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The welfare state in capitalist society: policies of retrenchment and maintenance in Europe, North America, and Australia
In: Studies in international social policy and welfare
Social rights as human rights: Globalizing social protection
In: International social work, Band 48, Heft 1, S. 9-20
ISSN: 1461-7234
English The United Nations' Covenant on social rights is universal in form but applies to countries with widely differing levels of economic development. The resultant hiatus impedes the Covenant's effectiveness. The formulation of social standards commensurate with countries' economic capacities is outlined as a solution. French La Convention des Nations Unies sur les droits sociaux est universel en forme mais s'applique aux nations avec des niveaux du développement économique grandement différents. L'hiatus résultant empêche l'efficacité de la'Convention. L'élaboration des normes sociales qui correspondent â la capacité économique de nations est offerte en tant que solution. Spanish El Convenio de las Nacionas Unidas sobre derechos sociales es universal en la forma, pero concierne a naciones con grandes diferencias de desarrollo económico. Esto obstaculiza la eficacia del Convenio. Se delinea como solución la formulación de estándares sociales conmensurables con la capacidad económica.
Beyond the Nation State: Social Policy in an Age of Globalization
In: Social policy and administration, Band 32, Heft 5, S. 481-500
ISSN: 1467-9515
The paper proceeds from the assumption that globalization has placed significant constraints on the autonomy of nation states in the making of social policy. It argues that the post‐World War II welfare state represented a social system highly successful in combining economic efficiency and dynamism with equity and solidarity. This historic achievement at the nation‐state level is being undermined by economic globalization. It is both necessary and feasible to recreate and institutionalize this mixed system globally. The paper argues that the concept of social rights, which has served as the basic underpinning of the welfare state, has many weaknesses—logical as well as empirical. While the principles of civil and political rights are being consolidated and extended worldwide the principle of social rights is in decay. The paper presents the case for replacing social rights by social standards as the major concept for buttressing systems of social protection. To be applicable globally a social standard must be conceptualized as a level of social development which corresponds to an appropriate level of economic development. Finally, the paper considers the problems and prospects of developing social standards transnationally. It reviews, briefly, the nature and extent of transnational social policy‐making by inter‐governmental organizations and concludes that despite difficulties of global action advances towards global social standards remain possible.
Book reviews : Deacon, Bob with Michelle Hulse and Paul Stubbs (1997) Global Social Policy: International Organizations and the Future of Welfare. London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi: Sage. 252pp. £32.50 (hbk), ISBN 0-8039-8953-9; £12.95 (pbk), ISBN 0-8039-8954-7
In: International social work, Band 41, Heft 4, S. 532-533
ISSN: 1461-7234
Beyond the Nation State: Social Policy in an Age of Globalization
In: Social policy & administration: an international journal of policy and research, Band 32, Heft 5, S. 481-500
ISSN: 0037-7643, 0144-5596
Book reviews : Nolan, Brian and Christopher T. Whelan (1988) Resources, Deprivation and Poverty. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 261 pp
In: International social work, Band 40, Heft 4, S. 472-474
ISSN: 1461-7234
Book reviews : Mohan, Brij (1993) Eclipse of Freedom: The World of Oppression. Westport, CT: Praeger, 177 pp
In: International social work, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 405-406
ISSN: 1461-7234
Book reviews : Welfare and Worker Participation: Eight case studies Patrick Kerans, Glenn Drover and David Williams Macmillan Press, London, 1988
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 9, Heft 26, S. 136-139
ISSN: 1461-703X
Riding the new wave: social work and the neo-conservative challenge
In: International social work, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 171-182
ISSN: 1461-7234
Welfare and Worker Participation: Eight Case Studies
In: Critical social policy: a journal of theory and practice in social welfare, Band 9, S. 136-139
ISSN: 0261-0183
Social welfare: national and international dimensions
In: International social work, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 151-158
ISSN: 1461-7234