Book Reviews

Sort reviews by:
13th November 2006

Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2005, by Guy Palmer, Jane Carr and Peter Kenway

Joseph Rowntree Foundation, York, 2005, 117pp, pbk, 1 85935 397 5, £16.95 Order this book The previous Monitoring poverty and social exclusion report was published in 2003, and the graphs Read More

13th November 2006

The Fabian Society, Narrowing the Gap: the final report of the Fabian Commission on Life Chances and Child Poverty,

The Fabian Society, London, 2006, 224pp, pbk, 0 7163 4102 6, £9.95 Order this book The commission argues that the ‘life chances’ concept should be central to the politics of Read More

13th June 2006

Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany: Who benefits ? by Frances McGinnity

Edward Elgar, 2004, 240 pp, hardback, 1 84376 220 X, £55 Order this book During the twentieth century, different nation states built very different welfare states, and this book is Read More

13th June 2006

Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe, by Ramon Gomez-Salvador, Ana Lamo, Barbara Petrongolo, Melanie Ward and Etienne Wasmer (eds.)

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005, 412 pages, hb, 1 84542 129 9, £75 Order this book Most of Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe consists of a collection of Read More

14th November 2005

What has Happened to the Quality of Life in the Advanced Industrialized Nations? by Edward N. Wolff (ed.)

Edward Elgar, 2004, 424 pp, hardback, 1 84376 193 9, £75 Order this book Average per capita income has risen faster in the USA than in other industrialized countries, but Read More

14th November 2005

Dying for Justice, by George J.Miller

Centre for Land Policy Studies, Teddington, 2003, 74 pp, pb, 1 901202 04 6, £7.95.  George Miller has two convictions: that poverty causes ill health and early death, and that Read More

14th November 2005

Rethinking the Welfare State, by Martin Rein and Winfried Schmähl

Edward Elgar, 2004, 480 pp, hardback, 1 84376 102 5, £79.95 Order this book This book considers pensions in OECD countries, in the transition economies of Eastern Europe, and in Read More

14th November 2005

The Origins of Universal Grants: An Anthology of Historical Writings on Basic Capital and Basic Income, by John Cunliffe and Guido Erreygers (eds.)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, xxix + 179 pp, hardback, 1 4039 1896 1, £50 Order this book This is a marvellous resource for anyone interested in the history of the Citizen’s Read More

14th November 2005

Poverty and Subsidiarity in Europe: Minimum protection from an economic perspective, by Didier Fouarge

Edward Elgar, 2004, 264 pp, hardback, 1 84376 605 1, £59.95 Order this book Whilst member states of the European Union, and especially those in the Eurozone, have agreed to Read More

14th November 2005

Welfare Measurement in Imperfect Markets, by Thomas Aronsson, Karl-Gustaf Löfgren and Kenneth Backlund

Edward Elgar, 2004, viii + 196 pp, hardback, 1 84064 779 5, £59.95 Order this book If you are interested in the way in which we keep our national accounts Read More