| Social Security in the Global Village Contributor(s): Behrendt, Christina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765809303 ISBN-13: 9780765809308 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $39.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: There is growing recognition that globalization places major pressures on the development of social security schemes. Internationalization of the economy has important consequences for labor markets: employment is becoming less secure and inequality and social exclusion more pronounced in many countries. At the same time, there are some fundamental socio-demographic changes: new family structures, an aging population, and migration. Increased uncertainty and exclusion intensify the need for social security. Both the public and private sectors are redefining their roles, reshuffling responsibilities between states, markets, families, and individuals. This volume investigates the challenges for social security in this new environment, and analyzes strategies of adjustment. Part 1, "Globalization and the Challenges for Social Security, " explores social responsibility; the financing of social protection and employment; globalization and national welfare regimes; and the situation of southern European welfare states. Part 2, "Global Pressures and Internal Adjustments, " discusses the constraints, challenges, and vulnerabilities of the welfare state; and surveys the impact and non-impact of globalization on social policy in the areas of social insurance quality, institutions, trade exposure, and deregulation in eighteen OECD nations (1965- 95). It includes a comparative view of social adjustment in New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland; and analyzes international trends in income inequality and social policy. Part 3, "Globalization and Social Cohesion, " elaborates on the various risks and responsibilities that globalization produces: and examines social policy as social risk management. Thisenlightening volume answers many outstanding questions: What are the effects of globalization on social security schemes? How well are countries dealing with these challenges? What role do national institutions play in shaping the process of adjustment? Research can help to enlighten and inform the policy debate about the legitimacy of social security in the new, globalized world. This book aims to help those involved -- researchers and policy, makers alike -- advance toward that goal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Security |
| Dewey: 362 |
| LCCN: 2002017991 |
| Series: International Social Security Series |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.32" W x 9.3" (1.22 lbs) 408 pages |
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| Publisher Description: There is growing recognition that globalization places major pressures on the development of social security schemes. Internationalization of the economy has important consequences for labor markets: employment is becoming less secure and inequality and social exclusion more pronounced in many countries. At the same time, there are some fundamental socio-demographic changes: new family structures, an aging population, and migration. Increased uncertainty and exclusion intensify the need for social security. Both the public and private sectors are redefining their roles, reshuffling responsibilities between states, markets, families, and individuals. Social Security in the Global Village investigates the new challenges for social security in an increasingly globalized world and analyzes strategies of adjustment. A group of internationally renowned experts in this field assess the variety of effects that globalization has had on national social security schemes. A common theme of a first set of chapters is the relationship between common pressures of globalization and the role of national institutional frameworks in shaping the impact of these pressures on social security. Countries are dealing in different ways with these challenges and follow diverse pathways of adjustment that quite often contradict widespread assumptions about the effects of globalization. A second set of chapters is devoted to challenges in selected policy areas: migration, labor markets, and social cohesion issues. Among the topical issues discussed are the social rights of migrants, the changing rights and obligations in unemployment insurance, lessons to be drawn for the promotion of employment, the relationship between family policy and employment policy for mothers, the management of social risks, and the protection of an adequate income in an active welfare state. Research can help to enlighten and inform the policy debate about the legitimacy of social security in the new, globalized world. This book aims to help those involved-researchers and policy makers alike-advance toward that goal. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sigg, Roland: - Roland Sigg is head of research at the International Social Security Association in Geneva, Switzerland, and lecturer at the University of Geneva. He currently coordinates comparative research projects in the field of the development of the Welfare State, pension, work incapacity and reintegration, and the administration of social security. Behrendt, Christina: -Christina Behrendt is a freelance researcher and consultant for the International Social Security Association in Geneva. She has authored several articles in the Journal of European Social Policy and the International Social Security Review. |