Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

激動の時代におけるケアホーム
Armstrong, Pat / Braedley, Susan (eds.), Care Homes in a Turbulent Era: Do They Have A Future? (In a Turbulent Era) 184 pp. 2023 (E. Elgar, UK) <700-563>
ISBN 978-1-80392-581-3 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

This thoughtful book provides a refreshing, comparative perspective on the future of care homes in our post-pandemic world. Building on more than a decade of collaborative international and interdisciplinary research in Canada, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the US, it employs a feminist political economy framework to address the key challenges facing care homes in this turbulent era.With particular attention to lessons learned in Canada, Sweden, and Norway, the contributing authors argue that publicly-funded care homes remain critical to care arrangements but require policy and practice transformations to produce equitable and supportive conditions. Attentive to the specific contexts and tensions that shape care, chapters address key questions about care home quality and labour in relation to gender, race, ethnicity, religion and class. The book analyses the physical and social boundaries that set the conditions for quality of life and care, moving beyond the minimum to explain how nursing homes can provide joy.Offering alternative approaches to the complex challenges facing this vital public service, this book will be a key reference for students and scholars of health policy, comparative social policy and social work. Its integration of statistical, policy and practice analysis with ethnographic research will prove invaluable to those concerned with long-term care policy and practice.

ソーシャル・ケアの将来
Beresford, Peter / Slasberg, Colin, The Future of Social Care: From Problem to Rights-Based Sustainable Solution. 208 pp. 2023 (E. Elgar, UK) <700-564>
ISBN 978-1-80392-300-0 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

In the face of major global demographic change, social care policy and practice are in urgent need of radical reform and reassessment. Rising poverty, inequality and pressure on local communities internationally, are also increasing the urgent need for reform. Drawing on the crisis-ridden UK experience as a case-study, this highly original book identifies the limits of the traditional welfare state in taking forward policy for the twenty-first century. The proposals amount to a renewed approach to social care, based on the philosophy of independent living as originally developed by the international disabled people's movement and subsequently embodied in a United Nations treaty applicable to all in need of care and support. Despite wide international sign up since adoption in 2008 there is little evidence of any nation successfully delivering. For the first time, this book offers both a blueprint for an environmentally sustainable, rights-based approach to social care and a practical route to achieving it.

激動の時代における社会正義
Craig, Gary (ed.), Social Justice in a Turbulent Era. (In a Turbulent Era) 272 pp. 2023:10 (E. Elgar, UK) <700-565>
ISBN 978-1-80392-614-8 hard ¥27,065.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00 *

This incisive book examines how the values of social justice can be protected against attacks from the interacting economic, social, environmental, and health crises of the 21st century. Global contributors outline key elements of a political programme that resists the shift to the right caused by this turbulence through centring fairness, equality, respect and inclusion.Integrating policy, practical, and political perspectives, this book analyses the Covid-19 pandemic, the rise of racism and xenophobia, the growth of right-wing populism and nationalism, the 2008 economic crisis, and the impacts of climate change. Arguing that the current era is unique for the global nature of its turbulences, it illustrates how and why the gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged has grown more rapidly due to recent crises. Contributors focus on how these crises relate to and reinforce each other, providing roadmaps for political action across national borders.This book will be essential reading for academics in sociology, politics, public and social policy, sustainability, and human rights. Providing ideas and models to support the practical struggle for social justice, it will also be an invaluable guide for activists, politicians, and policymakers.

好況・不況における西洋福祉資本主義
Headey, Bruce / Muffels, Ruud / Quiggin, John, Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad. (Globalization and Welfare) 192 pp. 2023:9 (E. Elgar, UK) <700-566>
ISBN 978-1-03-531229-0 hard ¥24,216.- (税込) GB￡ 85.00 *

Western Welfare Capitalisms in Good Times and Bad provides an insightful appraisal of policy priorities and outcomes in four Western regimes: the Anglo-American liberal regimes, Southern European 'proto-corporatist' regimes, the historically social democratic Scandinavian regimes, and Western European conservative-corporatist regimes. Challenging the assertion that Western regimes are converging towards a 'lean and mean' Anglo-American type of welfare regime, the authors demonstrate how policy priorities and outcomes in these four regimes remain distinctive. Chapters offer detailed analyses of a comprehensive set of policy outcomes including poverty, income and wealth inequality, gender inequality, personal autonomy, economic growth, economic security, and life satisfaction. The book ultimately finds that the historically social democratic Scandinavian regimes perform as well or better than other regimes in all policy domains, whilst continuing to prioritise their own egalitarian policy aims. This fascinating book will be essential reading for scholars of political science, sociology and economics, as well as policy makers seeking to fully understand the complex dimensions of Western capitalism. It will also be valuable to those interested in comparing the differing responses of Western governments to two major crises of the 21st century: the Global Financial Crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic.

