The Battle against Exclusion [electronic resource]: Social Assistance in Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

Social Policy Studies

Social Policy Studies ; v.No. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social Issues/Migration/Health.

Australia.

Finland.

Sweden.

United Kingdom.

Local Subjects:

Social Issues/Migration/Health.

Australia.

Finland.

Sweden.

United Kingdom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p. ) ill..

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the performance of social assistance policies in four countries with similar per capita incomes: Australia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It confronts their -- very different -- social protection systems and sheds light on issues such as social insurance and social assistance, central and local social security systems, active and passive policies. The often complex interactions involved are analysed and lessons are drawn from the countries' varied experiences. Particular attention is paid to young people, the long-term unemployed, lone-parent families, immigrants and asylum seekers. Conclusions -- both country-based and thematic -- are presented with a particular emphasis on how barriers and disincentives to employment can be overcome: these are indispensable weapons in the battle against exclusion.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Review

Chapter 2. The Social Policy Context

Chapter 3. The Benefit Systems

Chapter 4. Clients and Safety Net Provisions: Adequacy, Access, and Attitudes

Chapter 5. Avoiding Long-Term Dependency

Chapter 6. Policy Coherence

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

1-280-03466-1

9786610034666

92-64-16225-9

OCLC:

1024279300