Reframing Global Social Policy: Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

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Tim Jackson Jane Jenson (Département de Science Politique, Université de Montréal)

Reframing Global Social Policy

Name: Reframing Global Social Policy
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Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

Tim Jackson, Jane Jenson (Département de Science Politique, Université de Montréal), James Midgley (Dean's Office, School of Social Welfare, University of California) , Robin Webster

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Policy Press
11 January 2019

Welfare & benefit systems; Welfare economics

Christopher Deeming and Paul Smyth togetherwith internationally renowned contributors propose that the merging of the'social investment' and 'inclusive growth and development' agendas is forging an unprecedented global socialpolicy framework. The book shows how these key ideas together with theenvironmental imperative of 'sustainability' are shaping a new globaldevelopment agenda.

This framework opens the way to a truly globalsocial policy discipline making it essential reading for those working insocial and public policy, politics,economics and development as well geographical and environmental sciences. Inthe spirit of the UN's Sustainability Goals, the book will assist all thoseseeking to forge a new policy consensus for the 21st century based on SocialInvestment for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development.

Contributions by: Tim Jackson, Jane Jenson (Département de Science Politique, Université de Montréal), James Midgley (Dean's Office, School of Social Welfare, University of California), Robin Webster, Anton Hemerijck
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781447332541
ISBN 10: 1447332547
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 11 January 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Deeming is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde. Research interests include inclusive growth and social investment inspired social policy, and comparative social policy. Paul Smyth is Honorary Professorial Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His numerous writings on Australian social policy include three editions of Australian Social Policy Understanding for Action (2014) and Inclusive Growth in Australia (2013).

Reviews for Reframing Global Social Policy: Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth

"“What is particularly interesting about this book is the way in which its diverse contributions are all evidence for new perspectives emerging from within current social and economic policy: the new evolving out of the old rather than coming from elsewhere to replace it, and at the same time being genuinely new.” Citizen’s Income ""Gathering excellent contributors, this edited volume is a must read for students of social policy interested in inclusive growth and social investment."" Daniel Béland, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy ? ""A stimulating read encompassing timely and important topics such as inclusive growth and social investment – and with a global perspective."" Bent Greve, Roskilde University, Denmark"