This book explores the rise, nature, and effectiveness of recent developments in social policy in the Global South, focusing on emerging trends and their potential to contribute to meaningful change and offer alternative solutions to social, economic, and environmental policy challenges. It pays particular attention to reforms and innovations relating to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the move away from a welfare state towards a 'welfare multitude' with a greater role for civil society organisations.

Format: Hardback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 21 May 2024
Publisher: Bristol University Press

Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South Africa, India, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Indonesia, China and Russia, this book examines the rise, nature, and effectiveness of recent developments in social policy in the Global South. By analysing these new emerging trends, the book aims to understand how they can contribute to meaningful change and whether they could offer alternative solutions to the social, economic, and environmental policy challenges facing low-income countries within a contemporary global context. It pays particular attention to reforms and innovations relating to the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the move away from a welfare state towards a 'welfare multitude', in which new actors, such as civil society organisations, play an increasingly important role in social policy.

Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South Africa, India, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Indonesia, China and Russia, this book examines the rise, nature, and effectiveness of recent developments in social policy in the Global South.

By analysing these new emerging trends, the book aims to understand how they can contribute to meaningful change and whether they could offer alternative solutions to the social, economic, and environmental policy challenges facing low-income countries within a contemporary global context.

It pays particular attention to reforms and innovations relating to the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the move away from a welfare state towards a 'welfare multitude', in which new actors, such as civil society organisations, play an increasingly important role in social policy.

Weight: 606g
Dimension: 161 x 241 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781447367901