Social Security/Developing Countries (Tinbergen Institute Research) - Softcover

Leliveld

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9051703058 ISBN 13: 9789051703054

Publisher: Thela Thesis Publishers, 1998

Synopsis

Studies on social security in developing countries are usually restricted to an analysis of social security arrangements provided by the state. Most of these studies conclude that at best only very limited social security provisions are to be found, as governments generally lack the resources to implement more ambitious programmes in this area. At the same time, however, a great variety of non-state social security mechanisms operate, such as the extended family, social networks, and redistributive centres. This study first of all suggests a theoretical approach to analyze these mechanisms. Attention is paid to their function and place in society and to their operation as social security mechanisms. The theoretical approach is then applied to an analysis of the operation and dynamics of non-state social security mechanisms in the rural areas of Swaziland.

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Andre Leliveld is a research assistant at the Department of Development and Agricultural Economics and the Tinbergen Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thela Thesis Publishers
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9051703058
• ISBN 13: 9789051703054
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 442