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Reform and perspectives on social insurance : lessons from the East and West / edited by Ming-Cheng Kuo, Hans F. Zacher and Hou-Sheng Chan.

Title
Reform and perspectives on social insurance : lessons from the East and West / edited by Ming-Cheng Kuo, Hans F. Zacher and Hou-Sheng Chan.
Publication
Hague ; New York : Kluwer Law International, ©2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Kuo, Ming-Cheng
  • Zacher, Hans F., 1928-2015
  • Zhan, Huosheng
Description
xiii, 168 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
Comprises nine papers which explore the nature of social rights and examine the most effective role that social insurance can play as new socioeconomic patterns develop. Analyses existing systems and recent and ongoing reforms in social insurance in seven countries and includes a chapter on the relationship between social insurance and human rights.
Series Statement
Studies in employment and social policy ; 14
Uniform Title
Studies in employment and social policy v. 14.
Subject
  • Social security > Case studies
  • Public welfare > Case studies
  • Welfare state > Case studies
  • Public welfare
  • Social security
  • Welfare state
  • Aide sociale > Études comparatives
  • État providence > Études comparatives
  • Sécurité sociale > Études comparatives
Genre/Form
Case studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Social Insurance and Human Rights / Hans F. Zacher -- The Social Insurance in Germany: The Bismarck Model and Its Challenge in the 21st Century / Eberhard Eichenhofer -- Social Insurance in the United Kingdom: The Fall of the Beveridge Model / Michael Hill -- Social Insurance in Sweden: The Swedish Model and Its Challenge in the 21st Century / Eskil Wadensjo -- Social Security Systems in Europe: Reacting to a Difficult Economic Context / Danny Pieters -- Perspectives on Social Insurance and Its Reform in the United States / Gary Burtless -- Reform and Perspectives of Social Insurance in Japan / Yuki Katagiri -- Development, Reform and Perspectives on Social Insurance in Taiwan / Ming-Cheng Kuo.
ISBN
  • 9041118195
  • 9789041118196
LCCN
^^2002072860
OCLC
  • 50002607
  • SCSB-13408365
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library