The quest for universal social policy in the south : actors, ideas and architectures / Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínez Franzoni, Juliana, author.

Sánchez-Ancochea, Diego, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries--Social policy--Case studies.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Universal social policies have the power to reduce inequality and create more cohesive societies. How can countries in the South deliver universalism? This book answers this question through a comparative analysis of Costa Rica, Mauritius, South Korea, and Uruguay, and a detailed historical account of Costa Rica's successful trajectory. Against the backdrop of democracy and progressive parties, the authors place at center stage the policy architectures defined as the combination of instruments that dictate the benefits available to people. The volume also explores the role of state actors in building pro-universal architectures. This book will interest advanced students and scholars of human development and public and social policies, as well as policymakers eager to promote universal policies across the South.

Contents:

Part I. Universalism in the South

Introduction

Universalism in the South: definition and relevance

Part II. A Comparative Study of Policy Architecture

Policy architectures and universal outputs today

The long-term influence of policy architectures

Part III. Building Universalism in Costa Rica

The foundations of the policy architecture in the 1940s

Moving further towards unification in the 1970s

Contradictory moves under market pressures since the 1980s

Part IV. Conclusions

Actors and ideas in comparative perspective

The quest for universalism: implications for contemporary policymaking.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Nov 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-79698-1

1-316-79746-5

1-316-79754-6

1-107-56489-1

1-316-41054-4

1-316-79762-7

1-316-79794-5

1-316-79770-8