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Social Security - An Introduction to the Basic Principles (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
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Social Security - An Introduction to the Basic Principles (Paperback, 2nd New edition)
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Everybody uses the term 'social security,' but definitions vary
widely. This unique book may be conceived as a wide-ranging
definition, although in fact, it emphasizes only part of the
concept: that administrative function that grants cash benefits to
offset or compensate for such 'social risks' as old age,
disability, unemployment, costs of health care, and other instances
occasioning the lack of means necessary for a decent existence. In
an earlier form (1993), this book proved itself as a
much-sought-after introduction to the field, for governments as
much as for law students. In this completely revised and updated
work, Professor Pieters again offers, this time to a new generation
of scholars and policymakers, a common language and structure with
which to talk and think about social security. The presentation is
both abstract (theory of social security) and concise (structure of
social security systems). In taking into account the diversity of
ways in which social security has been shaped by priorities of
place and time, Dr. Pieters delineates the distinct alternatives
that can be adhered to in establishing a social security system. He
builds a frame in which these various concepts, principles,
options, and techniques can be put into perspective. Although this
approach hints at a 'common law' of social security, Dr Pieters
goes no further in that direction than a brief general survey (in
his last chapter) of the possible features of a comparative social
security law. "Social Security: An Introduction to the Basic
Principles" is sure to find a welcome among many sectors of the
legal and policy communities. Full of insight and information, and
eminently readable, the book may be seen in a number of different
ways: as a road map explaining the social security systems of
various states; as an overview of the various options available for
building a social security system; as an exploration of the
possibilities of rethinking or reforming an existing system; as the
first tentative step toward a scientific discipline of comparative
social security law; and much else besides.
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