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Economic Security for a Better World
In all regions of the world, the seven forms of labour-related security have been affected by globalisation and the policies steering it. This analysis, drawing on a large amount of new data, identifies the main trends, provides indexes of national performance, looks at sources and forms of insecurities and considers policies that could improve economic security. Book jacket.
Employment Security
As labour markets become more flexible, employment security is negativelyaffected. Protected formal employment has fallen, and various kinds of non-standardemployment have emerged. This paper explores some conceptual and related empiricalissues surrounding employment security in the light of recent developments in thelabour market. It takes into account subjective and objective elements of employmentsecurity, and differentiates between contractual, behavioural and governance indicatorsat the national, enterprise and individual levels.
Socio-economic Security, Justice and the Psychology of Social Relationships
Reviews studies on perceptions of justice and insecurity in the workplace. Finds that these affect attitudes towards work and organizational commitment and can undermine social relationships at large.
Socio-economic Security in the Context of Pervasive Poverty
Analyses socio-economic security from a wider perspective, including protection of low-income people in India. Proposes a framework for government policy, programmes to improve education, health and nutrition, social security schemes etc.
Care Work
This insightful volume argues that care workers--those looking after children, the elderly, and people with disabilities--require security similar to any other group of workers. It provides a valuable overview and analysis of care work as a relevant social policy phenomenon in industrialized and developing countries around the world, while exploring pivotal questions such as how provisions for care are made, who is to benefit, and who is to pay.
Expanding the Horizons of Human Rights Law
The issues in this volume have been high on international agendas during recent years: human rights and the fight against terrorism; the human rights of women; state responsibility to ensure adequate standards of living; and the human rights accountability of transnational corporations.
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A Basic Income Grant for South Africa
This book provides a critical analysis of the feasibility and impact of a universal basic income grant for South Africans, which has been discussed extensively in parliament and the media for the past two years. The authors assess how comprehensive social security reform, including a universal grant, will impact on the severe inequality in the country and promote economic growth and employment. Their research reveals that it is affordable, and they argue that it would reduce the criminality that is associated with poverty and inequality. The implications for women and children and for the black majority would be considerable. At the Presidential Jobs Summit in 1998 COSATU negotiated an agree...
