Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2006, xi + 204 pp., hardback, 1 84720 077 X, £55. This careful and detailed study of the German welfare state from the Ifo Institute for Economic Read More
Policy Press, 2006, xii + 322 pp, pbk, 1 86134 856 8, £22.99. The distinction between cash benefits and care has begun to break down as people with disabilities are Read More
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2006, xiii + 261 pp., hardback, 1 84720 042 7, £65. The New Zealand Goods and Services Tax (GST) has no exemptions and is imposed at a Read More
Housing allowances in comparative perspective, The Policy Press, Bristol, 2007, 340pp, hardback, 1 86134 754 1, £65, Housing and the new welfare state, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2007, 224pp, hardback, 0 7546 4440 Read More
Constable, London, 2006, viii + 263 pp., paperback, 1 84529 374 6, £9.99 This is a carefully researched study of the British Government’s love-affair with consultants: both management consultants and Read More
Ashgate, 2006, 184 pp, hbk, 0 7546 4857 5, £45 It’s not that public attitudes to welfare determine welfare policy; rather, welfare policy determines public attitudes. That is the evidence-based Read More
Policy Press, 2007, viii + 55 pp, pbk, 978 1 86134 954 5, £12.95 ‘In 1974, 7% of adults in Britain between the ages of 20 and 59 were dependent Read More
Policy Press, Bristol / Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 2006, viii + 55 pp, paperback, 1 86134 863 0, £12.95 It would be difficult to better the first three paragraphs of Read More
John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey, 2004, pp. xv + 320, $ 24.95, 0 471 66730 7 Economic, social and political crises are now part of everyday life. America Beyond Read More
The Robert Shalkenbach Foundation, New York, 2006, paperback, $12.95, distributed in the UK by Shepeard Walwyn, London, 0 911312 98 6. Just to envisage a book on economics and taxation Read More