Social Policy In A Development Context

Drawing upon both conceptual and empirical evidence, this volume argues the case for the centrality of social policy in development, focusing particularly on the message that social policy needs to be closely intertwined with economic policy. It is argued that social policy can provide the crucial link between economic development poverty eradication and equity.

Thandika Mikandawire is the Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).

List of Tables

vii

List of Figures

viii

Preface

ix

Notes on the Contributors

x

Social Policy in a Development Context: Introduction

1

(36)

Thandika Mkandawire

Part I Conceptual Issues

From Universalism to Safety Nets: The Rise and Fall of Keynesian Influence on Social Development

37

(26)

Peter Townsend

Social Policy and Macroeconomic Performance: Integrating `the Economic' and `the Social'

63

(17)

Diane Elson

Social Policy and Development: Social Capital as Point of Departure

80

(17)

Ben Fine

Democratization and Social Policy

97

(22)

Laurence Whitehead

Part II Micro- and Meso-Level Issues

Why Social Policy is Condemned to a Residual Category of Safety Nets and What to Do about it

119

(24)

Judith Tendler

Inequality and Redistribution in Health Care: Analytical Issues for Developmental Social Policy

143

(32)

Maureen Mackintosh

Paula Tibandebage

Models of Development, Social Policy and Reform in Latin America

175

(30)

Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Part III Historical Experiences

European `Late Industrializers': The Finnish Experience

205

(10)

Juhana Vartiainen

`Late Industrializers' and the Development of the Welfare State

215

(31)

Chris Pierson

The Role of Social Policy in Economic Development: Some Theoretical Reflections and Lessons From East Asia

246

(16)

Ha-Joon Chang

The Economic Crisis and the Politics of Welfare Reform in Korea

262

(22)

Huck-ju Kwon

Social Policy in Indian Development

284

(24)

Jayati Ghosh

Historical Trajectories of Social Policy in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Zambia

308

(31)

Guy Mhone

Index

339

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