International Standard-Setting and Innovations in Social Security

by Pennings and Frans Pennings

Already from the beginning of the twentieth century, international standards on social security have been developed by international organizations. A very active period of standard setting was the 1950s-1970s, although the focus was primarily on European countries. Since the 1990s, few new standards have been developed. Yet, there are still large deficiencies in social protection in many countries, and poverty keeps on being an unsolved problem. At...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9041137289
• ISBN13: 9789041137289
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Kluwer Law International
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"