Analysis Of International Social Policies

Author : Bob Deacon
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1997-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446265000

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Global Social Policy by Bob Deacon Pdf

This accessible text looks at the impact of the globalization process on social policy. National social policy is increasingly determined by global economic competition and international organizations. Its substance is becoming more and more transnational and now has to be understood in terms of global social redistribution, social regulation, social provision and empowerment. Global Social Policy examines trends in global inequity and summarizes the diverse experiences of different welfare regimes across the world. The authors review the social policies of international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, UN Agencies and the European Union, and show them to be engaged in heated controversy regarding the future for welfare. They argue that this concealed global discourse needs to be brought into an accountable arena.

Author : Hill, Michael,Irving, Zoë
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447335009

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Exploring the World of Social Policy by Hill, Michael,Irving, Zoë Pdf

This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book: • explores the economic, social and political contexts of social policy; • examines in detail its institutions and fields of practice; • illustrates the field’s main ideas, themes and practices, drawing on a rich international literature and using pertinent and thought-provoking examples. Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus. Clear, authoritative and wide-ranging, it will be essential reading for students of social sciences taking courses covering social policy, social welfare and comparative policy analysis.

Author : Rebecca Surender,Robert Walker
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781849809931

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Social Policy in a Developing World by Rebecca Surender,Robert Walker Pdf

ÔThis volume makes a valuable contribution to the dynamic and expanding field of scholarship on social policy in developing countries. In combining analytical frameworks used in comparative social policy analysis with an examination of key areas of policy and provision in selected countries, it will be a key resource for anyone interested in current debates in international social policy and welfare.Õ Ð Nicola Yeates, Open University, UK There is increasing interest in the significance of social policy in the management of welfare and risk in the developing world. This volume provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing social protection systems in the global south, and examines current strategies for addressing poverty and welfare needs in the region. In particular, the text explores the extent to which the analytic models and concepts for the study of social policy in the industrialised North are relevant in a developing country context. The volume analyses the various institutions, actors, instruments and mechanisms involved in the welfare arrangements of developing countries and provides a study of the contexts, development and future trajectory of social policy in the global South. The bookÕs comparative and interdisciplinary approach will be of interest to anyone involved in social policy research and analysis and current welfare debates.

Author : Hill, Michael,Irving, Zoë
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447335016

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Exploring the World of Social Policy by Hill, Michael,Irving, Zoë Pdf

This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book: • explores the economic, social and political contexts of social policy; • examines in detail its institutions and fields of practice; • illustrates the field’s main ideas, themes and practices, drawing on a rich international literature and using pertinent and thought-provoking examples. Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus. Clear, authoritative and wide-ranging, it will be essential reading for students of social sciences taking courses covering social policy, social welfare and comparative policy analysis.

Author : Catherine Jones
Publisher : London ; New York : Tavistock Publications
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040149291

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Patterns of Social Policy by Catherine Jones Pdf

Author : JULIEN BOKILO
Publisher : American Academic Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781631815553

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ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL POLICIES by JULIEN BOKILO Pdf

Main idea: Contribution of transnational transfers in the construction of national social policies. Through the main idea of the book, we begin by defining the notion of decline, to identify consequences of the decline of political authority with regard to social problems, to better analyze the importance of the address of countries in development path towards international donors. In addition, we used Policy Transfer Studies (PTS) to show how the contributions of transnational transfers on the development of national social policies are considered as the lever for the integration of developing countries. But, in other words, these countries are considered as the places of fixation where interdependencies between public and private actors are consolidated, where rules of action are negotiated thanks to the agreements, conventions, which we have analyzed throughout, through two types of partnership, namely: bilateral and multilateral, through public-public, public-private, private-private (INGO-International Institution) partnerships. Finally, we carried out an evaluation, in order to subsequently identify some perspectives encouraged by transnational contributions on the social policies of developing countries.

Author : McCann, Gerard,Ó hAdhmaill, Féilim
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447349235

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International Human Rights, Social Policy and Global Development by McCann, Gerard,Ó hAdhmaill, Féilim Pdf

With international human rights under challenge, this book represents a comprehensive critique that adds a social policy perspective to recent political and legalistic analysis. Expert contributors draw on local and global examples to review constructs of universal rights and their impact on social policy and human welfare. With thorough analysis of their strengths, weaknesses and enforcement, it sets out their role in domestic and geopolitical affairs. Including a forward by Albie Sachs, this book presents an honest appraisal of both the concepts of international human rights and their realities. It will engage those with an interest in social policy, ethics, politics, international relations, civil society organisations and human rights-based approaches to campaigning and policy development.

Author : Bernice Q. Madison
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000303278

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The Meaning Of Social Policy by Bernice Q. Madison Pdf

The purpose of this book is to survey the literature on social welfare policies and planning of different nations in order to explain some of the major problems that are encountered in comparative research and to highlight what has been learned so far.

Author : Jason L. Powell,Jon Hendricks
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441900661

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The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society by Jason L. Powell,Jon Hendricks Pdf

In recent years, major social forces such as: ageing populations, social trends, migration patterns, and the globalization of economies, have reshaped social welfare policies and practices across the globe. Multinational corporations, NGOs, and other international organizations have begun to influence social policy at a national and local level. Among the many ramifications of these changes is that globalizing influences may hinder the ability of individual nation-states to effect policies that are beneficial to them on a local level. With contributions from thirteen countries worldwide, this collected work represents the first major comparative analysis on the effect of globalization on the international welfare state. The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society is divided into two major sections: the first draws from a number of leading social welfare researchers from diverse countries who point to the nation-state as case studies; highlighting how it goes about establishing and revising social welfare provisions. The second portion of the volume then moves to a more global perspective in its analysis and questioning of the impact of globalization on citizenship, ageing and marketization. The Welfare State in Post-Industrial Society seeks to encourage debate about the implications of the most pressing social welfare issues in nation-states, and integrate analyses of policy and practice in particular countries struggling to provide social welfare support for their needy populations.

