This book examines the role of the state and society in addressing or perpetuating structural inequalities and identifies policy recommendations to combat these inequalities.
Foreword
p. xiii
Series Preface
p. xv
Arusha Statement
p. xxxv
About the Editors
p. xxxix
About the Authors
p. xli
Acknowledgments
p. xlv
Abbreviations
p. xlvii
Social Policy: Lessons and New Directions
Social Policy in a Development Context: Structural Inequalities and Inclusive Institutions
p. 3
European Welfare States: Explanations and Lessons for Developing Countries
p. 39
The Responsive State: Openness and Inclusion in the Policy Process
p. 73
Integrating Macroeconomic Policies and Social Objectives: Choosing the Right Policy Mix for Poverty Reduction
p. 97
Structural Inequalities and Policy Experience
Addressing Exclusion: Social Policy Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean
p. 123
Recognition and Distribution: Equity and Justice Policies for Disadvantaged Groups in Latin America
p. 145
Local Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Lessons from Mexico and Colombia
p. 175
Policy Reform and Culture Change: Contesting Gender, Caste, and Ethnic Exclusion in Nepal
p. 197
Citizens, Identity, and Public Policy: Affirmative Action in India
p. 225
Inclusive Institutions
Taking Culture into Account in the Delivery of Health and Education Services
p. 251
Accounting for Diversity: Policy Design and Maori Development in New Zealand
p. 271
Arenas of Child Support: Interfaces of Family, State, and Nongovernmental Organization Provisions of Social Security
p. 295
Monitoring Social Policy Outcomes in Jamaica: Democratic Evaluation and Institutional Change
p. 321
Public Interest Litigation, Social Rights, and Social Policy
p. 343
Breaking Legal Inequality Traps: New Approaches to Building Justice Systems for the Poor in Developing Countries
p. 369
Index
p. 395
Boxes
The Welfare Regime Synthesis
p. 49
The Orthodox Model
p. 52
Ghana, 2005/06: Example of a Poverty-Focused Tax Policy
p. 106
Cameroon, 2001: Example of a Poverty-Focused Privatization Operation
p. 108
Ghana, 2002: Country Comparison of Poverty-Focused Policy Responses-Petroleum Prices
p. 109
Ingredients for Influencing through the Policy Research Process
p. 198
Caste and Ethnic Dimensions of Poverty in Nepal
p. 202
Political Poverty: Participation in Governance
p. 203
Kohanga Reo
p. 281
Interfaces of Programs and Parents
p. 306
Gap between Global Category and Local Reality
p. 308
Does the Law Ensure Bridewealth or Social Protection?
p. 312
Jamaica 2015: Social Policy Goals
p. 322
Figures
The Vicious Cycle of Structural Inequality
p. 14
Elements of Inclusive Social Policy
p. 18
A Simple Model of Social Policy Making
p. 44
Absolute Poverty and Inequality
p. 74
Support for Participatory Democracy
p. 80
Map of Inclusion and Participation
p. 85
Latin America and the Caribbean: Incidence of Extreme Poverty in Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Individuals as a Multiple of the Incidence in the Rest of the Population
p. 148
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