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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459267403321

Autore

Rys Vladimir

Titolo

Reinventing social security worldwide : Back to essentials / / Vladimir Rys

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4473-0317-2

1-282-93860-6

9786612938603

1-84742-642-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Disciplina

306.36

Soggetti

Social service

Social security

Redistribution du revenu

Securite sociale

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Security

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-122) and index.

Nota di contenuto

REINVENTING SOCIAL SECURITY WORLDWIDE; iiiContents; About the author; Foreword; Introduction; Part One: Social security evolution in a global perspective: what is at stake?; 1: A brief history of social security; 2. Essential issues of social protection in our society; 3. The new approaches to securing human existence in society; Part Two: Understanding social security in its societal environment: which methodology?; 4. A brief history of the sociology of social security; 5. A macro-sociological approach to the study of social security.

Sommario/riassunto

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.