ISSA Social Security in the Global Village Conference Helsinki

Dear colleagues,


you find the sometimes superb papers of that ILO/ISSA (internat. social
security association) conference which took place in Helsinki in September
last year on the Internet at:

http://www.issa.int/engl/publ/2conthelsinki.htm

This is further important research on the issue of globalization and the
future of social security in the world system.

Keynotes 

Prof. Bob DEACON, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, and Director of
Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP), STAKES, Helsinki, Finland 
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Socially responsible globalization: The challenge
for social security (60KB)
Prof. Fritz SCHARPF, Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln,
Germany 
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalization and the welfare state -
Constraints, challenges and vulnerabilities (158KB)
Prof. Alain EUZÉBY, Université de Grenoble, France 
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The financing of social protection and employment
in the context of economic globalization (82KB)
Dr. Deborah MITCHELL, Public Policy Program, Australian National University 
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalization and social cohesion: Risks and
responsibilities (74KB)
Topic 1: The evolving framework 
SESSION 1.1: THE INTERACTION OF GLOBALIZATION AND DOMESTIC STRUCTURES 
CARROLL, Eero, SOFI, Stockholm University, Sweden
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalization and social policy: Social insurance
quality, institutions, trade exposure and deregulation in 18 OECD Nations,
1965-1995 (73KB)
GEORGI, Verena, Institut für Soziologie, Universität Leipzig, Germany
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Struggle about the future Welfare State:
Something about irreversibility (38KB)
GONÇALVES DOS SANTOS, Narcisa Maria; FERNANDES, Elton, Rio de Janeiro State
University; COPPE/PEP, Brazil
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Reform of Brazilian social security in a
comparative perspective: The search for an approriate model (75KB)
MACKELLAR, Landis; ERMOLIEVA, Tatiana; REISEN, Helmut, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria; OECD Development Centre,
Paris
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalization and social security (109KB)
SESSION 1.2: GLOBALIZATION, SOCIAL NEEDS AND SOCIAL DUMPING
GOUGH, Ian, University of Bath, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalisation and regional welfare regimes: The
East Asian case (93KB)
GUILLÉN, Ana M.; ALVAREZ, Santiago, University of Oviedo, Spain
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Southern European welfare states facing
globalization: Is there social dumping? (86KB)
KAY, Stephen J., Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Research Department),
United States
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The politics of postponement: Political
incentives and the sequencing of social security reforms in Argentina and
Uruguay (78KB)
LOUKANOVA, Pobeda Vassileva, Institute of Economics - BAS, Bulgaria
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The welfare state, labour markets and employment
policies during the prolonged transition: The case of Bulgaria (89KB)
SESSION 1.3: ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE*
MABBETT, Deborah; BOLDERSON, Helen, Brunel University, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Policy effects of the movement of labour:
Contrasting provisions for EU nationals and asylum-seekers (98KB)
MERRIEN, François-Xavier, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalization and social adjustment: The case of
the small developed countries. A comparative view of New Zealand, Sweden and
Switzerland (72KB)
PALIER, Bruno, CEVIPOF-CNRS, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Beyond retrenchment: Differences in sequence and
in patterns of welfare state changes (112KB)
WALWEI, Ulrich, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Germany
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Wettbewerbsschwächere Arbeitnehmer: Soziale
Sicherung als Brücke oder Hemmnis für Beschäftigung (634KB) [Less
competitive workers: Social security as a bridge or an impediment to
employment]
SESSION 1.4: CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBALIZATION FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE
ADMINISTRATIONS
BARBIER, Jean-Claude; THÉRET, Bruno, Centre d'études de l'emploi/Université
Paris VII - Denis Diderot et Université Paris-Dauphine (IRIS), France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The French social protection system: Path
dependencies and societal coherence (255KB)
FORSS, Mikael; KALIMO, Esko; PUROLA, Tapani, Central Pension Security
Institute; Social Insurance Institution; University of Helsinki, Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalization and the concept of insurance (59KB)
GEPPERT, Walter, Hauptverband der österreichischen
Sozialversicherungsträger, Austria
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Globalisierung und soziale Sicherheit:
Herausforderungen für die Politik (36KB) [Globalization and social security:
Impacts and possible responses]
