The Global Social Policy Reader Book

Source of extracts List of figures and tables Acronyms and abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction

Section 1: Rethinking social policy in a globalising world
Chapter 1.1 Globalism and the study of social policy
      Bob Deacon, Michelle Hulse and Paul Stubbs Chapter 1.2 Globalization and human welfare: why is there a need for a global social policy?
      Vic George and Paul Wilding Chapter 1.3 Social politics and policy in an era of globalization: critical reflections
      Nicola Yeates Chapter 1.4 Analysing transnational policy formation: the case of pensions privatization
      Mitchell A. Orenstein
Section 2: Global poverty and inequality
Chapter 2.1 Poverty, social exclusion and social polarisation: the need to construct an international welfare state
      Peter Townsend Chapter 2.2 The international measurement of poverty and anti-poverty policies
      David Gordon Chapter 2.3 Globalization, poverty and income distribution: does the liberal argument hold?
      Robert Hunter Wade Chapter 2.4 Gender and poverty: how misleading is the unitary model of household resources?
      Jane Falkingham and Angela Baschieri Chapter 2.5 Globalization and inequality
      Branko Milanovic Chapter 2.6 The world distribution of household wealth
      James B. Davies, Susanna Sandstrom, Anthony Shorrocks and Edward N. Wolff
Section 3: Global policy actors, institutions and processes
Chapter 3.1 Organizational politics, multilateral economic organizations and social policy
      Robert O'Brien Chapter 3.2 International class conflict and social policy
      Kevin Farnsworth Chapter 3.3 The World Health Organization and global public-private health partnerships: In search of 'good' global health governance
      Kent Buse and Gill Walt Chapter 3.4 New hope or false dawn? Voluntary codes of conduct, labour regulation and social policy in a globalizing world
      Ruth Pearson and Gill Seyfang Chapter 3.5 The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: the politics of global health governance
      Jeff Collin, Kelley Lee and Karen Bissell Chapter 3.6 ILO Philadelphia Declaration 1944
Chapter 3.7 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
Chapter 3.8 Declaration of Alma-Ata International Conference on Primary Health Care (1978)
Chapter 3.9 Millennium Development Goals
Section 4: Globalisations and welfare transformations
Chapter 4a.1 The logic of globalization: the changing context of the welfare state
      Ramesh Mishra Chapter 4a.2 Too important to leave to the economists? The political economy of welfare retrenchment
      Colin Hay Chapter 4a.3 After the golden age? Welfare State dilemmas in a global economy
      Gosta Esping-Andersen Chapter 4a.4 Paradoxes of the competition state: the dynamics of political globalization
      Philip G. Cerny Chapter 4b.1 At the global crossroads: the end of the Washington Consensus (Part A)
      David Held Chapter 4b.2 Attacking Poverty and the 'Post-Washington Consensus'
      Paul Mosley Chapter 4b.3 The private sector and privatization in social services: is the Washington Consensus 'dead'?
      Santosh Mehrotra and Enrique Delamonica Chapter 4b.4 From 'safety nets' back to 'universal social provision': is the global tide turning?
      Bob Deacon
Section 5: Global social policy futures
Chapter 5.1 A possible world: democratic transformation of global institutions
      Heikki Patomäki and Teivo Teivanen Chapter 5.2 Charter of Principles of the World Social Forum (June 2001)
Chapter 5.3 At the global crossroads: the rise of global social democracy? (Part B)
      David Held Chapter 5.4 The basis of a new internationalism: cosmopolitan principles
      David Held Chapter 5.5 Allocating a global levy
      Bob Deacon Chapter 5.6 Towards a global social policy
      Ramesh Mishra Chapter 5.7 Deglobalization: ideas for a new world economy
      Walden Bello Chapter 5.8 Globalisation, regional integration and social policy
      Nicola Yeates and Bob Deacon Chapter 5.9 A fair globalization: creating opportunities for all
      World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization Chapter 5.10 Migration in an interconnected world
      Global Commission on International Migration Chapter 5.11 Closing the gap
      Global Commission on the Social Determinants of Health

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