The Science and Politics of Work Disability Prevention (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Maceachen, Ellen

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Produktbeschreibung

The Science and Politics of Work Disability Policy addresses social and political economic contexts driving state work disability reform in 13 countries. In this first attempt to explain the history and future of work disability policy, this book asks new questions about work disability policy design, focus, and effects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429811951
• Artikelnr.: 54114861

Autorenporträt

Ellen MacEachen, PhD, is Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Research Graduate Program with the School of Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo. She is cofounder of the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy, an associate editor with the Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, former president of the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health, and was a leader and mentor in the CIHR-funded Work Disability Prevention Strategic Training Programme led by Dr. Patrick Loisel between 2002 and 2015. Her research examines the design and performance of work and health systems to identify how they can be improved and adapted to economic, social, and technological environments of the global economy. She is particularly interested in international work disability policy, precarious employment, and digitalized work.

Inhaltsangabe

I. List of Boxes, Figures & Tables. II. List of Contributors. III.
Acknowledgements. PART 1: WORK DISABILITY POLICY CONTEXT. Chapter 1. Work
Disability Policy: Current Challenges and New Questions. Chapter 2.
Reflections on The Sherbrooke Model and the Way Forward for Work Disability
Prevention. PART 2: CAUSE-BASED SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS. Chapter 3. Work
Disability in the United States. Chapter 4. Strengths and Weaknesses of
Regulatory Systems Designed to Prevent Work Disability After Injury or
Illness. Chapter 5. The Australian Work Disability Patchwork. Chapter 6.
The New Zealand Universal Accident Scheme. Chapter 7. An Overview of Work
Disability Policies in China. PART 3: COMPREHENSIVE SOCIAL SECURITY
SYSTEMS. Chapter 8. Reforming Activation in Swedish Work Disability Policy.
Chapter 9. Work-Disability Prevention in Finland. Chapter 10. Work
Disability Prevention in France. Chapter 11. Work Disability Policy in
Germany - Experiences of Collective and Individual Participation and
Cooperation. Chapter 12. Keeping People at Work: New Work Disability
Prevention Measures in Switzerland. Chapter 13. Disability Prevention
Policies in Belgium. Chapter 14. Work Disability Prevention in the
Netherlands. Chapter 15. The Rise and Fall of Income Replacement Disability
Benefit Receipt in the United Kingdom. PART 4: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
FOR WORK DISABILITY POLICY. Chapter 16. Science, Politics and Values in
Work Disability Policy. Index.