Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies /
Critical in policy analysis is not only the question whether it works. One needs to know *how* it works. This is a question about causal mechanisms. In this exemplary volume the authors provide some generic mechanisms that can apply in variety of settings along with detailed case studies of mechanis...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022. |
| Series: | Global Dynamics of Social Policy ,
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introductory Section
- 1. Introduction: A Mechanism-Based Approach to Social Policy Research
- Part II. Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Asian Countries
- 2 The Introduction of Pension, Accident, and Health Insurance in Urban China
- 3. Causal Mechanisms in the Development of Contribution-Based Pension Systems in South Korea, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia
- 4. Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction and Development of Unemployment Insurance in Turkey
- 5. Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Mandatory Health Insurance in the Post-Soviet Region
- Part III Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in African Countries
- 6. Appropriating the Colonial State: The Emergence of Social Insurance in Tunisia and Uganda
- 7 Policy Pollination as a Causal Mechanism Explaining Social Protection Adoption in Africa
- Part IV Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in European Countries
- 8. Anti-communist Backlash in the Croatian Healthcare System
- 9. Against All Odds: Introducing Social Health Insurance in Albania. An Actor-Centred Approach to Causal Mechanisms
- 10. Migrants to the Rescue? Care Workforce Migrantisation on the Example of Elder Care in Germany
- Part V Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Latin American Countries
- 11. Transnational Events and National Health Reform: The Latin American Medical Congresses and the Legitimisation of Public Health Reforms in Chile and Uruguay in the Early Twentieth Century
- 12. The Politics of Universal Health Coverage: Mechanisms in the Process of Healthcare Reform in Bolivia
- 13. Political Responses of Conditional Income Transfer Recipients: A Mechanism Approach
- Part VI Concluding Section
- 14. Conclusion and Outlook: Towards a Systematisation of the Mechanism-Based Approach in Social Policy Research.