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Migrants and welfare states : balancing dilemmas in Northern Europe
Larsen, Christian Albrekt (ed.) - 2022
on an issue that has become both politically and academically salient in Europe since the late 20th century … significant interest to researchers, policymakers, and public intellectuals in Northern Europe and beyond"-- …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013479657
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Global finance and social Europe
Grahl, John (contributor) - 2009
Union meet this challenge? Global Finance and Social Europe constructively argues that an active response is required and …Money and finance today / Trevor Evans -- International finance / Trevor Evans -- Europe's financial systems under … finance and instability in the EU / Jan Toporowski -- The transformation of corporate Europe / Photis Lysandrou -- Financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850729
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The Elgar companion to social economics
Davis, John Bryan (ed.); Dolfsma, Wilfred (ed.) - 2015 - 2nd ed
This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850811
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Political failure by agreement : learning liberalism and the welfare state
Wegner, Gerhard - 2008
The purpose of this book is to reconsider economic liberalism from the viewpoint of political liberalism. The author argues that advocates of economic liberalism largely overlook empirical political preferences which, in many societies, go far beyond a limited role of the state. Recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850868
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Understanding the dynamics of a knowledge economy
Soete, Luc (contributor); Dolfsma, Wilfred (contributor) - 2006
The "knowledge economy" is a concept commonly deemed too ambiguous and elusive to hold any significance in current economic debate. This valuable book seeks to refute that myth. Presenting an important collection of views, from a number of leading scholars, this innovative volume visibly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850947
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Institutional competition
Bergh, Andreas (contributor); Höijer, Rolf (contributor) - 2008
Why is competition between institutions usually viewed in a negative light, when competition is considered positive in most other economic contexts? The contributors to this volume introduce new perspectives on this issue, analytically and empirically exploring reasons for this perception
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851312
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The economics of social protection
Söderström, Lars - 2008
This book focuses on arrangements for redistributing consumption opportunities over the life cycle and for providing compensation for income losses or large expenditures due to reasons such as illness and unemployment. After extensive coverage of the nature of inequalities in income and wealth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851435
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The Elgar companion to social economics
Davis, John Bryan (contributor);  … - 2008
As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851593
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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship policy
Thurik, A. Roy (contributor);  … - 2007
academics and practitioners drawing examples from both North America and Europe, this stimulating new Handbook is a prerequisite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851897
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Enterprise and the welfare state
Rein, Martin (ed.); Wadensjö, Eskil (ed.) - 1997
The economic demands of an ageing population, coupled with the crisis of public spending pose one of the greatest challenges to social policy in both the East and West. This book focuses on the political economy of pensions, particularly on the interaction between private and state provision....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473920