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Building equality and opportunity through social guarantees : new approaches to public policy and the realization of rights /

This book examines the validity of a social guarantees approach as a framework for evaluating, monitoring, and improving the design of social policy. Social guarantees are defined as sets of policy mechanisms that determine citizens' entitlements related to basic services and ensure their fulfi...

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Other Authors: Gacitúa-Marió, Estanislao, Norton, Andrew, 1965-, Georgieva, Sophia V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2009.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Globalization > Social aspects.
Public Policy
public policy.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780821379639
0821379631
9780821378830
082137883X
1282154257
9781282154254
9786612154256
661215425X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Social policy, citizenship, and the realization of rights / Andrew Norton, Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió, and Sophia V. Georgieva
  • Increasing social inclusion through social guarantees / Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió and Andrew Norton
  • Democratic governance and institution building for inclusive social policy : the Latin American experience / Estanislao Gacitúa-Marió, Sophia V. Georgieva, and Leonardo Moreno
  • Comprehensive social policy for inclusive and sustainable globalization / Steen Lau Jorgensen and Rodrigo Serrano-Berthet
  • Implementing social guarantees : the regime of explicit guarantees in health in Chile / Leonardo Moreno and Mauricio Rosenblüth
  • The role of the courts in realizing rights to housing and health : the case of South Africa / Sibonile Khoza
  • Establishing social equity : Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru / Sophia V. Georgieva [and others]
  • Achieving equitable and inclusive citizenship through social policy : the case of Jamaica and St. Kitts and Nevis / Rachel Hannah Nadelman, Lavern Louard-Greaves, and Carol Watson Williams
  • Moving toward comprehensive social policy : the case of Uruguay / Fernando Filgueira, Sophia V. Georgieva, and Sergio Lijtenstein
  • A bridge to peace through citizenship building : guaranteeing health and education rights in Colombia / Flávia Carbonari and Jorge E. Vargas.

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