfare - China | Comparative social policy | Human capital | Poverty | Education | Health | Welfare | China | Work | Social assistance

Childhood disadvantage encourages the development of antisocial, 'employment-resistant' personality characteristics which harm life outcomes in adulthood. A... 
Psychological aspects | Personality change | Welfare recipients | Personality and occupation | Attitudes | Psycology | Public welfare | Developmental psychology | Personality and Social Psychology | Social Sciences | Developmental Psychology | Child Well-being | Politics of the Welfare State | Social Policy | Social Care

Child welfare | Periodicals

Why are people who live in liberal welfare regimes reluctant to support welfare policy? And conversely, why are people who live in social democratic welfare... 
Politics & government | Public welfare | Social Policy | Welfare | Social Theory | Sociology & Social Policy | Cross-cultural studies | Welfare recipients | Public opinion | Welfare state | Public welfare-Public opinion-Cross-cultural studies | Welfare state-Cross-cultural studies | Welfare recipients-Public opinion-Cross-cultural studies

Eastern welfare systems have largely been neglected by Western social policy. There is very little information in the West about their operation and the... 
Welfare state | Religion & beliefs | Public welfare | Political Science

Social security | Periodicals | Law and legislation | Domestic relations | Public welfare

In the Great Recession of 2007-2009, the United States suffered the most sustained and extensive wave of job destruction since the Great Depression. When... 
Democratic Party (U.S.) History | Welfare recipients | Democratic Party (U.S.) | United States | 1900 - 1999 | History | Political aspects | United States Social policy | Social policy | Employment | Welfare state | United States Politics and government | Public welfare | Politics and government | 20th century | Political Science

The White Welfare State challenges common misconceptions of the development of U.S. welfare policy. Arguing that race has always been central to welfare... 
Welfare recipients--Government policy--United States | Social service and race relations--United States | Public welfare--United States | Racism in public welfare administration--United States | Welfare recipients | Social service and race relations | United States | Government policy | Racism | Race relations | Public welfare | Political Science | POLITICAL SCIENCE | Social Services & Welfare | Public Policy

This book analyzes European capitalist welfare societies, exploring questions of sustainability and the financing of social rights. 
Welfare state | Public welfare | Capitalism | Politics & government | Development/Sustainable Development | Civil rights & citizenship | Social and Welfare Policy | Public Policy/Economic Policy | Public administration | Sociology/General | Welfare & benefit systems | Public Policy/Social Policy | Social Policy and Welfare | Comparative European Politics | Social welfare & social services

First published in 1981, Professor Mishan's Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare: Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social... 
Welfare economics | Economics | Economic Theory & Philosophy | Macroeconomics

Welfare to work programmes aim to assist the long-term unemployed in finding work; increasing labour market flexibility, eliminating dependency, and tackling... 
Welfare recipients | Employment | Law and legislation | Legal status, laws, etc | Public welfare | Sociology, Social Studies | Insurance, Unemployment | employment and labour law | Great Britain | United States | Rights | Reciprocity | Welfare rights | Welfare state | Social contract | Equality | Responsibility | Social inclusion