01904     2200217   4500001002100000005001500021008004100036020001800077035001900095041000800114082001100122084001700133100001900150245008700169260003000256300002400286500002000310520128100330650003801611650003701649INLIS00000000000137220200508201436200508|||||||||   |   |||   |||| ||eng||  a90-411-1819-5  0010-0520001372  aeng0 a348.43  a348.43/KUO/R0 aMing-Cheng Kuo00aReform and Perspectives an Social Insurance : Lessons from the East and West 06897  aLondonbAbdi Tandurc2002  a168p.; 24cm.c24cm.  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 0a1. Social security - Case Studies 0a2. Public Welfare - Case Studies