Transformations in Global and Regional Social Policies.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Physical Description:

xix, 223 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

The study of supranational, regional, and global social policy has grown apace in the last 15 years. Bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, the book explores key issues in diverse aspects of global and regional social policy and offers challenging interpretations of the future prospects for global social justice. Bob Deacon's framing of the subject in terms of regulation, redistribution, and rights is explored in relation to health care, labor market policies, global care chains, and climate change. Other contributions discuss the prospects for progressive regional social policies, social policy and international organizations in East Asia, and the emerging role of the middle class in global social policy. Concluding reflections by Bob Deacon discuss the need to add resource mobilization and relationality to the traditional concerns of global and regional social policy. The book provides an overview of global and regional social policy studies and addresses key themes for the future. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Global and Regional Social Policy Transformations: Contextualizing the Contribution of Bob Deacon / Paul Stabbs Stabbs, Paul, Alexandra Kaasch Kaasch, Alexandra 1

2 The Socialization of Regionalism and the Regionalization of Social Policy: Contexts, Imperatives, and Challenges / Nicola Yeates Yeates, Nicola 17

3 Global Economic Downturn and Social Protection in East Asia: Pathways of Global and Local Interactions / Huck-ju Kwon Kwon, Huck-ju 44

4 Common Health Policy Interests and the Politics of Rights, Regulation, and Redistribution / Meri Kolvusalo Kolvusalo, Meri 65

5 Global Social Justice, Ethics, and the Crisis of Care / Fiona Williams Williams, Fiona 85

6 Climate Change, Social Policy, and Global Governance / Ian Gough Gough, Ian 108

7 Poverty and Climate Change: The Three Tasks of Transformative Global Social Policy / Asunción Lera St. Clair Clair, Asunción Lera St., Victoria Lawson Lawson, Victoria 134

8 Antagonism and Accommodation: The Labor-IMF/World Bank Relationship / Robert O'Brien O'Brien, Robert 153

9 Grasping the Social Impact of Global Social Policy; How Neo-liberal Policies Have Influenced Social Action in Morocco / Shana Cohen Cohen, Shana 175

10 Toward a Transformative Global Social Policy? / Bob Deacon Deacon, Bob 201.

ISBN:

9781137287304

1137287306

OCLC:

870285537