Social Security, the Economy and Development

✍ Scribed by James Midgley, Kwong-leung Tang (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 327
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
The Origins and Features of Social Security....Pages 17-50
Social Security and the Economy: Key Perspectives....Pages 51-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
South Africa: Social Security, Poverty Alleviation and Development....Pages 85-109
Chile: Social Security, Privatization and Economic Growth....Pages 110-136
China: Social Security in the Context of Rapid Economic Growth....Pages 137-159
The United States: Social Security Policy Innovations and Economic Development....Pages 160-186
Korea: Economic Development, Social Security and Productive Welfare....Pages 187-209
Norway: Social Security, Active Labour Market Policies and Economic Progress....Pages 210-237
The United Kingdom: The Economic Consequences of Child Poverty....Pages 238-268
Singapore: Social Investment, the State and Social Security....Pages 269-286
India: Inclusive Development through the Extension of Social Security....Pages 287-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-316

✦ Subjects

Labor Economics; Development Economics; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights; Social Structure, Social Inequality; Social Care

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