Social Welfare in Global Context Book

	Preface	ix
	Introduction	xi
	Globalization and Social Welfare	xiii
	The Scope of This Book	xv
Part I.	International Social Welfare and the Global System
1.	The Field of International Social Welfare	3
	The Notion of Social Welfare	4
	Key Social Welfare Institutions	6
	The Subject of International Social Welfare	9
	Key Terms and Terminologies	9
	History of International Social Welfare Research	10
	Approaches to Studying International Social Welfare	12
	Reasons for Engaging in International Social Welfare	14
	The Challenge of International Social Welfare	17
	Methodological Challenges	17
	Professional Challenges	19
2.	The Global World System	21
	The Nature of Globalization	22
	The Rise of the Nation State	23
	Discovery of the World System	27
	Dimensions of Globalization	30
	The Division of the World	34
	The Ideology of Internationalism	37
	History and Forms of Internationalism	37
Part II.	The Analysis of International Social Welfare
3.	Social Conditions in Global Context	43
	Measuring Social Conditions	44
	Social Progress and Social Welfare	47
	Social Progress in the Industrial Countries	48
	Social Progress in the Former Communist Countries	51
	Social Progress and Social Welfare in the Third World	53
	Global Social Conditions Today	55
	Social Conditions in the Industrial Nations	55
	Social Conditions in the Former Communist Countries	57
	Social Conditions in the Third World	59
4.	Social Welfare Around the World	68
	Nonstatutory Social Welfare: A Global Overview	69
	Nonformal Social Welfare Around the World	69
	Global Philanthropic Effort	71
	Social Work in International Context	73
	Commercial Social Welfare: A New International Trend?	74
	International Social Development	75
	State Social Welfare in International Context	76
	Evolution of State Welfare	77
	Industrial Countries and State Welfare	79
	State Welfare in the Former Communist Countries	82
	The Third World and State Welfare	85
5.	Theories of State Welfare	89
	Representational Theories of Social Welfare	90
	The Welfare State Construct	90
	Typologies of State Welfare	92
	Limitations of Typologies of State Welfare	95
	Theories of the Origins and Functions of State Welfare	97
	Social Conscience and the Humanitarian Impulse	98
	Citizenship Theory	99
	Functionalism, Industrialization, and Welfare	100
	Interest Groups and State Welfare	103
	Marxist Theories	104
	Diffusion Theory	107
	Normative Theories of State Welfare	108
6.	The Impact of State Welfare: An International Assessment	111
	State Intervention and People's Welfare	113
	Impact in the Industrial Countries	113
	Impact in the Former Communist Nations	117
	Impact in the Countries of the Third World	119
	Effects of Government Social Welfare on the Economy	121
	Negative Economic Effects	122
	Positive Economic Effects	126
	Effects of State Social Welfare on Equality	129
	Social Welfare and Class Inequality	129
	Social Welfare, Gender, and Ethnic Inequality	131
7.	Social Change and the Future of State Welfare	134
	The Crisis of State Welfare	135
	The Golden Age of State Welfare	136
	The Collapse of the Welfare Consensus	138
	The Radical Right and the Welfare Crisis	140
	Normative Interpretations, Social Change, and State Welfare	145
	The Future of State Welfare	149
	The Pessimists: Responding to the Crisis	149
	The Optimists: Maturity and Irreversibility in State Welfare	152
	The Reconstructionists: Advocating Welfare Pluralism	154
Part III.	Applied International Social Welfare
8.	Social Work in International Context	159
	The Nature of Professional Social Work	160
	Historical Development	162
	International Features of Social Work	164
	Internationalization	164
	Global Features of Social Work Education	167
	International Characteristics of Social Work Practice	170
	Issues in International Social Work	173
	The Challenge of Social Justice	173
	The Search for Professional Identity, Roles, and Functions	175
	International Exchanges in Social Work	177
9.	International Social Development	180
	Features of the Social Development Approach	181
	History of Social Development	183
	Strategies for Social Development	187
	Institutional Approach	189
	Organizational Framework	190
	Promoting Human Well-Being Through Economic Development	192
	Promoting Economic Development Through Social Welfare	196
	Issues and Controversies in Social Development	199
10.	International Collaboration in Social Welfare	203
	Forms of International Collaboration	204
	Evolution of International Collaboration	205
	Official Intergovernment Agencies	207
	The International Voluntary Sector	210
	Examples of International Social Welfare Collaboration	212
	Promoting the Well-Being of Women	212
	Responding to the Refugee Crisis	215
	Collaboration in Social Security	217
	Issues of International Social Welfare Collaboration	220
	References	225
	Index	237
	About the Author	245