Emerging Trends in Social Policy from the South

Ilcheong Yi is Senior Research Coordinator at United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).Alexandra Kaasch is Professor in German and Transnational Social Policy at Bielefeld University.Kelly Stetter is Technical Officer in Social Security at the International Social Security Association (ISSA).

“Comprehensive in coverage, while precise in its focus, this volume makes an excellent contribution to Global South social policy literature. Organised around six key trends in reform and innovations, the analysis will be valuable for scholars and students alike.” Rebecca Surender, University of Oxford

• Introduction: New Social Policy Trends and Innovations – Ilcheong Yi, Alexandra Kaasch and Kelly Stetter1. The Globalizing Dynamics of Social Policy: A Transnational Analytics of and for Southern Social Policy – Nicola Yeates2. Institutional–Evolutionary Analysis and Industry-Based Methods in Social Policy – Smita Srinivas3. Incorporating Informal Workers In Twenty-First-Century Social Contracts – Rina Agarwala4. Universal Welfare Design in a New Age: Equality versus Equity in the Debate about Universal Basic Income Policies and Health in Society – Louise Haagh5. The South African Mining Sector: Exploring the Dynamics of the Social, Economic and Environmental Policy Nexus – Sophie Plagerson and Lauren Stuart6. The Rights-Based Approach to Social Policy in India: Innovations, Advances and Setbacks – Sanjay Ruparelia7. Incorporating Informal Workers into Social Insurance in Tanzania - Roosa Lambin and Milla Nyyssölä8. Economic Growth, Youth Unemployment and Political and Social Instability: A Study of Policies and Outcomes in Post-Arab Spring Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia – Heath J. Prince, Amna Khan and Yara A. Halasa-Rappel9. Global Development Actors and Country Ownership in Indonesian Social Policy Making – Alexandra Kaasch and Brooke Wilmsen10. New Actors and New Systems in Aged Care Services in China – Bingqin Li, Lijie Fang, Bo Hu and Jing Wang11. NGOs in the Context of the Reform of Social Services in Russia – Linda J. Cook and Elena Iarskaia-SmirnovaConclusion: Toward New Social Policies for Transformation - Ilcheong Yi, Alexandra Kaasch and Kelly Stetter