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Reinventing Social Security Worldwide
Vladimir Rys
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Description for Reinventing Social Security Worldwide
Paperback. In this timely book, the author, with his life-long experience of international social security, advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows and improving citizen information. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 218.
Prior to the onset of the recent financial crisis, global trends of social security in industrialised societies were indicating a progressive disengagement of the State, in favour of tax-financed measures similar to social assistance, which may fail to ensure a basic standard of living. In this timely book the author, with his life-long experience of international social security, advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows and improving citizen information. It will be of interest to a wide audience, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers, policy makers, ... Read more
Prior to the onset of the recent financial crisis, global trends of social security in industrialised societies were indicating a progressive disengagement of the State, in favour of tax-financed measures similar to social assistance, which may fail to ensure a basic standard of living. In this timely book the author, with his life-long experience of international social security, advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows and improving citizen information. It will be of interest to a wide audience, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers, policy makers, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847426406
SKU
V9781847426406
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About Vladimir Rys
Vladimir Rys is a former secretary general of the International Social Security Association in Geneva. He has written a pioneering study on the sociology of social security. On retirement, he returned to academic research and studied social security in transition countries with special reference to the Czech Republic. His current research focus is on social security problems at worldwide level. ... Read more
Reviews for Reinventing Social Security Worldwide
"This short but informative and provocative book has much to recommend it." Peter Saunders in International Journal of Social Welfare