Global Social Policy and GovernanceSAGE, 16 mar 2007 - 240 pagine `This primer on the global politics of social policy ... is essential reading for students as well as others seriously interested in improving the human condition. Nuanced and critical, Deacon′s book offers a much needed and constructive guide to the complex supra-national debates over rights, regulation and redistribution impinging on social welfare all over the world′ - Jomo K.S., United Nations Assistant, Secretary-General for Economic Development `This book is very timely and addresses many issues that are en vogue at the moment. It relates social policy studies to other fields such as global governance and development studies and thus opens up new discussions in the subject area′ - Dr Antje Vetterlein, University of Oxford Global Social Policy and Governance offers an authoritative understanding of the way social policies at national and supra-national level are shaped in the context of globalisation. The book: " evaluates national social policies advanced by international organisations. " examines policies addressing global social redistribution, regulation and rights. " highlights the roles of global actors, including INGOs, consultants, think tanks, task forces and global policy advocacy coalitions. " explores the political obstacles to reforms in global social governance, " outlines the growing importance of global social movements. " presents arguments for more effective global and regional social policies. " is illustrated by case studies, further reading sections and a glossary. Global Social Policy and Governance will be an essential text for students of social policy, development studies and international relations. It will also be invaluable reading for those shaping social policies in international organisations and those in social movements seeking to influence them. Bob Deacon is Professor of International Social Policy at the University of Sheffield. |
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... ideas stolen over glasses of wine and pints of beer: Gerry Lavery, Santosh Mehrotra, Guy Standing, Paul Stubbs, Timo Voipio and Nicola Yeates. For emotional and nurturing support I want to thank my wife Lynda, the six (I hasten to add ...
... idea of supranational regional social policy. The book is also a report of a research programme. Since 1997 I have had the good fortune to direct the Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP) that has been funded mostly by the Finns ...
... ideas tide away from the domination in the 1980s and 1990s of targeted poverty alleviation towards the renewed defence of universal access to highquality public services. This book is not primarily about how globalisation has impacted ...
... policy and the socialisation of global politics. By the last phrase is meant the idea that agendas of the G8 are increasingly filled with global poverty or health issues. Social policy Social policy as a field of study and. Chapter 1.
... ideas being waged within and between international organisations as to desirable national social policy. The battle for pension policy in post-communist countries between the World Bank and the ILO is a classic example (Deacon, 1997 ...
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Chapter 4 | 63 |
Chapter 5 | 88 |
Chapter 6 | 109 |
Chapter 7 | 142 |
Chapter 8 | 169 |
References | 194 |
Index | 215 |
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Social Policy and International Interventions in South East Europe Bob Deacon,Paul Stubbs Anteprima limitata - 2007 |
Global Poverty, Ethics and Human Rights: The Role of Multilateral Organisations Desmond McNeill,Asunción Lera StClair Anteprima non disponibile - 2009 |