VAN LANGENDONCK, Jef, Instituut Sociaal Recht, Belgium
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The future shape of social security (86KB)
Topic 2: Labour markets 
SESSION 2.1: CHANGING ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND STRATEGIES IN UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION 
CEBULLA, Andreas, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough
University, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The final instance - Unemployment insurance going
private? A study of a future social security scenario in the UK and Germany
(60KB)
HINRICHS, Karl, Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, Universität Bremen, Germany
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Combating unemployment: What can be learned from
whom? (109KB)
KVIST, Jon, The Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Changing rights and obligations in unemployment
compensation: Using fuzzy set theory to explore the diversity of Northern
European policy developments in the 1990s (102KB)
SESSION 2.2: LABOUR MARKET POLICIES: SOCIAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
CHAPON, Séverine, Equipe de recherches économiques et sociales, Université
de Grenoble, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> De l'instabilité de l'emploi à de nouvelles
garanties sociales (83KB) [From instability of employment to the new social
guarantees]
COURBIER, Sonia, Equipe de recherches économiques et sociales, Université de
Grenoble, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Mondialisation, travail à temps partiel et
sécurité sociale (97KB) [Globalization, part-time work and social
protection]
FRIOT, Bernard; CLASQUIN, Bernadette; MONCEL, Nathalie, Université Nancy 2,
GREE-CNRS, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Salaire, fiscalité et épargne dans le financement
de l'emploi et de la protection sociale: l'exemple européen (71KB) [Wages,
taxes and savings in financing employment and social protection: The
European model]
MICHAELIS, Klaus, Federal Insurance Institute for Salaried Employees (BfA),
Germany
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Approaches towards better insurance of
discontinuous employment biographies in the German statutory pension scheme
(44KB)
ROSDAHL, Anders, The Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The social responsibility of enterprises:
Employment of the long-term unemployed, the disabled and persons with a
reduced capacity for work (104KB)
TUOMINEN, Eila, Central Pension Security Institute, Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The active years of the life-course and pension
provision in transition: Changes in the duration of employment during the
life span in recent decades - The Finish example (227KB)
WALKER, Robert; WISEMAN, Michael, Department of Sociology and Social Policy,
Nottingham University, United Kingdom
[Summary]
        Policy transfer in a global environment: The case of activation
SESSION 2.3: CHALLENGES TO DISABILITY PROGRAMMES IN FACILITATING WORK
RESUMPTION
BELJAARS, Pim; PRINS, Rienk, USZO; AS/tri Research and Consultancy Group,
Netherlands
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Disability programme reforms and labour market
participation in the Netherlands (1990-2000): Principles, measures and
outcomes in a decade of combating high disability rates (80KB)
CORDEN, Anne, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, United
Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Smoothing the path from incapacity benefits to
work: Introducing incentives and reducing disincentives within UK social
security arrangements (129KB)
RAITASALO, Raimo; SALMINEN, Jouko, Social Insurance Institution, Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The changing picture of disability; Major
depression and disability pensions in Finland (35KB)
SPICKER, Paul, University of Dundee, Scotland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Social security and social protection for people
with disabilities and incapacity for work (52KB)
SESSION 2.4: WORK INCAPACITY AND REINTEGRATION: FURTHER FINDINGS FROM AN
ISSA CROSS-NATIONAL STUDY
BERGENDORFF, Sisko; GHAEMIAN, Parviz, National Social Insurance Board,
Sweden
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Perceived intervention needs and subjective
evaluation of results: Return to work after long-term sickness (74KB)
GORDON, Dalia, National Insurance Institute, Israel
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Encouraging work resumption: What can Israel
learn from the WIR project? (78KB)
HANSSON, Elizabeth; HANSSON, Tommy; BERGENDORFF, Sisko; JONSSON, Robert;
PALMER, Edward, Gothenburg University; National Social Insurance Board,
Sweden
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Work resumption within 90 days and one year:
Predictors for work resumption in a Swedish cohort of subjects with low back
problems (47KB)
HØGELUND, Jan; VEERMAN, Theo, The Danish National Institute of Social
Research, Denmark, AS/tri Research and Consultancy Group, Netherlands
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Reintegration: Public or private responsibility -
The Dutch and Danish reintegration policy towards work incapacitated persons
(122KB)
WEBER, Andreas, University of Hamburg, Germany
