The European face of social security : essays in honour of Herman Deleeck /

This work brings together contributions from experts in social policy and social security from across the European community. It offers a cross-European perspective on important issues in social policy in the 1990s, in particular, in the context of European unification.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Berghman, J., Cantillon, Bea, Deleeck, Herman
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Aldershot : Avebury, ©1993.
Subjects:	Social security > Europe. Deleeck, Herman. Sécurité sociale > Europe. Social security. Europe. Aufsatzsammlung Soziale Sicherheit Sociale zekerheid. Sociale politiek. Armoede. social protection. social security. welfare state. social policy. poverty. measurement. income distribution. standard of living. unemployment benefit. old age benefit. occupational pension scheme. private pension scheme. guaranteed income. income redistribution. future. case study. statistical table. Belgium. Eastern Europe. EU countries. Germany. Netherlands. Sweden. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. protection sociale. sécurité sociale. Etat-providence. politique sociale. pauvreté mesure. répartition du revenu. niveau de vie. prestations de chômage. prestations de vieillesse. régime de pension professionnel. régime de pension privé revenu garanti. redistribution du revenu. futur. étude de cas. tableau statistique. Belgique. Europe orientale. pays de l'UE. Allemagne. Pays-Bas. Suède. Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord. protección social. seguridad social. política social. pobreza. medición. distribución del ingreso. nivel de vida. prestaciones por desempleo. prestaciones de vejez. régimen de pensión profesional. régimen privado de pensión. ingreso garantizado. redistribución del ingreso. futuro. estudio de casos. cuadros estadísticos. Bélgica. Europa. Europa Oriental. países de la UE. Alemania. Países Bajos. Suecia. Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte. Estado benefactor. bibliography. bibliographie. bibliografía.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Methodology of Poverty Measurement. 1. Poverty measures in comparative research / Karel Van den Bosch. 2. Non-monetary indicators of poverty / Brendan J. Whelan. 3. Deprivation standards and style of living indices / Ruud J.A. Muffels. 4. Rediscovering budget standards / Jonathan Bradshaw
The Impact of Social Security. 5. Approaches to comparative social policy analysis / Richard Hauser. 6. An introductory note on measuring the adequacy of social security / Jean-Claude Ray. 7. The impact of social security in the European Community / Pierre Hausman. 8. Universalism versus selectivity in unemployment schemes / Lieve De Lathouwer. 9. The distributive effects of shifting from public to private provision of retirement income / Bernard Delhausse, Sergio Perelman and Pierre Pestieau.
10. Matthew effects in policy implementation / Romke J. van der Veen. 11. Goal displacement and the use of social security benefits / Albert L. Mok
Policy Paradigms. 12. Citizen's Income / Hermione Parker.
13. A proposal for social security reform in Belgium / Roger Dillemans. 14. The Swedish model / Sven E. Olsson Hort. 15. Basic schemes in the Netherlands / Joop M. Roebroek. 16. Proposals for flat-rate public pensions in the German debate / Winfried Schmahl. 17. Prevention and related policy issues / Jos Viaene, Josse van Steenberge and Dirk Lahaye
The European Perspective. 18. Coordination of social security systems in Europe / Jef Van Langendonck. 19. Minimum income policy in Europe / Bernd Schulte. 20. Towards a convergence of policies / Yves Chassard and Odile Quintin. 21. Social security in Eastern Europe / Bernd von Maydell
Summary and Conclusions. 22. The future of social security in Europe / Jos Berghman, Bea Cantillon and Ive Marx.