Targeting social benefits : international perspectives & trends / edited by Neil Gilbert.

Other author Gilbert, Neil, 1940-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, ©2001.
Descriptionxx, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Public welfare--Case studies.
Welfare state--Case studies.
Social policy--Case studies.

SeriesInternational social security series ; v. 1
International social security series ; v. 1. ^A464567
Contents The New Zealand model: targeting in an income-tested system / Ross Mackay -- Targeting strategies in the Netherlands: demand management and cost constraint / Piet K. Keizer -- Targeting social provisions in Britain: who benefits from allocation formulae? / Ken Judge -- Retrenchment and progressive targeting: the Israeli experience / Abraham Doron -- Targeting social welfare in the United States: personal responsibility, private behavior, and public benefits / Jill Duerr Berrick -- Targeting welfare in a "soft" state: Italy's winding road to selectivity / Maurizio Ferrera -- From a generous to a stingy welfare state? Sweden's approach to targeting / Sven Hort -- Renegotiating social allocations: choices and issues / Neil Gilbert.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99055950
ISBN0765806258 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HV51 .T37 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold