Townsend, Peter
Building Decent Societies
1. Introduction
Peter Townsend
Part I. The Right to Social Security and National Development
2. Social Security and Human Rights
Peter Townsend
Part II. Issues for the Global Society of the Twenty-first Century
3. Social Protection and Nation-Building: an Essay on Why and How Universalist Social Policy Contributes to Stable Nation-States
Chris Neubourg
4. Social Security, Social Impact and Economic Performance: a Farewell to Three Famous Myths
Michael Cichon, Wolfgang Scholz
5. Can Low-Income Countries Afford Social Security?
Christina Behrendt, Krzysztof Hagemejer
6. The Impact of Social Transfers on Growth, Development, Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries
Michael Samson
7. Investment in Social Security: a Possible UN Model for Child Benefit?
Peter Townsend
Part II. Social Protection in Europe and the OECD
8. Three Models of Social Security in the History of the Industrialized Countries
Peter Townsend
9. Social Protection, the European Union and its Member States
Raymond Wagener
10. Can the European Welfare Model be Exported?
Peter H. Lindert
11. The Poverty Effects of Social Protection in Europe: EU Enlargement and its Lessons for Developing Countries
Bea Cantillon
Part IV. Experiences from Low-Income Countries
12. Social Security in Developing Countries: a Brief Overview
Peter Townsend
13. Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low-Income Countries: Lessons from Existing Programmes
Armando Barrientos
14. Social Protection, Rural Livelihoods and Economic Growth: the Case of Cash Transfers in Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh
Rachel Slater, John Farrington, Rebecca Holmes, Paul Harvey
15. Welfare, Development and Growth: Lessons from South Africa
Francie Lund
16. From Targeting to Universality: Lessons from the Health System in Thailand
Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Phusit Prakongsai, Supon Limwattananon, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Pongpisut Jongudomsuk
Part V. Conclusions
17. Rethinking the Role of Social Security in Development
Christina Behrendt, Michael Cichon, Krzysztof Hagemejer, Stephen Kidd, Rüdiger Krech, Peter Townsend
Nyckelord: Economics, Labor Economics, Development Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Political Sociology, Political Economy, Development Studies
- Utgivare
- Townsend, Peter
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2009
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 408 sidor
- Kategori
- Ekonomisk
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230251052
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-1-349-31380-8