02192     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020002000097041000800117082001100125084001500136100008100151245014600232260004600378300002100424500002000445520128100465650003801746650003701784700006501821990002601886990002601912INLIS00000000000137120221111015550  a0010-0520001371221111                |          | eng    a90-411-1819-5-x  aeng  a368.43  a368.43 REF0 aReform and Perspectives on Social Insurance : Lessons from the East and West1 aReform and Perspectives on Social Insurance :bLessons from the East and West /cEdited by Ming-Cheng Kuo, Hans F. Zacher, and Hou-Sheng Chan  aLondon :bKluwer Law International,c2002  a168 p. ;c24 cm.  aIndeks : Indeks  aIn this important book, nine leading scholars probe deeply into the nature of social rights, trying to read the near future and locate the most meaningful and effective role that social insurance can play as today's new socioeconomic patterns develop. In-depth chapters analyse existing systems and recent and ongoing reforms in seven countries--Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States, Japan, Taiwan, and China. There is also a chapter on the European Union's work toward a harmonised scheme to match other programs of integration, and a chapter on the all-important interpenetration of social insurance and human rights. The authors clearly demonstrate that the unprecedented challenges faced by social insurance today arise not only from changes in the patterns of society, but also from lack of confidence and ideological prejudice on the part of both academia and public policy. As a major analysis of why and how a great milestone in human progress is faltering under contemporary pressures, this book is of enormous value. It deserves to be read and absorbed by all professionals in the field who want to use their knowledge and skill to ensure a future in which every man, woman, and child is provided with opportunity to live as full a life as possible 4a1. Social security - Case Studies 4a2. Public Welfare - Case Studies0 aEdited by Ming-Cheng Kuo, Hans F. Zacher, and Hou-Sheng Chan  a06897/MKRI-P/XII-2007  a06897/MKRI-P/XII-2007