Global Social Policy and Governance / Edition 1

by Bob Deacon

Overview

Global Social Policy and Governance explores these issues and presents a critical analysis of policy-making in an interconnected world. The chapters caution against a superficial account of understanding global social policy and instead discuss the complexities and controversies surrounding the global actors shaping international policy. Overall the book presents an authoritative understanding of the way social policies at national and supra-national level are shaped in the context of globalization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412907620
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	04/06/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bob Deacon is Professor of Social Policy, Director of the International Social Policy Research Unit (ISPRU) and manages the Globalism and Social Policy Programme (GASPP) which is based both in Finland and the UK. Michelle Hulse and Paul Stubbs are both research assistants with ISPRU.

Table of Contents

The International and Global Dimensions of Social Policy
The Social Policy of the World Bank
The Social Policy of the IMF, WTO and OECD
The Social Policy of the UN and Its Social Agencies
The Social Policy of International Non-State Actors
Global Redistribution, Regulation and Rights
The Governance of Global and Regional Social Policy
Conclusions and Implications for the Analysis and Future of Social Policy Nationally and Globally

Editorial Reviews

‘This primer on the global politics of social policy reflects at least a decade of close monitoring and research. It is essential reading for advanced students as well as all others seriously interested in improving the human condition. Nuanced and critical, Deacon's book offers a much needed and constructive guide to the complex supernational debates over rights, regulation and redistribution impinging on social welfare all over the world' - Jomo K.S., United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development

‘This book is very timely and addresses many issues that are en vogue at the moment. It relates social policy studies to other fields such as global governance and development studies and thus opens up new discussions in the subject area' - Dr Antje Vetterlein, University of Oxford

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