Global Social Protection

Institutional Perspectives

Katja Bender, Markus Kaltenborn (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

212 Seiten

2025
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80037-135-4 (ISBN)

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This innovative book provides a multidisciplinary institutional approach to social protection, combining insights from economics, law, philosophy, political science, and sociology. It examines the role of institutions in the effective functioning of social protection systems and explores the factors driving or hindering institutional change.

Expert authors investigate the rationales that underpin social protection, emphasising institutional design and the need to address the transformation of social protection systems in low- and middle-income countries. They assess the role of social protection in tackling poverty and social exclusion in these nations, as well as the challenges of operational barriers and limited coverage. Chapters blend conceptual insights with empirical applications to highlight the complementary nature of diverse institutional research. Ultimately, the book addresses the ethical considerations and international legal standards of social protection and concludes that a renewed framework is required to improve human rights globally.

Presenting a holistic understanding of the field, Global Social Protection is a vital read for scholars and students of comparative social policy, sociology of development, and development studies. It will also benefit policymakers and practitioners engaged in social protection and development cooperation.

Edited by Katja Bender, Professor of Economics, International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) and Department of Management Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany and Markus Kaltenborn, Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Contents
List of contributors vii
1 Introduction to global social protection 1
Katja Bender and Markus Kaltenborn
PART I INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN OF SOCIAL PROTECTION
2 Social protection institutions from an economic perspective:
social accountability and institutional effectiveness 17
Katja Bender and Callistus Agbaam
3 Social protection institutions from a political science
perspective 40
Luis Hernán Vargas Faulbaum
4 Social protection institutions from a sociological perspective:
informal social protection 63
Barbara Rohregger
5 The legal framework of institutional change in social
protection systems 86
Irene Among, Markus Kaltenborn, and Natalia Zakhachenko
PART II EXPLAINING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN
SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
6 Analytical tools for thinking about institutional changes in
social protection from a political science perspective 111
Natália Guimarães Duarte Sátyro and Iris Gomes dos Santos
7 Institutional change in social protection systems: ideas,
transnational actors, political institutions, and policy feedback
in sub-Saharan Africa 133
Daniel Béland, Michael Kpessa-Whyte, and Ishmael Wireko
PART III NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL PROTECTION
8 Social justice and social protection systems 154
Gottfried Schweiger
9 Social protection in international human rights law 169
Michael G. Marcondes Smith, Marion Sandner, and Wouter
Vandenhole

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2025
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-80037-135-7 / 1800371357
ISBN-13	978-1-80037-135-4 / 9781800371354
Zustand	Neuware