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Social Security Policymaking in Costa Rica: A Research Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Mark B. Rosenberg
Mark B. Rosenberg*
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Florida International University
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Both developed and developing countries have experienced increasing state intervention in the social welfare arena. In most countries of the world, the state has sponsored some social welfare programs, especially programs of social security. Despite their prevalence, little is known about their political nature, especially in the developing countries. Yet, the study of the political aspects of social security, especially the who, the what, and the how, would at once reveal important patterns of state-society relations.

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Research Reports and Notes
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , 1979 , pp. 116 - 133
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Copyright © 1979 by the University of Texas Press

Footnotes

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Field research was supported by a grant from the University of Pittsburgh. The author benefitted from the comments of James M. Malloy, Carmelo Mesa Lago, Anthony Maingot, Rose Spalding, and Jude Gentlemen.

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Social security includes a variety of programs: social insurance providing sickness, maternity, old age, and invalidity benefits; workmen's compensation; and in some cases family assistance.

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