Items where Division is "Social Policy" and Year is 2008

Article

Avendano, Mauricio and Glymour, M. Maria (2008) Obesity doesn't explain U.S.-Europe disparities. Health Affairs, 27 (1). p. 298. ISSN 0278-2715

Avendano, Mauricio and Glymour, M. Maria (2008) Stroke disparities in older Americans: is wealth a more powerful indicator of risk than income and education? Stroke, 39 (5). pp. 1533-1540. ISSN 0039-2499

Avendano, Mauricio and Soerjomataram, Isabelle (2008) Monitoring trends in acute coronary syndromes: can we use hospital admission registries? Heart, 94 (12). pp. 1524-1525. ISSN 1355-6037

Avendano, Mauricio and Van Soest, Arthur (2008) Measuring pain: issues of interpretation. The Lancet, 372 (9637). p. 443. ISSN 0140-6736

Babajanian, Babken V (2008) Local governance in Post-Soviet Armenia: leadership, local development and accountability. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 41 (3). pp. 375-396. ISSN 0967-067X

Babajanian, Babken V (2008) Social capital and community participation in post-Soviet Armenia: implications for policy and practice. Europe-Asia Studies, 60 (8). pp. 1299-1319. ISSN 1465-3427

Babajanian, Babken V (2008) Social welfare in post-Soviet Armenia: from socialist to liberal and informal? Post-Soviet Affairs, 24 (4). pp. 383-404. ISSN 1060-586X

Badcock, Christopher and Crespi, Bernard (2008) Battle of the sexes may set the brain. Nature, 454. pp. 1054-1055. ISSN 0028-0836

Bittles, Alan, Murphy, Michael J. and Reher, David (2008) Inherited dimensions of human populations in the past. Human Nature, 19 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN 1045-6767

Borgonovi, Francesca (2008) Divided we stand, united we fall: religious pluralism, giving, and volunteering. American Sociological Review, 73 (1). pp. 105-128. ISSN 0003-1224

Borgonovi, Francesca (2008) Doing well by doing good. The relationship between formal volunteering and self-reported health and happiness. Social Science & Medicine, 66 (11). pp. 2321-2334. ISSN 0277-9536

Borgonovi, Francesca (2008) Lower prices improve diversity in the performing arts: Is this true and does it matter? Journal of Social Policy, 37 (1). pp. 63-79. ISSN 0047-2794

Brennan, John (2008) Higher education and social change. Higher Education, 56 (3). pp. 381-393. ISSN 0018-1560

Brennan, John and Naidoo, Rajani (2008) Higher education and the achievement (and/or prevention) of equity and social justice. Higher Education, 56 (3). pp. 287-302. ISSN 0018-1560

Brennan, John and Osborne, Mike (2008) Higher education’s many diversities: of students, institutions and experiences; and outcomes? Research Papers in Education, 23 (2). pp. 179-190. ISSN 0267-1522

Brennan, John and Teichler, Ulrich (2008) The future of higher education and of higher education research. Higher Education, 56 (3). pp. 259-264. ISSN 0018-1560

Brennan, John and Thorpe, Mary (2008) Public value in adult learning. Ad-Lib: Journal for Continuing Liberal Adult Education, 35. pp. 22-25. ISSN 1361-6323

Davoudi, Simin, Peter Hall, Sir and Power, Anne (2008) Key issues for planning futures and the way forward. Twenty-First Century Society, 3 (3). pp. 229-247. ISSN 1745-0144

Dean, Hartley (2008) Social policy and human rights: re-thinking the engagement. Social Policy and Society, 7 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1474-7464

Dekok, Inge M. C. M., van Lenthe, Frank J., Avendano, Mauricio, Louwman, Marieke, Coebergh, Jan-Willem W. and Mackenbach, Johan P. (2008) Childhood social class and cancer incidence: results of the globe study. Social Science & Medicine, 66 (5). pp. 1131-1139. ISSN 0277-9536

Duda, Mark and Li, Bingqin (2008) Housing inequality in Chinese cities: how important is hukou? Land Lines, 20 (1). pp. 14-19. ISSN 1051-3035

Dyson, Tim (2008) How to save a crowded planet: a review essay. Population and Development Review, 34 (3). pp. 347-355. ISSN 0098-7921

Dyson, Tim (2008) A call to arms: the scientific and substantive importance of the historical demography of India. Demography India, 37 (2). pp. 177-192. ISSN 0970-454X

