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International Impacts on Social Policy : Short Histories in Global Perspective.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nullmeier, Frank.
Other Authors: González de Reufels, Delia., Obinger, Herbert.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Global Dynamics of Social Policy Series
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Table of Contents:
  • International Impacts on Social Policy
  • On this Series
  • Praise for International Impacts on Social Policy
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 1: Introduction: International Interdependencies and the Impact on Social Policies
  • 1 Scope and Content of the Book
  • References
  • Part I: Violence and Welfare
  • 2: Introduction: Violence and Welfare
  • References
  • 3: Mass Warfare and the Development of the Modern Welfare State: An Analysis of the Western World, 1914-1950
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Impact of War on Welfare Legislation
  • 3 The Fiscal Impact of War and Its Aftershocks: Social Spending and Taxation
  • 4 The Impact of War on State Capacities: The Institutionalisation of Welfare Ministries
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4: The Emergence of the Socialist Healthcare Model After the First World War
  • 1 The First Trigger: First World War and the October Revolution 1917
  • 2 The Second Trigger: Second World War and the Beginning of the Cold War, 1945-1947
  • 3 Crisis of the Semashko System
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 5: The Cold War and the Welfare State in Western Europe
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Nordic Countries
  • 3 Italy
  • 4 Divided Germany
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 6: The Coalition Between Medical Doctors and the Military: On the Establishment of Public Health in Chile, 1870-1939
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Rise of the Military and the Medical Profession, and Their Relationship with the Latin American State
  • 3 The "Discovery" of Health as a Social Problem
  • 4 A Case Study: The Coalition Between Doctors and the Military in Chile
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 7: Social Policy and Britain's 1929 Colonial Development Act
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Social Policy in a British Colonial Development Context.
  • 3 Social Policy and the Colonial Development Fund, 1929-1940
  • 3.1 The Formative Politics and Objectives of the Colonial Development Act, 1929
  • 3.2 Implementation of the Colonial Development Act, 1929
  • 3.3 The Allocation of Financial Support from the CDF
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Legislation
  • Parliamentary Debates
  • Parliamentary Papers
  • 8: The Colonial Legacy and the Jamaican Healthcare System
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Colonialism and the Emergence of Social Policy
  • 3 The Development of Public Health Services in Colonial Jamaica
  • 3.1 Slavery and Post-Emancipation Dystopia
  • 3.2 Rockefeller Intervention
  • 3.3 Moyne and Irvine Commissions
  • 4 Healthcare Post-Independence
  • 5 Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • 9: Between Aspiration and Reality: The Effect of the French Colonial Legacy on Old-Age Pension Coverage in Africa
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Legal Pension Coverage Rates in Former French Colonies in Africa
  • 3 The Persistence of French Legislation
  • 4 Between Aspiration and Reality
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 10: The Colonial Legacies of Copper Dependence: Inequality and Bifurcated Social Protection in Zambia
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Colonial Legacy of the Copper Enclave Economy
  • 3 A Short Post-Independence Window of Opportunity
  • 4 Demand-Driven and Supply-Driven Social Protection
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 11: Class-Based Communities: The Postcolonial Reform of School Education in South Africa
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Setting the Path: Neoliberalism and Communitarianism in the Late Apartheid Period
  • 3 Model C: A South African Third Way
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II: International Organisations and Transnational Diffusion
  • 12: Introduction: International Organisations and Transnational Diffusion
  • References.
  • 13: Global "Cultural Spheres" and the Introduction of Compulsory Schooling Around the World
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Culture and Diffusion of Education Systems
  • 3 Data and Methods
  • 4 Results
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 14: The ILO Beyond Philadelphia
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 From Particularism to the Tension Between Universalism and a Standard Employment Relationship
  • 3 Of Old and Not So New Members: Changes in the Membership Structure of the ILO
  • 4 Structure of Adopted Instruments that Came into Force After 1945
  • 5 A Universal and Global Proliferation? Structure of Ratifications of ILO Conventions and Spatial Distribution 1945-1970
  • 6 Conclusion: Universalism in the Aftermath of the Declaration of Philadelphia-A Global Proliferation?
