What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?

What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?
Author: Paul Spicker
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2017-02-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447337328

This provocative short book is a valuable introduction to social security in Britain and the potential for its reform.

How Social Security Works

How Social Security Works
Author: Paul Spicker
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2011-01-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 184742810X

A broad, accessible introduction to the benefit system in Britain which can help readers to make sense of the system in practice.

Understanding Social Security (Second Edition)

Understanding Social Security (Second Edition)
Author: Jane Millar
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2009-02-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781847421869

The second edition of this important text reviews policy developments since 1997. The chapters have been extensively updated and there are new chapters on social security reform, inequalities and social security, and the new 'welfare market'.

Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship

Welfare, Inequality and Social Citizenship
Author: Edmiston, Daniel
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-02-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 144735558X

Exploring the lived realities of both poverty and prosperity in the UK, this book examines the material and symbolic significance of welfare austerity and its implications for social citizenship and inequality. The book offers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor, demonstrating how those marginalised and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political settlement and their own position within it. Through the testimonies of both affluent and deprived citizens, the book problematises dominant policy thinking surrounding the functions and limits of welfare, examining the civic attitudes and engagements of the rich and the poor, to demonstrate how welfare austerity and rising structural inequalities secure and maintain institutional legitimacy. The book offers a timely contribution to academic and policy debates pertaining to citizenship, welfare reform and inequality.

Social Security in Britain

Social Security in Britain
Author: Great Britain. Central Office of Information. Reference Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1975
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Social Security in Britain

Social Security in Britain
Author: Stephen McKay
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1999-06-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 134927562X

Social Security in Britain provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the social security system in Britain. As well as covering the historical and comparative context, the book explains today's complex system in simple terms. Current issues, such as the policy debate around welfare reform and the effects of the social security system on individuals and families, are also discussed. Social science students, academics and professionals in many fields will find this book an invaluable guide.

Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 3)

Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 3)
Author: Jean-Michel Lafleur
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2020-11-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030512371

This third and last open access volume in the series takes the perspective of non-EU countries on immigrant social protection. By focusing on 12 of the largest sending countries to the EU, the book tackles the issue of the multiple areas of sending state intervention towards migrant populations. Two “mirroring” chapters are dedicated to each of the 12 non-EU states analysed (Argentina, China, Ecuador, India, Lebanon, Morocco, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey). One chapter focuses on access to social benefits across five core policy areas (health care, unemployment, old-age pensions, family benefits, guaranteed minimum resources) by discussing the social protection policies that non-EU countries offer to national residents, non-national residents, and non-resident nationals. The second chapter examines the role of key actors (consulates, diaspora institutions and home country ministries and agencies) through which non-EU sending countries respond to the needs of nationals abroad. The volume additionally includes two chapters focusing on the peculiar case of the United Kingdom after the Brexit referendum. Overall, this volume contributes to ongoing debates on migration and the welfare state in Europe by showing how non-EU sending states continue to play a role in third country nationals’ ability to deal with social risks. As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO’s.

Disability and the Welfare State in Britain

Disability and the Welfare State in Britain
Author: Jameel Hampton
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1447316428

The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign.

Rethinking Poverty

Rethinking Poverty
Author: Barry Knight
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2017-08-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447340604

This book calls for a bold forward-looking social policy that addresses continuing austerity, under-resourced organisations and a lack of social solidarity. Based on a research programme by the Webb Memorial Trust, a key theme is power which shows that the way forward is to increase people’s sense of agency in building the society that they want.

Social Security And Welfare: Concepts And Comparisons

Social Security And Welfare: Concepts And Comparisons
Author: Walker, Robert
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2004-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0335209343

What are the aims of social security and assistance provisions?Are they effective?Why do countries differ in the design and effectiveness of theirsocial security systems?This introductory textbook provides a foundation for the systematicstudy of social security, including means-tested provisionor social assistance.For undergraduate and postgraduate students of social policy,welfare, and economics.