Reviews contemporary campaigns for community participation and empowerment with examples from Europe, the USA, Australia, South and South East Asia, Latin America and Africa. Critically assesses developments in the mixed economy of welfare in terms of their relevance for self-help and community participation. Considers the concept of empowerment and its relation to public policy and developments within social movements. Includes case studies.
Reviews contemporary campaigns for community participation and empowerment with examples from Europe, the USA, Australia, South and South East Asia, Latin America and Africa. Critically assesses developments in the mixed economy of welfare in terms of their relevance for self-help and community participation. Considers the concept of empowerment and its relation to public policy and developments within social movements. Includes case studies.
Subject terms:
mixed economy of care, older people, participation, physical disabilities, self-help, adult education, communities, community development, empowerment;
Location(s):
Africa, Brazil, Australia, Germany, Nicaragua, Philippines, South Africa, United States, South America
Joins micro-economic analysis of social insurance and welfare systems with broader political descriptions of social policy. Gives a sense of the fundamental problem of finding a social welfare system that fits specific economic and cultural conditions. Includes papers on: the Nordic welfare model and the European Union; convergence and divergence in the evolution of the welfare state; private provision of social security; the case for equivalent taxation of social security benefits in the European Union; an international analysis of retirement and economic development; disability and rehabilitation; unemployment insurance; social assistance in comparative perspective; lone mothers, policy and employment in twenty countries; Swedish single parents and social security; social security in Poland in a period of transition; social security reform in the Czech Republic; social security for disabled people in South Africa; China's social security in the context of the national distribution system; and integratability of social welfare systems for a unified Korea.
Joins micro-economic analysis of social insurance and welfare systems with broader political descriptions of social policy. Gives a sense of the fundamental problem of finding a social welfare system that fits specific economic and cultural conditions. Includes papers on: the Nordic welfare model and the European Union; convergence and divergence in the evolution of the welfare state; private provision of social security; the case for equivalent taxation of social security benefits in the European Union; an international analysis of retirement and economic development; disability and rehabilitation; unemployment insurance; social assistance in comparative perspective; lone mothers, policy and employment in twenty countries; Swedish single parents and social security; social security in Poland in a period of transition; social security reform in the Czech Republic; social security for disabled people in South Africa; China's social security in the context of the national distribution system; and integratability of social welfare systems for a unified Korea.
Subject terms:
insurance, labour market, older people, physical disabilities, private sector, rehabilitation, retirement, social welfare, single parent families, taxation, unemployment, welfare state, benefits, comparative studies;
Location(s):
China, Czech Republic, Europe, Poland, Sweden, South Africa, South Korea