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Author Kaasch, Alexandra, 1977- author.

Title Actors and agency in global social governance / Alexandra Kaasch and Kerstin Martens
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015
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Contents Actors and agency in global social governance / Alexandra Kaasch and Kerstin Martens -- A cultural political economy approach to the governance of global social policy / Bob Jessop -- The international labour organization and global social governance-the 100 year search for social justice within capitalism / Bob Deacon -- The world bank as an education policy governor / Karen Mundy and Antoni Verger -- The OECD, gender, and social policy-parallel stories / Rianne Mahon -- The European Union as a global social policy actor-discourse and policy practice / Valeria Fargion and Marco Mayer -- 'New kids on the block?' The implications of the BRICS Alliance for Global Social Governance / Rebecca Surender and Marian Urbina-Ferretjans -- Slowly succeeding-G20 social policy governance / John Kirton, Julia Kulik, and Caroline Bracht -- NGOs as actors in global social governance / Johannes Kruse and Kerstin Martens -- Global social governance in the media / Frank Nullmeier -- Policy flexians in the global order / Paul Stubbs and Janine Wedel -- Conclusions-complexity in global social governance / Alexandra Kaasch
Summary This volume provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the diverse actors and agencies involved in global social governance and seeks to advance our understanding of the global dimension of social policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from title page (viewed December 8, 2015)
Subject Social policy.
Social policy -- International cooperation
Globalization.
public policy.
globalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
Globalization
Social policy
Social policy -- International cooperation
Social Conditions.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Form Electronic book
Author Martens, Kerstin, author.
ISBN 0191803995
9780191803994
9780191061561
0191061565