Building Equality and Opportunity Through Social Guarantees: New Approaches to Public Policy and the Realization of Rights (New Frontiers of Social Policy)

This book examines the validity of a social guarantees approach as a framework for evaluating, monitoring, and improving the design of social policy. Social guarantees are defined as sets of policy mechanisms that determine citizens' entitlements related to basic services and ensure their fulfillment on the part of the state. The social guarantee concept gives operational expression to fundamental human rights principles by providing mechanisms for awareness, participation, equity, and redress in the delivery of social policy. In addition, the social guarantees approach responds to an emerging global need for a comprehensive social policy model - a new social contract between the state and its citizens - that can face up to the challenges of inclusive and sustainable globalization. The book includes analytical case studies from Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, South Africa, and the Caribbean region. Social Policy, Citizenship, And The Realization Of Rights / Andrew Norton, Estanislao Gacitúa-marió, And Sophia V. Georgieva -- Increasing Social Inclusion Through Social Guarantees / Estanislao Gacitúa-marió And Andrew Norton -- Democratic Governance And Institution Building For Inclusive Social Policy : The Latin American Experience / Estanislao Gacitúa-marió, Sophia V. Georgieva, And Leonardo Moreno -- Comprehensive Social Policy For Inclusive And Sustainable Globalization / Steen Lau Jorgensen And Rodrigo Serrano-berthet -- Implementing Social Guarantees : The Regime Of Explicit Guarantees In Health In Chile / Leonardo Moreno And Mauricio Rosenblüth -- The Role Of The Courts In Realizing Rights To Housing And Health : The Case Of South Africa / Sibonile Khoza -- Establishing Social Equity : Bolivia, Ecuador, And Peru / Sophia V. Georgieva ... [et Al.] -- Achieving Equitable And Inclusive Citizenship Through Social Policy : The Case Of Jamaica And St. Kitts And Nevis / Rachel Hannah Nadelman, Lavern Louard-greaves, And Carol Watson Williams -- Moving Toward Comprehensive Social Policy : The Case Of Uruguay / Fernando Filgueira, Sophia V. Georgieva, And Sergio Lijtenstein -- A Bridge To Peace Through Citizenship Building : Guaranteeing Health And Education Rights In Colombia / Flávia Carbonari And Jorge E. Vargas. Estanislao Gacitúa-marió, Andrew Norton, And Sophia V. Georgieva, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Increasing social inclusion through social guarantees / Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió and Andrew Norton Governance and institution-building for inclusive social policy : the Latin American experience / Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió, Sophia Georgieva, Leonardo Moreno Comprehensive social policy for inclusive and sustainable globalization / Steen Jorgensen and Rodrigo Serrano-Berthet Chile : implementing social guarantees : the regime of explicit guarantees in health (REGH) / Leonardo Moreno and Mauricio Rosenblüth South Africa : the role of the courts in realizing rights to health and housing / Sibonile Khoza Establishing social equity in ethnically diverse societies : Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru / Sophia Georgieva, Enrique Vásquez, Gover Barja, Fernando García, Ramiro Larrea Achieving equitable and inclusive citizenship through social policy : the case of Jamaica and St. Kitts & Nevis / Rachel Nadelman, Lavern Louard-Greaves, Carol Watson Williams Uruguay : moving towards comprehensive social policy and revising an established social contract / Fernando Filgueira, Sophia Georgieva, Sergio Lijtenstein A bridge to peace through citizenship building : guaranteeing rights in health and education in Colombia / Flávia Carbonari and Jorge Vargas. The book showcases an innovative approach to social policy that the author believes can act to transform the capacity of states to implement policies to enhance equality of opportunity among citizens. The approach is built around the framework of social guarantees and emphasizes multiple dimensions in the delivery of services and the realization of rights. The social guarantees approach converts abstract rights into defined standards that can be used as a framework for making public policy accountable to citizens. It emphasizes that effective realization of social rights requires attention not just to dimensions of access, but also to elements of quality, financial protection, and the availability of mechanisms of redress. Social guarantees strengthen citizenship through an emphasis on the policy mechanisms and democratic processes needed to define and support such standards. Rigorous analysis of available public resources and of institutions, programmatic approaches, and legal frameworks is essential to underpin the provision of social guarantees and to ensure that the set standards can be delivered to all