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U.S. Social Security: A Reference Handbook
ISBN: 9781598841190 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely volume details the history and development of the American system of Social Security and examines the serious problems it faces. It covers the "prehistory" of Social Security dating back to the 19th century and projects the program's likely future over the next several generations. Thematically, the book chronicles the origination of the initial Social Security Act of 1935, each major reform to the act through today, the nature and magnitude of the current difficulty facing Social Security, and each major remedy that has been proposed. It also examines programs in other... This timely volume details the history and development of the American system of Social Security and examines the serious problems it faces. It cov... |
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230,58 zł |
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Securing America's Future: A Bold Plan to Preserve and Expand Social Security
ISBN: 9780742562431 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since its adoption in 1935, the Social Security Act has been a great success, operating efficiently, never missing a payment, and providing economic security for retired and disabled Americans and their dependents. Nevertheless, the system has been the subject of fierce attack - not least from President George W. Bush. Securing America's Future counters the attacks on Social Security and makes clear that this important program is not in crisis. The book proposes a series of modest changes to improve the program, including reforms to enhance Social Security and increase its value to Americans....
Since its adoption in 1935, the Social Security Act has been a great success, operating efficiently, never missing a payment, and providing economic s...
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233,66 zł |
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Introduction to Social Security: Policies, Benefits and Poverty
ISBN: 9780415214308 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Security forms a major area of government policy and social expenditure. Government activity in this area impacts directly on all citizens, and consequently social security policy is the focus for much debate. People are affected by social security whether by funding it through taxation, or using it when claiming unemployment or other benefits. Introduction to Social Security is an up-to-date text on this important and complex social policy issue. It provides a second introduction for students of social policy and administration and includes contributions from some of the...
Social Security forms a major area of government policy and social expenditure. Government activity in this area impacts directly on all citizens, and...
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924,88 zł |
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Reassembling Social Security: A Survey of Pensions and Health Care Reforms in Latin America Published in Association with the Pan-American Health Or
ISBN: 9780199233779 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social laboratory for the reform of these systems. From the reforms that took place in Chile in 1981, most pension and health care systems in the region have seen reform, and been fully or partially privatized. Many other countries considering reform of their own systems have been influenced by the policies implemented in Latin America.
Yet despite the importance and influence of these reforms, until now there has not been an integrated and... The reform of social security pensions and healthcare is a key issue for the modern world, and in many ways Latin America has acted as a social labora...
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366,01 zł |
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Learning from Evaluation at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime
ISBN: 9783836470681 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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219,69 zł |
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Public Pension Schemes in Seven European Continents: A Micro-Simulation Approach
ISBN: 9781600210501 / Angielski / Twarda / 145 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides insight into the composition and structure of public pension and early retirement schemes in seven European countries, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy. The component and structural analyses are based on
Provides insight into the composition and structure of public pension and early retirement schemes in seven European countries, Denmark, Sweden, Finla...
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753,18 zł |
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The Political Economy of Global Security : War, Future Crises and Changes in Global Governance
ISBN: 9780415479790 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What are the possibilities for and conditions of global security in the 21st century? This book provides a study of future wars, crises and transformations of the global political economy. It brings together economic theory, political economy, peace and conflict research, philosophy and historical analogy to explore alternatives for the future.
What are the possibilities for and conditions of global security in the 21st century? This book provides a study of future wars, crises and transforma...
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223,87 zł |
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US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries
ISBN: 9780881324259 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is generally accepted that Social Security must be reformed, but there is little agreement on what should be done to reform the program. US Pension Reform: Lessons from Other Countries looks at the social pension reforms of twelve other countries, assesses the current US Social Security program, and evaluates how these twelve models inform opportunities for adaptation of the current system. The authors consider governments' current fiscal balances in order to contextualize countries' initial financial liabilities and pension program infrastructure. The book concludes with an...
It is generally accepted that Social Security must be reformed, but there is little agreement on what should be done to reform the program. US Pens...
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112,73 zł |
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Public Street CCTV - A Psychometric Study on the Perceived Social Risk
ISBN: 9783639058635 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public street surveillance - a domain of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) - has grown enormously and become common place in our society as an all-purpose security tool. Previous authors have raised concerns over social, civil and privacy issues; however, there has been limited research to quantify such concerns. Nevertheless these concerns not only define the social risk perception of CCTV, but may also cause its social relocation and alter social support of CCTV. This book is essential reading for those interested in CCTV from a social, privacy or security aspect. There has never been such a...
Public street surveillance - a domain of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) - has grown enormously and become common place in our society as an all-purp...
