Building decent societies: rethinking the role of social security in development/ (Record no. 156014)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780230235250 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 362.58091724 |
| Item number | TOW/B |
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| Title | Building decent societies: rethinking the role of social security in development/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Peter Townsend |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Palgrave Macmillian, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxii, 386 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Social security and human rights / Peter Townsend --<br/>Social protection and nation-building: an essay on why and how Universalist social policy contributes to stable nation-states / Chris de Neubourg --<br/>Social security, social impact and economic performance: a farewell to three famous myths / Michael Cichon and Wolfgang Scholz --<br/>Can low-income countries afford social security? / Christina Behrendt and Kryzstztof Hagemejer --<br/>The impact of social transfers on growth, development, poverty and inequality in developing countries / Michael Samson --<br/>Investment in social security: a possible UN model for child benefit? / Peter Townsend --<br/>Three models of social security in the history of the industrialized countries / Peter Townsend --<br/>Social protection, the European Union and its member states / Raymond Wagener --<br/>Can the European welfare model be exported? / Peter H. Lindert --<br/>The poverty effects of social protection in Europe: EU enlargement and its lessons for developing countries / Bea Cantillon --<br/>Social security in developing countries: a brief overview / Peter Townsend --<br/>Introducing basic social protection in low-income countries: lessons from existing programmes / Armando Barrientos --<br/>Social protection, rural livelihoods and economic growth: the case of cash transfers in Malawi, Ethiopia and Bangladesh / Rachel Slater, John Farrington, Rebecca Holmes and Paul Harvey --<br/>Welfare, development and growth: lessons from South Africa / Francie Lund --<br/>From targeting to universality: lessons from the health system in Thailand / Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Phusit Prakongsai, Supon Limwattananon, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol and Pongpisut Jongudomsuk --<br/>Rethinking the role of social security in development / Christina Behrendt, Michael Cichon, Krzysztof Hagemejer, Stephen Kidd, Rüdiger Krech and Peter Townsend. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Poverty--Prevention |
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| Keyword | Developing countries |
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| Keyword | Income maintenance programs |
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| Keyword | Social policy |
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| Keyword | Social sciences |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Townsend, Peter, ed. |
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| Koha item type | General Books |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 362.58091724 TOW/B | P10835 | 10/07/2018 | 10/07/2018 | General Books |