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The subjective work prognosis: Best predictor of
work resumption? (57KB)
WHEELER, Peter, Social Security Administration, United States
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Final report of the WIR project in the US (63KB)
SESSION 2.5: FLEXIBLE RETIREMENT: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL DIMENSIONS
HAKOLA, Tuulia; ILMAKUNNAS, Seija, Government Institute for Economic
Research, Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Early retirement schemes - Incentives and policy
issues (99KB)
KATSUMATA, Yukiko, National Institute of Population and Social Security
Research, Japan
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Japanese social security measures to support the
retiring aged: From employment insurance and public pension (292KB)
LEVINSKY, Richard, International Social Security Association
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Age, retirement and work: Evidence from recent
measures in selected countries (202KB)
ORSZAG, Mike; SNOWER, Dennis, Birkbeck Centre for Pensions and Social
Insurance, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Pension taxes versus early retirement rights
(48KB)
PAULLI, Angelo; TAGLIABUE, Mara, Macros Research, Italy
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Pension system and gradual retirement in Italy:
Towards an active ageing (38KB)
REDAY-MULVEY, Geneviève, International Association for the Study of
Insurance Economics, Geneva 
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> La retraite progressive: une politique de
transition entre travail et retraite et d'allongement souple de la vie
professionnelle (38KB) [Gradual retirement: A transition from work to
retirement and a flexible extension of working life]
SESSION 2.6: FAMILY AND WORK POLICIES
BRADSHAW, Jonathan; TERUM, Lars Inge; SKEVIK, Anne, University of York,
United Kingdom; NOVA, Norway
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Lone parenthood in the 1990s: New challenges, new
responses? (128KB)
DEAN, Hartley, University of Luton, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> In-work benefit schemes and family survival
strategies: Some preliminary findings (75KB)
FORSSÉN, Katja; HAKOVIRTA, Mia, Department of Social Policy, University of
Turku, Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Family policy, work incentives and employment of
mothers: Findings from the Luxembourg Income Study (59KB)
ULBRICHT, Susan, University of Leipzig, Germany
[Summary]
        Changes in the structure of households' income sources and their
political regulation in Western capitalist societies beyond full employment
SESSION 2.7: THE INTERACTION OF LABOUR MARKET AND SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGES:
SELECTED NATIONAL RESEARCH FINDINGS
BAUKENS, Michèle, National Employment Office, Belgium
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> L'intervention de la sécurité sociale belge dans
le domaine du travail à temps partiel: 3 formules originales et
concurrentielles qui permettent à l'entreprise et au travailleur de
s'adapter à certaines conséquences de la mondialisation (45KB) [Social
security in Belgium and part-time work: 3 original and competitive ways
which enable the firm and worker to adapt to certain consequences of
globalization]
BONVIN, Jean-Michel, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Le tournant procédural des politiques de
l'emploi: des situations nationales contrastées (101KB) [Changing procedures
in employment policies: Contrasting national situations]
CHEN, Fen-ling, Department of Social Welfare, Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> East Asian welfare model for the unemployed?
Recent social security reform in Taiwan and South Korea (68KB)
OLIVIER, Marius, Faculty of Law, Rand Afrikaans University, South Africa
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Towards a coherent approach to social protection,
labour market policies and financing of social security: A new paradigm for
South Africa? (142KB)
STAFFORD, Bruce, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough
University, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Young people and the labour market: The
challenges to social security in the United Kingdom (81KB)
STESSMAN, Jochanan; ACHDUT, Leah, National Insurance Institute, Israel
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Employment through temporary-work agencies and
social security provisions: The Israeli case (66KB)
Topic 3: Financing 
SESSION 3.1: BALANCING NEW MODES OF FINANCING AND SOCIAL PROTECTION 
EVASON, Eileen, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The role of the state and employers in pensions
provision (36KB)
FOX, Louise; PALMER, Edward, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.; National
Social Insurance Board, Sweden
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> New approaches to multi-pillar pension systems:
What in the world is going on? (144KB)
HAGFORS, Robert, Social Insurance Institution, Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> EMU convergence and the structure of social
protection financing (222KB)
HAGFORS, Robert, Social Insurance Institution, Finland
[Summary]
        Clustering social protection financing models in a neural network
