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

技術的失業、ベーシックインカム、ウェルビーイング
D'Orlando, Fabio, Technological Unemployment, Basic Income, and Wellbeing. (Routledge Advances in Economic Policy) 176 pp. 2023:8 (Routledge, UK) <701-212>
ISBN 978-1-03-231393-1 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

The main novelty of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the entry of robots and Artificial Intelligence into the production process. This phenomenon could potentially generate high levels of unemployment, or even full unemployment, and therefore calls for innovative public policies.This book adopts an agnostic position on the size of the future impact of technological progress on employment but proposes a thought experiment built on a full unemployment scenario, which focuses on the consequences that these policies might have for people's well-being, with particular reference to the provision of a universal Basic Income (UBI). Relying on some of the principles and models of Behavioral and Happiness Economics, it is argued that implementing a UBI that does not change over time may increase well-being inequality. A policy mix that combines a rising basic income with other measures is therefore recommended.This book marks a significant contribution to the literature on economic policy, labor economics, the economics of well-being and happiness, and behavioral economics.

Seung-yoon Lee, Sophia, Varieties of Precarity: Melting Labour and the Failure to Protect Workers in the Korean Welfare State. (Research in Comparative and Global Social Policy) 224 pp. 2023:10 (Policy Pr., UK) <701-218>
ISBN 978-1-4473-6925-7 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *

Despite recent achievements in the South Korean economy and development within welfare institutions, new forms of precarious work continue to prevail. This book introduces the concept of 'melting labour', which refers to the blurring of boundaries between traditional forms of work and workplace and the dissolution of standard employment relationships. Presenting a theoretical framework at the intersection of 'melting labour' and institutional protection of workers, it addresses how and why the Korean welfare state has failed to protect precarious workers. Based on rich, in-depth interviews with over 80 precarious workers in Korea, from subcontracted manufacturing workers to platform workers, it provides a real depiction of how workers lose control over their lives and experience precariousness in labour markets.

Grimwood, Tom, Against Critical Thinking in Health, Social Care and Social Work: Reframing Philosophy for Professional Practice. (Routledge Advances in Social Work) 208 pp. 2023:9 (Routledge, UK) <701-221>
ISBN 978-0-367-64235-8 hard ¥38,907.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

This book stages a provocative dialogue between social work, health and social care and contemporary philosophy in order to inform theory and practice in a complex and challenging world. Today, the social world is marked by deep-rooted complexities, tensions and challenges. Health workers and social workers are constantly reminded to employ critical thinking to navigate this world through their practice. But given how many of these challenges pose significant problems for the theories that these subjects have traditionally drawn upon, should we now be critical of critical thinking - its assumptions, its basis and its aspirations - itself? Arguing that health and social work theory must reconsider its deep-rooted assumptions about criticality in order to navigate complex neoliberalism, post-truth and the relationship between language and late capitalism, it examines how the fusion of theory and practice can re-imagine critical thinking for health, social care and social work. It will be of interest to all scholars, students and professionals of social work and health and social care.

Grosse Kracht, Hermann-Josef / Spiess, Christian (Hrsg.), Wohlfahrtspolitik in Zeiten der Saekularisierung: Analysen und Reflexionen. 330 S. 2023:8 (Campus, GW) <701-222>
ISBN 978-3-593-51662-2 paper ¥9,480.- (税込) EUR 39.00 *

Sealey, Clive, Applying Social Policy to Criminal Justice Practice: What Every Practitioner Should Know. 168 pp. 2023:9 (Policy Pr., UK) <701-223>
ISBN 978-1-4473-2405-8 paper ¥8,354.- (税込) GB￡ 28.99 *

This book aims to make clear the interconnections between social policy and criminal justice practice, bringing together key social policy concepts within a framework for reducing reoffending rates. The book focuses on the key social policy issues of employment, health and mental health, low income and poverty, housing and family. It shows how understanding and treating these as issues interconnected to criminal justice outcomes can and does lead to improvements in criminal justice practice. This book enables students and criminal justice practitioners to understand how a social policy focus can better inform practice with those involved in the criminal justice system. It features: * a 10 point summary of key points for learning; * chapter heading questions to support independent learning; * tables and graphs to illustrate the text.

Wright, Sharon, Women and Welfare Conditionality: Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare. (Welfare Conditionality) 216 pp. 2023:10 (Policy Pr., UK) <701-225>
ISBN 978-1-4473-4773-6 hard ¥23,056.- (税込) GB￡ 80.00 *
ISBN 978-1-4473-4774-3 paper ¥8,642.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

Recent welfare reforms, based on austerity narratives and a gender-neutral rationale, have failed to recognise the ways in which women and men experience the different demands and rewards of paid employment and unpaid care. This book draws on a wealth of qualitative longitudinal evidence to cast light on women's lived experiences of welfare and work. Giving voice to social security recipients, this book uncovers the hidden gendered bias of conditional welfare reforms to challenge dominant political discourses, policy design and practice norms. It combines and develops three interdisciplinary perspectives - feminist analysis, lived experience and street-level bureaucracy - to offer a new understanding of British welfare reform policies and practice.