Policy Press, Bristol, 2007, xi + 308pp., paperback, 1847420192, £25, hardback, 1847420206, £65 This book consists of papers from a conference organized by the European Union’s Finnish Presidency in 2006 Read More
Edward Elgar, 2007,xxxvii + 596 pp, hbk, 978 1 84376 826 7, £150 Start with chapter 2. This will introduce you to a wide variety of definitions of happiness: from Read More
Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2008, hardback, 069112714X, £13.98 Hard as it is to believe today, there was a brief period when the United States government seemed inevitably bound to adopt Read More
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2006, xxii+318pp, hardback, 1 84542 309 7, £69.95 The accumulation of capital is the only true engine of economic growth, for it ‘leads to an improvement in Read More
Edward Elgar, 2006, x + 136 pp, hbk, 1 84720 103 4, £39.95. The preface sums up the argument of this campaigning book: This book is about a fundamental flaw Read More
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