Tillin, L. and Duckett, J. (2017) The politics of social policy: welfare expansion in Brazil, China, India and South Africa in comparative perspective. Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, 55(3), pp. 253-277. (doi: 10.1080/14662043.2017.1327925)
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Abstract
This introductory essay reviews the scholarship on the politics of social policy, and shows the contribution of the special issue to explaining expanded welfare commitments in Brazil, China, India and South Africa in the twenty-first century. Much literature on welfare expansion in lower- and middle-income contexts views it primarily as a policy corrective to the economic dislocations produced by global economic integration. This special issue focuses on the political factors that are critical to understanding the shape social policies have taken and their effectiveness in ameliorating poverty and inequality.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Duckett, Professor Jane |
| Authors: | Tillin, L., and Duckett, J. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics |
| Journal Name: | Commonwealth and Comparative Politics |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1466-2043 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1743-9094 |
| Published Online: | 16 June 2017 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Commonwealth and Comparative Politics 55(3):253-277 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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