The marketization of social security / edited by John Dixon and Mark Hyde.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dixon, John E., 1946 May 9-

Hyde, Mark, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security.

Social security--Government policy.

Pension trusts.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much could be gained from the privatization of social security, but can the gains be delivered? This work takes a look at social security privatization; at the present situation and at what the future holds. The authors examine the experiences of other areas such as Europe and Latin America.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1 Welfare Ideology the Market and Social Security Toward a Typology of Market Oriented Reform; 2 The Market Appropriation of Statutory Social Security Global Experiences and Governance Issues; 3 Chile's Pioneering Privatization; 4 The Market Orientation of Social Security The Brazilian Case; 5 Marketization of Sickness and Disability Insurance in the Netherlands A Review of the Polder Route; 6 The Forms of Privatization of Social Security in Britain; 7 A Hydra Like Creature The Marketization of Social Security in New Zealand

8 "Almost 12 People an Hour Leaving Welfare"9 Why Privatization Is Not on the United States Social Security Policy Agenda; 10 An Assessment of the Marketization of Social Security in Zimbabwe; Index

Notes:

"A policy studies organization book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400683084

9780313000553

0313000557

OCLC:

55091946