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"Featuring essays by: David Beiro, Piercamillo Falasca, David Green, Aristides Hatzis, Johan Norberg, Tom G. Palmer, Michael Tanner"--Cover Includes bibliographical references: p. 143-175.
"Renaissance Italians pioneered radical changes in ways of helping the poor, including orphanages, workhouses, pawnshops, and women's shelters. Nicholas Terpstra shows that gender was the key factor driving innovation. Most of the recipients of charity were women. The most creat…
Presents new data to give an overview of shadow economies from OECD countries and propose solutions to prevent illicit work.
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, presents the extraordinary growth of research on aging individuals, populations, and the dynamic culmination of the life course, providing a comprehensive synthesis and review of the latest research findings in the socia…
"Presents innovative multi-disciplinary perspectives on how people and societies respond to, and recover from sudden, unexpected crisis events like natural disasters which impact tragically on the established patterns and structures of their lives. Through detailed empirical ana…
Does globalization mean a race to the bottom in social standards and the inevitable decay of the welfare state? Ramesh Mishra examines the implications of globalization in respect of social policy and social standards in advanced industrial countries.
"Edited by a team of renowned experts, Connecting Social Welfare Policy to Fields of Practice features contributions from leaders in this field providing a variety of perspectives on different topics. This visionary guide equips social workers to proactively engage in policy pra…
