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Reclaiming Social Policy : Globalization, Social Exclusion and New Poverty Reduction Strategies / by Arjan de Haan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haan, Arjan de.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Development economics.
- Social policy.
- Globalization.
- Poverty.
- Development Economics.
- Social Policy.
- Development Aid.
- Local Subjects:
- Development Economics.
- Social Policy.
- Globalization.
- Development Aid.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book re-evaluates the importance of social policies in shaping well-being and combating exclusion, and enhances understanding of how these policies are formed in a globalizing world. It emphasises the context- and path-dependence of patterns and policies of inclusion and exclusion, and provides a framework for supporting social policy making.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction: Why Focus on Social Policy?; Chapter 2 Globalization, Inequality and the Demise of the State?; Chapter 3 Integrating Social and Economic Policies; Chapter 4 Evolving Social Policies: The Importance of National Contexts; Chapter 5 Structural Adjustment, Poverty Analysis and the Safety Nets Paradigm; Chapter 6 New Poverty Reduction Strategies and the Missing Middle; Chapter 7 Conclusion: A Framework for Social Policy; References; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611360610
- 9781281360618
- 1281360619
- 9780230592285
- 0230592287
- OCLC:
- 314776110
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