The Welfare State as Universal Social Security: A Global Analysis

Reforming: Social Security A Welfare Analysis

T he U.S. Social Security System was conceived as a means to ensure a minimum standard of living for the elderly, and it has done so. Poverty rates among the old have dropped, and many retirees can now look forward to a comfortable retirement, funded in part by their Social Security benefits. However, the system' s ability to provide future retirees with a comparable retirement income has been ...

NOTES ON THE GERMAN WELFARE STATE The German welfare state is a prototype of a ‘social insurance state’. Public social security schemes

Ekiti State Social Security Scheme (ESSSS) and its Effect on Food Security in Ekiti State, Nigeria

This study was carried out to evaluate the Ekiti State Social Security Scheme (ESSSS) in Nigeria. Specifically, the study estimated the food security status of the beneficiaries and non beneficiaries of the scheme, assessed the effect of the social security scheme on households’ food security status, and identified the constraints to the implementation of the scheme in the state. A three stage ...

The Relations of Social Security and Social Welfare Services

THE PAST few years have seen a growing interest, iu countries at, varyiiig stages of economic and social developmeut, in the appropriate development and organization of social welfare services. Coucepts aud definit,ious as well as methods of providing social services vary greatly, but it seems evident that industrialization aud urbauizat,ion have created certain commuuit,y ueeds to which people...

social security: offering welfare opportunities for the vulnerable people.

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