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Oxford The Global Rise of Social Cash Transfers How States and International Organizations 2019 Edition by Lutz Leisering
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) proclaimed the equality of all human beings in dignity and rights. The right to social security, however, has been taken more seriously only since the 2000s, through calls for 'Social Security for All' and 'Leaving no-one behind'. The book investigates a major response, social cash transfers to the poor. The idea of simply giving money to the poor had been rejected by all major development organizations, but since the_x000D_early 2000s, social cash transfers have mushroomed in the global South and on agendas of international organizations. How come? What programmes have emerged in which countries? How inclusive are the programmes? What models have international organizations devised? Based on unique quantitative and_x000D_qualitative data and on newly created concepts and indicators, the book takes stock of all identifiable cash transfers in all Southern countries and of the views of all major international organizations. _x000D__x000D_The volume argues that cash transfers reflect broader changes: new understandings of development, of human rights, of global risks, of the social responsibility of governments, and of universalism. Social cash transfers have turned the poor from objects of charity into rights-holders and agents of their own lives and of development. A repertoire of cash transfers has evolved that has enhanced social citizenship, but is limited by weak political commitments._x000D__x000D_The book also contributes to a general theory of social policy in development contexts, through a constructivist sociological approach that complements the dominant approaches from welfare economics and political economy and includes a theory of social assistance._x000D_ Table of Contents :- _x000D_
Introduction_x000D_
1: Making Sense of a Quiet Revolution-the Global Rise of Social Assistance_x000D_
Part I: Theories and Concepts_x000D_
2: Theorizing Social Policy in Development Contexts: A Constructivist Approach_x000D_
3: Basic Social Security: From Poor Relief to Social Assistance to Social Cash Transfers_x000D_
Part II: Mapping the Global Rise of Social Cash Transfers_x000D_
4: Lutz Leisering with Moritz von Gliszczynski: Models of Social Cash Transfers: Policy Proposals by International Organizations_x000D_
5: Lutz Leisering with Katrin Weible: Social Cash Transfers in the Global South: An Entitlement Revolution_x000D_
6: Lutz Leisering with Tobias Boeger: Case Study: Social Pensions in the Global South_x000D_
Part III: Explaining the Global Rise of Social Cash Transfers_x000D_
7: Lutz Leisering with Moritz von Gliszczynski: Changing Global Discourses: New Reasons for Social Security_x000D_
8: Lutz Leisering with Tobias Boeger: National and International Drivers of the Spread of Social Cash Transfers_x000D_
Part IV: Social Cash Transfers-Past, Present, and Future_x000D_
9: Social Cash Transfers for the Poor-Achievements, Limitations, Backgrounds_x000D_
10: Towards a Theory of Social Assistance_x000D_
11: The Quest for Universalism_x000D_
Appendix 1_x000D_
Appendix 2_x000D_