Abstract
Global social policy (GSP) takes different forms from those of national welfare states, since it depends on the activities of an array of international organisations and transnational actors. Three broad theoretical approaches have dominated the literature on national welfare state development: those focused on processes of economic development, industrialisation and urbanisation; those focused on class struggle and political mobilisation; and those focused on the effects of political institutions. This article applies each of these broad theoretical approaches to the development of GSP in order to illuminate the nature of GSP, its likely future development, and the constraints upon such development. It is concluded that the dominant forms taken by GSP will continue to be piecemeal, minimalist and essentially neoliberal for as long as an effective global political movement in favour of a more extensive GSP is absent.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 40-57 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 10 Dec 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Bibliographical note
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- global social policy; global social governance; welfare state theory; welfare state development
