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Leading interdisciplinary scholars focus on the 'social' of social policy. This ground-breaking volume tackles pressing 'social questions' and critically engages with contested conceptions of 'the social' which are increasingly deployed by international institutions and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Deeming, Christopher (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2021.
Temas:
Social policy.
Social problems.
Public Policy
Social Problems
Politique sociale.
Problèmes sociaux.
public policy.
social issues.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
Social policy
Social problems
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • The Struggle for Social Sustainability: Moral Conflicts in Global Social Policy
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of boxes, figures and tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • 1 The 'social' in the age of sustainability
  • Social sustainability
  • Global social crisis
  • The 'social' of social policy
  • Outline of the volume
  • Notes
  • References
  • 2 'No such thing as society'? Neoliberalism and the social
  • Introduction
  • In search of the social
  • Neoliberalism: from anti-social to remaking the social
  • Tracing the residual
  • Emergent possibilities of the social
  • Conclusion: 'people want the social back'
  • Note
  • References
  • 3 The social question: reconciling social and economic imperatives in policy
  • Introduction
  • The first social question
  • The second social question
  • The third social question
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 Disputing the economization and the de-politicization of 'social' investment in global social policy
  • Introduction
  • The social investment perspective
  • Social policy as conversion factor of democracy
  • Social policy as a political-democratic matter
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5 The social dimension of sustainable development at the UN: from Brundtland to the SDGs
  • Introduction
  • The social dimension of SD before Brundtland
  • Framing the social dimension by the Brundtland Commission
  • The reception and reinterpretation of SD in recent years
  • Conclusion
  • Note
  • References
  • 6 Paradigm lost? Blocking the path to ecosocial welfare and post-productivism
  • Introduction
  • The ecosocial and post-productivism
  • The futures of the labour market
  • Scenario 1: Visionless turbulence
  • Scenario 2: Employment-centred welfare
  • Scenario 3: Part-time labour markets
  • Blockade 1: Loaded dice
  • Diminishments of the public sphere
  • Blockade 2: Lengthening queues
  • Paradigm regained?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 7 World population prospects at the UN: our numbers are not our problem?
  • Introduction
  • The stabilizing global population to come, worldwide
  • The falling population of Europe
  • The slowing of the rise in the population of Africa
  • The falling populations of Asia
  • Population falling from the Indian Ocean to across the Pacific
  • The slowdown in the poorest countries of the world
  • Notes
  • References
  • 8 Ageing sustainably
  • Introduction
  • Global ageing
  • Ageing and sustainability
  • SDG 1: No poverty
  • SDG 3: Good health and wellbeing
  • SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • Is ageing sustainable?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • 9 The political challenges to governing global migration and social welfare
  • Introduction
  • Challenges in reconciling migration and welfare
  • The 'burdensome immigrant' in Western media
  • Electoral relevance of welfare chauvinism

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