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.