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Global Social Policy and the International Development Agenda

Thursday, July 17, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:20 AM
Room: F204
RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (host committee)

Language: English

Session Organizers:
Alexandra KAASCH, University of Bremen, Germany and Rianne MAHON, Carleton University, Canada
Chair:
Rianne MAHON, Balsillie School International Affairs, Canada
Co-Chair:
Alexandra KAASCH, University of Bremen, Germany
The Poor As Drivers of Development – How Global Discourses Legitimised Social Cash Transfers (Oral Presentation)
Moritz VON GLISZCZYNSKI, University of Bielefeld, Germany

The World Bank and the Global Governance of Social Policy: A Strategic-Relational Approach to the Education Case (Oral Presentation)
Antoni VERGER, Universitat Auṭnoma de Barcelona, Spain; Karen MUNDY, University of Toronto, Canada

Social Policy in the Context of New Global Actors: How Far Is China's Developmental Model in Africa Impacting Traditional Donors? (Oral Presentation)
Marian URBINA-FERRETJANS, United Nations University, Japan; Rebecca SURENDER, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Social policy by numbers – numerical tools in global social policy making (Oral Presentation)
John BERTEN, University of Bielefeld, Germany