Transnational social policies : the new development challenges of globalization

Corporate Author: International Development Research Centre Canada
Other Authors: Morales-Gómez, Daniel A.
Language:English
Published: Ottawa London: International Development Research Centre ;: Earthscan, c1999..
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Maureen O'Neil.
  • Introduction: from national to transnational social policies / Daniel Moralaes-Gó́mez.
  • Social policy and social order in transnational societies / Andrés Pérez Balttodano.
  • Social policy issues at the end of the 20th century / Luis Ratinoff.
  • West and Central Africa: Social policy for reconstruction and development / Tade Akin Aina.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa: community-driven social policies / Kwaku Osei-Hwedie and Arnon Bar-on.
  • Southeast Asia: the decentralization of social policy / Trinidad S. Osteria.
  • The Americans: educational reform, external forces, and internal challenges / Jeffrey M. Puryear.
  • Conclusion: what type of social-policy reform for what kind of society? / Daniel Morales-Gómez and Mario Torres A.