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Padro begins by defining a social safety net and discussing the economic health of various nations and their definition of poverty. Traditional safety net programs, such as social security, unemployment insurance and workers compensation, Medicare and Medicaid, and the welfare system in the United States and other countries are discussed in depth. Additional chapters provide detailed analysis devoted soley to programs affecting women and children. The availability of statistical information has increased dramatically on the Internet, yet it can be difficult to find and interpret. The
Statistical Handbook on the Social Safety Net presents a carefully selected array of 300 tables, graphs, and charts, placing valuable statistics into context with introductory text.
Detailed source information in each table, figure, and chart allows the user to pursue further information and uncover the stories behind the numbers. Each chapter concludes with a glossary of key terms. A bibliography, guide to information sources available on the Internet, and a detailed index are included.
Table des matières
Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1 What Does the Term
Social Safety Net Mean?
Chapter 2 The Budgetary and Economic Contexts of Social Safety Nets
Chapter 3 The Government's Definition of Poverty
Chapter 4 Old-Age Insurance: Social Security
Chapter 5 Unemployment and Disability Insurance and Other Worker Benefits
Chapter 6 Health Services: Medicare and Medicaid-Services for Old Age, the Mainstream, and for Low-Income Individuals
Chapter 7 Welfare Programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)-From Welfare to Workfare
Chapter 8 Public Assistance, Tax Deferment, and Exclusion Programs in the Social Safety Net Available to Lowand Moderate-Income Able and Disabled Families and Individuals
Chapter 9 Women and the Social Safety Net
Chapter 10 Children and Youth Services
GlossaryIndex
A propos de l'auteur
FERNANDO F. PADRÓ is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Counseling Program at Monmouth University.
