<p>"The Global Social Policy Reader is an expertly compiled book with a welldefined</p><p>
argument against the neo-liberal policies implemented through the Washington Consensus...". Sakari Taipale in Social Policy and Administration</p>
<p>"This comprehensive and well edited reader helps us understand the impact</p><p>
of globalisation and global actors on social problems and programmes</p><p>
across the world AND the debates about what should happen." Ian Gough, University of Bath</p>
A comprehensive and accessible guide to the key themes, issues and debates in global social policy. This Reader collects together key papers by international leaders in the field that cover the emergence of global social policy as a dynamic and expanding field, the transformation of welfare from a predominantly national to a global field of action, and the impact of globalisation on key welfare discourses and governance mechanisms.
The global social policy reader will have broad appeal among undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of social science subjects, including social and public policy, social care and health studies, sociology, politics, economics, international relations and development studies.