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Welfare regimes in development context: a global and regional analysis

Gough, Ian ORCID: 0000-0002-0597-3106 (2004) Welfare regimes in development context: a global and regional analysis. In: Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 15-48. ISBN 9780521834193

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Abstract

Written by a team of internationally respected experts, this book explores the conditions under which social policy, defined as the public pursuit of secure welfare, operates in the poorer regions of the world. Social policy in advanced capitalist countries operates through state intervention to compensate for the inadequate welfare outcomes of the labour market. Such welfare regimes cannot easily be reproduced in poorer regions of the world where states suffer problems of governance and labour markets are imperfect and partial. Other welfare regimes therefore prevail involving non-state actors such as landlords, moneylenders and patrons. This book seeks to develop a conceptual framework for understanding different types of welfare regime in a range of countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa and makes an important contribution to the literature by breaking away from the traditional focus on Europe and North America.

Item Type: Book Section
Official URL: http://www.cambridge.org/
Additional Information: © 2004 Cambridge University Press
Divisions: STICERD
Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2012 11:48
Last Modified: 11 Dec 2024 16:57
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/44361

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