Provision for Surviving Dependants in Social Security: A New Architecture for the 21st Century? - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 3838220366 ISBN 13 : 9783838220369

Editeur : ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon, 2025

Synopsis

This book explores survivors’ benefits, a long-standing pillar of social security systems worldwide. Rooted in the outdated male breadwinner model, these benefits were crafted to shield dependents from financial ruin after losing a primary earner. Yet, as societal currents shift—marked by rising female employment, widespread divorce, and the prevalence of informal partnerships—, social security systems increasingly grapple with their relevance. Are survivors’ benefits a vestige of the past, poised for overhaul, substitution, or even elimination? Focusing on recent shifts in selected countries, this collected volume dissects the legal, social, and policy dimensions of these benefits. It examines how international and European legal instruments address survivors’ benefits and analyzes 21st-century reforms, revealing a system in quiet upheaval. Compact and incisive, this work lays bare the evolution of a once-steady institution now facing an uncertain future.

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À propos des auteurs

Editor Stamatia Devetzi is Professor of Social Security Law at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany. She studied law in Athens, Rome and Osnabrück, holds a diploma in law from the Law Faculty of University of Athens (1994) and a PhD from Osnabrück University (1998). She is member of the advisory board of FNA (Research Institute of the German Pensions Insurance) and of FIS (Network for Interdisciplinary Research on Social Policy, funded by the German Ministry of Labour. Her previous books include Die Kollisionsnormen des Europäischen Sozialrechts (Duncker & Humblot, 2000), Die offene Methode der Koordinierung und das Europäische Sozialmodell (ibidem, 2009, co-editor with Hans Platzer), Too Sick to Work? (Kluwer, 2011, co-editor with Sara Stendahl) and Social Security in Times of Corona (Sakkoulas, 2021, with Angelos Stergiou). Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, the European Journal of Social Security, the European Journal of Migration and Law, and ZESAR - Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht.

Hans-Joachim Reinhard was Professor for Social Law and Private Law at the University of Applied Sciences in Fulda, Germany, from 2003 to 2023. In 2016-2023, he was elected as Dean of the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences. He has participated in various international projects in and outside Europe and gave lectures in Spain, France, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Japan, China, and Latin America. His scientific work comprises plenty of publications on social law, European law, and family law with focus on the situation of women in case of divorce and bereavement.

Eberhard Eichenhofer was born 1950; after studies at the universities of Tübingen and Saarbrücken he received 1979 a doctoral degree by the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken. Between 1980 and 1982 he worked as law clerk at the Federal Court for Social Law. From 1982 till 1989 he was researcher at the Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Sozialrecht Munich. 1987 he received the degree of a facultas docendi (= Habilitation) by the Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken with an inquiry on the topic: international social security and social welfare law and private international law. 1989 he became Professor for civil law and social security law at the universities Osnabrück (till 1997) und Jena (1997-2016). His recent books include: Werner Maihofer, Vordenker des Sozialliberalismus (Grimma, 2022); Sozialrecht, 2021(12. edition), translated in Mandarin 2019 and Korean 2021; Sozialrecht der Europäischen Union, 2022 (8 th edition); The Law of the Activating Welfare State, 2015; Soziale Menschenrechte im Völker-, Europa- und deutschen Recht (Social human rights in international public, European and German Law), 2012.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3838220366
• ISBN 13: 9783838220369
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
• Éditeur: Devetzi Stamatia, Reinhard Hans-Joachim
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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