Reassembling social security : a survey of pensions and health care reforms in Latin America / / Carmelo Mesa-Lago

• Autore: Mesa-Lago Carmelo <1934->
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.98
• Soggetto topico: Social security - Latin America; Pensions - Latin America
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-411) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Tables and Appendices; Abbreviations; PART I. INTRODUCTION: THE STATE OF PENSION AND HEALTH CARE IN THE REGION BEFORE THE REFORMS; PART II. PENSION REFORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS; PART III. HEALTH CARE REFORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS; PART IV. TOWARDS A BETTER SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE FUTURE; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. This is the first book to comprehensively study these influential reforms in Latin America's pension and health care systems. - ;The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. From the reforms that took place in Chile in 1981, most pension and health care systems in the
• Titolo autorizzato: Reassembling social security
• ISBN: 1-281-82557-3; 9786611825577; 0-19-155281-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996247976203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno