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Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuhlmann, Johanna.
Other Authors: Nullmeier, Frank.
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:
  • Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies
  • On this Series
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Part I: Introductory Section
  • 1: Introduction: A Mechanism-Based Approach to Social Policy Research
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Causal Mechanisms as a Concept in the Social Sciences
  • 2.1 First Strand: A Methodology of Qualitative Research
  • 2.2 Second Strand: Generative Mechanisms in Critical Realism
  • 2.3 Third Strand: Analytical Sociology
  • 2.4 Fourth Strand: Historical Sociology and Historical Institutionalism
  • 3 A Modular and Actor-Centred Conception of Causal Mechanisms
  • 4 What Can We Expect from a Mechanism-Based Approach to Social Policy Research?
  • 5 Overview on the Chapters of This Book
  • References
  • Part II: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Asian Countries
  • 2: The Introduction of Pension, Accident, and Health Insurance in Urban China
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Historical Background and Research on China's Social Security System
  • 3 Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Urban Basic Pension Insurance
  • 3.1 Initial Conditions and Threat Perception
  • 3.2 Mechanism 1: Strategic Policy Experimentation
  • 3.3 Mechanism 2: Elite Cooperation Through Enforced Compromise
  • 4 Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Work Accident Insurance
  • 4.1 Initial Conditions and Threat Perception
  • 4.2 Mechanism 1: Neutral Policy Experimentation
  • 4.3 Mechanism 2: Elite Cooperation Through Consensus
  • 4.4 Reform Delay: From the Late 1990s to the 2004 Regulations
  • 5 Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Urban Basic Health Insurance
  • 5.1 Initial Conditions and Threat Perception
  • 5.2 Mechanism 1: Top-Leader Intervention
  • 5.3 Mechanism 2: Strategic Experimentation to Delay
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References.
  • 3: Causal Mechanisms in the Development of Contribution-Based Pension Systems in South Korea, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Development of Pension Systems: Causal Effects and Mechanisms
  • 2.1 Outcompeting Mechanism
  • 2.2 Gaining Acceptance Spiral Mechanism
  • 2.3 Evasion Mechanism
  • 2.4 Double Benefit Mechanism
  • 2.5 Crisis Management by Going Further Mechanism
  • 2.6 Alarmed Middle Classes Mechanism
  • 3 Country Studies
  • 3.1 South Korea
  • Overview of the Pension System
  • Mechanisms
  • 3.2 Vietnam
  • Overview of the Pension System
  • Mechanisms
  • 3.3 Sri Lanka
  • Overview of the Pension System
  • Mechanisms
  • 3.4 Malaysia
  • Overview of the Pension System
  • Mechanisms
  • 4 Summary and Conclusion
  • References
  • 4: Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction and Development of Unemployment Insurance in Turkey
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Causal Mechanisms in the Development of Unemployment Insurance
  • 3 The Creation of Unemployment Insurance
  • 3.1 A Failed Attempt to Introduce Unemployment Insurance in 1992
  • 3.2 The 1999 Unemployment Insurance Legislation
  • 4 The Transformation of Unemployment Insurance (2000-2019)
  • 4.1 Surplus Accumulation (2000-2007)
  • 4.2 Economic Crisis Triggers Policy Change (2008)
  • 4.3 Frequent Policy Change (2009-2019)
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 5: Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Mandatory Health Insurance in the Post-Soviet Region
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Initial State and Reform Decisions: The Collapse of the Soviet Healthcare System
  • 3 Introducing Mandatory Health Insurance: The Resistance Avoidance Mechanism
  • 4 (Not) Running Mandatory Health Insurance: The Fight for State Funding Mechanism and the Informalisation Mechanism
  • 4.1 Fight for State Funding Mechanism
  • 4.2 Informalisation Mechanism.
  • 5 Making Mandatory Health Insurance Work: The Reform Supporter Mechanism
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in African Countries
  • 6: Appropriating the Colonial State: The Emergence of Social Insurance in Tunisia and Uganda
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Emergence of Social Insurance in African Countries
  • 3 Mechanisms Behind Social Insurance in African Countries: Imperial Staffing, Appropriation, Labour Incorporation, Public Resource Accumulation
  • 3.1 Imperial Staffing Mechanism
  • 3.2 Appropriation Mechanism
  • 3.3 Labour Incorporation Mechanism
  • 3.4 Public Resource Accumulation Mechanism
  • 4 The Expansion of Social Insurance in Decolonising Tunisia and Uganda
  • 4.1 The Step-by-Step Development of Social Insurance in Tunisia: From National Liberation to Labour Incorporation
  • 4.2 How Ugandan Elites Appropriated the Colonial State and Its Old-Age Protection Institutions
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 7: Policy Pollination as a Causal Mechanism Explaining Social Protection Adoption in Africa
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Policy Pollination as a Causal Mechanism
  • 3 International Development Agencies as Policy Pollinators
  • 4 Policy Pollination Strategies
  • 4.1 Building the Evidence Base
  • 4.2 Financing Social Protection Programmes
  • 4.3 Strengthening Capacities to Deliver Social Protection
  • 4.4 Instigating National Social Protection Policies or Strategies
  • 4.5 Domestication of International Law
  • 5 Understanding Resistance: Why Some Governments Say "No"
  • 6 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part IV: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in European Countries
  • 8: Anti-communist Backlash in the Croatian Healthcare System
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Healthcare Reforms in CEE and the Role of Policy Transfer
  • 3 The Political and Economic Context of Croatia.
