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As a field of study, global social policy has grown in strength over the last decade and offers a fresh set of perspectives on contemporary debates within social policy. Understanding Global Social Policy is the first student-aimed textbook that comprehensively engages with this field of study. The book is written by an international team of leading social policy analysts. It examines how the prefix 'global' impacts upon the ways in which social policy as a field of study is constructed. It also explores how the globalizing strategies of state and non-state actors intersect with social policy concerns and evaluates their impact upon social welfare. With the needs of the student in mind, Understanding Global Social Policy includes useful chapter summaries, illustrative boxes and diagrams, and pointers to relevant websites and other sources of further information.
List of contents
The idea of global social policy ~ Nicola Yeates; Global and regional social governance ~ Bob Deacon; The global transfer of social policy ~ Rob Hulme and Moira Hulme; Business and global social policy formation ~ Kevin Farnsworth; International trade and welfare ~ Christopher Holden; Global labour policy ~ Robert O'Brien; Global health policy ~ Meri Koivusalo and Eeva Ollila; Global housing and urban policy ~ Sunil Kumar; Global pensions policy ~ Mitchell Orenstein; Global migration policy ~ Nicola Yeates; Global population policy ~ Sarah Sexton, Larry Lohmann and Nicolas Hildyard; Conclusion ~ Nicola Yeates.
About the author
Nicola Yeates is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at The Open University, Milton Keynes, England. She has extensive research experience in the area of globalisation, migration and social policy, and is co-Editor of Global Social Policy.
