Social welfare : policies, perspectives and challenges /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Presley, Miranda L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Social issues, justice and status series.
Temas:
Public welfare.
Social policy.
Aide sociale.
Politique sociale.
welfare services.
public policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Public welfare
Social policy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SOCIAL WELFARE: POLICIES, PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES; SOCIAL WELFARE: POLICIES, PERSPECTIVES AND CHALLENGES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Well-Being and Sexual Minority Workers: Directions for Social Welfare Policy and Practice; Abstract; Background and Literature Review; Method; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Social Choice Analysis: Theoretical and Empirical; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Arrovian Social Choice; 2.1. The Axiomatic Set-Up; 2.2. The Spread of Decisiveness; 2.3. A Possibility Result.
  • 3. Positionalist Aggregation3.1. Ranking Rules of Various Types; 3.2. Manipulability; 3.3. Lack of Responsiveness; 4. A Richer Informational Framework; 5. Wicked Problems in Social Choice; 6. Empirical Social Choice; 6.1. Preliminaries; 6.2. Needs, Tastes, and Beliefs; 6.3. Rawls's Equity Axiom; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Conditions for the Benefit from and Need for Social Welfare in Hong Kong; Abstract; Expected Impacts of Social Welfare on Life Satisfaction; Hypothesis 1; Hypothesis 1.1; Hypothesis 1.2; Study in Hong Kong; Method; Participants; Measurement; Procedures; Results.
  • DiscussionFuture Research; Implications; References; Chapter 4: Safety Net Reconstruction: Reform and Development of Social Assistance in China; Abstract; Introduction; Background of Safety Net Reconstruction; in China; The Rediscovery of Urban Poverty; The Condition of Rural Poverty; Process of Safety Net Reconstruction in China; Establishment and Evolution of MLSGS; Emergence and Development of Special Assistance Programs; Reform and Development of Social Assistance: Political Actions on Poverty; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Government Preference, Import Tariffs and Social Welfare.
  • Abstract1. Introduction; 2. Mixed Oligopoly with Foreign Competitors; 3. The Order of Moves and Equilibrium Outcomes; Case I: Domestic Leadership; Case II: Foreign Leadership; Case III: Cournot Competition; Conclusion; Appendix I. Proof of Proposition 3; References; Chapter 6: Social Safety Nets Reloaded: An Analysis of the Second Generation Safety Nets in Africa; Abstract; Introduction; Growth, Poverty, Inequality and Vulnerability in Africa; Risks and Vulnerability from Weak Employment Structure; Social Safety Nets (SSN)-Reloaded: The Second Generation Safety Nets.
  • From Social Risk Management to Second Generation SSNSSN Debates; Rationale for SSN; SSN-Reloaded in Africa; The Social Safety Net Landscape in Africa; Status of SSN-Reloaded in Africa; Current SSN Programmes in Africa; Cash Transfers; School Feeding Programmes; Public Works Programmes; Assets Protection and Building Programmes; Features of SSN-Reloaded in Africa; Conclusion; References; Index.

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