The politics of social security in Singapore Export

@article{citeulike:5060691, abstract = {The paper examines income maintenance and health policies in Singapore. It finds that, contrary to widely-held perceptions, the state is heavily involved in these areas. There exist generous schemes for government employees and a miserly programme for the hard-core poor. Private sector workers are looked after by programmes that they themselves and their employers pay for. The paper explains the patterns with reference to the nature of political competition in the country.}, author = {Ramesh, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {5060691}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/095127400363578}, doi = {10.1080/095127400363578}, journal = {The Pacific Review}, keywords = {policy, politics, singapore}, number = {2}, pages = {243--256}, posted-at = {2009-07-05 04:54:56}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {The politics of social security in Singapore}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/095127400363578}, volume = {13}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5060691 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5060691 N2 - The paper examines income maintenance and health policies in Singapore. It finds that, contrary to widely-held perceptions, the state is heavily involved in these areas. There exist generous schemes for government employees and a miserly programme for the hard-core poor. Private sector workers are looked after by programmes that they themselves and their employers pay for. The paper explains the patterns with reference to the nature of political competition in the country. IS - 2 JF - The Pacific Review EP - 256 TI - The politics of social security in Singapore PB - Routledge VL - 13 SP - 243 KW - policy KW - politics KW - singapore AU - Ramesh, M PY - 2000/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/095127400363578 ER -