Change without Transformation: Social Policy Reforms in the Philippines under Duterte
By showing how political economy and historico‐institutional conditions foreclose the transformative possibilities of the social policy changes effected by Duterte, the author offers a critique of current tendencies in global … Continue reading →
The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
[Open access] Challenges the common conception that [the spread of social protection] has been entirely driven by international development agencies, instead focusing on the critical role of political dynamics within … Continue reading →
Reproduction of Inequalities in the Implementation of Social Policies
The main goal is to identify and take inventory of the different mechanisms through which the day-to-day operations of government and the encounters between service workers and users may engender … Continue reading →
Beyond the Nation State – Regional Social Policy for SDGs
Effective regional mechanisms are no longer confined to trade, finance and labour policy, but have increasingly been able to initiate regional social policies across a wide range of sectors. Building … Continue reading →
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