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Social Security

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  • East Asian Welfare Modelby Roger Goodman; Gordon White; Huck-ju Kwon

    Routledge 1998; US$ 68.95

    Offers the first broad-ranging study of the development and implementation of various welfare systems in East Asia, unfolding the reality behind the rhetoric in this important area. more...

  • Social Security Reform in Advanced Countriesby Toshihiro Ihori; Toshiaki Tachibanaki

    Routledge 2002; US$ 200.00

    This book brings together internationally-renowned scholars to evaluate the effect of recent social security reforms in advanced countries (pension programmes in particular) and to suggest policy reforms for the future. more...

  • Who Speaks for the Poorby R. Allen Hays

    Garland Science 2001; US$ 44.95

    This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system. more...

  • The Politics of Pension Reformby Giuliano Bonoli

    Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 34.00

    European pension systems are increasingly under pressure. In this book Giuliano Bonoli examines policymakers' efforts to cope in the context of public support for existing pension schemes and the implications of an ageing population. The book compares and assesses the process of pension policy-making in the UK, France and Switzerland. more...

  • The Plot Against Social Securityby Michael A. Hiltzik

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 11.99

    Relentless and ominous, the drumbeat echoes across the land: Social Security is on the verge of bankruptcy. These repeated warnings have become a dismal article of faith for the millions of Americans who pay Social Security taxes and expect to collect benefits someday. But they are flatly untrue. Social Security today is on a stronger financial footing than it has been for decades. The Plot Against Social Security will explain who is really behind the efforts to “reform” this system and will show that the most frequently proposed fix—increased privatization—will damage it beyond repair by undermining retirement security for generations to come. Award-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik also offers a clear set of remedies... more...

  • How Social Security Picks Your Pocketby Joseph Fried

    Algora Publishing 2007; US$ 28.95

    Social Security is no bargain, but few Americans are aware of the staggering waste and inequities built into the system. This easy-to-read, opinionated and thoroughly documented book expands the debate to the areas of disability abuse, fraud, and inequita more...

  • Critical Cultural Policy Studiesby Justin Lewis; Toby Miller

    John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 129.95

    Critical Cultural Policy Studies: A Reader brings together classic statements and contemporary views that illustrate how everyday culture is as much a product of policy and economic determinants as it is of creative and consumer impulses. more...

  • Security Studiesby Paul D. Williams

    Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 49.95

    Organized around the key themes apparent in contemporary debates taking place within the field of Security Studies, this is the most comprehensive textbook available on the topic. more...

  • Social Programs of Swedenby Albert H. Rosenthal

    University of Minnesota Press 1967; US$ 67.50

    In his forward to this book, Marquis Childs, author of the classic work Sweden: The Middle Way, comments: “There has been a great deal of emotional writing about the effort of the labor government in Stockholm to regulate capitalism and provide a decent s more...

  • Social Security as a Human Rightby Eibe Riedel

    Springer 2007; US$ 139.00

    An International Expert Workshop on the Right to Social Security was held in April 2005 at the German Institute for Human Rights, whose purpose was to highlight specific issues of the right to social security. This volume provides an insight into the challenges on social security as a human right. more...