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The social programs of Sweden : a search for security in a free society / by Albert H. Rosenthal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenthal, Albert H. (Albert Harold), 1914-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social security--Sweden.
- Social security.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 193 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1967]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- I: Growth of the Social Programs
- Old-Age Pensions (Social Security)
- Health Insurance
- Welfare
- Program Development
- II: The Social Security Programs
- THE BASIC PENSION
- Coverage and Eligibility
- Retirement Benefits
- Other Benefits: DISABILITY PENSION
- Financing
- Administration
- Basic Pension Number
- Case Example
- THE SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION
- Retirement Pension
- Disability Pension
- Survivor's Pensions
- Benefits and Cost-of-Living Adjustments
- ADMINISTRATION
- THE INSURANCE FUNDS
- APPEALS
- CASE EXAMPLE
- III: Health Insurance
- Characteristics of the Program
- Benefits: PHYSICIANS' SERVICES
- HOSPITAL CARE
- MEDICINES
- TRAVEL COSTS
- DENTAL CARE
- CASH ALLOWANCES
- MATERNITY BENEFITS
- Health Insurance Statistics
- IV: Public Health
- Hospitals
- Mental Health
- Sex Education
- Birth Control
- Abortion
- Dental Health
- V: Welfare and Related Programs
- Statistics
- Child Welfare
- Care of the Aged
- Rehabilitation
- VI: The Government and the Individual
- A Parliamentary Democracy
- Public Interest and Participation
- Decentralized Government
- THE DEPARTMENTS
- THE SEMI-INDEPENDENT BOARDS
- Local, County, and Province Government: THE STAD AND KOMMUN
- THE LANDSTING
- THE LANSSTYRELSE
- Civil Service
- Citizen Controls of Government
- THE OMBUDSMAN
- The Tax System
- VII: Program Comparisons: Sweden and the United States
- The Social Security Programs
- The Health Programs
- COVERAGE
- BENEFITS
- The Welfare Programs
- VIII: Freedom in the Secure Society
- Individual Liberty
- The Role of Government
- Free Enterprise
- Loss of Incentive
- Costs of the Social Programs
- Moral Standards.
- A Public Philosophy for the United States
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816658626
- 0816658625
- OCLC:
- 233576349
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