Book Description
An American legend looks at Social Security and the promise of our oldest citizens.
Author : George Stanley McGovern
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Privatization
ISBN : 9781555915896
An American legend looks at Social Security and the promise of our oldest citizens.
Author : Christopher Neri Breiseth
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 36,42 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Social security
ISBN : 9780615417226
"This remarkable collection of essays presents a stunning portrait of how one woman's commitment to social justice transformed the lives of generations of workers... It offices penetrating insights into policy development, public administration, and contemporary debates over the sustainability of Social Security." --Lynn Pasquerella, President, Mount Holyoke College "Here, finally, is the definitive account of the origins of America's most important social Program. Social Security was Perkins's crowning achievement, as well as FDR's... An important reminder of what we as a nation can do together, for one another." --Robert Reich, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor
Author : James Douglas Brown
Publisher :
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,22 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Social security
ISBN :
Author : Leah Rogne, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 32,50 MB
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826116159
"[W]e must tell the story of how social insurance programs have assured basic economic and health security for millions of AmericansÖ.This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about these goals." -From the Foreword by Barbara Kennelly President and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare This politically charged, provocative text serves as an introduction to social insurance programs, examining all aspects of these hotly debated policies. The editors cover cutting-edge topics, including Social Security and privatization, universal health insurance, and how America's changing demographics will impact social security in the years to come. Five key sections cover the critical topics: Social Insurance: History, Politics, and Prospects examines the foundational social insurance principles upon which Social Security, Medicare, and other programs are based What's at Stake identifies the risks posed to women, minorities, and the elderly if they could no longer depend on social insurance programs The Ongoing Debates on Social Insurance discusses public opinions of social insurance programs, and responds to arguments supporting privatization Critical Perspectives on Social Insurance Reform presents international experiences and policy trends, and analyzes reform movements from a social justice perspective Teaching Social Insurance: Critical Pedagogy and Social Justice presents pedagogical strategies to help students understand, influence, and engage in an informed debate about social policy
Author : Ruth Frankenberg
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 32,9 MB
Release : 1997-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 082238227X
Displacing Whiteness makes a unique contribution to the study of race dominance. Its theoretical innovations in the analysis of whiteness are integrated with careful, substantive explorations of whiteness on an international, multiracial, cross-class, and gendered terrain. Contributors localize whiteness, as well as explore its sociological, anthropological, literary, and political dimensions. Approaching whiteness as a plural rather than singular concept, the essays describe, for instance, African American, Chicana/o, European American, and British experiences of whiteness. The contributors offer critical readings of theory, literature, film and popular culture; ethnographic analyses; explorations of identity formation; and examinations of racism and political process. Essays examine the alarming epidemic of angry white men on both sides of the Atlantic; far-right electoral politics in the UK; underclass white people in Detroit; whiteness in "brownface" in the film Gandhi; the engendering of whiteness in Chicana/o movement discourses; "whiteface" literature; Roland Barthes as a critic of white consciousness; whiteness in the black imagination; the inclusion and exclusion of suburban "brown-skinned white girls"; and the slippery relationships between culture, race, and nation in the history of whiteness. Displacing Whiteness breaks new ground by specifying how whiteness is lived, engaged, appropriated, and theorized in a range of geographical locations and historical moments, representing a necessary advance in analytical thinking surrounding the burgeoning study of race and culture. Contributors. Rebecca Aanerud, Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, Phil Cohen, Ruth Frankenberg, John Hartigan Jr., bell hooks, T. Muraleedharan, Chéla Sandoval, France Winddance Twine, Vron Ware, David Wellman
Author : Anthony Barnes Atkinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 18,98 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521557962
The Welfare State is a key policy issue of the 1990s. The essays in this book depart from much of the recent economic debate in emphasising the positive contributions of the Welfare State, and in assessing its efficiency in relation to the objectives which it is intended to achieve. These objectives are not just the alleviation of poverty but more broadly the provision of security and the redistribution of income. Part A of the book sets the current debate in the context of the current evidence about income inequality and poverty in Europe. Part B analyses the existing role of the Welfare State, with particular reference to retirement pensions and unemployment benefit. Part C investigates proposals for reform and security. What is the case for greater targeting? How can we design a social safety net? What is the future of European social protection policy?
Author : Charles W. Meyer
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 15,78 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780669145182
Author : Adam Ferguson
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 1767
Category : Civil society
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 28,63 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Public welfare
ISBN :
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Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,30 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN :
Publishes in-depth articles on labor subjects, current labor statistics, information about current labor contracts, and book reviews