Challenges to Social Security

An International Exploration
Herausgeber: Midgley, James B.; Tracy, Martin B.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Social security systems throughout the world are faced with unprecedented challenges in response to growing criticisms about unacceptable expenditures for government programs and questions about the appropriate role of government in providing social protection through social insurance and social assistance programs. The challenges are also a result of dramatic demographic, social, and cultural changes around the world. A variety of radical and modest reform measures are currently being discussed which have the potential of significantly impacting the means of income and health care for the elderly, children, and families. This book examines these challenges from the perspective of local analysts in both industrial and economically developing nations. The purpose of the analysis is to promote a better understanding of the integral role that social security plays in the social and economic development of diverse societies. The chapters examine the wide range of challenges to social security in Britain, Egypt and Turkey, the Netherlands, Poland, the United States, Uruguay, and Zimbabwe. An overview of the most prevalent issues are discussed, including fiscal viability, economic development, equity, administration, public confidence, and the role of social security as the primary government instrument for social protection against the loss of income and health. Essential reading for students and researchers in social policy, gerontology, and comparative social welfare.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. März 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 419g
• ISBN-13: 9780865692442
• ISBN-10: 0865692440
• Artikelnr.: 21480939

Autorenporträt

JAMES MIDGLEY is Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Social Work, Louisiana State University. MARTIN B. TRACY is Director and Professor, School of Social Work, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Both have written extensively on international and comparative social welfare issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Senator John Breaux Preface Challenges Facing Social Security
by James Midgley The Challenge of Financing Social Security in the United
States by Howard Jacob Karger Political Stalemate and the Crisis of Social
Security in Latin America: The Case of Uruguay by Jorge Papadopulos
Challenges to Social Security for Women: Case Illustrations of Egypt and
Turkey by Marsel A. Heisel Social Security in Poland: The Challenge of the
Transformation to a Market Economy by Miroslaw Ksiezopolski Out of Line:
Selective Comparisons and Social Security Reduction in the Netherlands by
Peter de Koning, Ingrid Mulder, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann, and Gert Klaij
Challenges to Social Security in Developing Countries: Coverage and Poverty
in Zimbabwe by James Midgley and Edwell Kaseke Social Security in Britain:
The Challenge of Needs versus Costs by David Piachaud and Martin Evans
Conclusion: Responding to the Challenge by Martin B. Tracy Index