Glymour, M. Maria, Avendaño, Mauricio, Haas, Steven and Berkman, Lisa F. (2008) Lifecourse social conditions and racial disparities in incidence of first stroke. Annals of Epidemiology, 18 (12). pp. 904-912. ISSN 1047-2797

Glymour, M. Maria, Defries, Triveni B., Kawachi, Ichiro and Avendano, Mauricio (2008) Spousal smoking and incidence of first stroke: the Health and Retirement Study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35 (3). pp. 245-248. ISSN 0749-3797

Grundy, Emily ORCID: 0000-0002-9633-1116 (2008) [Book review] Longevity and social change in Australia. Ageing and Society, 28 (6). pp. 909-910. ISSN 0144-686X

Grundy, Emily ORCID: 0000-0002-9633-1116 and Kravdal, Øystein (2008) Reproductive history and mortality in late middle age among Norwegian men and women. American Journal of Epidemiology, 167 (3). pp. 271-279. ISSN 0002-9262

Hall, Anthony (2008) Better RED than dead: paying the people for environmental services in Amazonia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363 (1498). pp. 1925-1932. ISSN 0962-8436

Hall, Anthony (2008) Brazil's Bolsa Familia: a double-edged sword? Development and Change, 39 (5). pp. 799-822. ISSN 0012-155X

Hall, Anthony (2008) Paying for environmental services: the case of Brazilian Amazonia. Journal of International Development, 20 (7). pp. 965-981. ISSN 0954-1748

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina, Jones, Andrew M. and Rice, Nigel (2008) Persistence in health limitations: a European comparative analysis. Journal of Health Economics, 27. pp. 1472-1488. ISSN 0167-6296

Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina, Rice, Nigel and Jones, Andrew M. (2008) Sesgo de respuesta y heterogeneidad en salud autopercibida: evidencia del Panel de Hogares Británico. Cuadernos Económicos de ICE, 75. pp. 63-97. ISSN 0210-2633

Howell, Jude A. (2008) All-China Federation of Trades Unions beyond reform?: the slow march of direct elections. China Quarterly, 196. pp. 845-863. ISSN 0305-7410

Huisman, Martijn, van Lenthe, Frank J., Avendano, Mauricio and Mackenbach, Johan P. (2008) The contribution of job characteristics to socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of myocardial infarction. Social Science & Medicine, 66 (11). pp. 2240-2252. ISSN 0277-9536

Jones, Andrew M., López Nicolás, Ángel, Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and Rice, Nigel (2008) El análisis de las desigualdades en salud: una breve revisión de los métodos. Cuadernos Económicos de ICE, 75. pp. 13-20. ISSN 0210-2633

Jürges, Hendrik, Avendano, Mauricio and Mackenbach, Johan P. (2008) Are different measures of self-rated health comparable? An assessment in five European countries. European Journal of Epidemiology, 23 (12). pp. 773-781. ISSN 0393-2990

Kavetsos, Georgios and Szymanski, Stefan (2008) Olympic Games, terrorism and their impact on the London and Paris stock exchanges. Revue d’Economie Politique, 118 (2). pp. 189-206. ISSN 0373-2630

Kossarova, Lucia (2008) When will it happen?: paving the way for risk adjustment in Slovakia. Eurohealth, 14 (2). pp. 27-29. ISSN 1356-1030

Kossarova, Lucia and Madarova, Henrieta (2008) Czech Republic: first steps on the path to health care reform. Eurohealth, 14 (4). pp. 10-12. ISSN 1356-1030

Lewis, Jane (2008) Childcare policies and the politics of choice. Political Quarterly, 79 (4). pp. 499-507. ISSN 0032-3179

Lewis, Jane (2008) Panstwo U trzeci sector w nowoczesnych panstwach opekunczych: niezaleznosc, instrumentizacja, partnerstwo. Trzeci Sektor. ISSN 1733-2265

Lewis, Jane and Campbell, Mary (2008) What's in a name?: 'work and family' or 'work and life' balance policies in the UK since 1997 and the implications for the pursuit of gender equality. Social Policy and Administration, 42 (5). p. 524. ISSN 0144-5596

Lewis, Jane, Campbell, Mary and Huerta, Carmen (2008) Patterns of paid and unpaid work in Western Europe: gender, commodification, preferences and the implications for policy. Journal of European Social Policy, 18 (1). pp. 21-37. ISSN 0958-9287

Lewis, Jane, Knijn, Trudie, Martin, Claude and Ostner, Ilona (2008) Patterns of development in work/family reconciliation policies for parents in France, German, the Netherlands, and the UK in the 2000's. Social Politics, 15 (3). pp. 261-286. ISSN 1072-4745

