Ashgate, 2007, xviii + 264 pp, hbk 0 754 649397 , £55 This edited collection of conference and invited papers offers a coherent, well-researched and detailed international picture of public Read More
Ashgate, 2005, 244 pages, hb, 0 75 464249 6, Order this book The challenges faced by European welfare states feature prominently both in political discourse and academic research. In a Read More
Routledge, London, 2005, 269pp, hardback, 0 415 34436 0, £50 Order this book First of all, terminology: Ailsa McKay has interestingly combined the terms ‘Basic Income’ and ‘Citizen’s Income’ into Read More
Ashgate, Aldershot, 2006, 254pp, hardback, 0 7546 4688 2, £50 This is a highly detailed report on a research project at the University of York on the non-take-up of social Read More
Ashgate, Aldershot, 2005, xvi+334pp, hbk, 0 7546 4188 0, £60 Order this book The essays in this collection were first given as papers at the first congress of the United Read More
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2004, 142 pp, hardback, 1 4020 2614 5, £42. Order this book The main argument of this wide ranging, interdisciplinary and well-researched book is that if Read More
Editorial Private Eye We couldn’t resist a recent news item: Gordon Brown’s tax credit policy isn’t just driving claimants mad: it’s thrown his own staff into a state of gibbering Read More
Editorial It is sixty years since unconditional benefits for children were first paid. The Family Allowance was established by the Family Allowance Act 1945 and was paid to families with Read More