福祉への大衆の態度研究アジェンダ
Roosma, Femke / Laenen, Tijs (eds.), A Research Agenda for Public Attitudes to Welfare. (Elgar Research Agendas) 256 pp. 2023:9 (E. Elgar, UK) <700-567>
ISBN 978-1-80088-740-4 hard ¥27,065.- (税込) GB￡ 95.00 *

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Bringing together contributions from a diverse range of international scholars, A Research Agenda for Public Attitudes to Welfare draws upon past and contemporary research methods used to study citizens' attitudes to welfare. It highlights the rapidly growing research potential within the field, examining both new and understudied social policies to map out a comprehensive agenda for future research. This essential Research Agenda offers crucial suggestions to broaden the scope of research in the field and expand our knowledge of public attitudes to welfare. Chapters examine support for new social welfare policies such as active labour market policies, Universal Basic Income, and Social Europe, as well as investigating support among understudied subgroups in the population and over the life course. It ultimately emphasizes the importance of applying different analytical and methodological perspectives in order to understand public attitudes to welfare more thoroughly. Employing a diverse range of data and methods, this informative Research Agenda will benefit scholars of sociology, social policy, political science, and economics seeking to gain insight on public attitudes to welfare and welfare states. It will also be useful to social policy professionals and officials endeavouring to reflect on the progress of research within the field.

Sobande, Francesca, Consuming Crisis: Commodifying Care and COVID-19. (Social Science for Social Justice) 160 pp. 2022:11 (Sage, UK) <700-568>
ISBN 978-1-5297-9397-0 hard ¥11,962.- (税込) GB￡ 41.99 *
ISBN 978-1-5297-9396-3 paper ¥3,700.- (税込) GB￡ 12.99 *

Consuming Crisis is a crucial account of how consumer culture capitalized on Coronavirus (COVID-19). Sobande explores how brands claim to care while they encourage people to 'keep calm and consume'. This critical analysis of the power and politics of marketing examines an eclectic mix of campaigns, content, and experiences. Such work outlines the societal significance of fast-fashion adverts, banana bread's pandemic 'moment', university social media strategies, and how digital technology mediates memories and work. Based on the belief that brands cannot be activists, Sobande creatively considers how brands construct care, camaraderie, culture, and so-called 'normal' life during times of crisis. Francesca Sobande is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies at Cardiff University

社会保障ハンドブック　2023年版
Social Security Administration (ed.), Social Security Handbook 2023: Overview of Social Security Programs. 714 pp. 2023:4 (Bernan Pr., US) <700-569>
ISBN 978-1-63671-382-3 paper ¥20,050.- (税込) US$ 93.00 *

The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs, 2023 provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. The completely updated Handbook, organized by section number, is a readable, easy-to-understand reference for comprehending complex Social Security programs and services and contains information on several topics relevant to Social Security policies:?How Social Security programs are administered?Who is and isn't covered under retirement, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance programs?Who is responsible for submitting the necessary evidence to support a claim?How claims are processed by the Social Security office?What Social Security benefits are owed to you?How to obtain information about your rights under Social Security policyThe Handbook is designed to help users understand the gray areas of the Social Security Act, and to provide critical information about rights and obligations under Social Security laws. The Handbook outlines how to: ?Protect your benefits and avoid benefit loss;?Monitor government agencies and get information about policy changes that will affect your benefits;?Make the most of hospital and Medicare coverage;?Determine the amount of benefits that are subject to federal income taxes;?Check Social Security earnings and benefits; and?Get up-to-date news about future Social Security programs and services.

M.Torry著　ベーシック・インカムの研究アジェンダ
Torry, Malcolm, A Research Agenda for Basic Income. (Elgar Research Agendas) 386 pp. 2023:6 (E. Elgar, UK) <700-570>
ISBN 978-1-80392-095-5 hard ¥32,763.- (税込) GB￡ 115.00 *

Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Highlighting the diversity and complexity of the global Basic Income debate, Malcolm Torry assesses the history, current state, and future of research in this important field. Cognisant of the increasing extent and intensity of the current Basic Income debate, Torry begins by defining relevant key terms. Each chapter offers a concise history of a particular subfield of Basic Income research, describes the current state of research in that area, and makes proposals for the research required if the increasingly widespread global debate on Basic Income is to be constructive. Subsequent chapters tackle research on financial and political feasibility; employment market effects; other economic and social effects; ethical justifications for paying everyone an unconditional income; and questions of implementation.This state-of-the-art Research Agenda will be of great value to students and scholars interested in social and economic history, the economics of social policy, and a Universal Basic Income. Its proposed strategies for carrying out future research on Basic Income will also benefit journalists, think tank staff, and policymakers.