Introduction to social security [[electronic resource] ] : policies, benefits, and poverty / / edited by John Ditch

• Record Nr.: UNISA996199857503316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999
• ISBN: 1-134-61134-X; 0-203-17073-3; 0-203-01475-8; 1-280-33420-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): DitchJohn <1952->
• Disciplina: 368.4/00941
• Soggetti: Social security - Great Britain
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Conclusion; References; 1 The nature of poverty; Why is poverty important?; The definition of poverty; The measurement of poverty; Resources; Unit of analysis; Spatial issues; Equivalence; Time dimension; Income or expenditure?; Poverty lines and poverty gaps; Poverty in the UK; How does poverty in Britain compare?; Conclusion; Note; References; 2 The aims of social security; Introduction; Old and familiar aims; The relief of poverty?; Meeting needs; Income maintenance and replacement Compensation; Redistribution; The new project for social security; Passive and active aims; Getting people into work; Changing behaviour; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 Development of social security; What role for social security policy?; Critical questions; People; Principles; Policy; The legacy of Beveridge; People; Principles; Policy; The drift to selectivity; People; Principles; Policy; Privatisation and targeting; People; Principles; Policy; References; 4 Poverty and the adequacy of social security; Why does adequacy matter?; What is the income maintenance system?Values and ideologies; The context of adequacy; Adequacy for what?; Human needs; Perspectives on poverty measures; Adequacy for how long?; Time-scale; Adequacy ; for whom?; Precariousness; Compensation; Stratification; Ethnicity; Adequate according to whom?; Whose perspectives? Expertise; Package deal thinking; Government objectives; Is social security adequate in the UK?; Empirical surveys; Normative studies; Other approaches; Official UK approaches to adequacy questions; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 British pensions policies; Introduction; The importance of pensions Options and choices; Structure; Finance and private provision; The evolution of pensions in Britain; The post-war debate; The pensions White Paper chase; Pensions post-1979; Problems and responses in the 1990's; The case for change; Pensioners' incomes in the 1990's and future options; Conclusion-another fresh start; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Claiming entitlements; Introduction; The importance of take-up; Measuring take-up; Reasons for non-take-up; The Kerr model; The Ritchie and Matthews model; The econometric approach; Van Oorschot's interactive model of multi-level influences Dynamic aspects of take-up; Policy response and the way forward; References; 7 Social security, poverty and disability; Disability and the risk of poverty; The causes of poverty among disabled people; Employment and earnings; The additional costs of disability; The costs of personal assistance; Disability and social security; Income replacement benefits; Benefits for extra costs; Recent developments; Disability Living Allowance; Disability Working Allowance; ...Some You Lose? Restricting Invalidity Benefit; The impact of disability on household incomes
• Sommario/riassunto: Social Security forms a major area of government policy and social expenditure. Government activity in this area impacts directly on all citizens, and consequently social security policy is the focus for much debate. People are affected by social security whether by funding it through taxation, or using it when claiming unemployment or other benefits. Introduction to Social Security is an up-to-date text on this important and complex social policy issue. It provides a second introduction for students of social policy and administration and includes contributions from some