Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gilbert, Neil, 1940-
2. International Social Security Association.

Description

1. xx, 232 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series statement

1. International social security ; v. 1

Alternative title

1. Targeting social benefits : international perspectives and trends

Subject

1. Social policy > Case studies
2. Welfare state > Case studies
3. Public welfare > Case studies

Contents

1. The New Zealand model: targeting in an income-tested system / Ross Mackay -- Targeting strategies in the Netherlands: demand management and cost constraint / Piet K. Keizer -- Targeting social provisions in Britain: who benefits from allocation formulae? / Ken Judge -- Retrenchment and progressive targeting: the Israeli experience / Abraham Doron -- Targeting social welfare in the United States: personal responsibility, private behavior, and public benefits / Jill Duerr Berrick -- Targeting welfare in a "soft" state: Italy's winding road to selectivity / Maurizio Ferrera -- From a generous to a stingy welfare state? Sweden's approach to targeting / Sven Hort -- Renegotiating social allocations: choices and issues / Neil Gilbert.

Call number

1. JBD 10-533

Note

1. "In cooperation with the International Social Security Association."

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Targeting social benefits : international perspectives & trends / edited by Neil Gilbert.

Imprint

1. New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2001.

Series

1. International social security ; v. 1

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Gilbert, Neil, 1940-
2. International Social Security Association.

LCCN

1. 99055950

ISBN

1. 0765806258 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Research call number

1. JBD 10-533