Struggle for Social Sustainability

Moral Conflicts in Global Social Policy
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5610-3
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 737 g

The ongoing social crises and moral conflicts evident in global social policy debates are addressed in this timely volume.

Leading interdisciplinary scholars focus on the ‘social’ of social policy, which is increasingly conceived in a globalised form, as new international agreements and global goals engender social struggles. They tackle pressing ‘social questions’, many of which have been exacerbated by COVID-19, including growing inequality, changing world population, ageing societies, migration and intersectional disadvantage.

This ground-breaking volume critically engages with contested conceptions of the social which are increasingly deployed by international institutions and policy makers. Focusing on social sustainability, social cohesion, social justice, social wellbeing and social progress this text is even more crucial as policy makers look to accelerate socially sustainable solutions to the world’s biggest challenges.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deeming, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The ‘social’ in the age of sustainability ~ Christopher Deeming

‘No such thing as society’?: Neoliberalism and the social ~ John Clarke

The social question: Reconciling social and economic imperatives in policy ~ Bradley W. Bateman

Disputing the economization and the de-politicization of ‘social’ investment in global social policy ~ Jean-Michel Bonvin and Francesco Laruffa

The social dimension of sustainable development at the UN: From Brundtland to the SDGs ~ Iris Borowy

Paradigm lost? Blocking the path to ecosocial welfare and post-productivism ~ Tony Fitzpatrick

World population at the UN: Our numbers are not our problem? ~ Danny Dorling

Ageing sustainably ~ Alan Walker

The political challenges to governing global migration and social welfare ~ Edward A. Koning

Bringing ‘the social’ into an intersectional analysis of global crises and welfare ~ Fiona Williams

Global social policy and the quasi-concept of social cohesion ~ Jane Jenson

Putting the global in social justice? ~ Gary Craig

‘Go-social’? Inclusive growth and global social governance ~ Christopher Deeming

For better or worse? ~ Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett

The struggle for social sustainability ~ Christopher Deeming

Über Autor(innen)

Deeming, Christopher
Christopher Deeming is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde, with research interests in the field of Comparative and Global Social Policy. His latest works with Policy Press are Minimum Income Standards and Reference Budgets: International and Comparative Policy Perspectives (2020) and Reframing Global Social Policy: Social Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth (2019).