Cash transfers and basic social protection : towards a development revolution? / Moritz von Gliszczynski.

The author offers a ground-breaking analysis of the political discourses that facilitated the rise of cash transfers as instruments of development policy since the 1990s. Using an innovative theoretical framework, von Gliszczynski gives a broad, yet detailed, overview of the history of basic social...

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Main Author: Gliszczynski, Moritz von, 1983- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:Rethinking international development series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Theory: A Multi-Level Analysis Of Global Policy Ideas
  • 2. Constructing Global Models Of Cash Transfers (2000-2012)
  • 2.1 The Idea Of Social Cash Transfers
  • 2.2 How To Make A Global Model : Four Variants Of Cash Transfers
  • 2.2.1 Family Allowances: The Globalisation Of A Northern Model
  • 2.2.2 Conditional Cash Transfers: Strategic Uptake Of Innovative National Models In The Global South
  • 2.2.3 Social Pensions: Creating A Global Model Through Focused Advocacy
  • 2.2.4 General Household Assistance: From Archetype Of SCT To Weak Policy Model
  • 2.3 Alternative Models Of Basic Social Protection
  • 3. Social Protection As A Paradigm Of Development Policy (1990-2000)
  • 3.1 Conceptual Prelude: Paradigms On The Global Level
  • 3.2 The Web Of Ideas In Its Current State : Problem Definitions, Frames And Policy Community
  • 3.3 The Historical Emergence Of The Web Of Ideas
  • 4. Global Discourses : The Ideas Behind Cash Transfers
  • 4.1 Poverty : The Construction Of Agency
  • 4.2 Development : The Individualisation Of Progress
  • 4.3 Risk : The Discovery Of Uncertainty
  • 4.4 Human Rights : The Rise Of Social Rights
  • 4.5 Discourse Coalitions And Discursive Practices
  • Conclusion.