Social Security and Development

by Midgley, James; Tang, Kwong-leung

• ISBN13: 9781403999542
• ISBN10: 1403999546
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

At present, many governments are privatizing social security programs, largely on the ground that these programs are expensive and harmful to economic development. This book provides the first systematic analysis of the relationship between social security and economic development, addressing the conflicting claims that social security can both harm and improve development. Using many international case studies, the book sheds light on the debate, with each country study focusing on a particular aspect of the issue and expressing a positivity towards the contribution social security can make towards economic development.

Author Biography

JAMES MIDGLEY is the Harry and Riva Specht Professor of public Social Services and Dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. KWONG-LEUNG TANG is the Chair and Professor of Social Work in the Department of Sopcial Work at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Introduction * PART 1: ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE * Origins and Features of Social Security--J.Midgley & K-l.Tang * Challenges to Social Security: Economic, Social and Political--K-l.Tang * Social Security and Development--An Overview--J.Midgley * PART 2: DIVERSE NATIONAL EXPERIENCES * South Africa: Social Security, Development and Poverty Alleviation--L.Patel * Chile: Social Security Privatization and Economic Growth--S.Borzutsky * China: Social Security in the Context of Rapid Economic Growth--K-l.Tang * The United States: Social Security Policy Innovations and Economic Development--J.Midgley * Korea: Social Security and the Developmental Welfare State--H-j.Kown * Norway: Social Security, Welfare to Work and Economic Progress--E.Dahl * United Kingdom: Economic Growth, Incentives and 'Active' Social Security Policies--M.Evans * Singapore: Social Investment, the State and Social Welfare--J.Lee & R.Ngan * India: Social Security, the Informal Sector and inclusin in Development--W.van Ginneken * Conclusion: Development, Social Security and Welfare--J.Midgley & K-l.Tang

Introduction * PART 1: ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND WELFARE * Origins and Features of Social Security--J.Midgley & K-l.Tang * Challenges to Social Security: Economic, Social and Political--K-l.Tang * Social Security and Development--An Overview--J.Midgley * PART 2: DIVERSE NATIONAL EXPERIENCES * South Africa: Social Security, Development and Poverty Alleviation--L.Patel * Chile: Social Security Privatization and Economic Growth--S.Borzutsky * China: Social Security in the Context of Rapid Economic Growth--K-l.Tang * The United States: Social Security Policy Innovations and Economic Development--J.Midgley * Korea: Social Security and the Developmental Welfare State--H-j.Kown * Norway: Social Security, Welfare to Work and Economic Progress--E.Dahl * United Kingdom: Economic Growth, Incentives and 'Active' Social Security Policies--M.Evans * Singapore: Social Investment, the State and Social Welfare--J.Lee & R.Ngan * India: Social Security, the Informal Sector and inclusin in Development--W.van Ginneken * Conclusion: Development, Social Security and Welfare--J.Midgley & K-l.Tang