The Marketization of Social Security

John Dixon, Mark Hyde

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English

Praeger Publishers Inc
30 March 2001

Welfare & benefit systems; Privatisation

Much could be gained from the privatization of social security--but can the gains actually be delivered? Dixon, Hyde, and their contributing authors take a balanced look at where we are now, and where we seem to be moving, on the issues of social security privatization and come up skeptical. There will be tradeoffs, but will the benefits outweigh the costs? Their volume examines a variety of settings in Latin America, Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa, where the marketization of social security appears most hotly contested. As a contribution to this new, energetic gobal policy discourse, the book will be of special interest to policymakers in the public and private sectors, and particularly in organizations where concerns about the growing cost of employee benefits have become critical.

Dixon, Hyde, and the others start by showing how the concept of social security has changed dramatically over the last 20 years--not just in the United States but throughout the world. The collectivist ideology that has long underpinned social security policy has been challenged by the emergence of an ideology of individualism. But can one presume that the desires of government to privatize are driven purely by the need to achieve neoliberal policy goals by that means? Too simplistic, say the contributors. Marketization offers the promise of reduced dependency on the state, reduced public expenditure and thus lower taxes, enhanced competitiveness internationally, more efficient delivery of social security services, and other advantages--but whether these promises would be kept seems to depend on a variety of factors. Among them, explored in this volume, are the level of development and sophistication of the capital markets, the degree of market competition that can be achieved and sustained, and the capacity of the state to develop and implement governance mechanisms to ensure that private providers act in the public interest. The volume also examines two daunting challenges to governments: how to design a set of regulations that can protect the public interest in perpetuity, and how to resist the calls for government subsidies to support the economic rent expectations of privatized providers. The contributors and editors develop these and other points concisely and readably, and in doing so offer important lessons from the experiences of others worldwide.

Edited by: John Dixon, Mark Hyde
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 524g
ISBN: 9781567203257
ISBN 10: 1567203256
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 March 2001
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

JOHN DIXON is Professor of International Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom./e A former recipient of a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship, he has held other faculty positions at universities in Hong Kong and Australia, and honorary professorships in the U.S. and China. He has published 26 books, research monographs, and other lengthy works, and more than 100 academic papers. MARK HYDE is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Plymouth, where he teaches courses in welfare theory, social security, and disability studies./e He has conducted research on a variety of related topics, such as social security reform in the United Kingdom and the ideological foundations of contemporary welfare reforms, and his findings have been widely published in the journals.

Reviews for The Marketization of Social Security

"?[G]ives a pragmatic and fair assessment of market reform of public social security provisions in eight countries: Chile, Brazil, Netherlands, Britian, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Canada, and the United States....[T]his book gives us some in-depth case analyses of privat/public mix in social security within an international perspective....[T]his book is a most welcome addition to the literature that helps us to understand the nature and dynamic of privatized social security programs across nations.?-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare ""�G�ives a pragmatic and fair assessment of market reform of public social security provisions in eight countries: Chile, Brazil, Netherlands, Britian, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Canada, and the United States....�T�his book gives us some in-depth case analyses of privat/public mix in social security within an international perspective....�T�his book is a most welcome addition to the literature that helps us to understand the nature and dynamic of privatized social security programs across nations.""-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare ""[G]ives a pragmatic and fair assessment of market reform of public social security provisions in eight countries: Chile, Brazil, Netherlands, Britian, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Canada, and the United States....[T]his book gives us some in-depth case analyses of privat/public mix in social security within an international perspective....[T]his book is a most welcome addition to the literature that helps us to understand the nature and dynamic of privatized social security programs across nations.""-Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare"