Ageing, Social Security and Affordability

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One of two volumes presenting the papers from seminars in Sigtuna, Sweden during 1994-96 dealing with old-age pensions and medical care and their place in debates about the desirability and affordability of modern social programs. The 15 papers here cover general welfare state issues, cross-cutting themes, and characterizations of whole systems within such diverse disciplines as social law, sociology, and economics; reform in countries with a range of geographic, cultural, and historical backgrounds; and increasing longevity, the associated disability and frailty, and their impact on the future of modern welfare states. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.