A comparative welfare regime approach to global social policy

Wood, Geof and Gough, Ian ORCID: 0000-0002-0597-3106 (2006) A comparative welfare regime approach to global social policy. World Development, 34 (10). pp. 1696-1712. ISSN 0305-750X

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Abstract

Beginning from the framework of welfare state regimes in rich capitalist countries, this article radically redefines it and applies the new model to regions and countries which experience problematic states as well as imperfect markets. A broader, comparative typology of regimes(welfare state, informal security, insecurity) is proposed, which captures the essential relationships between social and cultural conditions, institutional performance, welfare outcomes, and path dependence. Using this model, different regions of the world (East Asia, South Asia, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa) are compared. For many poorer, partially capitalized societies, people’s security relies informally upon various clientelist relationships. Formalizing rights to security via strategies for de-clientelization becomes a stepping stone to protecting people against the insecurity of markets.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03057...
Additional Information:	© 2006 Elsevier
Divisions:	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:	10 Jun 2011 10:08
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2024 06:48
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/36646

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