Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies.

• Superior document: Global Dynamics of Social Policy Series
• Author: Kuhlmann, Johanna.
• TeilnehmendeR: Nullmeier, Frank.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Global Dynamics of Social Policy Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (462 pages)

Table of Contents

Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies -- On this Series -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Part I: Introductory Section -- 1: Introduction: A Mechanism-Based Approach to Social Policy Research -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Causal Mechanisms as a Concept in the Social Sciences -- 2.1 First Strand: A Methodology of Qualitative Research -- 2.2 Second Strand: Generative Mechanisms in Critical Realism -- 2.3 Third Strand: Analytical Sociology -- 2.4 Fourth Strand: Historical Sociology and Historical Institutionalism -- 3 A Modular and Actor-Centred Conception of Causal Mechanisms -- 4 What Can We Expect from a Mechanism-Based Approach to Social Policy Research? -- 5 Overview on the Chapters of This Book -- References -- Part II: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Asian Countries -- 2: The Introduction of Pension, Accident, and Health Insurance in Urban China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Background and Research on China's Social Security System -- 3 Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Urban Basic Pension Insurance -- 3.1 Initial Conditions and Threat Perception -- 3.2 Mechanism 1: Strategic Policy Experimentation -- 3.3 Mechanism 2: Elite Cooperation Through Enforced Compromise -- 4 Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Work Accident Insurance -- 4.1 Initial Conditions and Threat Perception -- 4.2 Mechanism 1: Neutral Policy Experimentation -- 4.3 Mechanism 2: Elite Cooperation Through Consensus -- 4.4 Reform Delay: From the Late 1990s to the 2004 Regulations -- 5 Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Urban Basic Health Insurance -- 5.1 Initial Conditions and Threat Perception -- 5.2 Mechanism 1: Top-Leader Intervention -- 5.3 Mechanism 2: Strategic Experimentation to Delay -- 6 Conclusion -- References.

3: Causal Mechanisms in the Development of Contribution-Based Pension Systems in South Korea, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Development of Pension Systems: Causal Effects and Mechanisms -- 2.1 Outcompeting Mechanism -- 2.2 Gaining Acceptance Spiral Mechanism -- 2.3 Evasion Mechanism -- 2.4 Double Benefit Mechanism -- 2.5 Crisis Management by Going Further Mechanism -- 2.6 Alarmed Middle Classes Mechanism -- 3 Country Studies -- 3.1 South Korea -- Overview of the Pension System -- Mechanisms -- 3.2 Vietnam -- Overview of the Pension System -- Mechanisms -- 3.3 Sri Lanka -- Overview of the Pension System -- Mechanisms -- 3.4 Malaysia -- Overview of the Pension System -- Mechanisms -- 4 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 4: Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction and Development of Unemployment Insurance in Turkey -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Causal Mechanisms in the Development of Unemployment Insurance -- 3 The Creation of Unemployment Insurance -- 3.1 A Failed Attempt to Introduce Unemployment Insurance in 1992 -- 3.2 The 1999 Unemployment Insurance Legislation -- 4 The Transformation of Unemployment Insurance (2000-2019) -- 4.1 Surplus Accumulation (2000-2007) -- 4.2 Economic Crisis Triggers Policy Change (2008) -- 4.3 Frequent Policy Change (2009-2019) -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 5: Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Mandatory Health Insurance in the Post-Soviet Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Initial State and Reform Decisions: The Collapse of the Soviet Healthcare System -- 3 Introducing Mandatory Health Insurance: The Resistance Avoidance Mechanism -- 4 (Not) Running Mandatory Health Insurance: The Fight for State Funding Mechanism and the Informalisation Mechanism -- 4.1 Fight for State Funding Mechanism -- 4.2 Informalisation Mechanism.

5 Making Mandatory Health Insurance Work: The Reform Supporter Mechanism -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in African Countries -- 6: Appropriating the Colonial State: The Emergence of Social Insurance in Tunisia and Uganda -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Emergence of Social Insurance in African Countries -- 3 Mechanisms Behind Social Insurance in African Countries: Imperial Staffing, Appropriation, Labour Incorporation, Public Resource Accumulation -- 3.1 Imperial Staffing Mechanism -- 3.2 Appropriation Mechanism -- 3.3 Labour Incorporation Mechanism -- 3.4 Public Resource Accumulation Mechanism -- 4 The Expansion of Social Insurance in Decolonising Tunisia and Uganda -- 4.1 The Step-by-Step Development of Social Insurance in Tunisia: From National Liberation to Labour Incorporation -- 4.2 How Ugandan Elites Appropriated the Colonial State and Its Old-Age Protection Institutions -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 7: Policy Pollination as a Causal Mechanism Explaining Social Protection Adoption in Africa -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Policy Pollination as a Causal Mechanism -- 3 International Development Agencies as Policy Pollinators -- 4 Policy Pollination Strategies -- 4.1 Building the Evidence Base -- 4.2 Financing Social Protection Programmes -- 4.3 Strengthening Capacities to Deliver Social Protection -- 4.4 Instigating National Social Protection Policies or Strategies -- 4.5 Domestication of International Law -- 5 Understanding Resistance: Why Some Governments Say "No" -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in European Countries -- 8: Anti-communist Backlash in the Croatian Healthcare System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Healthcare Reforms in CEE and the Role of Policy Transfer -- 3 The Political and Economic Context of Croatia.

