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The Needed and the Needy: The Policy Legacies of Benefits for Disabled War Veterans in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2000

JOHN GAL  and
MICHAEL BAR
JOHN GAL
Affiliation:
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
MICHAEL BAR
Affiliation:
Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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Abstract

In contrast to most other welfare states, the development of the Israeli welfare state has occurred in the shadow of an ongoing military conflict. This study examines one of the consequences of this development by focusing on the impact of benefits for disabled war veterans upon the country's social security system. Not only are the benefits for Israeli disabled veterans more generous and expensive than those in other welfare states but they have also had a significant impact upon the nature of other social security programmes. In particular, we identify the differential impact of the policy legacies of this programme on benefits and services for other ‘deserving’ groups in Israeli society and on programmes for those disabled from natural causes.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Social Policy , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , October 2000 , pp. 577 - 598
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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