Laboratories of Social Knowledge

How International Organizations Construct Social Policy Through Numbers

AvJohn Berten

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy

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Beskrivning

The book examines the politics of knowledge in global social policy, investigating how international organisations (IOs) have contributed to the emergence and development of social security as a global policy field.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-05-25
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:526 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Science, Knowledge and Policy
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031891786

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John Berten is a postdoctoral researcher and junior research group leader at the Faculty of Sociology of Bielefeld University, Germany. His research and teaching focuses on global social policy, social policy in the Global South, knowledge and ideas in policymaking, and the role of futures in global politics.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theory: The construction of a field of global social policy.- Chapter 3: 1919-2019: Social security policies in the ILO and the World Bank.- Chapter 4: Methodology: A discursive analysis of epistemic infrastructures.- Chapter 5: The development of a shared ontological framework in the interwar and WWII period.- Chapter 6: The development of a shared ontological framework after WWII.- Chapter 7: The development of a shared evaluative framework.- Chapter 8: Discussion: The making of global social policy through numbers.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.