  • References
  • 15: Between Economics and Education: How International Organisations Changed the View on Education
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Continuous Expansion of Education IOs
  • 3 The Impact of Economic IOs Entering the Education Field
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References
  • 16: The Role of the United Nations in Promoting the Policy Debate on Child Allowance Issues in 1960s Japan
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Quality of Population Debates
  • 3 The 1960s as the Era of Social Development
  • 4 Population Trends and Family Policy Debates
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 17: The Washington Consensus and the Push for Neoliberal Social Policies in Latin America: The Impact of International Organisations on Colombian Healthcare Reform
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Background: What Colombia Can Teach Us
  • 3 The Principles of the Washington Consensus
  • 4 Setting the Stage: The 1993 Colombian Healthcare Reform
  • 5 The Adoption of Washington Consensus' Principles in the Colombian Healthcare Reform Legislation
  • 6 Lessons Learned: The Impact of IOs on Colombian Healthcare Reform
  • References.
  • 18: World Bank Intervention and Introduction of Social Health Insurance in Albania
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The World Bank's Preference and Prescription on Social Health Insurance in CEE
  • 3 Historical Background: Albania at the Start of Transition
  • 4 World Bank's Recommendations in Health Financing Reform and the Making of Social Health Insurance in Albania
  • 4.1 The Early Stage of Disagreement
  • 4.2 The Late Stage of Agreement
  • 5 Discussions and Conclusions
  • References
  • Annex of Interviews
  • 19: Social Protection in Mozambique from the 1990s to the 2000s
  • References
  • 20: Labour Market Segmentation, Regulation of Non-Standard Employment, and the Influence of the EU
  • 1 Labour Market Development and Segmentation Since the Oil Crisis
  • 2 Methods, Data, and Indicators
  • 3 Labour Market Segmentation and Employment Regulation in EU Countries
  • 4 Comparing Particular Elements of Employment Regulation in EU and Non-EU Countries
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 21: Pathways to Family Policy in Half a Century of Population Control: International Paradigms and National Programmes
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Population Control and Family Policies: Three Conferences
  • 3 China
  • 4 Kenya
  • 5 Two Ways of Dealing with Interdependence: Instrumental Policy-Making and Selective Norm Dilution
  • References
  • 22: Opposition to the Washington Consensus: The IMF and Social Policy Reforms in Post-Soviet Russia
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Russia's Dealings with the IMF
  • 3 Emancipation from the IMF
  • 4 The Domestic Approach
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • Part III: Globalisation, Economic Interdependencies and Economic Crises
  • 23: Globalisation, Economic Interdependencies and Economic Crises
  • 1 Three Phases of Economic Globalisation and Economic Crises
  • 2 The First Wave of Globalisation from 1895 to the Great Depression.
  • 3 The Great Depression and World War II
  • 4 The Second Wave of Globalisation after World War II Until 1980
  • 5 The Third Wave of Globalisation Since the 1980s
  • 6 Conclusion and Outlook on the Chapters of This Section
  • References
  • 24: Economic Interdependencies and Social Expenditures Revisited
  • 1 Changing Times
  • 2 4+2 Modes of Integration into the Global Economy
  • 3 The Road Ahead
  • References
  • 25: Black Swans and the Emergence of Unemployment Insurance in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Controversies Over and Prerequisites of Unemployment Insurance
  • 3 The Argument
  • 4 Harbingers of Modern Unemployment Insurance
  • 5 Black Swans and Unemployment Insurance Legislation up to 1950
  • 5.1 The Great War and Its Aftershocks
  • 5.2 The Great Depression
  • 5.3 World War II
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 26: Standard-Setting in Colonial Labour Regulation and the Great Depression
  • 1 Labour Between the Abolition of Slavery and Market Making
  • 1.1 Forced and Compulsory Labour
  • 2 Compulsion to "Free" Labour
  • 3 Colonial Labour Legislation
  • 4 Economic Crisis and Changes in Labour Regulation
  • References
  • 27: Social Reforms and the Fear of Economic Backlash: Political Debates on Social Policy and Transnational Influences in Argentina in the 1930s
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Competitive Disadvantages
  • 3 Social Protection Across Borders
  • 4 Effectiveness of Conventions
  • 5 A New Dawn for Social Policy
  • 6 New Strategies of the Business Sector
  • 7 Conclusion
  • References
  • 28: International Transfers and National Path Dependencies: Pension Systems in Britain and Germany after the Second World War
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Britain and West Germany in the "Golden Age" of the Welfare State
  • 3 Pension Politics in the Era of Population Aging
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References.
  • 29: The Formation of a National Capital Stock and the Pension Systems in South Korea and Malaysia.

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