4 Financing of Healthcare in Croatia: Historical Background -- 5 The Croatian Healthcare Reform Process 1990-1993 -- 5.1 The Doctors Enter Politics Mechanism -- 5.2 The Old System Departure Mechanism -- 5.3 The Seeking Solutions Abroad Mechanism -- 5.4 The Anti-communist Backlash Mechanism -- 5.5 Hybridisation of Healthcare Financing as the Output of the Reform Process -- 6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- 9: Against All Odds: Introducing Social Health Insurance in Albania. An Actor-Centred Approach to Causal Mechanisms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Role of Actors in Welfare State Reforms in Post-Communist CEE: Domestic Actors Versus the World Bank -- 2.1 The Role of the World Bank in Social Health Insurance Reform -- 2.2 The Domestic Rationale for the Social Health Insurance Reform -- 3 Methods and Data -- 4 The Political Context of Social Health Insurance Reform -- 5 Introducing Social Health Insurance in Albania -- 5.1 The Early Albanian Government Efforts for Reform -- 5.2 The World Bank's 1992 Strategy for the Albanian Healthcare Sector -- 5.3 The Road to Comprehensive Healthcare Reforms -- 5.4 The Reform Game: "Keep Trying" (Until You Succeed) -- 6 Opening the Black Box: Transnational Cooperation -- 7 Discussions and Conclusions -- References -- 10: Migrants to the Rescue? Care Workforce Migrantisation on the Example of Elder Care in Germany -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Migrantisation in the Literature -- 3 Migrantisation of Elder Care Work in Germany -- 3.1 Elder Care Shortages in Light of the LTCI -- 3.2 The Migrantisation of Family Care -- 3.3 The Migrantisation of Formal Care -- 4 Actor-Centred Approach to Migrantisation Processes -- 4.1 The "Migrant in the Family" Causal Chain with Its Mechanisms -- 4.2 The "Migrant in Formal Care" Causal Chain with Its Mechanisms -- 5 Conclusions -- References.

Part V: Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Latin American Countries -- 11: Transnational Events and National Health Reform: The Latin American Medical Congresses and the Legitimisation of Public Health Reforms in Chile and Uruguay in the Early Twentieth Century -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Epistemic Community of Medical Doctors and the Mechanisms of Competitive Cooperation and Legitimisation at the Latin American Medical Congresses, 1901-1909 -- 3 Calling for Cooperation While Excelling in Competition: The Chilean Epistemic Community at the Medical Congress of 1901 -- 3.1 The Historical National Background -- 3.2 Chile at the First Medical Congress in 1901 -- 4 Envisioning Cooperation While Winning the Competition: Uruguayan Policy Entrepreneurs at the Latin American Medical Congresses -- 4.1 The Historical Background in Uruguay -- 4.2 Uruguay at the Latin American Medical Congresses, 1901-1909 -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 12: The Politics of Universal Health Coverage: Mechanisms in the Process of Healthcare Reform in Bolivia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Explaining Healthcare Reform: Causes and Mechanisms -- 3 The Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage in Bolivia -- 3.1 The Emergence of Social Health Insurance -- 3.2 Democratisation, Decentralisation and Neoliberalism -- 3.3 Transnational Influences and New Repertoires of the Social Movements -- 3.4 Mobilising for the Right to Health -- 3.5 Reactions from Labour and the Medical Profession -- 3.6 Reassembling a Reform Coalition -- 3.7 Mechanisms in Bolivian Healthcare Reform -- 4 Final Remarks -- References -- 13: Political Responses of Conditional Income Transfer Recipients: A Mechanism Approach -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why a Causal Mechanism Approach? -- 3 Findings from the Latin American Literature -- 4 Causal Mechanisms Structuring Political Responses to Transfer Receipt.

4.1 Reciprocal Support for Incumbents Is not a Causal Mechanism.