{"product_id":"the-world-politics-of-social-investment-volume-i-welfare-states-in-the-knowledge-economy-international-policy-exchange-9780197585245","title":"The World Politics of Social Investment Volume I","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 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","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138102591831,"sku":"9780197585245","price":77.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197585245.jpg?v=1751917992","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-politics-of-social-investment-volume-i-welfare-states-in-the-knowledge-economy-international-policy-exchange-9780197585245","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}