Networks and Geographies of Global Social Policy Diffusion: Culture, Economy, and Colonial Legacies (1st ed. 2022) (Global Dynamics of Social Policy)

Synopsis

This open access book analyses the global diffusion of social policy as a process driven by multiplex ties between countries in global social networks. The contributions analyze links between countries via global trade, colonial history, similarity in culture, and spatial proximity. Networks are viewed as the structural backbone of the diffusion process, and diffusion is anlaysed via several subfields of social policy, in order to interrogate which network dimensions drive this process. The focus is on a global perspective of social policy diffusion via networks, and it is the first book to explicitly follow this macro-quantitative perspective on diffusion at a global scale whilst also comparing different networks. The collection tests the network structures in terms of their relevance to the diffusion process in different subfields of social policy such as old age and survivor pensions, labor and labor markets, health and long-term care, education and training, and family and gender policy.The book will therefore be invaluable to students and researchers of global social policy, sociology, political science, international relations, organization theory and economics.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030834036

Related ISBNs:

9783030834029

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

12/19/22

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Michael Windzio

Edited by:

Ivo Mossig

Edited by:

Fabian Besche-Truthe

Edited by:

Helen Seitzer