Lewis, Jane, Noden, Philip and Sarre, Sophie (2008) Parents' working hours: adolescent children's views and experiences. Children and Society, 22. pp. 429-439. ISSN 0951-0605

Li, Bingqin (2008) Intergenerational support and retired people’s housing decision in China. Journal of Societal and Social Policy, 7 (1-2). pp. 71-88. ISSN 1681-2816

Li, Bingqin and Peng, Huamin (2008) Unemployment experience and registered long-term unemployment in China: a gender perspective. Journal of Asian Women's Studies, 17. pp. 45-56. ISSN 0918-8568

Macnicol, John (2008) Older men and work in the 21st century: what can the history of retirement tell us? Journal of Social Policy, 37 (4). pp. 579-595. ISSN 0047-2794

Mathews, Paul and Sear, Rebecca (2008) Life after death: an investigation into how mortality perceptions influence fertility preferences using evidence from an internet-based experiment. Evolutionary Psychology, 6 (3). pp. 155-172. ISSN 1474-7049

Morel, Chantal M., Ngo Duc, Thang, Nguyen, Xuan Xa, Le Xuan, Hung, Le Khan, Thuan, Pham, Van Ky, Erhart, Annette, Mills, Anne J. and D'Alessandro, Umberto (2008) The economic burden of malaria on the household in south-central Vietnam. Malaria Journal, 7 (166). ISSN 1475-2875

Murphy, Michael J. (2008) Variations in kinship networks across geographic and social space. Population and Development Review, 34 (1). pp. 19-49. ISSN 1728-4457

Power, Anne (2008) How Birmingham got its groove back. Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077

Sear, Rebecca (2008) Kin and child survival in Malawi: are matrilineal kin always beneficial in a matrilineal society? Human Nature, 19 (3). pp. 277-293. ISSN 1936-4776

Sear, Rebecca and Mace, Ruth (2008) Who keeps children alive? A review of the effects of kin on child survival. Evolution and Human Behavior, 29 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1090-5138

Shillcutt, Samuel, Morel, Chantal M., Goodman, Catherine, Coleman, Paul, Bell, David, Whitty, Christopher J. M. and Mills, A. (2008) Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnostic methods in sub-Saharan Africa in an era of combination therapy. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86 (2). pp. 101-110. ISSN 0042-9686

Sutherland, Holly, Hancock, Ruth, Hills, John and Zantomio, Francesca (2008) Keeping up or falling behind?: the impact of benefit and tax uprating on incomes and poverty. Fiscal Studies, 29 (4). pp. 467-498. ISSN 0143-5671

Young, Harriet and Grundy, Emily ORCID: 0000-0002-9633-1116 (2008) Longitudinal perspectives on caregiving, employment history and marital status in midlife in England and Wales. Health and Social Care in the Community, 16 (4). pp. 388-399. ISSN 0966-0410

Book Section

Ahlburg, Dennis and Cassen, Robert (2008) Population and development. In: Dutt, Amitava K. and Ros, Jaime, (eds.) International Handbook of Development Economics. Edward Elgar, pp. 316-327. ISBN 9781845423278

Avendano, Mauricio and Mackenbach, Johan P. (2008) Changes in physical health among older Europeans. In: Borsch-Supan, Axel, Brugiavini, Agar, Jürges, Hendrik, Kapteyn, Arie, Mackenbach, Johan P., Siegrist, Johannes and Weber, Guglielmo, (eds.) First Results From the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007). Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Mannheim, Germany, pp. 118-124.

Brennan, John (2008) It’s not always what you know - why graduates get jobs. In: Kehm, Barbara M., (ed.) Hochschule Im Wandel: Die Universität Als Forschungsgegenstand. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ISBN 9783593387468

Brennan, John (2008) The multiple functions of evaluation and quality assessment. In: Cavalli, Alessandro, (ed.) Quality Assessment for Higher Education in Europe. Portland Press Ltd, London, UK, pp. 17-25. ISBN 9781855781719

Brennan, John and Patel, Kavita (2008) Student identities in mass higher education: identity and the academic profession. In: Amaral, Alberto, Bleiklie, Ivar and Musselin, Christine, (eds.) From Governance to Identity : a Festschrift for Mary Henkel. Higher Education Dynamics (24). Springer Netherlands, Dortrecht, Netherlands, pp. 19-30.

