From Colonialism To International Aid: External Actors And Social Protection In The Global South

Acknowledgments......Page 6
Praise for From Colonialism to International Aid......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
Abbreviations......Page 16
List of Figures......Page 20
List of Tables......Page 22
Part I: Introduction......Page 23
Introduction......Page 24
External Actors and Social Protection in the Global South: State of the Art......Page 28
External Actors from Colonialism to International Aid: Types, Strategies and Objectives......Page 31
Structure of the Book......Page 33
References......Page 36
Introduction......Page 40
Understandings of the Transnational: Finding Common Ground......Page 42
Transnational Actors and Social Protection......Page 46
From Context to Causation: Analyzing Transnational Actor Constellations......Page 52
Conclusion......Page 55
References......Page 57
Part II: The Influence of the Colonial Legacy and Cold War on Social Protection......Page 64
Introduction......Page 65
Burma and Malaysia: From British Colonies to Independent States......Page 69
The Western Actors and the Anti-Communist Strategies in South East Asia: Economic Development and Social Security......Page 74
The Local Actors and the Welfare Legislation: Hampering Communism and Building State Policies......Page 84
Conclusions......Page 91
References......Page 93
Introduction......Page 98
Theorizing International Influences on Domestic Social Policies: Differences Within British Colonial Social Policies......Page 100
Colonial Social Policies in Kenya and Tanganyika......Page 101
The Influence of Donors During Structural Adjustments Around the 1980s......Page 106
The Influence of Donors After 2000: The “Millennium Development Goals” (MDGs)......Page 109
Pension Policies......Page 112
Cash Transfers......Page 113
The Interplay Between External Actors and Domestic Factors in the Colonial Period......Page 117
International Donors and Their Interplay with National Factors......Page 118
Conclusion......Page 120
References......Page 122
Introduction: The Legacy of Colonialism on Social Protection......Page 127
Imperial Influence in the Making of the South African Welfare State......Page 132
Path Dependency and the Expansion of South Africa’s Welfare State......Page 135
External Actors, Drought Relief and State-Building in Botswana......Page 140
Path Dependency and the Institutionalization of Social Assistance in Botswana......Page 145
Conclusion......Page 147
References......Page 150
Introduction......Page 154
Colonialism and Social Policy......Page 158
British Colonization Strategy and Poor Law Tradition......Page 160
French Social Insurance Tradition......Page 162
Summary......Page 165
The Rise of Social Assistance in the Global South: Data and Methods......Page 166
Explaining the Existence of Social Assistance in the Global South......Page 169
Conclusion......Page 172
References......Page 174
Introduction......Page 178
Colonial Legacies in International Aid......Page 180
Policy Priorities: Social Protection......Page 181
Actor Constellations......Page 183
Contribution......Page 186
Data......Page 187
Analysis......Page 191
Discussion......Page 197
References......Page 199
Part III: The Influence of Donors on Social Protection......Page 203
Introduction......Page 204
Relevant Literature......Page 207
Theoretical Considerations......Page 210
Data......Page 213
Methodology......Page 218
Do Donors Promote Specific Types of Social Transfer Programs?......Page 219
Is Donor Involvement Associated with Specific Targeting Methods?......Page 224
Discussion and Conclusion......Page 228
References......Page 231
Introduction......Page 236
Explaining Welfare State Development......Page 238
Data and Methods......Page 241
Results......Page 247
Conclusions......Page 252
Appendix: Country List......Page 253
References......Page 254
Introduction......Page 259
Child Welfare Policy in Botswana......Page 262
Case 1: The Orphan Care Programme......Page 264
Case 2: Introduction of Cash Grant Versus Rationalization of the Food Basket......Page 271
Resistance to Proposals by Transnational Actors......Page 277
Conclusion and Implication of Findings......Page 279
References......Page 280
Introduction......Page 286
Strategies of External Actors......Page 288
Building Evidence......Page 289
Building Capacity......Page 291
Financial Support......Page 293
Policy Support......Page 296
External Actors and Social Protection in Zimbabwe......Page 299
Building Evidence......Page 300
Building Capacity......Page 302
Financial Support......Page 303
Policy Support......Page 305
External Influence and the National Context......Page 309
Conclusions......Page 311
References......Page 313
Part IV: Critical Reflections and Conclusion......Page 316
Introduction......Page 317
Bricolage, Translation and Policy Transfer......Page 319
Supply and Demand in Policy Diffusion......Page 324
Power and Policy Diffusion: Implications for Political and Ideational Asymmetries......Page 327
Case Study: Transnational Policy Diffusion in SSA......Page 329
Individual Rights, Communitarianism and Policy Diffusion: Contesting Universality......Page 331
Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization and Policy Diffusion......Page 334
Bricolage and Translation of Ideas......Page 337
Conclusion......Page 340
References......Page 341
Introduction......Page 345
Comparative Research on Social Assistance......Page 349
Social Policy Adoption and Emerging Institutions......Page 352
Conceptualizing Transnational Actors......Page 354
Integrating Transnational Actors......Page 355
Phenomenological Accounts of Transnational Actors......Page 356
Realist Accounts of Transnational Actors and Influence......Page 359
Transnational Actors and Social Assistance Expansion......Page 361
Conclusions......Page 363
References......Page 364
14: Critical Assessment and Outlook......Page 369
External Actors and Their Strategies from Colonialism to International Aid......Page 370
External Actors’ Objectives and Preferences Regarding Social Protection......Page 373
Interaction with Domestic Factors......Page 375
Learning from Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches......Page 377
Taking Scope and Context into Account......Page 378
External Actors in the Global South and Global North......Page 380
Transnational Approaches to Research Design and Methodology......Page 382
Geographic Scope......Page 384
Transnational Dynamics and Actor Constellations......Page 385
References......Page 387
Index......Page 389