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In this book, the authors present current research from across the globe in the study of the issues, challenges and perspectives of Social Security Systems. Topics discussed in this compilation include understanding elderly poverty in the United States; the development and reforms of the Social Security system in Taiwan; Social Security systems in Eastern and Southern Africa; and an overview of the major issues concerning developed Social Security systems in the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) by comparing welfare models and their ability to cope with the upcoming

The claim that social policies in industrialized countries converge has been criticized by researchers focusing on differences in timing & institutional set up of social security schemes across countries. Here, it is argued that social security arrangements in European as well as Anglo-American countries may gradually become more similar. Using pension politics as the primary example, similar social & political mechanisms at work in different countries are identified that push toward convergence in policy outcomes, despite persistent variation in institutional arrangements. A model is developed aimed at explaining political change while maintaining a connection between the micro & macro level of analysis. 1 Table, 62 References. Adapted from the source document.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to show that the crisis of social security and state pension systems in the ageing industrial societies is actually a crisis of the model of social and economic organization.Design/methodology/approachThe present economic model of industrial countries counts human beings only as contributors in production and consumption, and not as members of a society.FindingsThe paper shows that with another hierarchical order of values, the views of human beings are different.Practical ImplicationsIf the state cares for the citizen and not the worker, then it is responsible to provide health care and pensions to all citizens and not just to workers and to workers‐attached persons.Originality/valueThe paper paints the picture of another society, and not of the present one where the homo‐economicus dominates.

ABSTRACTA central question in the welfare state debate has been whether or not social policies in industrialized countries converge. Originally linked to the logic of industrialism perspective, this idea has been criticized by researchers focusing on differences in timing and differences in the institutional set up of social security schemes across countries. Nonetheless, I argue that social security arrangements in European as well as Anglo-American countries may gradually become more similar. Using pension politics as the primary example, the article locates similar social and political mechanisms at work in different countries, pushing toward convergence in policy outcomes, despite persistent variation in institutional arrangements. In the final section of the article, I extract a model from the analysis, aimed at explaining political change while maintaining a connection between the micro and macro level of analysis.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Acronyms -- Introduction and Background -- Part I - The Southern African Segment -- Chapter 1 - Indigenous Social Security Systems in Botswana -- Chapter 2 - Indigenous Social Security Systems in Post-Colonial Namibia: A Basis of Legitimacy for Traditional Authorities -- Chapter 3 - Indigenous Social Security Systems in Swaziland -- Chapter 4 - Indigenous Social Security Systems: A South African Perspective -- Chapter 5 - Indigenous Social Security Systems in Zambia: Advancing a Public Policy Agenda? -- Chapter 6 - Indigenous Social Security Systems in Zimbabwe: Strengths, Challenges and Prospects -- Part II - The West African Segment -- Chapter 7 - Indigenous Social Security Systems in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges -- Chapter 8 - Indigenous Social Security Systems and Government Policies: Impacts on the Development of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Ghana -- Chapter 9 - Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Social Protection in Ghana -- Chapter 10 - The Challenge of HIV/AIDS on the Indigenous Social Security Systems: The Case of Cameroon -- Conclusion - Indigenous Social Security Systems for Policy Development in Africa -- Index.

Examines similar social and political aspects of the development of government old age pension schemes; Western Europe, US, Canada, Great Britain, and New Zealand.