Understanding Global Social Policy

Front Cover\nHalf-title Page\nTitle Page\nCopyright Page\nContents\nDetailed contents\nList of abbreviations\nAcknowledgements\nNotes on contributors\n1. Introducing global social policy\n	List of tables, figures and boxes\n	Overview\n	Introduction\n	Globalisation, social science and social policy\n	Global social policy as a field of academic study and analysis\n	Global social policy as a political practice\n	Outline of the chapters\n	Conclusion\n	Using this book\n	Summary\n	Questions for discussion\n	Further resources\n	References\nPart One: Institutions, actors and theories\n	2. Global and regional social governance\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Conceptualising global social governance\n		Introduction to intergovernmental organisations\n		Comparing intergovernmental organisations: the World Health Organization and the World Bank\n		World-regional social governance and policy\n		The future of global social governance\n		Conclusion\n		Note\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	3. International trade, global economic governance and welfare\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Economics, trade and welfare\n		The development of the international trading system\n		Global institutions and policy processes\n		The welfare state and trade\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	4. Business, labour and global social policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Business and labour power and representation\n		Competing interests and competing perspectives on welfare\n		Labour standards, corporate regulation and taxation\n		Global governance and social welfare\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	5. Theorising global social policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Globalising theories of national welfare state development\n		‘Welfarising’ globalist social theories\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	6. Global social justice\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Globalising social justice\n		Global justice, obligations and rights\n		Achieving global justice in the absence of a world-state\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\nPart Two: Cross-cutting policy fields and issues\n	7. Global climate justice\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Climate science and climate change\n		Climate change and justice\n		Issues of distributional injustice at the global scale\n		Justice in decision-making? The development of a global climate policy\n		Justice in policy implementation\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	8. Global poverty and inequality\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Measuring global poverty\n		The politics of global poverty\n		Measuring global inequality\n		The politics of global inequality\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	9. Global migrations and global social policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Globalisations, migrations and social development\n		Global migration governance\n		Global social policy on migration\n		Global social welfare by migrants\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	10. Gender and global social policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Making gender visible: the global institutional architecture\n		Gendering global labour policy\n		Unpaid domestic work: recognise, reduce and redistribute\n		Sexual and reproductive health and rights: contested terrain\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	11. Young people and global social policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Young people and social policy: definitions and distinctions\n		A very brief history of the global institutional architecture of youth policy\n		Young people’s ‘transitions’: the global reach of a concept and a discourse\n		Global social policy and youth unemployment\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\nPart Three: Global social policy domains\n	12. Global social policy at the nexus of water, energy and food\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		The unmet promise of sustainable development\n		Global risks to water, energy and food\n		Resilience and the water–energy–food nexus\n		The Sustainable Development Goals and the water–energy–food nexus\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	13. Global health policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		Global health issues require global health policy\n		Global health governance and global health policy\n		Financing of global health\n		Global health policy space and policies for health\n		Global health policy agendas and debates\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	14. Global education policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		From national education systems to global (post-national) learning regimes\n		Globalisation of education through ‘development’\n		The OECD’s Programme of International Student Assessment\n		Globalising public–private partnerships in education\n		International trade in education services\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\n	15. Global social security policy\n		Overview\n		Introduction\n		What is social security? Four normative models\n		The worldwide rise of social security\n		The emergence of social security as a global social policy field (since the 1990s)\n		How do international organisations influence domestic policies?\n		Key issues and points of contestation\n		Conclusion\n		Summary\n		Questions for discussion\n		Follow-up activities\n		Further resources\n		References\nGlossary\nIndex\nBack Cover