Social security and welfare : concepts and comparisons / Robert Walker.

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Bibliographic Details
Published: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2005.
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Series:Introducing social policy
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Words, meaning and the importance of context
  • 2. Aims and objectives
  • 3. Functions and constraints
  • 4. Financing
  • 5. Allocation and administration
  • 6. Income replacement and compensation
  • 7. Tackling poverty, guaranteeing sufficiency
  • 8. Redistribution of income
  • 9. Target efficiency
  • 10. Economic efficiency
  • 11. Administrative efficiency
  • 12. Individualization and social change
  • 13. Globalization and internationalism.