Author : Pete Alcock,Gary Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137082947

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International Social Policy by Pete Alcock,Gary Craig Pdf

The second edition of this textbook provides an accessible and structured look at social policy in a global comparative context. With detailed explanations of the historical, political and social context of policy developments across thirteen nations, the book offers an authoritative picture of social policy across the developed world. The book considers core areas of policy provision alongside contemporary international concerns, such as globalisation, demographic change and economic reform. Specifically, it examines policy in the following nations: - USA - Canada - Australia - New Zealand - UK - Sweden - Germany - Italy - Russia - Japan - South Korea - China - South Africa Written and edited by leading social policy experts in each country, this is an invaluable contribution to the study of global social policy and an indispensable resource for students, researchers and policy-makers. New to this Edition: - Offers an expanded first chapter on welfare analysis - Completely new chapters on China and South Korea - Updates throughout that flag the latest changes and policy trends - Explores and compares a variety of approaches to social policy

Author : Frank Nullmeier,Delia González de Reufels,Herbert Obinger
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : International relations
ISBN : 9783030866457

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International Impacts on Social Policy by Frank Nullmeier,Delia González de Reufels,Herbert Obinger Pdf

This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations and economic crises, violence, international organisations and cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of social policy, global history and welfare state research from diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and economics. .

Author : Gal, John,Weiss-Gal, Idit
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447320395

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Social Workers Affecting Social Policy by Gal, John,Weiss-Gal, Idit Pdf

Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed ‘policy practice’. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions such as ‘what is the importance attributed to social worker involvement in policy change in the social work discourse and education in different countries?’ and ‘how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?’ These issues are relevant to social worker practitioners, students, educators and researchers, as well as to social policy scholars, who are interested in the role of professionals in social policy formulation.

Author : Yeates, Nicola
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447310259

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Understanding Global Social Policy by Yeates, Nicola Pdf

Building on the successes of Understanding Global Social Policy (Yeates ed. 2008) and its companion text, the Global Social Policy Reader (Yeates and Holden ed. 2009), the second edition of this leading textbook in social policy identifies and reviews the key issues, debates and priorities for action in global social policy as a field of academic study and research and as a field of political practice and action. All first edition chapters have been systematically revised and updated to reflect major developments in the fast-paced area of global social policy making over the past five years, and include new material on the Millennium Development Goals, the Social Protection Floor and the ‘greening’ of global social policy. This much-needed second edition includes new chapters on global poverty and inequality, social protection, criminal justice and education. Written by an international team of leading social policy analysts , Understanding Global Social Policy is the leading textbook in the field and provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of international actors and social policy formation in global context. It is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners seeking to identify key issues in contemporary social policy and locate them within a global framework of analysis and action.

Author : Rune Ervik,Nanna Kildal,Even Nilssen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848449152

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The Role of International Organizations in Social Policy by Rune Ervik,Nanna Kildal,Even Nilssen Pdf

The Role of International Organizations in Social Policy makes an important contribution to the research about social policy of nation states that are increasingly integrated both in terms of socio-economic integration and in terms of membership of international organizations. The main strength of the book is to look at ideas and the way they travel between IO and nation states. This book is important for research in the field since it reviews the scattered literature and applies analytical perspectives to selected international organizations and their social policy recommendations. In some regards it explores new grounds and offers analyses, which may be an important contribution to an emerging scientific discussion on the role of international organizations and ideas in national welfare states. We lack analyses of various international organizations and their social policy recommendations. In this regard it is one of the first encompassing contributions in the field of IO and social policy. Klaus Armingeon, University of Berne, Switzerland This book considers the role of international organizations and their promotion of ideas and recommendations in social and health policy. It explores a wide range of organizations, scrutinizing their ideas-based content, their role as policy actors and their impact on national policy. What is the role of international organizations in the making of national social policy ideas and practices? What is the content of ideas advocated by international organizations? In examining these and other questions this book presents a range of international organizations dealing with social and health policies. The authors illustrate how welfare policy is shaped by the interplay between national and international policy-makers, focusing on the role of ideas rather than revisiting the more commonly discussed economic and technological issues associated with internationalization of welfare policy. They explore the content of ideas that international actors such as the EU and the OECD are promoting through recommendations and decrees concerning various systems of social policy. The possible effects of national and supranational welfare discourses on national welfare systems are also discussed. Dealing with both with the normative and cognitive dimensions of social and health policy discourses, this comprehensive book will prove invaluable to policy-makers as well practitioners within international organizations. It will also strongly appeal to scholars of international studies, public policy and social policy.

Author : Natália Sátyro,Eloísa del Pino,Carmen Midaglia
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030612702

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Latin American Social Policy Developments in the Twenty-First Century by Natália Sátyro,Eloísa del Pino,Carmen Midaglia Pdf

This book explores the scope of reforms and changes in the social protection systems in Latin America that have started at the beginning of the 21st century. It describes how and to what extent changes in social protection systems and social policies have occurred in the region in recent decades. Taking a comparative approach, the volume identifies the triggers for the transformations and how such pressures are received by the welfare regime, or a specific policy sector, to finally yield a given type of reform. The analysis is characterized by the presence of certain factors that explain the development of social protection systems in Latin America, such as economic growth, the consolidation of democratic political regimes, and the region’s Left Turns. The book also examines to what extent common challenges and processes induced by international institutions have led to convergence among countries or welfare regimes, or whether each maintains its own identity.