Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-22819-5
Verlag: Open University Press
- 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.
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- 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.
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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.
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