Bob Deacon 
Global Social Policy [PDF ebook] 
International Organizations and the Future of Welfare

This accessible text looks at the impact of the globalization process on social policy. National social policy is increasingly determined by global economic competition and international organizations. Its substance is becoming more and more transnational and now has to be understood in terms of global social redistribution, social regulation, social provision and empowerment.

Global Social Policy examines trends in global inequity and summarizes the diverse experiences of different welfare regimes across the world. The authors review the social policies of international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, UN Agencies and the European Union, and show them to be engaged in heated controversy regarding the future for welfare. They argue that this concealed global discourse needs to be brought into an accountable arena.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Globalism and the Study of Social Policy

The State of the World′s Welfare

The Social Policy of Global Actors

International Organizations and the Making of Post-Communist Social Policy

Non-Governmental Organizations and Global Social Policy in Conditions of Conflict

The Prospects for Global Social Policy

Über den 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.