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Summary:

"Social policy in the Middle East and North African (MENA) has evolved significantly over the last decade. Focusing on three key dimensions - allocation, membership, and entitlement - and the way these play out in social programmes led by governments, UN agencies and NGOs, this book presents a wide breadth of case studies across this complex and diverse region. It questions whether recent social policy initiatives signal a move towards universal social policy convergence or, instead, represent a continuation of previous policy trends, perpetuating poverty and inequality. Leading scholars with extensive first-hand experience of the region offer major conceptual contributions to the comparative social policy literature. They explore recent changes in the wake of the Arab Spring and Syrian and Palestinian refugee crises, and the expansion of social protection, and question the extent to which these developments signal significant and lasting change. The book concludes by providing policy recommendations informed by a broader evaluation of major trends in social policy in the MENA region. This is a valuable resource for students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels studying international social policy, international development, humanitarian and conflict studies, and international politics. It will also be useful to policy makers in government, donor agencies and NGOs working on social protection in the MENA region"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Contents: 1.
• Introduction / Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub
• 2. Theoretical and policy contexts of social policy in MENA / Rana Jawad and Mahmood Messkoub
• 3. Social protection schemes in the Middle East and North Africa: Not fair, not efficient, not effective? / Markus Loewe
• 4. Social policy and social change in MENA: A north African perspective / Hicham Ait Mansour and Rana Jawad
• 5. The coverage gap in the Egyptian social protection system: Challenges and opportunities / Irene Selwaness and Mahmood Messkoub
• 6. Cash transfers in Iran / Mahmood Messbouk
• 7. A pathway to social justice? Social protection and disability in the state of Palestine / Bassam Abu-Hamad, Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Paola Pereznieto and Mohammed Shaheen
• 8. Child refugees from Syria: Challenges for social protection / Jose Azoh Barry and Rana Jawad
• 9. Interrogating the potential of a cash plus approach to tackle multi-dimensional vulnerability in humanitarian contexts: The case of Syrian refugees in Jordan / Bassam Abu Hamad, Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Fiona Samuels and Ingrid Gercama
• 10. Social protection, political mobilisation and Islamic NGOs in Iraq post-2003 / Janan Aljabiri and Rana Jawad
• 11. Social accountability, citizenship, and social protection in the MENA region: Exploring the linkages / Sylvia I. Bergh
• 12. Conclusion: Synthesis and policy recommendations / Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub
• Index.

Contributors:

Jawad, Rana , editor

Jones, Nicola Anne , editor

Messkoub, Mahmood , editor

Edward Elgar Publishing , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

New horizons in social policy series

Subjects:

Middle East — Social policy

Africa, North — Social policy

Social policy

Middle East

North Africa

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HN656.A8 S63 2019eb

ISBNs:

9781786431998 (e-book)

OCLC Numbers:

1167959310

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: eep9781786431998