Economic development is a necessary but not sufficient condition for welfare development. This book examines complex relations between democracy and social policy and the conditions under which democratic regimes can deliver adequate social protection to citizens as well as how social policy aids democratic consolidation.

Autorentext
NEERA CHANDHOKE Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi, India TERENCE COX Reader in Central and Eastern European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK MAURIZIO FERRERA Professor of Social and Labour Market Policy, State University of Milan, Italy FERNANDO FILGUEIRA Sociologo, Universidad de la Republica, Motevideo, Uruguay CARL-JOHAN HEDBERG Research Assistant, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Switzerland JENNIFER JONES Social Monitoring Specialist, Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV), Jamaica KEITSEOPE NTHOMANG Lecturer in Social Policy and Community Practice, University of Botswana, Botswana TOSHIMITSU SHINKAWA Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Kyoto Univeristy, Japan JOHN D. STEPHENS Gerhard E. Lenski Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of North Carolina, USA

Inhalt
Democracy and Social Policy Development: Introduction and Overview; Y.Bangura & C.-J.Hedberg Democratization and Social Policy Development in Advanced Capitalist Societies; J.D.Stephens Democratization and Social Policy Development in Japan; T.Shinkawa Democratization and Social Policy in Southern Europe: From Expansion to 'Recalibration'; M.Ferrera Democratization and Social Policy in East Central Europe; T.Cox The Latin American Social States: Critical Junctures and Critical Choices; F.Filgueira Democracy and Well Being in India; N.Chandhoke Democracy and Social Policy in Botswana; N.Keitseope The Ballot Box and Social Policy in Mauritius; S.Bunwaree Democracy and Social Policy in Jamaica; J.Jones