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Promoting the concept of prevention in social security: issues and challenges for the International Social Security Association
- Author:
- MCKINNON Roddy
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 19(4), October 2010, pp.455-462.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The author describes how the history of the relationship between institutional social security and the concept of prevention has been fraught with disagreement. The accredited importance in social policy agendas accorded to prevention, alongside protection and rehabilitation, was, throughout the 20th century, only rarely, and somewhat inconsistently, matched in practice. However, international efforts are currently underway to promote the importance of the concept in social security more systematically. A key player in this regard is the International Social Security Association (ISSA). Focusing on the role of the ISSA, the author argues against any possible endeavours, no matter how tentative, that might seek to mainstream the concept of prevention in social security, and concludes that a narrower, but more vigorous, selective approach based on institutional practice to date is preferable.
The Bulgarian pension reform: post-accession issues and challenges
- Authors:
- ASENOVA Darinka, MCKINNON Roddy
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of European Social Policy, 17(4), November 2007, pp.389-396.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Focusing on the social impacts of the 2000—2 pension reform in Bulgaria, the article examines how Bulgarian pensioners cope with income risk in old age. Reporting that old-age pensions are frequently inadequate to household consumption needs, the authors argue for more generous tax-financed social pensions alongside contributory pension provision, to combat old-age poverty. As the poorest country to date to achieve European Union accession, the article concludes by suggesting that Bulgaria's pursuit of fuller integration and development within the EU cannot be divorced from better meeting the social security needs of its ageing population.