LASSILA, Jukka; VALKONEN, Tarmo, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy,
Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Pension policies and demographic risks (84KB)
NEY, Steven, The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the
Social Sciences, Austria
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Thinking about pension reform: Discourses,
politics and public participation (164KB)
ST. JOHN, Susan; WILLMORE, Larry, University of Auckland, New Zealand,
United Nations DESA, New York 
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Two legs are better than three: New Zealand as a
model for old age pensions (100KB)
ZELENEV, Sergei, United Nations Secretariat, New York
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> After the world social summit: Mobilization and
utilization of resources for social development (50KB)
SESSION 3.2: FINANCING SOCIAL SECURITY IN A NATIONAL CONTEXT I
KRAL, Jiri, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Czeck Republic
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The Czeck pension reform: Developments after 1989
and future perspectives (2067KB)
MAAIT, Mohamed Ahmed; ISMAIL, Gala; KHORASANEE, Zaki, School of Mathematics,
Actuarial Science and Statistics, City University of London, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The effects of privatization and liberalization
of the economy on the actuarial soundness of the Egyptian funded and defined
benefits social security scheme (115KB)
MEÇA, Brikena; XHUMARI, Merita; SHEHI, Enkeleda; POÇI, Adrian, Social
Insurance Institute, Albania
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The evasion of social insurance contributions in
agricultural self-employed (86KB)
MEDAISKIS, Teodoras, Social Policy Unit and Vilnius University, Lithuania
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Changing the financing of Lithuanian pensions
system (66KB)
PUTELBERGIER, Beata, University of Lodz, Insurance Department, Poland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Changes in the financing of the pension system in
the face of ageing: The new pension system in Poland and its adaptation to
other countries' systems (87KB)
SESSION 3.3: FINANCING SOCIAL SECURITY IN A NATIONAL CONTEXT II
BIJUN, Xiong, The Institute of Gerontology Studies, China
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Reform of the support insurance system for the
aged in China (22KB)
HENRY, Valda Frederica, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Social security at the cross roads: A look at the
Caribbean (92KB)
MATIJASCIC, Milko, Núcleo de Estudos de Políticas Públicas da Universidade
Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> A path in contradiction: Brazilian social
security in the 1990s (93KB)
NKOUNA MENYE, Richard, National Social Insurance Fund, Cameroon
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Influences des problèmes d'emploi sur le
financement des institutions de sécurité sociale (22KB) [The impact of
employment problems on the financing of social security institutions]
Topic 4: Social cohesion 
SESSION 4.1: DELINEATING SOCIAL COHESION IN A GLOBAL WORLD 
DEMUIJNCK, Geert; GREINER, Dominique, Centre d'éthique contemporaine, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> La légitimation de la sécurité sociale dans une
économie mondialisée: assurance individuelle, solidarité sociale, ou égoïsme
communautaire? (67KB) [The justification for social security in a globalized
economy: Individual insurance, social solidarity or community selfishness?]
MORENO, Luis, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Europeanization and decentralization of welfare
"Safety Nets" (62KB)
RICHEZ-BATTESTI, Nadine; KOULINSKI, Audrey, Centre d'Economie et de Finances
Internationales (CEFI), France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Existe-t-il un arbitrage emploi-protection
sociale dans l'Union économique et monétaire européenne? (97KB) [Is there an
employment-social protection mediator in the European monetary and economic
union?]
ROBERTS, Simon, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough
University, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Migration and social security: Parochialism in
the global village (52KB)
SESSION 4.2: BREAKING DOWN THE WELFARE WALL: SOCIAL PARTICIPATION AND INCOME
BATTLE, Ken; TORJMAN, Sherri, Caledon Institute of Social Policy, Canada
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Breaking down Canada's welfare wall: The new
national child benefit (107KB)
CANTILLON, Bea; VAN DEN BOSCH, Karel, Centre for Social Policy, University
of Antwerp, Belgium
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Back to basics: The case for an adequate minimum
guaranteed income in the active welfare state (78KB)
DUFFIN, Stuart; JORDAN, Bill, Citizen's Income Study Centre, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Stumbling towards basic income: The prospects for
tax-benefit integration (112KB)
WILSON, Serena, Department of Family and Community Services, Australia
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Welfare to work policies in Australia and the
welfare reform process (137KB)
SESSION 4.3: SOCIAL CAPITAL: WHAT ROLE FOR THE CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOCIAL
PROTECTION?
