Neil Gilbert

Targeting Social Benefits

International Perspectives and Trends

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last decade, changing family life and increasing fiscal constraints on welfare expenditures have forced industrialized nations to reconsider how they approach social protection. Faced with ¬scal and demographic changes, many countries have been struggling to develop innovative policy responses. Some involve targeting bene¬ts in order to shrink existing program commitments, to focus welfare expenditures on those most in need, and to give social welfare systems more ¬exibility in redirecting available resources to meet emerging demands.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780765806253
• ISBN-10: 0765806258
• Artikelnr.: 21376922

Autorenporträt

Neil Gilbert

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The New Zealand Model: Targeting in an Income-Tested System
2: Targeting Strategies in the Netherlands: Demand Management and Cost Constraint
3: Targeting Social Provisions in Britain: Who Benefits from Allocation Formulae?
4: Retrenchment and Progressive Targeting: The Israeli Experience
5: Targeting Social Welfare in the United States: Personal Responsibility, Private Behavior, and Public Benefits
6: Targeting Welfare in a "Soft" State: Italy's Winding Road to Selectivity
7: From a Generous to a Stingy Welfare State? Sweden's Approach to Targeting
8: Renegotiating Social Allocations: Choices and Issues