This edited volume, now available in paperback, provides fresh empirical evidence of far reaching transformations of the welfare state globally that have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'private domains within the mixed economies of welfare. By investigating the various modes of policy intervention, such as financing and the provision and regulation of social policy,...(展开全部)

This edited volume provides fresh empirical evidence of far reaching transformations of the welfare state globally that have changed the boundaries of the 'public' and 'private domains within the mixed economies of welfare. By investigating the various modes of policy intervention, such as financing and the provision and regulation of social policy, it provides a nuanced accoun...(展开全部)

The third title in the Jameson Books-Students for Liberty Series, this is a collection of essays by eminent political economists from around the world. Young people today are being robbed. Of their rights. Of their freedom. Of their dignity. Of their futures. The culprits? The previous generation and its predecessors, who either created or failed to stop the world-straddling en...(展开全部)

Claus Offe is one of the leading social scientists working in Germany today, and his work, particularly on the welfare state, has been enormously influential both in Europe and the United States. Contradictions of the Welfare State is the first collection of Offe's essays to appear in a single volume in English, and it contains a selection of his most important recent work on t...(展开全部)

The Chinese Communist welfare state was established with the goal of eradicating income inequality. But paradoxically, it actually widened the income gap, undermining one of the most important objectives of Mao Zedong’s revolution. Nara Dillon traces the origins of the Chinese welfare state from the 1940s through the 1960s, when such inequalities emerged and were institutionali...(展开全部)

This book offers a careful examination of the politics of social policy in an era of austerity and conservative governance. Focusing on the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Pierson provides a compelling explanation for the welfare state's durability and for the few occasions where each government was able to achieve significant cutbacks. The programmes of...(展开全部)

肯恩·威尔伯，是当前美国著名的心理学家、哲学家之一，超个人心理学大师，有着“意识领域的爱因斯坦”的美誉。同时也是美国最畅销的学术类作家，其成名之作《意识光谱》出版逾30年，时间证明它的确不愧为超个人心理学的经典之作。他的作品还包括《恩宠与勇气》《一味》《万法简史》《意识光谱》等。 杰克·安格勒，是美国马萨诸塞州坎布里奇市医院“希夫精神病日间护理治疗中心”的临床主任，也是哈佛医学院的督导心理学家。他是《超个人心理学杂志》的外埠编辑，从事佛教心理学及禅修研究已有多年。` 丹尼尔·布朗，担任坎布里市奇医院、哈佛医学院的心理训练与临床服务主任和行为药物治疗主任。他对禅修有广泛的科学研究。 李孟浩先生，过去二十年来研读心理学、佛学和新时代思想的功力，把西方略带抽象心灵色彩的心理占星，转化成对身心灵学员极有启发作用和务实价值的「心理动力实战占星」。

肯恩·威尔伯，是当前美国著名的心理学家、哲学家之一，超个人心理学大师，有着“意识领域的爱因斯坦”的美誉。同时也是美国最畅销的学术类作家，其成名之作《意识光谱》出版逾30年，时间证明它的确不愧为超个人心理学的经典之作。他的作品还包括《恩宠与勇气》《一味》《万法简史》《意识光谱》等。 杰克·安格勒，是美国马萨诸塞州坎布里奇市医院“希夫精神病日间护理治疗中心”的临床主任，也是哈佛医学院的督导心理学家。他是《超个人心理学杂志》的外埠编辑，从事佛教心理学及禅修研究已有多年。` 丹尼尔·布朗，担任坎布里市奇医院、哈佛医学院的心理训练与临床服务主任和行为药物治疗主任。他对禅修有广泛的科学研究。 李孟浩先生，过去二十年来研读心理学、佛学和新时代思想的功力，把西方略带抽象心灵色彩的心理占星，转化成对身心灵学员极有启发作用和务实价值的「心理动力实战占星」。

This is a fully revised and updated version of Hans van der Doel's Democracy and Welfare Economics. It presents the economic theory of political decision-making (otherwise knownn as new political economy, or public choice), providing students with an accessible and clear introduction to this important subject. The authors identify four different methods of decision-making by wh...(展开全部)