Marketization of Social Security FROM THE PUBLISHER
Much could be gained from the privatization of social security—but can the gains actually be delivered? Dixon, Hyde, and their contributing authors take a balanced look at where we are now, and where we seem to be moving, on the issues of social security privatization and come up skeptical. There will be tradeoffs, but will the benefits outweigh the costs? Their volume examines a variety of settings in Latin America, Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa, where the "marketization" of social security appears most hotly contested. As a contribution to this new, energetic global policy discourse, the book will be of special interest to policymakers in the public and private sectors, and particularly in organizations where concerns about the growing cost of employee benefits have become critical.
SYNOPSIS
A balanced, thoughtful examination of the emerging debate on the privatization of social security and how the issues are being approached in bellwether countries worldwide.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Thirteen international contributors present ten articles on recent shifts from public social security systems towards systems requiring greater individual responsibility, using examples from Chile, Brazil,The Netherlands, Britain, New Zealand, Canada, the U.S. and Zimbabwe. Topics include the ideological basis of social security; the economic underpinnings of marketization; the political contexts within which reforms have taken/are taking place; the role of the private sector in the provision and administration of social security; the marketization of government; counterforces to the movements toward privatization; and assessments of how well the marketization of social security can live up to its promises. Scholarly, yet clearly written and accessible to the interested non-specialist. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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