Into the Twenty-First Century: The Development of Social Security
İÇİNDEKİLERContents Preface Foreword Chapter I The background 2 The achievements 9 Adverse economic effects 11 Failure to achieve social objectives 15 The underlying tension 17 The rise in the cost 19 Some of the questions to be answered 21 Underlying assumptions Chapter 2 Objectives for the year 2000 33 Historical evolution 39 The aims of social security 43 Does greater affluence justify dismantling? 45 Can income-tested benefits replace universal benefits? 50 The level of cash benefits 54 Indexing for inflation or growth 56 The battle against poverty 64 Movement between countries 71 Harmonisation Chapter 3 Developments in cash benefits 77 Failings in coverage 85 The principle of equal rights for men and women 86 The extension of rights for women 90 The sharing of rights 91 The definition of couples 92 One-parent families 95 Survivors under pension age without dependent children 97 The unemployedInto the twenty-first century 102 The disabled 109 Pension age Chapter 4 Developments in services 118 Prevention and rehabilitation 126 Health services 140 The social services Chapter 5 Relations with the public 152 Public attitudes 155 Education 156 Research 159 Bureaucracy and accessibility 163 Raising the level of public knowledge 164 Area offices 165 Responding to questions about individual rights 167 Handicapped claimants 169 Social security law 170 Complaints procedure 172 The right of appeal 175 Privacy 177 Access to personal files and rights to a hearing 178 Advances and the payment of interest 179 Participation 181 Annual reports 182 Conclusion Chapter 6 The financing of social security 186 Economic effects 191 Social effects 197 Increasing the role of the private sector 205 ConclusionChapter 7 Summary and recommendations 212 The background 217 Assumptions about the future 219 The aims of social security 227 International action 229 Developments in cash benefits 238 Developments in services 239 Health services 243 Social services 245 Relations with the public and the administration 259 The financing of social security NOTLARISBN 92-2-203631-X |
