Beschreibung:
International Organizations (IOs) are important actors within global social governance. They provide forums for exchange, contention and cooperation about social policies. Our knowledge about the involvement of IOs varies significantly by policy fields, and we know comparatively little about the specific roles of IOs in social policies.This volume 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, 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 socialpolicy and international relations, both in terms of theoretical substantiation and empirical scope.
International Organizations (IOs) are important actors within global social governance. They provide forums for exchange, contention and cooperation about social policies. Our knowledge about the involvement of IOs varies significantly by policy fields, and we know comparatively little about the specific roles of IOs in social policies.
This volume 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, 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 socialpolicy 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.
