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Social insurance and social justice : social security, medicare, and the campaign against entitlements /

"[W]e must tell the story of how social insurance programs have assured basic economic and health security for millions of Americans .This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about these goals."--The Foreword by Barbara Kennelly. President and CEO, . National Committee to Preserve Soc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rogne, Leah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer Pub. Co., ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Social insurance : history, politics, and prospects. Introduction / Brian R. Grossman
  • The nine guiding principles of social security / Robert M. Ball
  • Social insurance and the right to assistance / Robert M. Ball
  • Procession of the generations : are we still traveling together? / Malcolm L. Johnson
  • The little-known origins of the Social Security Act : how and why corporate moderates created old-age insurance / G. William Domhoff
  • The Medicare Modernization Act : evolution or revolution in social insurance? / Thomas R. Oliver, Philip R. Lee
  • The future of social insurance : values and generational interdependence / Eric R. Kingson [and others]
  • What is at stake. Introduction / Erica Solway
  • One nation, interdependent : exploring the boundaries of citizenship in the history of social security and Medicare / Brian R. Grossman [and others]
  • Why all women (and most men) should support universal rather than privatized social security / Madonna Harrington Meyer
  • Healthy, wealthy, and wise? Challenges to income security for elders of color / Steven P. Wallace, Valentine M. Villa
  • Quality of life for communities of color / E. Percil Stanford, Donna L. Yee, Edgar E. Rivas
  • The ongoing debates over social insurance programs. Introduction / Brooke A. Hollister
  • Can threats to social insurance in the United States be repelled? / Robert H. Binstock, James H. Schulz
  • Social security privatization : the institutionalization of an idealogical movement / Judie Svihula, Carroll L. Estes
  • A normative approach to social security : our obligation to future generations / Harry R. Moody
  • Critical perspectives on social insurance reform. Introduction / Carroll L. Estes
  • Social insurance in Europe / Alan Walker
  • Pensions in crisis : aging and inequality in a global age / Chris Philipson
  • Federalism, state taxation of OASDI benefits, and the economic well-being of older Americans / Phoebe S. Liebig, Bernard A. Steinman
  • Social justice and tax expenditures / Debra Street
  • Teaching social insurance : critical pedagogy and social justice. Introduction / Leah Rogne
  • Make history ground-breaking by teaching essential history : putting social security in U.S. history syllabi / W. Andrew Achenbaum
  • Teaching collaborative learning and continuing education strategies about social security and Medicare / Patricia K. Cianciolo
  • Beyond lectures and tests : facilitating applied and interactive social insurance learning experiences in gerontology courses / C. Joanne Grabinski
  • Epilogue: From the audacity of hope to the audacity of action / Carroll L. Estes [and others].