Synopses & Reviews
Prior to the onset of the recent financial crisis, global trends of social security in industrialised societies were indicating a progressive disengagement of the State, in favour of tax-financed measures similar to social assistance, which may fail to ensure a basic standard of living. In this timely book the author, with his life-long experience of international social security, advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows and improving citizen information. It will be of interest to a wide audience, including undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers, policy makers, social partners, professionals dealing with social security institutions and civil society groups.
Review
Drawing upon a lifetime of international experience in social security, a case is made in defence of the integrity of institutional 'social security' - earnings-related social insurance programmes. In this thought-provoking volume, Rys argues that the trend towards a blurring of the roles of social insurance and social assistance must be reversed. Roddy McKinnon, Editor, International Social Security Review
Review
This short but informative and provocative book has much to recommend it. Peter Saunders in International Journal of Social Welfare
Synopsis
Prior to the onset of the current financial crisis, global trends of social security in industrialized societies were indicating a progressive disengagement of the State in favor of tax-financed measures similar to social assistance which may fail to ensure a basic standard of living. In this timely book, author Vladimir Rys - with his lifelong experience of international social security - advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows, and improving citizen information. This unique book, with its global perspective, is highly topical, especially in the current economic climate.
Synopsis
In this timely book, the author, with his life-long experience of international social security, advocates reinstating social insurance by reducing the volume of income redistribution, increasing the transparency of money flows and improving citizen information.
About the Author
Vladimir Rys, Study Centre on Social Security Developments in Western and Central Europe, University of Geneva