Social Security, the Economy and Development

SILVIA BORZUTZKY Teaching Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Director of the Political Science Undergraduate Program, Carnegie Mellon UniversityESPEN DAHL Professor and Head, Care, Health and Welfare programme, Oslo University College, Oslo, NorwayMARTIN EVANS Senior Research Fellow, Social Disadvantage Research Centre and Centre for Analysis of South African Social Policy, University of Oxford, UKJOON YONG JO School of Social Welfare University of California, Berkeley, USAJAMES LEE Associate Professor and Associate Head, Department of Public and Social Administration, City University of Hong Kong, China; Founder, Asian Pacific Network of Housing ResearchTHOMAS LORENTZEN Senior Researcher, International Research Institute of Stavanger; Researcher, Research Group for Inclusive Welfare Policies, Oslo University College, Oslo, NorwayRAYMOND NGAN Associate Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong KongLEILA PATEL Director, Centre for Social Development in Africa; Professor of Social Development Studies, University of JohannesburgJEAN TRIEGAART Policy Analyst, Development Bank of Southern AfricaS. VASOO Associate Professorial Fellow, Department of Social Work and Psychology, National University of SingaporeWOUTER VAN GINNEKEN Former Staff Member, International Labour Office

• Introduction PART I: ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT Origins and Features of Social Security; J.Midgley & K-l.Tang Social Security and the Economy: Key Perspectives; J.Midgley PART II: DIVERSE NATIONAL EXPERIENCES South Africa: Social Security, Poverty Alleviation and Development; L.Patel & J.Triegaardt Chile: Social Security, Privatization and Economic Growth; S.Borzutzky China: Social Security in the Context of Rapid Economic Growth; K-l.Tang & R.Ngan The United States: Social Security Policy Innovations and Economic Development; J.Midgley Korea: Economic Development, Social Security and Productive Welfare; J.Y.Jo Norway: Social Security, Active Labour Market Programmes and Economic Progress; E.Dahl & T.Lorentzen United Kingdom: The Economic and Social Benefits of Ending Child Poverty; M.Evans Singapore: Social Investment, the State and Social Welfare; J.Lee & S. Vasoo India: Inclusive Development through the Extension of Social Security; W.van Ginneken

- 'The authors do a good job of preparing those who are unfamiliar with social security's history for the case studies presented elsewhere in this book.' Terry Lum, Social Service Review, Dec 2010, vol.84, no.4