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Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts
Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia Africa and Latin America Social Policy in Development Contexts Author:Ian Gough, Geof Wood, Armando Barrientos, Philippa Bevan, Peter Davis, Graham Room 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 f... more »ramework for understanding different types of welfare regimes in a range of countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa.« less