Networks and Geographies of Global Social Policy Diffusion

Michael Windzio is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen, Germany. Ivo Mossig is Professor of Human Geography with a focus on economic and social geography at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bremen, Germany and member of the Collaborative Research Center 1342 “Global Dynamics on Social Policy”. Fabian Besche-Truthe is a doctoral researcher in the project “The Global Develop­ment, Diffusion and Transformation of Education Systems” at the Collaborative Re­search Centre 1342 “Global Dynamics of Social Policy” at the University of Bremen, Germany. Helen Seitzer is a doctoral researcher in the project “The Global Development, Diffu­sion and Transformation of Education Systems” at the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 “Global Dynamics of Social Policy” at the University of Bremen, Germany.

• Networks of Global Social Policy Diffusion: The Effects of Culture, Economy, Colonial legacies, and Geographic Proximity.- The Global Diffusion of Work-Injury Insurance: The Role of Spatial Networks and Nation Building.- Networks of Global Policy Diffusion. The Introduction of Compulsory Education.- The Global Diffusion of Adult Basic Education.- The Emergence of Healthcare Systems.- Introduction of Long-Term Care Systems: The Nascent Diffusion of an Emergent Field of Social Policy.- Origins of Family Policy: Prerequisites or Diffusion.- From Geneva to the World? Global Network Diffusion of Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Employment and Occupation: The ILO’s C111.- The Diffusion of Workplace Anti-discrimination Regulations for the LGBTQ+ Community.- Critical Summary and Concluding Remarks.