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Book SynopsisThe World Politics of Social Investment: Welfare States in the 21st Century is the first of two volumes of the World Politics of Social Investment (WOPSI) project, which systematically maps and explains different welfare reform strategies in democratic countries around the world.
Table of Contents1. Towards a Worldwide View on the Politics of Social Investment Bruno Palier, Julian L. Garritzmann, Silja Häusermann 2. The Politics of Social Investment: A Global Theoretical Framework Silja Häusermann, Julian L. Garritzmann, Bruno Palier Part I: The Ideational Context of Social Investment Politics 3. Multiple Sources of the Social Investment Perspective: The OECD and the World Bank Jane Jenson, Rianne Mahon 4. The Politics of European Union Social Investment Initiatives Caroline de la Porte, Bruno Palier Part II: The Political and Economic Scope Conditions of Social Investment Reforms 5. Social Investment and Social Assistance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Armando Barrientos 6. Political Linkage Strategies and Social Investment Policies: Clientelism and Educational Policy in the Developing World Haohan Chen, Herbert Kitschelt 7. State Capacity and Social Investment: Explaining Variation in Skills Creation Reforms in Latin America Juan Bogliaccini, Aldo Madariaga 8. The Emergence of Knowledge Economies: Educational Expansion, Labor Market Changes, and the Politics of Social Investment Julian L. Garritzmann, Silja Häusermann, Thomas Kurer, Bruno Palier, Michael Pinggera Part III: Demand for and Supply of Social Investment - Public Opinion and Social Partners' Social Investment Policy Preferences 9. Employers and Social Investment in Three European Countries: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Emmanuele Pavolini, Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 10. Social (Investment) Partners? Trade Unions and the Welfare State for the Knowledge Economy Niccolo Durazzi, Leonard Geyer 11. Trade Unions, Labor Market Dualization, and Investment in Early Childhood Education and Care in Latin America Melina Altamirano, Bárbara Zárate-Tenorio 12. Public Preferences Towards Social Investment: Comparing Patterns of Support Across Three Continents Björn Bremer Part IV: The Comparative Politics of Social Investment Reforms 13. Social Investment and Neoliberal Legacies in Latin America: Breaking the Mold? Evelyne Huber, Claire Dunn, John D. Stephens 14. Different Paths to Social Investment? The Politics of Social Investment in North-East Asia and Southern Europe Margarita Estévez-Abe, Margarita León 15. Social Investment or Childcare on the Cheap? Quality, Workforce, and Access Considerations in the Expansion of Early Childhood Education and Care Kimberly Morgan 16. The Politics of Social Investment in the Knowledge Economy: Analytical Insights from a Global Comparison Julian L. Garritzmann, Silja Häusermann, Bruno Palier