Brennan, John and Williams, Ruth (2008) Higher education outside the universities: UK case. In: Taylor, James S., Brites Ferreira, Jose, de Lourdes Machado, Maria and Santiago, Rui, (eds.) Non-University Higher Education in Europe. Higher Education Dynamics (23). Springer Netherlands, Dortrecht, Netherlands, pp. 231-244. ISBN 9781402083341

Burdorf, Alex, Tilja, van den Berg, Avendano, Mauricio, Kunst, Anton and Mackenbach, Johan P. (2008) The effects of ill health on displacement from the labour market and potential impact of prevention. In: Borsch-Supan, Axel, Brugiavini, Agar, Jürges, Hendrik, Kapteyn, Arie, Mackenbach, Johan P., Siegrist, Johannes and Weber, Guglielmo, (eds.) First Results From the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007): Starting the Longitudinal Dimension. Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Mannheim, Germany, pp. 137-142. ISBN 9783000249693

Dean, Hartley (2008) Flexibility or flexploitation?: problems with work-life balance in a low-income neighbourhood. In: Maltby, Tony, Kennett, Patricia and Rummery, Kirstein, (eds.) Social Policy Review. Policy Press, Bristol, UK, pp. 113-132. ISBN 9781847420770

Dean, Hartley (2008) Towards a eudaimonic ethic of social security. In: Bradshaw, Jonathan, (ed.) Social Security, Happiness and Wellbeing. FISS/ Intersentia, Antwerp, Netherlands, pp. 57-76. ISBN 9789050958158

Dean, Hartley (2008) The socialist perspective. In: Alcock, Pete, May, Margaret and Wright, K., (eds.) The Student's Companion to Social Policy. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, pp. 84-90. ISBN 9781405169011

Duda, Mark, Li, Bingqin and Peng, Huamin (2008) Household strategies and migrant housing inequality in Tianjin. In: Nielsen, Ingrid and Smyth, Russell, (eds.) Migration and Social Protection in China. Series on Contemporary China (14). World Scientific (Firm), London, UK, pp. 184-204. ISBN 9789812790491

Dyson, Tim (2008) India’s demographic transition and its consequences for development. In: Kapila, Uma, (ed.) India's Economic Development Since 1947. Academic Foundation, New Delhi, India. ISBN 8171885926

García Gómez, P., Hernández-Quevedo, Cristina and López Nicolás, Ángel (2008) Renta absoluta y renta relativa: ¿cuál es su papel en la determinación de las desigualdades en salud? In: Rodríguez, Marisol and Urbanos, Rosa, (eds.) Desigualdades Sociales En Salud: Factores Determinantes y Elementos Para la Accion. Colección de economía de la salud y gestión sanitaria. Elsevier-Masson, Barcelona, Spain.

Hall, Anthony (2008) International migration and challenges for social policy: the case of Ecuador. In: Dani, Anis A. and Moser, Caroline, (eds.) Assets, Livelihoods, and Social Policy. New frontiers of social policy. World Bank, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 85-106. ISBN 9780821369951

Hills, John (2008) Investigating social exclusion. In: In Praise of Panel Surveys: the Achievements of the British Household Panel Survey Plans for Understanding Society: the Uk’s New. ESRC UK Longitudinal Studies Centre, Essex, UK, pp. 16-17.

Hills, John (2008) Social housing in the 21st century: four key issues that need urgent attention. In: Britain in 2008. Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain), Swindon, UK, p. 95. ISBN 9771756057006

Hills, John (2008) The distribution of welfare. In: Alcock, Pete, Erskine, Angus and May, Margaret, (eds.) The Student's Companion to Social Policy. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781405169011

Howell, Jude (2008) Civil society and migrants in China. In: Murphy, Rachel, (ed.) Labour Migration and Social Development in Contemporary China. Comparative development and policy in Asia. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 171-194. ISBN 9780415468015

Howell, Jude (2008) Gender, institutions and empowerment: lessons from China. In: Roy, Kartik, Blomqvist, Hans and Clark, Cal, (eds.) Institutions and Gender Empowerment in the Global Economy. World scientific studies in international economics. World Scientific (Firm), London, UK, pp. 103-130. ISBN 9789812709967

Kok, Renske, Avendano, Mauricio and Mackenbach, Johan P. (2008) The association between socioeconomic status and changes in health in Europe. In: Borsch-Supan, Axel, Brugiavini, Agar, Jürges, Hendrik, Kapteyn, Arie, Mackenbach, Johan P., Siegrist, Johannes and Weber, Guglielmo, (eds.) First Results From the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007): Starting the Longitudinal Dimension. Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Mannheim, Germany, pp. 125-130. ISBN 9783000249693

