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1	A Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family Life more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert The question of how best to combine work and family life has led to lively debates in recent years. Both a lifestyle and a policy issue, it has been addressed psychologically, socially, and economically, and conclusions have been hotly contested. But as Neil Gilbert shows in this penetrating and provocative book, we haven't looked closely enough ... see all copies from $15.95! new only from $16.38! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Transformation of the Welfare State: The Silent Surrender of Public Responsibility more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert, Dr. Amitai Etzioni (Foreword by) Since the early 1970s, debate has raged over the "crisis of the welfare state." As the United States successfully exported its bootstrap brand of capitalism and an ever-broadening range of public activity came to be viewed through the prism of profit and loss, suspicion of social welfare policies increased worldwide. Welfare was no longer a means ... see all copies from $5.75! new only from $16.99!
3	Assets and the Poor: A New American Welfare Policy more books like this by Dr. Michael Sherraden, Professor Neil Gilbert (Foreword by) This work proposes a new approach to welfare: a social policy that goes beyond simple income maintenance to foster individual initiative and self-sufficiency. It argues for an asset-based policy that would create a system of saving incentives through individual development accounts (IDAs) for specific purposes, such as college education, ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $37.20! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Raising Children: Emerging Needs, Modern Risks, and Social Responses more books like this by Jill Duerr Berrick (Editor), Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor) Modern family life raises tough questions: Who should be responsible for children's daily care? How can their financial support be fairly allocated between parents? Should extended family members be paid for their help? Can women have full careers and also be good mothers? In Raising Children, leading scholars take on these questions and more in ... see all copies from $15.15! new only from $20.03!
5	Welfare Reform: A Comparative Assessment of the French and U.S. Experiences more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor), Antoine Parent (Editor) Since the late 1980s welfare policies in France and the United States have increasingly been shaped by a strong emphasis on citizens' obligations to work and be independent, and a weakening of entitlements to income maintenance. Throughout the advanced industrialized nations, welfare reforms incorporate work-oriented measures such as financial ... see all copies from $23.00! new only from $28.21! \| SVS
6	Targeting Social Benefits: International Perspectives and Trends more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor) Targeting Social Benefits provides a systematic assessment of the trend toward targeting in seven countries representing a range of industrialized welfare states -- New Zealand, the Netherlands, Britain, Israel, the United States, Italy, and Sweden. The contributors to this volume examine the extent to which each country has adopted measures to ... see all copies from $6.20! new only from $43.80! \| first editions
7	Changing Patterns of Social Protection more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor), Rebecca A Van Voorhis (Editor) Over the last two decades, aging populations, changing family structures, market forces of globalization, strains of immigration, and political and ideological realignments have joined to create powerful pressures that are reshaping the design and philosophy of social welfare policies. Changing Patterns of Social Protection analyzes emerging ... see all copies from $12.71! new only from $35.94! \| SVS
8	Child Welfare Research Review: Volume 1 more books like this by Professor Jill Duerr Berrick (Editor), Richard P Barth, Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor) "Child Welfare Research Review" culls the most important and provocative research and policy analysis in the child welfare field. The volume combines new original research with recently published seminal works and offers interpretive editorial essays organized around several areas of significant concern to the field: child abuse and neglect, ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $31.00!
9	Activating the Unemployed: A Comparative Appraisal of Work-Oriented Policies more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor), Rebecca A Van Voorhis (Editor) The last decade has witnessed a conspicuous alteration in policies protecting unemployed people in modern welfare states. Social policies are increasingly designed to encourage economic independence. Policy makers have introduced a wide range of reforms linking disability, unemployment, and welfare programs cash benefits to work-oriented measures. ... see all copies from $20.40! new only from $43.80!
10	Child Welfare Research Review: Volume 1 more books like this by Richard P Barth, Professor Jill Duerr Berrick (Editor), Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor) "Child Welfare Research Review" culls the most important and provocative research and policy analysis in the child welfare field. The volume combines new original research with recently published seminal works and offers interpretive editorial essays organized around several areas of significant concern to the field: child abuse and neglect, ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $101.01!
11	Gender and Social Security Reform: What's Fair for Women? more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor) Aging populations are creating tremendous pressures on social security systems throughout the world, lifting the need for reform to the top of policy agendas. Proposed reforms often have different implications for men and women. At the same time, traditional family and gender roles are changing with the decline in fertility rates and the rapid ... see all copies from $26.51! new only from $26.51! \| SVS
12	Modernizing the Korean Welfare State: Towards the Productive Welfare Model more books like this by Dr. Ramesh Mishra (Editor), Stein Kuhnle (Editor), Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor) This work analyses developments in social and public policy in South Korea. It focus is the new approach to Korea's system of social protection, known as the productive welfare paradigm. It brings together an international group of scholars to examine the new paradigm. see all copies from $49.37! new only from $49.37! \| SVS
13	Biometrical Interpretation: Making Sense of Statistics in Biology more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert In this text, the author is concerned with the underlying ideas of statistical methods, with how to choose the right method for the right question, and with how to avoid common pitfalls. It aims to answer many questions which biologists ask, but which are rarely mentioned in any textbook. It also briefly discusses some aspects of biology, for ... see all copies from $245.70!
14	Modern Welfare States Modern Welfare States: A Comparative View of Trends and Prospects a Comparative View of Trends and Prospects more books like this by Robert Friedman (Editor), Professor Neil Gilbert (Editor), Moshe Sherer (Editor) see all copies from $14.83!
15	An Introduction to Social Work Practice more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert see all copies from $1.99! new only from $53.26! \| first editions
16	Coordinating Social Services: An Analysis of Community, Organizational, and Staff Characteristics more books like this by Professor Neil Gilbert see all copies from $14.16!

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