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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455785103321

Titolo

The marketization of social security [[electronic resource] /] / edited by John Dixon and Mark Hyde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Quorum Books, 2001

ISBN

0-313-00055-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DixonJohn E. <1946 May 9->

HydeMark <1958->

Disciplina

368.4/3

Soggetti

Social security

Social security - Government policy

Pension trusts

Privatization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A policy studies organization book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Welfare Ideology the Market and Social Security Toward a Typology of Market Oriented Reform; 2 The Market Appropriation of Statutory Social Security Global Experiences and Governance Issues; 3 Chile's Pioneering Privatization; 4 The Market Orientation of Social Security The Brazilian Case; 5 Marketization of Sickness and Disability Insurance in the Netherlands A Review of the Polder Route; 6 The Forms of Privatization of Social Security in Britain; 7 A Hydra Like Creature The Marketization of Social Security in New Zealand

8 "Almost 12 People an Hour Leaving Welfare"9 Why Privatization Is Not on the United States Social Security Policy Agenda; 10 An Assessment of the Marketization of Social Security in Zimbabwe; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Much could be gained from the privatization of social security, but can the gains be delivered? This work takes a look at social security privatization; at the present situation and at what the future holds. The authors examine the experiences of other areas such as Europe and Latin America.