Social Security and Development
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Description for Social Security and Development
Hardcover. Editor(s): Midgley, James; Tang, Kwong-Leung. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKS; KCF; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
This book explores the complex relationship between social security and economic development, arguing that social security contributes positively to economic development by promoting social investments that not only foster economic growth but enhance social welfare for all. The contributors analyse the various forms of social security, and, through comprehensive analysis of country experiences, demonstrates that the relationship between social security and economic development defies the simplistic interpretations currently popular in literature on the subject. A variety of country case studies are explored including Britain, Chile, China, India, Korea, Norway, Singapore, South Africa and the United States. This topical volume is ... Read more
This book explores the complex relationship between social security and economic development, arguing that social security contributes positively to economic development by promoting social investments that not only foster economic growth but enhance social welfare for all. The contributors analyse the various forms of social security, and, through comprehensive analysis of country experiences, demonstrates that the relationship between social security and economic development defies the simplistic interpretations currently popular in literature on the subject. A variety of country case studies are explored including Britain, Chile, China, India, Korea, Norway, Singapore, South Africa and the United States. This topical volume is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
316
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403999542
SKU
V9781403999542
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Ref
99-15
About N/A
SILVIA BORZUTZKY Teaching Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Political Science Undergraduate Program, Carnegie Mellon University ESPEN DAHL Professor and Head, Care, Health and Welfare programme, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway MARTIN EVANS Senior Research Fellow, Social Disadvantage Research Centre and Centre for Analysis of South African Social Policy, University of Oxford, UK JOON YONG ... Read more
Reviews for Social Security and Development
- 'The authors do a good job of preparing those who are unfamiliar with social security's history for the case studies presented elsewhere in this book.' Terry Lum, Social Service Review, Dec 2010, vol.84, no.4