Introduction to Social Security Policies, Benefits and Poverty [Hardcover]

Social Security forms a major area of government policy and social expenditure. Government activity in this area impacts directly on all citizens, and consequently social security policy is the focus for much debate. People are affected by social security whether by funding it through taxation, or using it when claiming unemployment or other benefits. Introduction to Social Security is an up-to-date text on this important and complex social policy issue. It provides a second introduction for students of social policy and administration and includes contributions from some of the best known and most respected names in the field.Preface Introduction 1. Poverty Jonathan Bradshaw2. Aims of Social Security Roy Sainsbury3. Development of Social Security Peter Alcock4. Poverty and Adequacy John Veit-Wilson5. Pensions Policy Eileen Evason6. Claiming Entitlements: Take-Up of Benefits Ann Corden7. Poverty and Disability Sally Baldwin and Helen Barnes8. Poverty and Social Security: Women's Business Eithne McLaughlin9. Race, Social Security and Poverty Gary Craig10. Poverty in a European Context John DitchJohn Ditch is Professor of Social Policy at the University of York.