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This book explores the complex relationship between social security and economic development, arguing that social security contributes positively to economic development by promoting social investments that not only foster economic growth but enhance social welfare for all. The contributors analyse the various forms of social security, and, through comprehensive analysis of country experiences, demonstrates that the relationship between social security and economic development defies the simplistic interpretations currently popular in literature on the subject. A variety of country case studies are explored including Britain, Chile, China, India, Korea, Norway, Singapore, South Africa and the United States. This topical volume is a vital companion for all interested in the dynamics of the relationship between social security and the economy.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Issues of Social Security and Development
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Front Matter
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Diverse National Experiences
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Back Matter
Reviews
- 'The authors do a good job of preparing those who are unfamiliar with social security's history for the case studies presented elsewhere in this book.'
Terry Lum, Social Service Review, Dec 2010, vol.84, no.4
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
SILVIA BORZUTZKY Teaching Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Political Science Undergraduate Program, Carnegie Mellon University
ESPEN DAHL Professor and Head, Care, Health and Welfare programme, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway
MARTIN EVANS Senior Research Fellow, Social Disadvantage Research Centre and Centre for Analysis of South African Social Policy, University of Oxford, UK
JOON YONG JO School of Social Welfare University of California, Berkeley, USA
JAMES LEE Associate Professor and Associate Head, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, China; Founder, Asian Pacific Network of Housing Research
THOMAS LORENTZEN Senior Researcher, International Research Institute of Stavanger; Researcher, Research Group for Inclusive Welfare Policies, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway
RAYMOND NGAN Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong
LEILA PATEL Director, Centre for Social Development in Africa; Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
JEAN TRIEGAART Policy Analyst, Development Bank of Southern Africa
S. VASOO Associate Professorial Fellow, Department of Social Work and Psychology, National University of Singapore
WOUTER VAN GINNEKEN Former Staff Member, International Labour Office
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Security, the Economy and Development
Editors: James Midgley, Kwong-leung Tang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582194
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9954-2Published: 30 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54800-2Published: 01 January 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-58219-4Published: 30 April 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 316
Topics: Labor Economics, Development Economics, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social Care