Book contents
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Coalminers, Accidents and Insurance in Late Nineteenth-Century England
- 2 The Costs and Benefits of Size in a Mutual Insurance System: The German Miners’
- 3 A New Welfare System: Friendly Societies in the Eastern Lombardy from 1860 to 1914
- 4 Economic Growth and Demand for Health Coverage in Spain: The Role of Friendly Societies (1870–1942)
- 5 Sickness Insurance and Welfare Reform in England and Wales, 1870–1914
- 6 From Sickness to Death: Revisiting the Financial Viability of the English Friendly Societies, 1875–1908
- 7 America's Rejection of Government Health Insurance in the Progressive Era: Implications for Understanding the Determinants and Achievements of Public Insurance of Health Risks
- 8 Medical Assistance Provided by La Conciliación, a Pamplona Mutual Assistance Association (1902–84)
- 9 In it for the Money? Insurers, Sickness Funds and the Dominance of Not-for-Profit Health Insurance in the Netherlands
- 10 Belgian Mutual Health Insurance and the Nation State
- Notes
- Index
CONTENTS
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Coalminers, Accidents and Insurance in Late Nineteenth-Century England
- 2 The Costs and Benefits of Size in a Mutual Insurance System: The German Miners’
- 3 A New Welfare System: Friendly Societies in the Eastern Lombardy from 1860 to 1914
- 4 Economic Growth and Demand for Health Coverage in Spain: The Role of Friendly Societies (1870–1942)
- 5 Sickness Insurance and Welfare Reform in England and Wales, 1870–1914
- 6 From Sickness to Death: Revisiting the Financial Viability of the English Friendly Societies, 1875–1908
- 7 America's Rejection of Government Health Insurance in the Progressive Era: Implications for Understanding the Determinants and Achievements of Public Insurance of Health Risks
- 8 Medical Assistance Provided by La Conciliación, a Pamplona Mutual Assistance Association (1902–84)
- 9 In it for the Money? Insurers, Sickness Funds and the Dominance of Not-for-Profit Health Insurance in the Netherlands
- 10 Belgian Mutual Health Insurance and the Nation State
- Notes
- Index
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- Chapter
- Information
- Welfare and Old Age in Europe and North AmericaThe Development of Social Insurance, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Pickering & ChattoFirst published in: 2014