Overview
- Analyses specific social policy fields and the roles, characteristics or functions of single IOs and IOs within their organizational contexts
- Compares IO populations across different social policy fields
- Allows readers to better understand the discourses of IOs and how they influence national policies and the international community by means of soft governance
Part of the book series: Global Dynamics of Social Policy (GDSP)
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About this book
International Organizations (IOs) are important actors within global social governance. They provide forums for exchange, contention and cooperation about social policies. Our knowledge about the involvement of IOs varies significantly by policy fields, and we know comparatively little about the specific roles of IOs in social policies.
This volume enhances and systematizes our understanding of IOs in global social governance. It provides studies on a variety of social policy fields in which different, but also the same, IOs operate.
The chapters shed light on IO involvement in a particular social policy field by describing the population of participating IOs; exploring how a particular global social policy field is constituted as a whole, and which dominant IOs set the trends. The contributors also examine the discourse within, and between, these IOs on the respective social policies. As such, this first-of-its kind book contributes to research on socialpolicy and international relations, both in terms of theoretical substantiation and empirical scope.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Labor and Migration
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Family and Education
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Health and Environment
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Conclusion
Reviews
“Recognizing and appreciating the dynamics of Global Social Governance is all the more important these days in our global ‘community of fate. First, this volume provides an invaluable conceptual understanding of the causes and consequences of cross-border social issues. Second, the authors recount how international organizations have evolved and expanded not only as public service providers with innovations in policy delivery but alsoas power-holders in social governance through a strong capacity to define the parameters of policy.” (Diane Stone, Professor of Transnational Governance, European University Institute, Italy)
“What role do international organizations (IOs) play in social policy worldwide? Some posit that IOs reflect the will of their constituent states. However, other scholars have found that IOs have substantial autonomy, generate their own ideas, and learn from their environments and experiences, acting as “forums for exchange, contention, and cooperation.” With chapters covering a wide range of policy domains, every student of global social policy will need to check out this excellent book” (Mitchell A. Orenstein, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania, US)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dennis Niemann is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the Collaborative Research Centre “Global Dynamics of Social Policy”, University of Bremen, Germany
Alexandra Kaasch is Professor in German and Transnational Social Policy at Bielefeld University, Germany
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Organizations in Global Social Governance
Editors: Kerstin Martens, Dennis Niemann, Alexandra Kaasch
Series Title: Global Dynamics of Social Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65439-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65438-2Published: 07 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65441-2Published: 06 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65439-9Published: 06 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2661-8672
Series E-ISSN: 2661-8680
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 353
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Comparative Social Policy, Governance and Government, International Organization