Personal Social Services – 2005

15.12.2007

The challenge these services face is complex. The proportion of households, children, and elderly under the poverty line has been...

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  • Yaakov Kop

Financing the Israeli Healthcare System 1995-2005

14.12.2007

This paper examines what has happened in practice to the system over the years with emphasis on how these changes...

Immigrant Integration in the Social Security System

28.10.2007

The social welfare system is intended to insure a minimum standard of living for all members of society and particularly for...

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Policy Towards Persons with Disabilities: From Social Legislation to Legislating Rights

15.08.2007

In general, policy and legislation can be divided into three main periods: From the establishment of the State until the...

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  • Arik Rimmerman Shirlee Avrami

A Safety Net Full of Holes: Changing Policy Towards Israel’s Social Assistance Program

15.08.2007

Despite the existence of social welfare programs that address the specific needs of various populations - the unemployed, people with disabilities,...

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Formulating Social Policy in Israel: Trends and Issues

15.08.2007

Policy setting is characterized by priority setting, by choices between options and by decision making that directs activities and behaviors...

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A Turnaround in Children’s Rights and Social Services for Children

15.08.2007

This process and the public, societal and legal support for it, is indicative of a more general support for human...

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  • Asher Ben-Arieh Michal Kimhi

Formulating Welfare Policy in Israel, 2000-2005

15.08.2007

Among the principle factors were: the political ideological changes in the years 2000-2005; the radical change in the welfare system;...

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  • Avraham Doron