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274,26 zł |
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Confidence and Changes. Managing Social Protection in the New Millennium
ISBN: 9789041116819 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The confidence of wage-earners, who depend on an administrative "safety net" to protect them from loss of income, has virtually disappeared. Social exclusion and poverty have become inescapable threats for the average worker. It was to tackle this enormously important issue that the European Institute of Social Security (EISS), a leading multidisciplinary research group dedicated to exploring the frontiers of social security, met in June 2000 in Gandouml;teborg in Sweden. Twenty members of the Institute prepared papers for delivery at the conference, all of which are now printed in this book....
The confidence of wage-earners, who depend on an administrative "safety net" to protect them from loss of income, has virtually disappeared. Social ex...
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1023,16 zł |
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Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA
ISBN: 9780199553396 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comparing the USA, eight European countries, and Japan, this book demonstrates significant cross-national differences in early retirement across countries and over time. The study evaluates the impact of major variations in welfare regimes, production systems, and labor relations and provides comprehensive empirical analysis and a balanced approach to studying both the pull and the push factors affecting early exit from work needed to understand the development of early retirement regimes.
Comparing the USA, eight European countries, and Japan, this book demonstrates significant cross-national differences in early retirement across count...
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169,96 zł |
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Social Security After Fifty: Successes and Failures
ISBN: 9780313255427 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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281,82 zł |
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International Handbook on Old-Age Insurance
ISBN: 9780313261374 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One measure of public program response to rapidly expanding older populations is the approach to old-age pensions under social insurance, social assistance, and provident fund systems. Social insurance is clearly the preferred method of meeting the income needs of the elderly, but historical, as well as current social and economic conditions are forcing many nations to reevaluate the characteristics of viable and sustainable social insurance programs. This has led to a variety of innovations in old-age pension programs development, including revised benefit formulas, raised retirement... One measure of public program response to rapidly expanding older populations is the approach to old-age pensions under social insurance, social as... |
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256,20 zł |
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Social Security and Individual Equity: Evolving Standards of Equity and Adequacy
ISBN: 9780313264597 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The compulsory nature of social security makes it possible for income to be distributed within and across beneficiary cohorts. Focusing on the Federal Social Security system, encompassing OASDI and Medicare, this volume examines the equity and adequacy criteria that serve as standards for determining how payroll tax revenues are to be distributed. Social Security distributes cash benefits to retired and disabled workers in accordance with past taxable earnings, and the book describes and evaluates the procedures for determining each worker's earnings-related benefit base. The benefit base... The compulsory nature of social security makes it possible for income to be distributed within and across beneficiary cohorts. Focusing on the Fede... |
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358,68 zł |
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Social Security: New Issues & Developments
ISBN: 9781604562439 / Angielski / Twarda / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Security in the United States is a social insurance program funded through dedicated payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). The term, in everyday speech, is used only to refer to the benefits for retirement, disability, sur
Social Security in the United States is a social insurance program funded through dedicated payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act (...
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973,51 zł |
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Economic Effects of Social Security
ISBN: 9780815700296 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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76,81 zł |
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Security Studies : A Reader
ISBN: 9780415326001 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers students an informed overview of significant work in security studies. This book is divided into the following sections: What is Security; Theories of Security; Security Dimensions and Issues; Security Frameworks and Actors; and, The Future of Security. It is suitable for students of security studies and international relations.
Offers students an informed overview of significant work in security studies. This book is divided into the following sections: What is Security; Theo...
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924,88 zł |
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Understanding the Social Security ACT: The Foundation of Social Welfare for America in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780195366891 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The future of the United States' social welfare commitments, including retirement and disability payments, unemployment insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, and the State Child Health Insurance Program, poses urgent questions as social and demographic change in the country accelerates. Yet even many social welfare policy experts fail to grasp the sheer size and intricacy of the Social Security Act, which governs those commitments, and the resulting complexity of any reform efforts. In this outstanding guide to the Act's programs and policies, along with the context that shaped them, Andrew...
The future of the United States' social welfare commitments, including retirement and disability payments, unemployment insurance, Medicare and Medica...
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186,10 zł |
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Closing the Coverage Gap: The Role of Social Pensions and Other Retirement Income Transfers
ISBN: 9780821379714 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book discusses how to design retirement income transfers to prevent poverty during old-age, when the coverage of contributory pension systems is low.
This book discusses how to design retirement income transfers to prevent poverty during old-age, when the coverage of contributory pension systems is ...
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141,12 zł |
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Contemporary European Security
ISBN: 9780415473576 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. European security is a complex network of insecurities, institutions and initiatives. Europe is faced with the traditional insecurities of inter- and intra-state conflict as well as non-state threats to security such as environmental, health and human security. The region's attempts to combat these insecurities have been to develop and foster regional institutions, such as the EU, NATO, OSCE and even the Council of Europe. In turn, member-states and the institutions have set out various ways to combat a range of insecurities from ethnic conflict to human trafficking. This text... European security is a complex network of insecurities, institutions and initiatives. Europe is faced with the traditional insecurities of inter- a... |
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194,66 zł |