Inclusive Growth, Development and Welfare Policy: A Critical Assessment

ISBN-13: 9781138840799 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 294 str.

Reza Hasmath

Opis

The recent global financial crisis has increased the scope of poverty and inequality. The gap between the richest and poorest nations has become wider. National income inequality has also been on the rise. The prospect of a shift in designing and implementing development and welfare policies is strong in this new environment. The neoliberal policies of the Washington Consensus are giving way to development models which look to a more active government role in both economic and social policies. Meanwhile, in the parallel universe of welfare policy a fundamental realignment is already taking place. Faced with the current economic and social challenges, policy communities have turned to a variety of instruments to ensure that growth and social inclusion go together. This book offers a systematic analysis of the growing convergence on these matters in the development and welfare state literatures, utilizing the experiences of a myriad of jurisdictions around the world. Drawing upon the expertise of leading international policymakers, practitioners, and academics in the field, this book critiques the theoretical underpinning of growth and development, examine welfare state perspectives on inclusive growth and social/economic development, and presents lessons learned and best/worst practices from the experiences of developing and developed nations.

Spis treści

Selected Contents: 1. The Paradigms of Inclusive Growth, Development and Welfare Policy Reza Hasmath  2. Inequality and Growth - New Evidence and Policy Implications Pier Carlo Padoan  3. Does Domestic Welfare Reform Spill into Development Assistance Overseas? The South Korean Case Pil Ho Kim and Woojin Jung  4. Development in Transition: Lessons from Central and South Asia Shailaja Fennell  5. China’s "Development Model" – A "Model" of Inclusion? Jennifer Y.J. Hsu  6. The Beijing Consensus as a Philosophical Policy Tool Reza Hasmath  7. Social Investment, Inclusive Growth and the State James Midgley  8. The ‘Social’ in Inclusive Growth. The Social Investment Perspective Jane Jenson  9. The Long Road Towards a Social Investment Welfare State Nathalie Morel, Bruno Palier, and Joakim Palme  10. The ‘New’ Social Investment Policies in Japan and South Korea Ito Peng  11. South Africa: A Different Welfare and Development Paradigm? Rebecca Surender  12. Social Investment for Inclusive Growth in Australia Paul Smyth  13. Inclusion, Citizenship, Poverty and Welfare Reform: The New Zealand Experience Mike O'Brien  14. Poverty, Invisibility and the Welfare State in the Developing World Joseph Wong  15. Basic Income in a Globalized Economy Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght

O autorze

Reza Hasmath is a Lecturer in Chinese Politics at the University of Oxford, and an Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Alberta. His research looks at state-society relationships, the labour market experiences of ethnic minorities, and development theories and practices.