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International Organizations in Global Social Governance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martens, Kerstin.
Other Authors: Niemann, Dennis., Kaasch, Alexandra.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Global Dynamics of Social Policy Series
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Table of Contents:
  • International Organizations in Global Social Governance
  • Acknowledgments
  • Praise for International Organizations in Global Social Governance
  • Abbreviations
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance: Examining Populations and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies
  • Introduction
  • Studying IOs and Social Policy
  • Global Governance of Social Policy Fields
  • Global Governance as IO Involvement in Social Policy Fields
  • Populations of IOs: Organizational Field and Institutional Design
  • Organizational Field: Topography of IOs
  • Institutional Design: Intrinsic Features of IOs
  • Discourses of IOs: Cognitive Authority and Soft Governance
  • Cognitive Authority: Legitimacy and Reputation of IOs
  • Soft Governance: IOs as Broadcasters of Ideas and Policies
  • Structure of the Book
  • References
  • Part II: Labor and Migration
  • Chapter 2: International Organizations' Involvement in Youth Unemployment as a Global Policy Field, and the Global Financial Crisis
  • Introduction
  • Mapping the IO 'Population' and Discourses
  • Dominant Actors: The Policy Discourses of the ILO and World Bank
  • Other Significant Actors: UNESCO's and OECD's Policy Discourses
  • Recent Entrants: UNICEF's and IMF's Policy Discourses
  • Partnerships and IOs: Disseminating Knowledge, Ideas and Discourses
  • Collaboration, Cooperation, Separation: Endogenous Partnership
  • Coexistence, Contestation, Division: Exogenous Partnership
  • Concluding Comments
  • References
  • Chapter 3: International Organizations and Global Labor Standards
  • Introduction
  • Mapping the Population and Discourses of IOs Active in the Field of Global Labor Standards.
  • The International Labour Organization: The Promoter of Labor Standards as a Social Project
  • The World Trade Organization: The Persistent Trade Promoter
  • The World Bank: The Advocate for Neoliberalism in Labor Standards as a Development Project
  • Regional Organizations in the Regime of Global Labor Governance
  • The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Southern Common Market (Mercosur)
  • Labor Standards for Everyone? An Outlook
  • References
  • Chapter 4: International Organizations, Care and Migration: The Case of Migrant Health Care Workers
  • Introduction
  • Mapping the Population of International Organizations
  • Historical Constellations of International Organizations
  • Key Discourses Promulgated by IOs
  • Inter-actor Relationships of Cooperation, Coordination and Contestation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: International Organizations and the Global Social Governance of Pensions
  • Introduction
  • The Organizational Environment and the Intrinsic Features of IOs Involved in the Social Governance of Pensions
  • The ILO and the Global Social Governance of Pensions During the Golden Era
  • The Neoliberal Economic Order
  • The OECD and Pensions
  • The World Bank Enters the Field
  • The Response of the ILO
  • The ILO Changes Direction
  • Internal Disputes at the Bank
  • The Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Global Pension Environment
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III: Family and Education
  • Chapter 6: Governing Children's Rights in Global Social Policy-International Organizations and the Thin Line Between Child Protection and Empowerment
  • Introduction-Locating Children's Rights in Global Social Governance
  • The History of Children's Rights in International Organization and Law
  • Children's Rights and the Recognition of Children's Vulnerability and Special Status.
  • Early Global Social Policy for Children: International Cooperation on Economic and Sexual Exploitation
  • Gender, Girls and Global Social Policy
  • The Evolution of Children's Rights in International Law
  • The Contemporary IO Landscape and 'Organizational Ecology' of Children's Rights
  • Types, Roles and Constellations of IOs in Global Social Governance
  • Global Social Policy on Children's Rights Between Implementation and Contestation
  • Taming the Beast of Children's Rights-The Separation of Children and Youth Advocacy in Global Social Policy
  • IOs and Discourses on Childhood in Global Social Governance
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Global Discourses, Regional Framings and Individual Showcasing: Analyzing the World of Education IOs
  • Introduction
  • What We Know About Education IOs
  • Population of IOs in Education
  • Defining 'Education' IOs
  • The Population of Education IOs
  • Education Leitmotifs and Discourses
  • What Are Education Ideas?
  • What Ideas Are IOs Promoting?
  • Competing or Complementing Paradigms on the Global Level?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 8: IOs' Role in Global Social Governance: Family Policy
  • Introduction
  • Analytical Framework
  • Family Policy: From Social Consumption to Social Investment
  • Inclusive Growth and the Care Economy: Implications for Family Policy Discourses
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Disability as a 'New' Global Social Theme: The Role of International Organizations in an Expanding Global Policy Field
  • Introduction
  • Background of (Global) Disability Policy Discourse and Involvement of IOs
  • The Medical Model and WHO
  • The Social Model and the UN
  • The Economic Model
  • Regional Organizations
  • Mapping the Global Disability Policy Field Based on Twitter Data
  • Main Topics in Global Disability Policy
  • Conclusion
  • References.
  • Part IV: Health and Environment
  • Chapter 10: Characterizing Global Health Governance by International Organizations: Is There an Ante- and Post-COVID-19 Architecture?
  • Introduction
  • Global Health Governance
  • Mapping IOs in Global Health Governance
  • World Health Organization: Key Mandate, Encompassing Ideas but Multiply Contested Position
  • World Bank: Derived Mandate, Changing Ideas and Multiple Powerful Positions
  • International Labor Organization: Questioned Mandate, Coherent Ideas and Limited Position
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Derived Mandate, Expanding Idea and Growing Position
  • Characterizing Global Health Governance by Its Architecture or Arguments
  • Global Health Governance in the COVID-19 Context
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 11: IOs and Climate Change: Toward Global Eco-Social Policy
  • Introduction
  • Shifting Discourse and Expanding IO Engagement
  • Interconnected Policy and Action at the IO Level
  • 'Climate Risk Insurance' for Global Eco-Social Policy? A Case Study
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Water as Global Social Policy-International Organizations, Resource Scarcity, and Environmental Security
  • Introduction
  • Social Water
  • From River Basin Organizations to Global IOs: Historical Context
  • IOs and Global Water Policy
  • Water IOs: From IWRM to Global Social Risks
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 13: International Organizations and Food: Nearing the End of the Lean Season?
  • Introduction
  • History: IOs and Food Policy in the Twentieth Century
  • Constituting the Post-Colonial Order
  • The 1970s: High Time for Food Security
  • Neoliberal Shifts
  • IOs and Food Policy Since the Turn of the New Millennium
  • Consensus and Critique
  • Production
  • Protection
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part V: Conclusion.
  • Chapter 14: International Organizations and the Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance
  • IO Populations in Global Social Policies
  • Discourses IOs Spread about Social Policy Issues
  • Linking the Constellation of IOs to the Discourses they Promote
  • References
  • Correction to: International Organizations and Global Labor Standards
  • Index.

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