International Social Policy

Author : Hill, Michael,Irving, Zoë
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 46,5 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 : Frank Nullmeier,Delia González de Reufels,Herbert Obinger
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 551 pages
File Size : 55,9 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 : McCann, Gerard,Ó hAdhmaill, Féilim
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,7 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 : Tony Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857936134

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International Handbook on Social Policy and the Environment by Tony Fitzpatrick Pdf

Environmental change is central to the global social policy challenges of the twenty-first century. This comprehensive Handbook brings together leading experts from around the world to address the most important questions and issues we face. How should

Author : Rune Ervik,Nanna Kildal,Even Nilssen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,6 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 : Neclâ Yongac̦oğlu Tschirgi,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780889368781

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Reforming Social Policy by Neclâ Yongac̦oğlu Tschirgi,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Reforming Social Policy: Changing Perspectives in Sustainable Human Development

Author : Bob Deacon
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1412907624

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Global Social Policy and Governance by Bob Deacon Pdf

`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.

Author : Pete Alcock,Gary Craig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781350313415

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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 : Tony Fitzpatrick,Huck-ju Kwon,Nick Manning,James Midgley,Gillian Pascall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1951 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781136610042

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International Encyclopedia of Social Policy by Tony Fitzpatrick,Huck-ju Kwon,Nick Manning,James Midgley,Gillian Pascall Pdf

Available in paperback for the first time, this milestone work offers an in-depth treatment of all aspects of the discipline and practice of social policy globally. Supported by a distinguished international advisory board, the editors have compiled almost 900,000 words across 734 entries written by 284 leading specialists to provide authoritative coverage of concepts, policy actors, welfare institutions and services along a series of national, regional and transnational dimensions. Also included are biographical entries on major policy makers and shapers. The editors have particularly striven to provide strong coverage of differing geographical and cultural traditions so that the variety of social policy, as both an academic discipline and a domain of governance, is reflected. Contributors draw in and make the necessary connections with social policy's associated disciplines to provide a rich picture of this vast and highly diverse field. Comprehensive and authoritative, the Encyclopedia has sought to open up rather than to foreclose the numerous areas in which there is on-going research, debate and, sometimes, serious disagreement and divergence in theory and practice. To this end, entries attempt to introduce a core or common ground of understanding before moving on to a wider discussion of debates regarding different conceptual and geographical approaches. The whole is integrated by cross-referencing and each entry includes a bibliography for further reading. There is a full index. The International Encyclopedia of Social Policy provides the most substantial mapping of the international study and practice of social policy to date and will stand as a vital storehouse of knowledge for many years to come.

Author : Yeates, Nicola
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 44,5 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 : Linda Haas,Steven K. Wisensale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781136785689

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Families and Social Policy by Linda Haas,Steven K. Wisensale Pdf

Empirical research that describes ways to best handle social problems concerning families Leading authorities’ studies show that from the effects of globalization many social and family problems and their solutions tend to be similar in nations world-wide. Families and Social Policy: National and International Perspectives explores

Author : Gal, John,Weiss-Gal, Idit
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 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 : Daniel Maul
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110646665

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The International Labour Organization by Daniel Maul Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive account of the International Labour Organization’s 100-year history. At its heart is the concept of global social policy, which encompasses not only social policy in its national and international dimensions, but also development policy, world trade, international migration and human rights. The book focuses on the ILO’s roles as a key player in debates on poverty, social justice, wealth distribution and social mobility subjects and as a global forum for addressing these issues. The study puts in perspective the manifold ways in which the ILO has helped structure these debates and has made – through its standard-setting, technical cooperation and myriad other activities – practical contributions to the world of work and to global social policy.

Author : Anthony L Hall,James Midgley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781446229224

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Social Policy for Development by Anthony L Hall,James Midgley Pdf

'Strong social policy is essential for sustainable growth. This book is an extremely useful overview of social policy issue for policy makers and anyone who wants to understand the true roots of successful sustainable development' - Ian Johnson, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World Bank 'Throughout the world issues of social development have now taken centre stage. There is no more comprehensive and readable guide to the choices and conflicts of this global drama. This book is essential reading for all students and practitioners of social development - and for every World Bank economist' - David Piachaud, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics This much-needed textbook fulfils a major gap in providing a complete up-to-date guide and introduction to the increasingly important role of social policy in the context of development processes and practice. Across a number of key sectors and areas of social policy concern, the authors accessibly introduce and explain the main conceptual debates, the most recent policy discussions, and provide applied examples to illustrate the latest developments in the social policy and planning field. Central topics covered include: - poverty - rural development - urban development - education - health - social work - social welfare - international development and cooperation. Social Policy for Development is an essential text for all students and practitioners alike seeking a deeper understanding of the issues of poverty, social exclusion and deprivation across social policy and development studies internationally.

Author : Peter Beresford,Sarah Carr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1447332385

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Social Policy First Hand by Peter Beresford,Sarah Carr Pdf