Social Policies in an Age of Austerity
Subtitle: A Comparative Analysis of the US and Korea
Publisher: Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781784717568
Subjects: Social policy; United states, social policy; Korea, social conditions
Description: "Social Policies in an Age of Austerity is the first major publication on the topic, with a particular interest in the United States and the Republic of Korea. The authors of the ten chapters in this book review recent developments in social policies in OECD countries, with a focus on achieving greater effectiveness in public spending on social programs, under increasingly tight national budgets. The contributions cover social and fiscal policy and issues in labor market policy, in addition to the effectiveness of social insurance, education and antipoverty policy."--Publisher.