"Why do some governments try to limit immigrants' access to social benefits and entitlements while others do not? Through an in-depth study of Sweden, Canada, and the Netherlands, Immigration and the Politics of Welfare Exclusion maps the politics of immigrants' social rights in Western...

The Uses of Social Investment provides the first study of the welfare state, under the new post-crisis austerity context and associated crisis management politics, to take stock of the limits and potential of social investment. It surveys the emergence, diffusion, limits, merits, and politics of...

This book illustrates why both academic research and policy thinking need to factor-in gender hierarchies and structures if they are to address some of the key challenges of contemporary societies: the widespread informality and insecurity of paid work and the crisis of care

Im Bundestagswahlkampf 2017 nahm die Frage nach sozialer Gerechtigkeit in der deutschen Gesellschaft einen wesentlichen Raum ein. Über das Ausmaß einer behaupteten Gerechtigkeitslücke und damit korrespondierend einer angeblich oder tatsächlich gewachsenen Armut hat sich eine Debatte...