TOC: Comparative Law and Policy Journal, Winter 2006

This issue is chock full of fascinating articles on public pension systems around the world.  Elder law/pension god Dick Kaplan has a book review.  Here’s the TOC:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COMPARATIVE LABOR LAW & POLICY JOURNAL
Volume 27, Number 2 Winter 2006

SOCIAL PROTECTION AND DECENT WORK: NEW PROSPECTS FOR
INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS

Foreward

Jean-Claude Javillier, Sabrina Régent, and Emmanuel Reynaud ix
Introduction

The Position of Social Security in the System of International Labor Standards
Alain Supiot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Context

Social Security for All: Global Trends and Challenges
Emmanuel Reynaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Updating International Labor Standards in the Area of Social Security: A
Framework for Analysis
Simon Deakin and Mark Freedland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Actors

Social Protection for Women Workers in the Informal Economy
Renana Jhabvala and Shalini Sinha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

The Role of Workers’ Organizations in the Extension of Social Security to
Informal Workers
Ravi Naidoo and Isobel Frye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Extending Social Security in Developing Countries: Between Universal
Entitlements and the Selectiveness of International Standards
R. Filali Meknassi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Methods

Mobilizing Local Knowledge
Mamadou Diawara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

On the Correct (and Incorrect) Use of Indicators in Public Action
Robert Salais . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Extending Social Security Coverage: The Normative Route
Adrián Goldin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Conclusion

The Outlines of a Framework Agreement on the Extension of Social Protection
Alain Supiot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

BOOK REVIEW

Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform: International Perspectives on
the U.S. Debate,
John Turner
reviewed by Richard Kaplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
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