Reframing Global Social Policy : Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth, together with internationally renowned contributors, illustrate how the merging of ‘social investment’ and ‘inclusive growth and development’ agendas, together with the environmental imperative of ‘sustainability’, is forging an important new social policy framework and shaping a new global development agenda. As Neoliberalism Begins To Reach Its Limits, And The New Landscape Of Social And Public Policy That It Has Left In Its Wake Becomes Clearer, There Is A Great Need To Define And Explain The New Roles That Social Policy, Non-governmental Organizations, And Citizens Are Taking On. In This Book, Internationally Renowned Contributors Provide A Sustained Analysis Of This New Landscape, Reframing Social And Public Policy And Bringing In The Latest Thinking On Social Investment And Inclusive Growth On A Global Scale. Scholars And Practitioners Working In Development, Human Geography, Politics, And International Political Economy Will All Need This Book As They Look At What’s To Come.-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. I Theoretical Frameworks -- One. Social Investment, Inclusive Growth That Is Sustainable And The New Global Social Policy / Paul Smyth -- Two. Taking Social Investment Seriously In Developed Economies / Anton Hemerijck -- Three. Making Growth Inclusive: Perspectives On The Role Of Social Policy In Developing Economies / Sarah Cook -- Four. The Challenges Of Inclusive Growth For The Developmental Welfare State / Huck-ju Kwon -- Pt. Ii Policy Applications -- Five. Measuring And Monitoring Inclusive Growth In Developing And Advanced Economies: Multiple Definitions, Open Questions And Some Constructive Proposals / Stephan Klasen -- Six. Towards An Employment Strategy Of Inclusive Growth / Gunther Schmid -- Seven. Active Labour Market Policies For An Inclusive Growth / Giuliano Bonoli -- Eight. Education And Skills For Inclusive Growth / Marius R. Busemeyer. Edited By Christopher Deeming And Paul Smyth. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally renowned contributors propose that the merging of the 'social investment' and 'inclusive growth and development' agendas is forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. The book shows how these key ideas together with the environmental imperative of 'sustainability' are shaping a new global development agenda. This framework opens the way to a truly global social policy discipline making it essential reading for those working in social and public policy, politics, economics and development as well geographical and environmental sciences. In the spirit of the UN's Sustainability Goals, the book will assist all those seeking to forge a new policy consensus for the 21st century based on Social Investment for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. Contributors include Giuliano Bonoli, Marius Busemeyer, Sarah Cook, Guillem López-Casasnovas, Anton Hemerijck, Stephan Klasen, Huck-ju Kwon, Tim Jackson, Jane Jenson, Jon Kvist, James Midgley, and Günther Schmid.

As neoliberalism begins to reach its limits, and the new landscape of social and public policy that it has left in its wake becomes clearer, there is a great need to define and explain the new roles that social policy, non-governmental organizations, and citizens are taking on. In this book, internationally renowned contributors provide a sustained analysis of this new landscape, reframing social and public policy and bringing in the latest thinking on social investment and inclusive growth on a global scale. Scholars and practitioners working in development, human geography, politics, and international political economy will all need this book as they look at what’s to come.-- Provided by Publisher Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth together with internationally renowned contributors propose that the merging of the 'social investment' and 'inclusive growth and development' agendas is forging an unprecedented global social policy framework. This work shows how these key ideas together with the environmental imperative of 'sustainability' are shaping a new global development agenda