Transformations in Global and Regional Social Policies [electronic resource] /
Kaasch, A.editor.
Stubbs, P.editor.
This book discusses key issues in global and regional social policy, exploring Bob Deacon's pioneering approach to regulation, rights and redistribution. It addresses the role of international actors in shaping social policy and discusses the problems and possibilities of new alliances for global social justice.
Description based upon print version of record.
Covers; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Notes on Contributors; 1 Global and Regional Social Policy Transformations: Contextualizing the Contribution of Bob Deacon; 2 The Socialization of Regionalism and the Regionalization of Social Policy: Contexts, Imperatives, and Challenges; 3 Global Economic Downturn and Social Protection in East Asia: Pathways of Global and Local Interactions; 4 Common Health Policy Interests and the Politics of Rights, Regulation, and Redistribution; 5 Global Social Justice, Ethics, and the Crisis of Care
6 Climate Change, Social Policy, and Global Governance7 Poverty and Climate Change: The Three Tasks of Transformative Global Social Policy; 8 Antagonism and Accommodation: The Labor-IMF/World Bank Relationship; 9 Grasping the Social Impact of Global Social Policy: How Neo-liberal Policies Have Influenced Social Action in Morocco; 10 Toward a Transformative Global Social Policy?; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book discusses key issues in global and regional social policy, exploring Bob Deacon's pioneering approach to regulation, rights and redistribution. It addresses the role of international actors in shaping social policy and discusses the problems and possibilities of new alliances for global social justice.
Political sociology.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Comparative politics.
Sociology.
Political Sociology.
Social Policy.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Comparative Politics.
Sociology, general.