International Impacts on Social Policy: Short Histories in Global Perspective

This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter— and trans—national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete points in history. The volume is divided into four parts tha...