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Building decent societies [[electronic resource] ] : Rethinking the role of social security in state building
| Building decent societies [[electronic resource] ] : Rethinking the role of social security in state building |
| Autore | Townsend Peter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : International Labour Office, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.58091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Developing countries -- Social policy
Income maintenance programs -- Developing countries Poverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention Poverty -- Prevention -- International cooperation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 92-2-121996-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Right to Social Security and National Development; 2 Social Security and Human Rights; Part II: Issues for the Global Society of the Twenty-first Century; 3 Social Protection and Nation-Building: an Essay on Why and How Universalist Social Policy Contributes to Stable Nation-States; 4 Social Security, Social Impact and Economic Performance: a Farewell to Three Famous Myths; 5 Can Low-Income Countries Afford Social Security?
6 The Impact of Social Transfers on Growth, Development, Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries7 Investment in Social Security: a Possible UN Model for Child Benefit?; Part III: Social Protection in Europe and the OECD; 8 Three Models of Social Security in the History of the Industrialized Countries; 9 Social Protection, the European Union and its Member States; 10 Can the European Welfare Model be Exported?; 11 The Poverty Effects of Social Protection in Europe: EU Enlargement and its Lessons for Developing Countries; Part IV: Experiences from Low-Income Countries 12 Social Security in Developing Countries: a Brief Overview13 Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low-Income Countries: Lessons from Existing Programmes; 14 Social Protection, Rural Livelihoods and Economic Growth: the Case of Cash Transfers in Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh; 15 Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa; 16 From Targeting to Universality: Lessons from the Health System in Thailand; Part V: Conclusions; 17 Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457479703321 |
Townsend Peter
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| Geneva, : International Labour Office, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Building decent societies [[electronic resource] ] : Rethinking the role of social security in state building
| Building decent societies [[electronic resource] ] : Rethinking the role of social security in state building |
| Autore | Townsend Peter |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, : International Labour Office, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.58091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Developing countries -- Social policy
Income maintenance programs -- Developing countries Poverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention Poverty -- Prevention -- International cooperation |
| ISBN | 92-2-121996-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: The Right to Social Security and National Development; 2 Social Security and Human Rights; Part II: Issues for the Global Society of the Twenty-first Century; 3 Social Protection and Nation-Building: an Essay on Why and How Universalist Social Policy Contributes to Stable Nation-States; 4 Social Security, Social Impact and Economic Performance: a Farewell to Three Famous Myths; 5 Can Low-Income Countries Afford Social Security?
6 The Impact of Social Transfers on Growth, Development, Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries7 Investment in Social Security: a Possible UN Model for Child Benefit?; Part III: Social Protection in Europe and the OECD; 8 Three Models of Social Security in the History of the Industrialized Countries; 9 Social Protection, the European Union and its Member States; 10 Can the European Welfare Model be Exported?; 11 The Poverty Effects of Social Protection in Europe: EU Enlargement and its Lessons for Developing Countries; Part IV: Experiences from Low-Income Countries 12 Social Security in Developing Countries: a Brief Overview13 Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low-Income Countries: Lessons from Existing Programmes; 14 Social Protection, Rural Livelihoods and Economic Growth: the Case of Cash Transfers in Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh; 15 Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa; 16 From Targeting to Universality: Lessons from the Health System in Thailand; Part V: Conclusions; 17 Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781841303321 |
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Townsend Peter
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| Geneva, : International Labour Office, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The dark side of technology / / Peter Townsend
| The dark side of technology / / Peter Townsend |
| Autore | Townsend Peter |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico | Technology - Social aspects |
| ISBN |
0-19-250779-6
0-19-250778-8 0-19-183183-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Have we the knowledge, willpower, and determination to survive? -- Technology and survival: are they compatible? -- Natural disasters and civilization -- Good technologies with bad side effects -- From trains to transistors -- Food, survival, and resources -- The 'Silent Spring' revisited -- Medicine: expectations and reality -- Knowledge loss from changing language -- Decay of materials and information loss from technology -- Technology, the new frontier for crime and terror -- Technology-driven social isolation -- Consumerism and obsolescence -- Rejection of knowledge and information -- Hindsight, foresight, radical suggestions, and a grain of hope. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910160323303321 |
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Townsend Peter
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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