Social Policy in a Development Context

Drawing upon both conceptual and empirical evidence, this volume argues the case for the centrality of social policy in development, focusing particularly on the message that social policy needs to be closely intertwined with economic policy. It is argued that social policy can provide the crucial link between economic development poverty eradication and equity. This volume is a significant contribution to thinking about social policy in a development context.

Autorentext

H-J. CHANG Cambridge University, UK DIANE ELSON University of Essex, UK BEN FINE School for Oriental and African Studies, UK JAYATI GHOSH Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India HUCK-JU KWON UNRISD, Geneva, Switzerland MAUREEN MACKINTOSH Open University, Milton Keynes, UK CARMELO MESA-LAGO University of Pittsburgh, USA GUY MHONE University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa CHRISTOPHER PIERSON University of Nottingham, UK JUDITH TENDLER MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA PAULA TIBANDEBAGE Economic and Social Research Foundation, Tanzania PETER TOWNSEND University of Bristol, UK JUHANA VARTIANEN Labour Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland LAURENCE WHITEHEAD Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK

Zusammenfassung
After two decades of exclusive focus on stabilization, policy-making in developing countries has begun to shift its focus to issues of social and economic development, poverty eradication and equity. This is occurring at a time when the consolidation of democracy is a concern in many countries. There is a growing realization that social policy can provide the crucial link among these various demands on policy-making. However, to perform this role there is need for a major rethinking of social policy in developing countries so that it not only meets goals of intrinsic value but also serves as a major policy instrument in development. The book's central message is that social policy can be a major transformative contribution to economic development. The contributors argue that social policy should be closely intertwined with economic policy and not treated as a mere afterthought. Collectively the papers draw on both conceptual and empirical evidence to argue the case for the centrality of social policy in development. The book is a major contribution to thinking about social policy and sets out an agenda for future research in this field.

Inhalt

List of Tables List of Figures Notes on the Contributors Social Policy in a Development Context: Introduction; T.Mkandawire PART I: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES From Universalism to Safety Nets: The Rise and Fall of Keynesian Influence on Social Development; P.Townsend Social Policy and Macroeconomic Performance: Integrating "the Economic" and "the Social"; D.Elson Social Policy and Development: Social Capital as Point of Departure; B.Fine Democratization and Social Policy; L.Whitehead PART II: MICRO AND MESO-LEVEL ISSUES Why Social Policy is Condemned to a Residual Category of Safety Nets and What to do About It; J.Tendler Inequality and Redistribution in Health Care: Analytical Issues for Developmental Social Policy; M.Mackintosh & P.Tibandebage Models of Development, Social Policy and Reform in Latin America; C.Mesa-Lago PART III: HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES European 'Late Industrializers': The Finnish Experience; J.Vartiainen 'Late Industrializers' and the Development of the Welfare State; C.Pierson The Role of Social Policy in Economic Development: Some Theoretical Reflections And Lessons From East Asia; H-J.Chang The Economic Crisis and the Politics of Welfare Reform in Korea; H-J.Kwon Social Policy in Indian Development; J.Ghosh Historical Trajectories of Social Policy in Post-Colonial Africa. The Case of Zambia; G.Mhone Index