One Hundred Years of Social Protection: The Changing Social Question in Brazil, India, China, and South Africa

While the rise of social protection in the global North has been widely researched, we know little about the history of social protection in the global South. This volume investigates the experiences of four middle-income countries - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - from 1920 to 2020, analysing if, when, and how these countries articulated a concern about social issues and social cohesion.

As the first in-depth study of the ideational foundations of social protection policies and pr...