Social policy in challenging times [electronic resource] : Economic crisis and welfare systems /
Farnsworth, Kevin.
Irving, Zoë.
Bristol : Policy,
2012.
Bringing together a range of expert contributions, this book is the first to address the relationship between the economic crisis and social policy within an international context. The key lesson to emerge is that 'the crisis' is better understood as a variety of crises, each mediated by national context.
Description based upon print version of record.
SOCIAL POLICY IN CHALLENGING TIMES; Contents; List of figures and tables; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Varieties of crisis; Scoping the crisis; What happened?; A re-ascendance of multilateralism?; Varieties of crisis; The costs of crisis; Varieties of response; Conclusions; Structure of the book; 2. The economic crisis and paradigm change; Introduction; The crisis of the 1930s; The counter-revolution: the 'rejection of Keynesianism'; The contemporary crisis: time for another paradigm shift?; The contemporary crisis: three scenarios
To what extent do the alternative scenarios imply paradigm shifts?Conclusions; 3. From financial crisis to fiscal crisis; On crises, conjunctures and contradictions: the political economy of financialised capitalism; From financial crisis to fiscal crisis; From fiscal crisis to welfare crisis; Conceiving alternative futures and policies; Conclusion; 4. Credit crunch, inequality and social policy; Social costs; Differential compensation; The high costs of 'the evil of inequality' (Beveridge, 1944); The two elements of the 'state-organised redistribution of life chances'
Redistributing upwards through tax welfareInstitutional contributions to avoiding 'tax wastage'; The implications for study and practice in social policy; 5. Global social policy responses to the economic crisis; Introduction: discursive struggle matters in global social policy; The emergence of the idea of the 'Global Social Floor'; Assessing the desirability of the Global Social Floor; Contending global meetings and conferences: returning to safety nets, consolidating the Global Social Floor or advancing to state-led social development?
IMF changing policies and practices: advancing social protection and social development or a return to safety nets?Towards a conclusion; 6. Poverty, the crisis and social policy responses in developing countries; Introduction; The global expansion of social assistance: a quiet revolution?; The financial crisis, poverty and policy responses; Social assistance in a post-crisis world; Conclusion; 7. South Korea after the 1997 economic crisis: a 'paradigm shift'?; Introduction; Welfare systems before the Asian economic crisis; The economic crisis: challenges and opportunities
The impacts of the reforms after the AECEffect of the current economic crisis and other challenges; Implications of the South Korea experience; 8. China's response to crisis: what role for social policy?; Introduction; Social policies in China: a welfare system under reconstruction; Crisis, response and the role of social policy; The 4 trillion yuan fiscal stimulus package; Five delays, four reductions, three subsidies and two consultations; Employment promotion initiatives; Consumption vouchers; Social security and assistance
Social policies in crisis - protecting the vulnerable and adjusting the economy
Bringing together a range of expert contributions, this book is the first to address the relationship between the economic crisis and social policy within an international context. The key lesson to emerge is that 'the crisis' is better understood as a variety of crises, each mediated by national context.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 21, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Economic crisis.
Economic policy.
Social development.
Social policy.
Philosophy & Religion
Political Science
Law, Politics & Government
Political Science Theory
Philosophy