Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts

By Graham Room, Geof Wood, Ian Gough, et al.

Book Overview

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. Making an important contribution by breaking away from the traditional focus on Europe and North America, it develops a new conceptual framework for understanding different types of welfare regimes in a range of countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521087996
• ISBN13: 9780521087995
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"