International Organizations in Global Social Governance.

• Superior document: Global Dynamics of Social Policy Series
• Author: Martens, Kerstin.
• TeilnehmendeR: Niemann, Dennis.; Kaasch, Alexandra.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Global Dynamics of Social Policy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 pages)

Table of Contents

International Organizations in Global Social Governance -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for International Organizations in Global Social Governance -- Abbreviations -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance: Examining Populations and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies -- Introduction -- Studying IOs and Social Policy -- Global Governance of Social Policy Fields -- Global Governance as IO Involvement in Social Policy Fields -- Populations of IOs: Organizational Field and Institutional Design -- Organizational Field: Topography of IOs -- Institutional Design: Intrinsic Features of IOs -- Discourses of IOs: Cognitive Authority and Soft Governance -- Cognitive Authority: Legitimacy and Reputation of IOs -- Soft Governance: IOs as Broadcasters of Ideas and Policies -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Part II: Labor and Migration -- Chapter 2: International Organizations' Involvement in Youth Unemployment as a Global Policy Field, and the Global Financial Crisis -- Introduction -- Mapping the IO 'Population' and Discourses -- Dominant Actors: The Policy Discourses of the ILO and World Bank -- Other Significant Actors: UNESCO's and OECD's Policy Discourses -- Recent Entrants: UNICEF's and IMF's Policy Discourses -- Partnerships and IOs: Disseminating Knowledge, Ideas and Discourses -- Collaboration, Cooperation, Separation: Endogenous Partnership -- Coexistence, Contestation, Division: Exogenous Partnership -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Chapter 3: International Organizations and Global Labor Standards -- Introduction -- Mapping the Population and Discourses of IOs Active in the Field of Global Labor Standards.

The International Labour Organization: The Promoter of Labor Standards as a Social Project -- The World Trade Organization: The Persistent Trade Promoter -- The World Bank: The Advocate for Neoliberalism in Labor Standards as a Development Project -- Regional Organizations in the Regime of Global Labor Governance -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- Southern Common Market (Mercosur) -- Labor Standards for Everyone? An Outlook -- References -- Chapter 4: International Organizations, Care and Migration: The Case of Migrant Health Care Workers -- Introduction -- Mapping the Population of International Organizations -- Historical Constellations of International Organizations -- Key Discourses Promulgated by IOs -- Inter-actor Relationships of Cooperation, Coordination and Contestation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: International Organizations and the Global Social Governance of Pensions -- Introduction -- The Organizational Environment and the Intrinsic Features of IOs Involved in the Social Governance of Pensions -- The ILO and the Global Social Governance of Pensions During the Golden Era -- The Neoliberal Economic Order -- The OECD and Pensions -- The World Bank Enters the Field -- The Response of the ILO -- The ILO Changes Direction -- Internal Disputes at the Bank -- The Global Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the Global Pension Environment -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Family and Education -- Chapter 6: Governing Children's Rights in Global Social Policy-International Organizations and the Thin Line Between Child Protection and Empowerment -- Introduction-Locating Children's Rights in Global Social Governance -- The History of Children's Rights in International Organization and Law -- Children's Rights and the Recognition of Children's Vulnerability and Special Status.

Early Global Social Policy for Children: International Cooperation on Economic and Sexual Exploitation -- Gender, Girls and Global Social Policy -- The Evolution of Children's Rights in International Law -- The Contemporary IO Landscape and 'Organizational Ecology' of Children's Rights -- Types, Roles and Constellations of IOs in Global Social Governance -- Global Social Policy on Children's Rights Between Implementation and Contestation -- Taming the Beast of Children's Rights-The Separation of Children and Youth Advocacy in Global Social Policy -- IOs and Discourses on Childhood in Global Social Governance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Global Discourses, Regional Framings and Individual Showcasing: Analyzing the World of Education IOs -- Introduction -- What We Know About Education IOs -- Population of IOs in Education -- Defining 'Education' IOs -- The Population of Education IOs -- Education Leitmotifs and Discourses -- What Are Education Ideas? -- What Ideas Are IOs Promoting? -- Competing or Complementing Paradigms on the Global Level? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8: IOs' Role in Global Social Governance: Family Policy -- Introduction -- Analytical Framework -- Family Policy: From Social Consumption to Social Investment -- Inclusive Growth and the Care Economy: Implications for Family Policy Discourses -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9: Disability as a 'New' Global Social Theme: The Role of International Organizations in an Expanding Global Policy Field -- Introduction -- Background of (Global) Disability Policy Discourse and Involvement of IOs -- The Medical Model and WHO -- The Social Model and the UN -- The Economic Model -- Regional Organizations -- Mapping the Global Disability Policy Field Based on Twitter Data -- Main Topics in Global Disability Policy -- Conclusion -- References.

Part IV: Health and Environment -- Chapter 10: Characterizing Global Health Governance by International Organizations: Is There an Ante- and Post-COVID-19 Architecture? -- Introduction -- Global Health Governance -- Mapping IOs in Global Health Governance -- World Health Organization: Key Mandate, Encompassing Ideas but Multiply Contested Position -- World Bank: Derived Mandate, Changing Ideas and Multiple Powerful Positions -- International Labor Organization: Questioned Mandate, Coherent Ideas and Limited Position -- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Derived Mandate, Expanding Idea and Growing Position -- Characterizing Global Health Governance by Its Architecture or Arguments -- Global Health Governance in the COVID-19 Context -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: IOs and Climate Change: Toward Global Eco-Social Policy -- Introduction -- Shifting Discourse and Expanding IO Engagement -- Interconnected Policy and Action at the IO Level -- 'Climate Risk Insurance' for Global Eco-Social Policy? A Case Study -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Water as Global Social Policy-International Organizations, Resource Scarcity, and Environmental Security -- Introduction -- Social Water -- From River Basin Organizations to Global IOs: Historical Context -- IOs and Global Water Policy -- Water IOs: From IWRM to Global Social Risks -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: International Organizations and Food: Nearing the End of the Lean Season? -- Introduction -- History: IOs and Food Policy in the Twentieth Century -- Constituting the Post-Colonial Order -- The 1970s: High Time for Food Security -- Neoliberal Shifts -- IOs and Food Policy Since the Turn of the New Millennium -- Consensus and Critique -- Production -- Protection -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Conclusion.

Chapter 14: International Organizations and the Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance -- IO Populations in Global Social Policies -- Discourses IOs Spread about Social Policy Issues -- Linking the Constellation of IOs to the Discourses they Promote -- References -- Correction to: International Organizations and Global Labor Standards -- Index.