Global Social Policy and Governance

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext `[This] 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 DevelopmentHow do global actors contribute to national and international social policy? How have the terms of global social policy discourse shifted in recent years? Global Social Policy and Governance explores these issues and presents a critical analysis of policy-making in an interconnected world. Zusammenfassung Suitable for students of social policy! development studies and international relations! this book: evaluates national social policies advanced by international organisations; examines policies addressing global social redistribution! regulation and rights; and is illustrated by case studies! further reading sections and a glossary. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Bob Deacon, Deacon Bob
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.03.2007
• EAN: 9781412907613
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-0761-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies