Social Welfare & Social Services

Social Security auxiliary benefits were established in 1939 when Congress extended benefits to the dependents and survivors of workers covered by S...

Congress continues to register concern about the rapid rise in Medicare spending and the ability of existing funding mechanisms to support the prog...

First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about pove...

In nearly all States, adoption records are sealed and withheld from public inspection after an adoption is finalised. This book discusses state law...

Reg Pengelly has gained considerable experience of managing arrangements to safeguard children in both the police service and the NHS. This short ...

This book provides an overview of the current Social Security special minimum benefit provision workings; explains how the Retirement Earnings Test...

International Social Security agreements are bilateral agreements primarily intended to eliminate dual Social Security taxation based on the same w...

Learn about Social Security and plan for your future with the help of this comprehensive and accessible guide to everything you need to know about ...

This landmark study provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nature and associations between the three main forms of social disadvantage ...

Winner of the Institute of Economic Affairs' Arthur Seldon Award and the Atlas Foundation's Sir Antony Fisher Memorial Award The welfare state is ...