Understanding global social policy
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Understanding global social policy
（Understanding welfare : social issues, policy and practice）
Policy Press , Social Policy Association, 2022
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and priorities for action in social policy across the Global South and North.
Accessible and lively, it incorporates seven new chapters covering theory, social justice, climate, migration, gender, young people and water, energy and food. The original chapters have also been fully updated to reflect major developments in the fast-changing world of global social policy. Key features include:
* overview and summary boxes to bookend each chapter;
* questions for discussion and follow-up activities;
* further reading and resources.
Exploring what it means to locate human welfare within a global framework of social policy analysis and action, this textbook offers a perfect guide for curious students.
Table of Contents
1. Introducing Global Social Policy - Nicola Yeates and Chris Holden
Part 1: Institutions, Actors and Theories
2. Global and Regional Social Governance - Sophie MacKinder, Nicola Yeates and Chris Holden
3. International Trade, Global Economic Governance and Welfare - Chris Holden
4. Business, Labour and Global Social Policy - Kevin Farnsworth and Robert O'Brien
5. Theorising Global Social Policy - Nicola Yeates and Chris Holden
6. Global Social Justice - Theo Papaioannou
Part 2: Cross-Cutting Policy Fields and Issues
7. Global Climate Justice - Carolyn Snell
8. Global Poverty and Inequality - Chris Holden
9. Global Migrations and Global Social Policy - Nicola Yeates and Nicola Piper
10. Gender and Global Social Policy - Rianne Mahon
11. Young People and Global Social Policy - Ross Fergusson
Part 3: Global Social Policy Domains
12. Global Social Policy at the Nexus of Water, Energy and Food - Jeremy J. Schmidt
13. Global Health Policy - Meri Koivusalo and Eeva Ollila
14. Global Education Policy - Susan Robertson and Roger Dale
15. Global Social Security Policy - Lutz Leisering
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