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| About the book |
The book is structured around a model of policy evaluation, which focuses attention on the multiple objectives and outcomes of social security and provides the basis for a multi-disciplinary approach. It progresses from an examination of the varied objectives of social security, via a consideration of key implementation issues, to the establishment of measures of effectiveness and efficiency. Throughout the text theoretical issues are illustrated with reference to the experiences of six countries: the United Kingdom, the USA, Australia, Germany, Sweden and South Korea, to provide an international comparative framework. This is a key textbook for students of social and public policy and economics and essential reading for anyone interested in social security, social welfare and the welfare state. |
| Table of contents |
Series editor's foreword Preface Part one: Objectives History, ideology and comparison Goals and objectives Part two: Mechanisms Public and private provision Funding Allocation Part three: Effectiveness Adequacy and relativities Equity and redistributive impact Target effectiveness Part four: Efficiency and interactions Efficiency Economic and employment policies Benefits and taxation Part five: Contemporary influences Individualism and the risk society Socio-demographics Internationalism and globalisation References Index. |
