Reassembling social security : a survey of pensions and health care reforms in Latin America / Carmelo Mesa-Lago.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social security--Latin America.

Social security.

Pensions--Latin America.

Pensions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. This is the first book to comprehensively study these influential reforms in Latin America's pension and health care systems. - ;The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. From the reforms that took place in Chile in 1981, most pension and health care systems in the

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Appendices; Abbreviations; PART I. INTRODUCTION: THE STATE OF PENSION AND HEALTH CARE IN THE REGION BEFORE THE REFORMS; PART II. PENSION REFORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS; PART III. HEALTH CARE REFORMS AND THEIR EFFECTS; PART IV. TOWARDS A BETTER SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE FUTURE; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [387]-411) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611825577

9781281825575

1281825573

9780191552816

019155281X

OCLC:

476244301

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31635 hdl