The political future of social security in aging societies /

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Doubts about the ability of industrialized countries to continue to provide a sufficient level of retirement benefits to a growing number of retirees has fueled much recent debate and inspired a variety of recommendations for reform. Few major reforms, however, have actually been implemented. In The...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Galasso, Vincenzo, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Social security > Case studies.
Social security > Forecasting.
Sécurité sociale > Études de cas.
Sécurité sociale > Prévision.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Social security.
Sociale zekerheid.
Veroudering (demografie)
ECONOMICS/Political Economy
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Crucial features of the social security debate: a cross-country analysis
  • Theories of welfare state expansion and retrenchment
  • Assessing the political sustainability of social security systems: a theoretical framework
  • The future of the social security system in France
  • The future of the social security system in Germany
  • Political sustainability and reforms in Italy
  • Political sustainability and the silent reform in Spain
  • Political sustainability in a redistributive system: the United Kingdom
  • Political sustainability in a redistributive system: The United States
  • Demographics, political sustainability, and reform options: a cross-country comparison.

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