Cash transfers and basic social protection : towards a development revolution?

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    • Gliszczynski, Moritz von
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Cash transfers and basic social protection : towards a development revolution?

Moritz von Gliszczynski

(Rethinking international development series)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-203) and index

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Cash Transfers and Basic Social Protection offers a ground-breaking analysis of the discourses that facilitated the rise of cash transfers as instruments of development policy since the 1990s. The author gives a detailed overview of the history of social protection and identifies the factors that made cash transfers legitimate policy.

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Introduction 1. Theory: A Multi-Level Analysis Of Global Policy Ideas 2. Constructing Global Models Of Cash Transfers (2000-2012) 2.1 The Idea Of Social Cash Transfers 2.2 How To Make A Global Model - Four Variants Of Cash Transfers 2.2.1 Family Allowances: The Globalisation Of A Northern Model 2.2.2 Conditional Cash Transfers: Strategic Uptake Of Innovative National Models In The Global South 2.2.3 Social Pensions: Creating A Global Model Through Focused Advocacy 2.2.4 General Household Assistance: From Archetype Of SCT To Weak Policy Model 2.3 Alternative Models Of Basic Social Protection 3. Social Protection As A Paradigm Of Development Policy (1990-2000) 3.1 Conceptual Prelude: Paradigms On The Global Level 3.2 The Web Of Ideas In Its Current State - Problem Definitions, Frames And Policy Community 3.3 The Historical Emergence Of The Web Of Ideas 4. Global Discourses - The Ideas Behind Cash Transfers 4.1 Poverty - The Construction Of Agency 4.2 Development - The Individualisation Of Progress 4.3 Risk - The Discovery Of Uncertainty 4.4 Human Rights - The Rise Of Social Rights 4.5 Discourse Coalitions And Discursive Practices Conclusion

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