International Organizations in Global Social Governance

This open access book 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, International Organizations (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 social policy and international relations, both in terms of theoretical substantiation and empirical scope.

1. Introduction: Examining Populations and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies, Dennis Niemann, Kerstin Martens & Alexandra Kaasch -- Part 1. Labour & Migration 2. International Organizations' Involvement in Youth (Un)Employment as a Global Policy Field, Ross Fergusson -- 3. Worlds apart? – The Meaning of Global Labour Standards Friederike Römer, Jakob Henninger and Le Thuy Dung -- 4. IOs, Care and Migration: The Case of Migrant Health Care Workers Nicola Yeates -- 5. The Global Social Governance of Pensions Martin Heneghan -- Part 2. Family & Education -- 6. Children's Rights as Social Policy Anna Holzscheiter -- 7. Global Discourses, Regional Framings and Individual Showcasing: Analysing the World of Education IOs Dennis Niemann and Kerstin Martens -- 8. Family Policy as Object of Global Social Governance Rianne Mahon -- 9. Disabilities as a "New" Global Social Theme Nina Kolleck and Johannes Schuster -- Part 3. Health & Environment -- 9. Global Social Health Governance Alexandra Kaasch -- 10. Climate Change as a Global Social Challenge, Ian Gough and Alexandra Kaasch -- 11. State, Rule, and System: International Organizations and Global Water Politics Jeremy Schmidt -- International Organisations and the Governance of Food Policies Stephen Devereux -- Conclusion: The Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance Alexandra Kaasch, Kerstin Martens & Dennis Niemann.