Social security programs : a cross-cultural comparative perspective
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Social security programs : a cross-cultural comparative perspective
(Contributions in political science, no. 359)
Greenwood Press, 1995
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"Prepared under the auspices of the Policy Studies Organization"
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume examines current trends in social security programs around the world. An international group of contributors provide (1) historical perspectives on the development of social security programs (looking at the U.S., Japan, and South Korea); (2) national overviews of programs as adapted to specific populations (in Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Zimbabwe, Yugoslavia, and Malaysia); and (3) specific program analyses (long term care in Britain, health care in Sweden, and industrial accident benefits as developed in Brazil). The discussions highlight the need to evaluate the impact of social security programs on the general population, as well as on specific population groups. This work will be of interest to scholars and policy-makers in social welfare and public policy.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction Social Security and the Ghosts that Haunt It by John Dixon Historical Perspectives Social Security in the United States by Max J. Skidmore Japanese Social Security: Its Past, Present, and Future by Mitsuya Ichien Politics of Illiberal Capitalism: The State, Industrialization and Social Security in South Korea by M Ramesh National Overviews Rural Populations, Social Security, and Legal Pluralism in the Central Moluccas of Eastern Indonesia by Franz von Benda-Beckmann and Keebet von Benda-Beckmann An Examination of the Roles of the State, Networks, and the Family in Philippines Social Security by Frank Hirtz Social Security Reforms in China by Nelson W. S. Chow Social Security and Redistribution: The Case of Zimbabwe by Edwin Kaseke Social Security in Yugoslavia: Change or Continuity in the 1990s by Miroslav Ruzica Income Programs for the Elderly in Malaysia: A Policy Process Analysis by Martin Booth Tracy Program Analyses Financial Support for Long-Term Institutional Care in Britain by Anne Corden The Right to Medical Health Care for the Disabled in Sweden by Lotta Westerhall Industrial Accidents: Why should They have Special Preferential Conditions by Celso Barroso Leite Index
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