Social insurance and social justice : social security, medicare, and the campaign against entitlements / Leah Rogne ... [and others], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rogne, Leah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security--United States.

Social security.

United States.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., [2009]

Contents:

Social insurance : history, politics, and prospects. Introduction / Brian R. Grossman

The nine guiding principles of social security / Robert M. Ball

Social insurance and the right to assistance / Robert M. Ball

Procession of the generations : are we still traveling together? / Malcolm L. Johnson

The little-known origins of the Social Security Act : how and why corporate moderates created old-age insurance / G. William Domhoff

The Medicare Modernization Act : evolution or revolution in social insurance? / Thomas R. Oliver , Philip R. Lee

The future of social insurance : values and generational interdependence / Eric R. Kingson ... [et al.]

What is at stake. Introduction / Erica Solway

One nation, interdependent : exploring the boundaries of citizenship in the history of social security and Medicare / Brian R. Grossman ... [et al.]

Why all women (and most men) should support universal rather than privatized social security / Madonna Harrington Meyer

Healthy, wealthy, and wise? Challenges to income security for elders of color / Steven P. Wallace , Valentine M. Villa

Quality of life for communities of color / E. Percil Stanford, Donna L. Yee, , Edgar E. Rivas

The ongoing debates over social insurance programs. Introduction / Brooke A. Hollister

Can threats to social insurance in the United States be repelled? / Robert H. Binstock , James H. Schulz

Social security privatization : the institutionalization of an idealogical movement / Judie Svihula , Carroll L. Estes

A normative approach to social security : our obligation to future generations / Harry R. Moody

Critical perspectives on social insurance reform. Introduction / Carroll L. Estes

Social insurance in Europe / Alan Walker

Pensions in crisis : aging and inequality in a global age / Chris Philipson

Federalism, state taxation of OASDI benefits, and the economic well-being of older Americans / Phoebe S. Liebig , Bernard A. Steinman

Social justice and tax expenditures / Debra Street

Teaching social insurance : critical pedagogy and social justice. Introduction / Leah Rogne

Make history ground-breaking by teaching essential history : putting social security in U.S. history syllabi / W. Andrew Achenbaum

Teaching collaborative learning and continuing education strategies about social security and Medicare / Patricia K. Cianciolo

Beyond lectures and tests : facilitating applied and interactive social insurance learning experiences in gerontology courses / C. Joanne Grabinski

Epilogue: From the audacity of hope to the audacity of action / Carroll L. Estes ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826116147

0826116140

OCLC:

232129950