Nicola Yeates is Professor of Social Policy at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. She has published widely on issues of globalisation and social policy, including on global migration, social protection and employment (see Open Research Online (www.oro.open.ac.uk). She is a former Editor-in-Chief of Global Social Policy (Sage) and Vice-Chair of the Social Policy Association, and is Chair of the Editorial Board of Social Policy and Society (CUP)

"This book presents a theoretical perspective that stands at the threshold of a new and rich area of study that will help us better understand the complex set of processes that determine human welfare in the future." Social Policy & Administration "Nicola Yeates has brought together an impressive, coherent collection of contributors providing comprehensive coverage of developments in global social policy across a wide range of policy areas. The relationship between globalisation and social policy is one that is rapidly evolving and differentiated. This collection successfully captures these dynamics while at the same time providing empirical substance to developments at a particular point in time." Patricia Kennett, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• The idea of global social policy ~ Nicola Yeates; Global Poverty and Inequality ~ Chris Holden; Global and regional social governance ~ Bob Deacon; Business and global social policy ~ Kevin Farnsworth; International trade and welfare ~ Chris Holden; Global labour policy ~ Robert O’Brien; Global health policies ~ Meri Koivusalo and Eeva Ollila; Global pensions and social protection policy ~ Mitchell A. Orenstein and Bob Deacon;Global education policies ~ Roger Dale and Susan Robertson;Global Criminal Justice ~ John Muncie;Global population policy ~ Anne Hendrixson, Nicholas Hildyard, Larry Lohmann and Sarah Sexton.

Nicola Yeates is Professor of Social Policy at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. She has published widely on issues of globalisation and social policy, including on global migration, social protection and employment (see Open Research Online (www.oro.open.ac.uk). She is a former Editor-in-Chief of Global Social Policy (Sage) and Vice-Chair of the Social Policy Association, and is Chair of the Editorial Board of Social Policy and Society (CUP)

"This book presents a theoretical perspective that stands at the threshold of a new and rich area of study that will help us better understand the complex set of processes that determine human welfare in the future." Social Policy & Administration "Nicola Yeates has brought together an impressive, coherent collection of contributors providing comprehensive coverage of developments in global social policy across a wide range of policy areas. The relationship between globalisation and social policy is one that is rapidly evolving and differentiated. This collection successfully captures these dynamics while at the same time providing empirical substance to developments at a particular point in time." Patricia Kennett, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• The idea of global social policy ~ Nicola Yeates; Global Poverty and Inequality ~ Chris Holden; Global and regional social governance ~ Bob Deacon; Business and global social policy ~ Kevin Farnsworth; International trade and welfare ~ Chris Holden; Global labour policy ~ Robert O’Brien; Global health policies ~ Meri Koivusalo and Eeva Ollila; Global pensions and social protection policy ~ Mitchell A. Orenstein and Bob Deacon;Global education policies ~ Roger Dale and Susan Robertson;Global Criminal Justice ~ John Muncie;Global population policy ~ Anne Hendrixson, Nicholas Hildyard, Larry Lohmann and Sarah Sexton.

Nicola Yeates is Professor of Social Policy at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. She has published widely on issues of globalisation and social policy, including on global migration, social protection and employment (see Open Research Online (www.oro.open.ac.uk). She is a former Editor-in-Chief of Global Social Policy (Sage) and Vice-Chair of the Social Policy Association, and is Chair of the Editorial Board of Social Policy and Society (CUP)

"This book presents a theoretical perspective that stands at the threshold of a new and rich area of study that will help us better understand the complex set of processes that determine human welfare in the future." Social Policy & Administration "Nicola Yeates has brought together an impressive, coherent collection of contributors providing comprehensive coverage of developments in global social policy across a wide range of policy areas. The relationship between globalisation and social policy is one that is rapidly evolving and differentiated. This collection successfully captures these dynamics while at the same time providing empirical substance to developments at a particular point in time." Patricia Kennett, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

• The idea of global social policy ~ Nicola Yeates; Global Poverty and Inequality ~ Chris Holden; Global and regional social governance ~ Bob Deacon; Business and global social policy ~ Kevin Farnsworth; International trade and welfare ~ Chris Holden; Global labour policy ~ Robert O’Brien; Global health policies ~ Meri Koivusalo and Eeva Ollila; Global pensions and social protection policy ~ Mitchell A. Orenstein and Bob Deacon;Global education policies ~ Roger Dale and Susan Robertson;Global Criminal Justice ~ John Muncie;Global population policy ~ Anne Hendrixson, Nicholas Hildyard, Larry Lohmann and Sarah Sexton.