Political Science

The Global Social Policy Reader brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive range of key papers by international leaders in the social policy field that explain the concepts, actors, and processes that constitute global social policy. The book covers the emergence of global social policy as a dynamic and expanding field of study and practice, the transformation of welfare from a predominantly national to a global field of action, and the impact of globalization on key welfare discourses and governance mechanisms. This reader features specially-written comments at the start of each section. It provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the key themes, issues, and debates in global social policy and is designed to complement The Policy Press's Understanding Global Social Policy (ISBN 978 1 86134 944 6, Cloth, $80.00 / ISBN 978 1 86134 943 9, Paper, $32.50 / 327pp [2008])