Democracy and Social Policy [Hardcover]

Economic development is a necessary but not sufficient condition for welfare development. This book examines complex relations between democracy and social policy and the conditions under which democratic regimes can deliver adequate social protection to citizens as well as how social policy aids democratic consolidation.Democracy and Social Policy Development: Introduction and Overview; Y.Bangura & C.-J.Hedberg Democratization and Social Policy Development in Advanced Capitalist Societies; J.D.Stephens Democratization and Social Policy Development in Japan; T.Shinkawa Democratization and Social Policy in Southern Europe: From Expansion to 'Recalibration'; M.Ferrera Democratization and Social Policy in East Central Europe; T.Cox The Latin American Social States: Critical Junctures and Critical Choices; F.Filgueira Democracy and Well Being in India; N.Chandhoke Democracy and Social Policy in Botswana; N.Keitseope The Ballot Box and Social Policy in Mauritius; S.Bunwaree Democracy and Social Policy in Jamaica; J.JonesNEERA CHANDHOKE Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi, IndiaTERENCE COX Reader in Central and Eastern European Studies, University of Glasgow, UKMAURIZIO FERRERA Professor of Social and Labour Market Policy, State University of Milan, ItalyFERNANDO FILGUEIRA Sociologo, Universidad de la Republica, Motevideo, UruguayCARL-JOHAN HEDBERG Research Assistant, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), SwitzerlandJENNIFER JONES Social Monitoring Specialist, Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV), JamaicaKEITSEOPE NTHOMANG Lecturer in Social Policy and Community Practice, University of Botswana, BotswanaTOSHIMITSU SHINKAWA Professor of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Kyoto Univeristy, JapanJOHN D. STEPHENS Gerhard E. Lenski Jr. Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, University of North Carolina, USA