Social security and welfare : concepts and comparisons

著者

• Walker, Robert L. (Robert Lloyd)

書誌事項

Social security and welfare : concepts and comparisons

Robert Walker

（Introducing social policy / series editor, David Gladstone）

Open University Press, 2005

• : hbk
• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [314]-333) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780335209347

内容説明

What are the objectives of social security and social assistance provisions? How can we establish whether these provisions are effective? How do countries differ in the design and effectiveness of their social security systems? This introductory textbook provides a foundation for the systematic study of social security and means-tested social assistance. The book is structured around a model of policy evaluation, which focuses attention on the multiple objectives and outcomes of social security and provides the basis for a multi-disciplinary approach. It progresses from an examination of the varied objectives of social security, via a consideration of key implementation issues, to the establishment of measures of effectiveness and efficiency. Throughout the text theoretical issues are illustrated with reference to the experiences of six countries: the United Kingdom, the USA, Australia, Germany, Sweden and South Korea, to provide an international comparative framework. This is a key textbook for students of social and public policy and economics and essential reading for anyone interested in social security, social welfare and the welfare state.

目次

Series editor's foreword Preface Part one: Objectives History, ideology and comparison Goals and objectives Part two: Mechanisms Public and private provision Funding Allocation Part three: Effectiveness Adequacy and relativities Equity and redistributive impact Target effectiveness Part four: Efficiency and interactions Efficiency Economic and employment policies Benefits and taxation Part five: Contemporary influences Individualism and the risk society Socio-demographics Internationalism and globalisation References Index.

巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780335209354

内容説明

What are the objectives of social security and social assistance provisions? How can we establish whether these provisions are effective? How do countries differ in the design and effectiveness of their social security systems? This introductory textbook provides a foundation for the systematic study of social security and means-tested social assistance. The book is structured around a model of policy evaluation, which focuses attention on the multiple objectives and outcomes of social security and provides the basis for a multi-disciplinary approach. It progresses from an examination of the varied objectives of social security, via a consideration of key implementation issues, to the establishment of measures of effectiveness and efficiency. Throughout the text theoretical issues are illustrated with reference to the experiences of six countries: the United Kingdom, the USA, Australia, Germany, Sweden and South Korea, to provide an international comparative framework. This is a key textbook for students of social and public policy and economics and essential reading for anyone interested in social security, social welfare and the welfare state.

目次

Part A Objectives Words, meaning and the importance of context Aims and objectives Functions and constraints Part B Mechanisms Financing Allocation and administration Part C Effectiveness Income replacement and compensation Tackling poverty, guaranteeing sufficiency Redistribution of income Part D Efficiency Target efficiency Economic efficiency Administrative efficiency Part E Contemporary Influences Individualisation and social change Globalisation and internationalism Post script Glossary Bibliography

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA70305753
• ISBN:
  • 0335209351
  • 0335209343
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Maidenhead
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 354 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • DC22 : 368.4
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Social security
  • LCSH : Public welfare
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA53217401