Insecurity and Welfare Regimes in Asia, Africa and Latin America: Social Policy in Development Contexts

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 framework for understanding different types of welfare regimes in a range of countries of Asia, Latin America and Africa.