  • 4 Financing of Healthcare in Croatia: Historical Background
  • 5 The Croatian Healthcare Reform Process 1990-1993
  • 5.1 The Doctors Enter Politics Mechanism
  • 5.2 The Old System Departure Mechanism
  • 5.3 The Seeking Solutions Abroad Mechanism
  • 5.4 The Anti-communist Backlash Mechanism
  • 5.5 Hybridisation of Healthcare Financing as the Output of the Reform Process
  • 6 Discussion and Conclusions
  • References
  • 9: Against All Odds: Introducing Social Health Insurance in Albania. An Actor-Centred Approach to Causal Mechanisms
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Role of Actors in Welfare State Reforms in Post-Communist CEE: Domestic Actors Versus the World Bank
  • 2.1 The Role of the World Bank in Social Health Insurance Reform
  • 2.2 The Domestic Rationale for the Social Health Insurance Reform
  • 3 Methods and Data
  • 4 The Political Context of Social Health Insurance Reform
  • 5 Introducing Social Health Insurance in Albania
  • 5.1 The Early Albanian Government Efforts for Reform
  • 5.2 The World Bank's 1992 Strategy for the Albanian Healthcare Sector
  • 5.3 The Road to Comprehensive Healthcare Reforms
  • 5.4 The Reform Game: "Keep Trying" (Until You Succeed)
  • 6 Opening the Black Box: Transnational Cooperation
  • 7 Discussions and Conclusions
  • References
  • 10: Migrants to the Rescue? Care Workforce Migrantisation on the Example of Elder Care in Germany
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Migrantisation in the Literature
  • 3 Migrantisation of Elder Care Work in Germany
  • 3.1 Elder Care Shortages in Light of the LTCI
  • 3.2 The Migrantisation of Family Care
  • 3.3 The Migrantisation of Formal Care
  • 4 Actor-Centred Approach to Migrantisation Processes
  • 4.1 The "Migrant in the Family" Causal Chain with Its Mechanisms
  • 4.2 The "Migrant in Formal Care" Causal Chain with Its Mechanisms
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References.
  • Part V: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Latin American Countries
  • 11: Transnational Events and National Health Reform: The Latin American Medical Congresses and the Legitimisation of Public Health Reforms in Chile and Uruguay in the Early Twentieth Century
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Epistemic Community of Medical Doctors and the Mechanisms of Competitive Cooperation and Legitimisation at the Latin American Medical Congresses, 1901-1909
  • 3 Calling for Cooperation While Excelling in Competition: The Chilean Epistemic Community at the Medical Congress of 1901
  • 3.1 The Historical National Background
  • 3.2 Chile at the First Medical Congress in 1901
  • 4 Envisioning Cooperation While Winning the Competition: Uruguayan Policy Entrepreneurs at the Latin American Medical Congresses
  • 4.1 The Historical Background in Uruguay
  • 4.2 Uruguay at the Latin American Medical Congresses, 1901-1909
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 12: The Politics of Universal Health Coverage: Mechanisms in the Process of Healthcare Reform in Bolivia
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Explaining Healthcare Reform: Causes and Mechanisms
  • 3 The Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage in Bolivia
  • 3.1 The Emergence of Social Health Insurance
  • 3.2 Democratisation, Decentralisation and Neoliberalism
  • 3.3 Transnational Influences and New Repertoires of the Social Movements
  • 3.4 Mobilising for the Right to Health
  • 3.5 Reactions from Labour and the Medical Profession
  • 3.6 Reassembling a Reform Coalition
  • 3.7 Mechanisms in Bolivian Healthcare Reform
  • 4 Final Remarks
  • References
  • 13: Political Responses of Conditional Income Transfer Recipients: A Mechanism Approach
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Why a Causal Mechanism Approach?
  • 3 Findings from the Latin American Literature
  • 4 Causal Mechanisms Structuring Political Responses to Transfer Receipt.
  • 4.1 Reciprocal Support for Incumbents Is not a Causal Mechanism.

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