HJERPPE, Reino; KAJANOJA, Jouko, Government Institute for Economic Research,
Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Social capital - the missing link in the
performance measurement? (60KB)
STONE, Wendy, Australian Institute of Family Studies, Australia
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Social capital, social cohesion and social
security (63KB)
TRACY, Patsy; TRACY, Martin, Southern Illinois University, United States
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> A conceptual framework of social capital and
civil society: The re-emergence of John Dewey (56KB)
SESSION 4.4: ENHANCING SOCIAL COHESION: EQUITY AND COVERAGE ISSUES IN HEALTH
AND LONG-TERM CARE
ACHDUT, Lea, National Insurance Institute, Israel
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Equity in the finance of health care: Israel in
an international perspective (98KB)
ASSOUS, Laurence; RALLE, Pierre, DREES - Ministère de l'Emploi et de la
Solidarité, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> La prise en charge de la dépendance des personnes
âgées: une mise en perspective internationale (177KB) [Protecting frail
elderly: An international perspective]
DROR, David; DURU, Gérard, Social Security Department, International Labour
Office, Geneva; Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Stabilising community health financing through
re-insurance (101KB)
LE LAIDIER, Sylvie, National Sickness Insurance Fund for Employees (CNAMTS),
Direction des statistiques et des études, France
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Introduction de la couverture maladie universelle
(CMU) en France (51KB) [The introduction of universal sickness insurance in
France]
PAULLI, Angelo, Macros Research, Italy
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Long term care in Italy: Economic evaluation and
prospects (41KB)
ROSENBERG, Hernán; PEÑA, Martha, Pan American Health Organization,
Washington, D.C.
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Dimensions of exclusion from social protection in
health in Latin America and the Caribbean (84KB)
SESSION 4.5: REDUCING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOCIAL
SECURITY
BEHRENDT, Christina, University of Konstanz, Germany
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Holes in the safety net? Social security and the
alleviation of poverty in a comparative perspective (132KB)
CAMINADA, Koen C.L.J.; GOUDSWAARD, Kees P., Leiden University, Netherlands
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> International trends in income inequality and
social policy (128KB)
SHEYKHI, Mohammad Taghi, Al-Zahra University, Islamic Republic of Iran 
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Proposals to alleviate poverty and decrease
social exclusion in Asia with emphasis on Iran: A sociological appraisal
(175KB)
SPICKER, Paul, University of Dundee, Scotland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Cross-national comparisons of poverty (109KB)
UUSITALO, Hannu, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and
Health, Finland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Social policy in a deep economic recession and
after: The case of Finland (240KB)
SESSION 4.6: EXTENDING SOCIAL PROTECTION TO THE DISADVANTAGED
ADWAN, Yaser, Social Security Corporation, Jordan
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The evolving framework of social security: The
case of Jordan (28KB)
CARAHER, Kevin, University of Durham, United Kingdom
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Issues in incomes provision for the elderly in
Malaysia (49KB)
GASSMANN, Franziska; DE NEUBOURG, Chris, Universiteit Maastricht,
Netherlands
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Simple, effective and affordable: Reforming
social assistance in Latvia (198KB)
MBAGA BOUASSA, Valentin, National Social Security Fund, Gabon
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> La sécurité sociale et le secteur informel (67KB)
[Social security and the informal sector]
PREDA, Marian, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of
Bucharest, Romania
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> The results of social policy in post-communist
Romania: An increasing underclass and extensive social exclusion (86KB)
VORSTER, Jan, Department of Sociology, University of Stellenbosch, South
Africa
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Getting social security into gear: Reflections on
welfare reform in South Africa (90KB)
SESSION 4.7: NEW AND OLD CHALLENGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL RISKS
DE NEUBOURG, Chris; WEIGAND, Christine, Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Social policy as social risk management (65KB)
RAITASALO, Raimo; SALMINEN, Jouko K., Social Insurance Institution, Finland
[Summary]
        Coping as the target of social policy
ROSENMAN, Linda, University of Queensland, Australia
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Is widowhood out of date in the 21st Century?
(69KB)
TABIN, Jean-Pierre, Ecole d'études sociales et pédagogiques, Lausanne,
Switzerland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Immigrants and integration (53KB)
GROTOWSKA-LEDER, Jolanta; KRZYSZKOWSKI, Jerzy; WARZYWODA-KRUSZYNSKA,
Wielislawa, Institute of Sociology, University of Lodz, Poland
[Summary]
         <<...OLE_Obj...>> Local strategy of counteracting poverty in Lodz
as a result of social diagnosis (74KB)
Kindest regards

Arno Tausch
MR Doz. Dr. Arno Tausch
EUI 13/EUI 12
BMSG Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien

Tel. 71100-2272
e-mail: arno.tausch@bmsg.gv.at