Global Social Policy in the Making: The Foundations of the Social Protection Floor

ISBN-13: 9781447312338 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 208 str.

Bob Deacon

Opis

In 2012, organizations including the United Nations, G20, and International Labor Organization adopted a global policy initiative known as the social protection floor a set of measures designed to ensure that all people have access to essential health care and income security over their lifespan. This book, authored by a leading authority on global social policy, traces the emergence of the social protection floor and identifies the major influences that shaped it: shifts in the world s social structure, processes inside international institutions, attempts by global actors to create change, and shifts in the global conversation about social protection."

Spis treści

Introduction; The Global Economic and Social Context; The Development of the Social Protection Floor Recommendation; The SPF, Social Dialogue and Tripartite Global Governance in Practice; The SPF and Global Social Policy Synergy; Implications for Understanding Global Social Policy Change; Reflections and Prospects.