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13th February 2004

Real Libertarianism Assessed: Political Theory after Van Parijs, by Andrew Reeve and Andrew Williams (eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2002, 240pp, hb, 0333912675, £50. Order this book This is a collection of essays discusses the political writings of Philippe Van Parijs, who is best known for Read More

13th February 2004

Gender, Pensions and the Lifecourse, by Jay Ginn

The Policy Press, Bristol, 2003, 152pp, pb, 1 86134 337 X, £17.99, hb, 1 86134 338 8, £45. Order this book Also in paper back £17.99 Order this book There Read More

13th November 2003

The Economics of Poverty and Inequality, by Frank A. Cowell (ed.)

Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2003, 2 volumes, 1360 pp, hb, 1 84064 567 9, £340. Order this book This magnificent collection is a must for every welfare economics and general economics Read More

13th November 2003

The Basic Income Guarantee: ensuring progress and prosperity in the 21st century, by Charles M.A. Clark

The Liffey Press, 2002, 147 pp., pb., 1 904148 07 7, np. This book is one of the outcomes of a research project carried out by the Conference of Religious Read More

13th November 2003

Informal Employment in Countries in Transition: A conceptual framework, by Sabine Bernabè

(CASEpaper 56, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, April 2002). The term ‘informal sector’ has been used to describe an extremely wide spectrum of activities, making Read More

13th November 2003

Disability, Citizenship and Community Care: A Case for Welfare Rights ? by Kirstein Rummery

Ashgate, Aldershot, 2002, 212 pp., hb, 0 7546 1757 2, £39.95. Order this book It is true that it is difficult to get into the system to receive community care Read More

14th July 2003

Querulous Citizens: Welfare Knowledge and the Limits to Welfare Reform, by Peter Taylor-Gooby, Charlotte Hastie and Catherine Bromley

Social Policy and Administration, vol.37, no.1, February 2003, pp.1-20. The research project of which this article is the result set out to discover how accurately people understand the distribution of Read More

14th July 2003

Changing Poverty Post-1997, by David Piachaud and Holly Sutherland

Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics, CASEpaper no. 63, 2002, x + 45 pp., pb. By using the usual definition of poverty (income below 60% of Read More

14th July 2003

Tackling disadvantage: a 20-year enterprise: A working paper for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Centenary Conference, David Darton, Donald Hirsch and Jason Strelitz

December 2004, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2003, 48 pp., pb., 1 85935 091 7, £11.95. Order this book This report has been written in preparation for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s centenary Read More

14th July 2003

At the Margins of the Welfare State: Social assistance and the alleviation of poverty in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, by Christina Behrendt

Ashgate, 2002, xiv + 244 pp., hb., 0 7546 1996 6, £42.50. Order this book This book tackles a fundamental issue facing welfare states in developed countries: Why, when so Read More