Fernando Padro

Statistical Handbook on the Social Safety Net

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Padro begins by defining a social safety net and discussing the economic health of various nations and their definition of poverty. Traditional safety net programs, such as social security, unemployment insurance and workers compensation, Medicare and Medicaid, and the welfare system in the United States and other countries are discussed in depth. Additional chapters provide detailed analysis devoted soley to programs affecting women and children. The availability of statistical information has increased dramatically on the Internet, yet it can be difficult to find and interpret. The Statistical Handbook on the Social Safety Net presents a carefully selected array of 300 tables, graphs, and charts, placing valuable statistics into context with introductory text. Detailed source information in each table, figure, and chart allows the user to pursue further information and uncover the stories behind the numbers. Each chapter concludes with a glossary of key terms. A bibliography, guide to information sources available on the Internet, and a detailed index are included.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1769g
• ISBN-13: 9781573565165
• ISBN-10: 1573565164
• Artikelnr.: 21293658

Autorenporträt

FERNANDO F. PADRÓ is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Counseling Program at Monmouth University.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables and Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 What Does the
Term Social Safety Net Mean? Chapter 2 The Budgetary and Economic Contexts
of Social Safety Nets Chapter 3 The Government's Definition of Poverty
Chapter 4 Old-Age Insurance: Social Security Chapter 5 Unemployment and
Disability Insurance and Other Worker Benefits Chapter 6 Health Services:
Medicare and Medicaid-Services for Old Age, the Mainstream, and for
Low-Income Individuals Chapter 7 Welfare Programs: Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF)-From Welfare to Workfare Chapter 8 Public Assistance,
Tax Deferment, and Exclusion Programs in the Social Safety Net Available to
Lowand Moderate-Income Able and Disabled Families and Individuals Chapter 9
Women and the Social Safety Net Chapter 10 Children and Youth Services
Glossary Index