Investigating Social Issues
Published on 24. October 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-333-51832-8 (ISBN)
Description
Using economic theory to analyze real events and problems and to evaluate different solutions, this book stresses the importance of value judgements and demonstrates how one person's success can be another's disaster. Newspaper cuttings have been used an an integral part of the text to highlight the causes, effects and solutions to these issues and problems. The topics covered include health, education, transport, income distribution, innner cities, regional policy, housing and the environment.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
43ill.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-51832-8 (9780333518328)
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Person
J. Wales
Content
What do we have governments for? housing; education; health - who waits, who pays?; conservation and the environment; the inner cities; regional policy; income distribution; transport; enterprise culture v. the nanny state.