Lewis, Jane (2008) Family change and the welfare state. In: Carlos, Monica, (ed.) The Challenge of Social Policy Reform in the 21st Century: Towards Integrated Systems of Social Protection. Sideris Publishing / Kokkalis Foundation, Athens, Greece. ISBN 9789600804386

Lewis, Jane (2008) Feminist perspectives. In: Alcock, Pete, Erskine, Angus and May, Margaret, (eds.) The Student's Companion to Social Policy. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. ISBN 9781405169011

Lewis, Jane (2008) Gender and welfare state change. In: Leibfried, Stephan and Mau, Steffen, (eds.) Welfare States: Construction, Deconstruction, Reconstruction. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781847200808

Lewis, Jane (2008) Work-family balance policies: issues and development in the UK 1997-2005 in comparative perspective. In: Scott, Jacqueline L, Dex, Shirley and Joshi, Heather, (eds.) Women and Employment : Changing Lives and New Challenges. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781847202499

Li, Bingqin (2008) Why do migrant workers not participate in urban social security schemes?: the case of the construction and service sectors in Tianjin. In: Nielsen, Ingrid and Smyth, Russell, (eds.) Migration and Social Protection in China. Series on Contemporary China (14). World Scientific (Firm), London, UK, pp. 92-117. ISBN 9789812790491

Macnicol, John (2008) Differential treatment by age: age discrimination or age affirmation? In: Hudson, Robert B., (ed.) Boomer Bust? Economic and Political Issues of the Graying Society. Praeger Publishers, Westport, CT, USA. ISBN 9780275995515

Macnicol, John (2008) In pursuit of the underclass. In: Byrne, David, (ed.) Social Exclusion. Critical concepts in Sociology. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415433389

Mohd Hairi, Farizah, Avendano, Mauricio and Mackenbach, Johan P. (2008) Changes in health-behaviour related determinants. In: Borsch-Supan, Axel, Brugiavini, Agar, Jürges, Hendrik, Kapteyn, Arie, Mackenbach, Johan P., Siegrist, Johannes and Weber, Guglielmo, (eds.) First Results From the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (2004-2007): Starting the Longitudinal Dimension. Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), Mannheim, Germany, pp. 131-136. ISBN 9783000249693

Piachaud, David (2008) Social justice and public policy: a social policy perspective. In: Craig, Gary, Burchardt, Tania and Gordon, David, (eds.) Social Justice and Public Policy: Seeking Fairness in Diverse Societies. Policy Press, Bristol, UK, pp. 33-52. ISBN 9781861349330

Powell, Justin J. W., Felkendorff, Kai and Hollenweger, Judith (2008) Disability in the German, Swiss, and Austrian higher education systems. In: Gabel, Susan L. and Danforth, Scot, (eds.) Disability and the Politics of Education: an International Reader. Verlag Peter Lang, New York, USA, pp. 517-540. ISBN 9780820488950

Power, Anne (2008) The 2012 Olympic Games: sport, families and children - the Olympic promise. In: Britain in 2008. Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain), Swindon, UK, p. 91. ISBN 9771756057006

Power, Anne (2008) At home in the city. In: Burdett, Richard and Sudjic, Deyan, (eds.) The Endless City: the Urban Age Project by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society. Phaidon Press, London, UK, pp. 364-371. ISBN 9780714848204

Power, Anne (2008) Think-piece on ensuring communities are safe, sustainable places where families can thrive. In: Cooke, Graeme, Gregg, Paul, Hirsh, Donald, Jones, Naomi and Power, Anne, (eds.) ENDing Child Poverty: "Thinking 2020": a Report and Think-Pieces From the Child Poverty Unit Conference. DWP working papers. Department for Work and Pensions, London, UK, pp. 35-50. ISBN 9781847124487

Tomassini, Cecilia, Grundy, Emily ORCID: 0000-0002-9633-1116 and Kalogirou, Stamatis (2008) Potential family support for older people 2000-2030. In: Gaymu, Joëlle, Festy, Patrick, Poulain, Michel and Beets, Gijs, (eds.) Future Elderly Living Conditions in Europe. Les cahiers de l'Ined (no.162). Institut national d’études démographiques (France), Paris, France, pp. 71-96. ISBN 9782733201633

Online resource

Power, Anne (2008) Human touch can revive social housing. Building Design (04 Jul 2008). Website.