Reform and Perspectives on Social Insurance: Lessons from the East and West - A Comparative Study of Social Insurance in China, Eu, Germany, Great Britain, Japan, Sweden, Taiwan and the USA (Hardcover)

In this important book, nine leading scholars probe deeply into the nature of social rights, trying to read the near future and locate the most meaningful and effective role that social insurance can play as today's new socio-economic patterns develop. In-depth chapters analyse existing systems and recent and ongoing reforms in seven countries-Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China. There is also a chapter on the European Union's work toward a harmonised scheme to match other programs of integration, and a chapter on the all-important interpenetration of social insurance and human rights. The authors clearly demonstrate that the unprecedented challenges faced by social insurance today arise not only from changes in the patterns of society, but also from lack of confidence and ideological prejudice on the part of both academia and public policy. As a major analysis of why and how a great milestone in human progress is faltering under contemporary pressures, this book is of enormous value. It deserves to be read and absorbed by all professionals in the field who want to use their knowledge and skill to ensure a future in which every man, woman, and child is provided with opportunity to live as full a life as possible. The essays in this book are based on papers first delivered at an international symposium held in Taipei in September 2000 under the auspices of the Center of Labor Law and Social Law of Chengchi University, with the support of several public and private agencies in Taiwan.

General

Imprint:	Kluwer Law International
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	August 2002
Authors:	Ming-Cheng Kuo • Hans F. Zacher • Hou-Sheng Chan
Dimensions:	230 x 166 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	182
ISBN-13:	978-90-411-1819-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Social security & welfare law Promotions
LSN:	90-411-1819-5
Barcode:	9789041118196

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