Policymaking for Social Security

Policymaking for Social Security
Author: Martha Derthick
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1979
Genre: Business & Economics
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Monograph tracing the development of the social security system in the USA, with particular reference to the role of social policy - outlines the historical role of programme executives, congress, politicians, trade union federations and public opinion, etc., examines programme financing, advantages and disadvantages of the scheme, discusses disability benefit, medicare health insurance and expanding cash benefits, and considers policy response to increasing deficit, with a view to changing the system. References.