Emerging trends in social policy from the South : challenges and innovations in emerging economies / edited by Ilcheong Yi, Alexandra Kaasch and Kelly Stetter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yi, Ilcheong, editor.

Kaasch, Alexandra, editor.

Stetter, Kelly, editor.

Series:

Research in comparative & global social policy

Research in comparative and global social policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Southern Hemisphere--Social policy.

Southern Hemisphere.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Policy Press, [2024]

Summary:

Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South Africa, India, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Indonesia, China and Russia, this book examines the rise, nature and effectiveness of recent developments in social policy in the Global South.

Contents:

1. The Globalizing Dynamics of Social Policy: A Transnational Analytics of and for Southern Social Policy

2. Institutional-Evolutionary Analysis and Industry-Based Methods in Social Policy

3. Incorporating Informal Workers in Twenty-First-Century Social Contracts

4. Universal Welfare Design in a New Age: Equality versus Equity in the Debate about Universal Basic Income Policies and Health in Society

5. The South African Mining Sector: Exploring the Dynamics of the Social, Economic and Environmental Policy Nexus

6. The Rights-Based Approach to Social Policy in India: Innovations, Advances and Setbacks

7. Incorporating Informal Workers into Social Insurance in Tanzania

8. Economic Growth, Youth Unemployment and Political and Social Instability: A Study of Policies and Outcomes in Post-Arab Spring Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia

9. Global Development Actors and Country Ownership in Indonesian Social Policy Making

10. New Actors and New Systems in Aged Care Services in China

11. NGOs in the Context of the Reform of Social Services in Russia

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4473-6791-X

1-4473-6792-8