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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... welfare regimes and comparative frameworks A multi-sited, multi-actor, multi-level global social reformist strategy to make the world a fairer place References Index 74 81 85 86 5 88 88 93 97 100 6 109 109 111 127 135 140 7 142 142 144 ...
... Welfare regimes in the developed world The global welfare mix 12 6 WTO agreements impinging upon aspects of health policy The global welfare mix: the intermediate sphere Cost of meeting the MDGs and current ODA projections Alternative ...
... Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Table 5.1 is from Stubbs, P. (2003) 'International Non-State Actors and Social Development Policy', Global Social Policy, 3(3): 319–48. Table 6.1 ...
... welfare states, and to begin to articulate an alternative to neo-liberal globalisation. Seven international GASPP seminars were organised between 1997 and 2004 that helped develop the thinking of the GASPP team. Within the GASPP ...
... welfare states have survived and some have been changed by global neo-liberal economic pressures. There are now many books on this topic, an indication of a few is given at the end of the first chapter. This book is rather about the ...
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Chapter 6 | 109 |
Chapter 7 | 142 |
Chapter 8 | 169 |
References | 194 |
Index | 215 |
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