Global social policy in the making : the foundations of the social protection floor / Bob Deacon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deacon, Bob, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Policy sciences.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

xii, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : The Policy Press, 2013.

Summary:

The global economic crisis continues to dominate headlines, yet measures to build a social floor under the global economy and reform global governance have received little attention. In 2012 the social protection floor was adopted as a global social policy measure, ensuring that everyone could have access to essential health care and income security over their lifespan. This book by the world's leading authority on global social policy examines why and how the social protection floor became ILO, UN and G20 policy and how the World Bank and IMF took steps to lay its foundation. Bob Deacon explains this development in terms of four influences: shifts in the global social structure, processes inside international institutions, global actors - sometimes individuals - using their positions to make change, and shifting discourses about social protection. This much-needed contribution to the field of global social policy will be of interest to students of international relations, international organization and development studies, and should be read by international civil servants in global agencies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The global economic and social policy context 13

Introduction 13

The era of targeted safety nets 14

The struggle to re-establish universalism 18

The North-South progressive impasse 21

New universalism from below within the Global South 23

ILO and visions for extending social security 25

3 The development of the SPF Recommendation 37

Introduction 37

From a benefit package to a set of guarantees 37

Only cash transfers or access to services also 43

From a global social floor to national SPFs 46

From a global social contract to national responsibility? 51

4 The SPF, social dialogue and tripartite global governance in practice 61

Challenging path dependency 61

Steering the SPF through the ILCs 65

Conclusion 96

5 The SPF and the struggle for global social policy synergy 101

Introduction 101

Working with the UN 104

Working with the G8 and G20 110

Working with the World Bank and the IMF 119

The new UN SPIAC-B 131

6 Implications for understanding global social policy change 141

Recapitulation and explanation 141

Theories of global social policy change: towards the ASID framework 143

Using ASID to explain the SPF 147

Other theoretical considerations 153

7 Reflections and prospects 157

Introduction 157

Assessing the SPF Recommendation 157

Would the SPF become embedded in the post-MDG UN development agenda? 163

The ongoing campaigns to implement SPFs 167

The proposal for a Global Fund for Social Protection 173

The implications for global social governance 178.

ISBN:

9781447312345

1447312341

9781447312338

1447312333

OCLC:

839316414