Global social policy in the making: The Foundations of the Social Protection Floor - Hardcover

Deacon, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447312333 ISBN 13: 9781447312338

Publisher: Policy Press, 2013

Synopsis

The global economic crisis continue to dominate headlines, yet measures to build a social floor under the global economy and reform global governance have received little attention. In 2012 the Social Protection Floor was adopted as a global social policy measure ensuring that all could have access to essential health care and income security over their lifespan. This book by the worlds leading authority on global social policy examines why and how the Social Protection Floor became ILO, UN and G20 policy and how the World Bank and IMF took steps to lay its foundation. Bob Deacon explains this development in terms of four influences: firstly, shifts in the global social structure, secondly, processes inside international institutions, thirdly, global actors -sometimes individuals - using their positions to make change, and fourthly, shifting discourses about social protection. This much-needed contribution to the field of global social policy will be of interest to students of international relations, international organization and development studies and should be read by international civil servants in global agencies.

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Review:

"A compelling combination of critical analysis, in-depth observation, and a passionate plea for a social protection floor as a key component of a move towards a more socially just world." --Paul Stubbs, Institute of Economics, Zagreb

"A must-read for anyone interested in global governance, this book offers a richly detailed account of the how the important global social protection floor initiative took shape." --Rianne Mahon, Wilfrid Laurier University

""Global Social Policy in the Making" exhibits the characteristics of an excellent social policy text. Its conceptually driven, theoretically informed original empirical research produced in the service of wider social transformations makes it essential reading for students, researchers, and policymakers following social policy developments in cross-border spheres of governance." --Nicola Yeates, Open University

A compelling combination of critical analysis, in-depth observation, and a passionate plea for a social protection floor as a key component of a move towards a more socially just world. --Paul Stubbs, Institute of Economics, Zagreb"

A must-read for anyone interested in global governance, this book offers a richly detailed account of the how the important global social protection floor initiative took shape. --Rianne Mahon, Wilfrid Laurier University"

"Global Social Policy in the Making" exhibits the characteristics of an excellent social policy text. Its conceptually driven, theoretically informed original empirical research produced in the service of wider social transformations makes it essential reading for students, researchers, and policymakers following social policy developments in cross-border spheres of governance. --Nicola Yeates, Open University"

"Global Social Policy in the Making exhibits the characteristics of an excellent social policy text. Its conceptually driven, theoretically informed original empirical research produced in the service of wider social transformations makes it essential reading for students, researchers, and policymakers following social policy developments in cross-border spheres of governance." --Nicola Yeates, Open University

About the Author:

Bob Deacon is Emeritus Professor of International Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. His recent books are Global Social Policy and Governance, World Regional Social Policy and Global Governance and Social Policy and International Interventions in South-East Europe. He is founding editor of Critical Social Policy and Global Social Policy. He has been an adviser to the International Labour Organisation, UNICEF, United Nations Development Project, UNESCO, the World Bank, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, the European Commission and the African Union.

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1447312333
• ISBN 13: 9781447312338
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208