The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015. With contributions from leading academics in the field this book critically examines the design, entitlement, delivery and impact of current welfare provision....

Popular views of white working-class communities are common but knowledge of their views on multiculturalism and change less so. This important book provides the first substantial analysis of white working-class perspectives on themes of multiculturalism and change in the UK, creating an opportunity for these 'silent voices' to be heard. Based on over 200 interviews in multiple sites the results are startling - challenging politicians, policy makers...

In Philanthropy Under Fire, author Howard Husock defends the American tradition of independent philanthropy from significant political and intellectual challenges which threaten it today. Although the U.S. continues to be the most charitable nation in the world, serious efforts seek to discourage traditional, personal charitable giving by changing the tax code, and directing philanthropy toward causes chosen by government. Some voices seek to narrow...

America's greatness comes from people working hard to fulfill their dreams. But today that greatness is being undermined by people using the government to steal other people's dreams (and money). Rather than participate and innovate in the marketplace, generating goods and services that benefit society, people are increasingly vying for political advantage to live at the expense of others. Something for Nothing reveals the social and personal threats...

High economic growth and relatively equitable distribution were among the most conspicuous characteristics of the postwar Japanese political economy. The lure of the Japanese model, however, has faded since the 1990s. Growth is in short supply and equality a thing of the past. In Welfare through Work, Mari Miura looks in depth at Japan's social protection system as a factor in the contemporary malaise of the Japanese political economy. The Japanese...

Social justice is a contested term, incorporated into the language of widely differing political positions. Those on the left argue that it requires intervention from the state to ensure equality, at least of opportunity; those on the right believe that it can be underpinned by the economics of the market place with little or no state intervention. To date, political philosophers have made relatively few serious attempts to explain how a theory of...

Este libro de Julio Franco Corzo se ha convertido en un bestseller porque es una guía que, paso a paso, permite focalizar los esfuerzos para realizar un análisis profesional y crear soluciones viables de política pública. La obra se ha convertido en un referente que permite desarrollar habilidades para diseñar políticas públicas con método y presentar propuestas de forma profesional a decisores dentro de la administración pública. ¿Cómo...

La práctica narrativa se ha convertido en un nuevo paradigma de la intervención social, por ello es importante acercarse al conocimiento de la construcción epistemológica de este modelo de trabajo social. El objetivo del libro es demostrar la capacidad de impacto de este modelo en las profesionales que trabajan en este ámbito, cuya posición de poder es cuestionada por los paradigmas posmodernos y posestructuralistas. Así mismo, nos acerca a...

En este nuevo libro Julio Franco Corzo, autor del best seller Diseño de Políticas Públicas, nos presenta lecciones valiosas para evitar el despilfarro de miles de millones de pesos, al proporcionar ejemplos de proyectos públicos de infraestructura fallida. Sin referir a actores políticos y haciendo hincapié en el proceso de toma de decisiones, emite recomendaciones para prevenir la propagación de elefantes blancos. El autor responde tres preguntas...

Las Jornadas "Bienestar, Formación y Territorio" edición 2016 que se recogen en este volumen son el resultado de una ilusionante iniciativa compartida con el Vicerrectorado de Participación y Proyección Territorial de la Universitat de València y la Diputación de València. Los 16 artículos que comprende esta publicación se organizan en torno a tres temáticas: la economía social, la inmigración y el ciberacoso. Se trata de investigaciones...