The Politics of Welfare in the Global South

Sattwick Dey Biswas is an Independent Researcher. In 2019, he earned his doctorate at the School of Spatial Planning, TU Dortmund University, Germany. He published his doctoral thesis as a book titled Land Acquisition and Compensation in India: Mysteries of Valuation (2020). Dey Biswas is the coordinator of the History of Economic Thought Working Group at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's Young Scholars Initiative. Currently, he is working in Land Policy, Social Policy, and Political Economy.Cleopas Gabriel Sambois a postdoctoral research fellow in social policy at Oslo Metropolitan University in Norway and a lecturer in social work and sociology at the University of Zambia. He is a prominent researcher in the field of social policy; his areas of interest include poverty, politics, transformative social protection, wellbeing, and the ethics of everyday life. Through his extensive research,Cleopasaims to uncover the intricate political and ethical aspects that influence daily life while also providing valuable insights for evidence-based policy development to address critical societal challenges. He obtained his doctoral degree from Oxford University in 2018 as a recipient of the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship.Sony Pellissery is Professor and Director of the Institute of Public Policy, National Law School of India University, Bangalore. His special interests are in the areas of distributive justice and social rights. After earning his doctoral degree from Oxford University, he served as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (2007-2013). Pellissery has won the India Social Science Research Award (2009) and Ram Reddy Memorial Social Science Award (2015) for his academic contributions.

• DedicationPrefaceSattwick Dey Biswas and Cleopas Gabriel Sambo: Chapter 1: The Politics of Welfare in the Global South: An IntroductionIvan Harsløf: Chapter 2: Exchanging Theories and Concepts on Welfare Policies between North and SouthEinar Øverbye: Chapter 3: What Kind of Welfare States Are on the Rise in the Global South?Lutz Leisering and Katrin Weible: Chapter 4: Constructing Social Rights for the Poor: Entitlements to Social Cash Transfers across the Global SouthErika Gubrium: Chapter 5: Anti-Poverty Interventions across "Most Different" Settings: Considering Change over Time in Comparisons of Emotional ImpactJeremy Seekings: Chapter 6: Conditional and Unconditional Universalism: Normative Difference and the Slow Expansion of Social Protection in AfricaBiao He, Rune Halvorsen, Peng Ding, and Wanhong Zhang: Chapter 7: Decentralization and Its Impacts on Disability Service Delivery in China: An Example of Providing Accessible Government WebsitesCleopas Gabriel Sambo: Chapter 8: Gender in Welfare in the South: An Unruly Category?Heidi Bergsli: Chapter 9: Comparative Urbanism and Travelling Theory: Gentrification as a Global Urban Concept for Discussing Social Displacement and the Right to Wellbeing in the CityArmando Barrientos: Chapter 10: The Politics of Social Protection in Latin AmericaSony Pellissery: Chapter 12: Conclusion: Subversion of the Anti-Politics Machine of Development: Emerging and Alternative Concepts of Citizenship in the South

In bringing together social policy experts from different backgrounds to confront welfare regime paradigms in the Global South, this book offers a critical and full encompassing account of how 'ideas about welfare travelled from the North' and how new epistemologies crafted in the South shed light on the understanding of contemporary social protection systems permanently under scrutiny. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in social policy analysis and its ties to development theories."