Edward Elgar, 2008, xxiv + 767 pp, hbk, 1 84720 577 1, £195 The forty-six papers collected here discuss the market failure and second best justifications for government expenditure, theoretical Read More
Policy Press, 2007, ix + 286 pp, pbk, 1 86134 957 6, £25, hbk, 1 86134 958 3, £65 This Festschrift for Howard Glennerster is about the ‘historical development and Read More
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009, xii + 218 pp, hbk, 0 19 954670 1, £45 Today’s welfare state is characterised by ‘competition, the expansion of internal markets, and target-setting’ and Read More
Policy Press, 2008, vi + 270 pp, pbk, 1 86134 859 3, £21.99, hbk, 1 86134 860 9, £60 This book asks the question: ‘If social policy studies the production Read More
Policy Press, 2008, x + 284 pp, pbk, 1 86134 933 0, £19.99, hbk, 1 86134 934 7, £65 The term ‘social justice’ can mean a bewildering variety of different Read More
Fiscal Studies, vol.28, 2007, no.3, pp.343-365 A change to the taxation system in Canada in 1988 has enabled Crossley and Jeon to conduct a natural experiment to test the effect Read More
Social Policy and Administration, volume 41, no.1, February 2007, pp.29-49 This study of workfare for lone mothers in Canada shows that the result of the policy is precarious low-quality employment Read More
Social Policy and Administration, volume 41, no.1, February 2007, pp.1-28 There are two ways of categorising welfare states: ‘How much?’ and ‘How?’. In this important article Bambra shows how each Read More
Aalborg University Press, 2008, 164 pp, pbk, 87 7307 936 2, £28 This collection of mainly previously published articles and book chapters contains a single simple message: in Denmark there Read More
Stockholm Studies in Politics 122, Stockholm University, 2008: 978-91-7155-570-0 Simon Birnbaum is a newcomer to the basic income debate who has quickly worked his way into the basic income movement. Read More