Alexandra Kaasch
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 324762 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Alexandra Kaasch |
| NOMBRES | Alexandra |
| APELLIDO | Kaasch |
| FIRMA | KAASCH A |
| AFILIACIONES | Bielefeld University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9671-3766 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 36 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 82 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 33 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Toward a global eco-social policy? The OECD and Green Keynesianism
While environmental and social problems transcend national borders, eco-social policy research has predominantly focused on European nation-states and the European Union at the transnational level. Acknowledging the influence of international organizations (IOs) in global policy debates, this article expands empirical eco-social policy research to include the level of IOs, with a particular focus on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and …
From social investment to sustainable welfare
Social investment is one of the dominant approaches to welfare reform worldwide. Highlighting the positive contribution of social policy to the economy, social investment constitutes a valuable alternative to austerity. In this research note, we argue that—despite its merits—social investment is problematic from an ecological and global justice perspective, as it remains tied to the capitalist regime of overproduction and overconsumption that cau…
Limits to welfare? The translation of boundary concepts in global eco-social policy
Due to their growth dependency, developed welfare states frequently exceed planetary boundaries and transgress sustainable consumption and production corridors that scholars deem crucial for mitigating climate change. Recognizing that international organizations (IOs) often act as policy entrepreneurs and innovators of new ideas, the article asks whether and how concepts of limits to welfare, which are crucial in recent academic debates on social…
Global social policy ideas in the Covid-19 crisis
Global crises constitute challenges for social policy. While social policy is predominantly a national concern, international organisations (IOs) contribute frames of reference for state decisions. In this article, we explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in IOs’ social policy ideas and recommendations in health care, labour market, and social protection policies due to how IOs perceived the crisis’ specific nature, severity, and g…
Setting the scene in Europe
This editorial argues for the importance of examining European social policy-making in relation to climate change from a global social policy perspective. It highlights that climate change significantly impacts social policy, both in cushioning its negative effects and in recognising how traditional welfare state models have contributed to ecological crises with severe inequalities between countries. The European Union, with its relatively advanc…
Researching Global Education Policy
Towards a Feminist Global Health Policy
In the realm of global health policy, the intricacies of power dynamics and intersectionality have become increasingly evident. Structurally embedded power hierarchies constitute a significant concern in achieving health for all and demand transformational change. Adopting intersectional feminist approaches potentially mitigates health inequities through more inclusive and responsive health policies. While feminist approaches to foreign and devel…
Management of crisis or crisis of management? The Thai government's “policy as discourse” handling of the Covid-19 pandemic
The complexity of crisis management in the context of COVID-19, which ranges from the global to the national, reveals a wide variety of means and ends, particularly at the national level. This triggered scholarly interest and raised questions regarding how central (authoritarian) governments handle the COVID-19 pandemic within state borders. The paper evaluates the Thai government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic from the beginning of 2020 to …
Relational aspects and institutional characteristics in global social policy research
Re-discussing targeting in times of Covid-19
What is (successfully) “social” in global social policy and how does it diffuse
Forum introduction
Cook S, Agartan T, Kaasch A. Forum introduction: Revisiting targeting and universalism. Global Social Policy . 2022
International Organizations in Global Social Governance
This volume enhances our understanding of IOs in global social governance by providing studies of the social policy fields in which they operate
Introduction
Advances in regional and Southern social policies
Revisiting ‘global impact’ and global social governance while worrying about WHO and other global actors struggling with Covid-19
Forum introduction
Cook S, Kaasch A, Zwi A. Forum Introduction: 'Moving the UHC agenda forward without waiting for the next health crisis' . Global Social Policy . 2020;20(2):215-219
Pushing the boundaries of regional social policies, or towards a world of universalism in social protection
Global Social Policy Digest 19.3
Kaasch A, Shriwise A, Berten J, et al. Global Social Policy Digest 20.1 . Global Social Policy . Vol 20.1. London: Sage; 2020
Introduction to a special issue in memory of Bob Deacon
Exploring theoretical approaches to global social policy research
Global Social Policy (GSP) has established itself as a distinct field of research over the past 25 years. Without doubt one of the leading figure to this advancement was Bob Deacon. He integrated several explanations and approaches into social policy research that had so far been distinct in other disciplinary fields, including concepts of International Relations (IR). That allowed to explain more about policy autonomy, inter-action between actor…
Resolving the tensions between the principles of aid effectiveness
It has been more than 10 years since the Paris Declaration was signed, yet critical questions remain about whether – and how – increased compliance at the national level has improved the overall effectiveness of Official Development Assistance. Previous studies have argued fundamental tensions arise between the principles of aid effectiveness as they are translated into practice. This article explores this argument using a case study of an Austra…
Combining Social Policy and Development Studies
In memoriam
Forum Introduction
The shock routine
The idea that moments of crisis form opportunities for fundamental policy change is widespread in political science and public policy. It is usually associated with historical institutionalism and the notion of 'critical junctures'. On the basis of an in-depth analysis of social policy responses in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden over the course of four global economic shocks, we ask whether the notion of critical junctures is usef…
Political Parties and Social Policy Responses to Global Economic Crises
Based on empirical findings from a comparative study on welfare state responses to the four major economic shocks (the 1970s oil shocks, the early 1990s recession, the 2008 financial crisis) in four OECD countries, this article demonstrates that, in contrast to conventional wisdom, policy responses to global economic crises vary significantly across countries. What explains the cross-national and within-case variation in responses to crises? We d…
Contesting contestation
This article discusses the conceptualization of global social policy in its dimension of prescriptions on national social policy. By studying the global health systems discourse and comparing it to the discourse on pensions, the applicability and validity of common notions of contestation and struggle between global social policy actors and their ideas are discussed. On the basis of conceptual considerations on global social policy ideas and disc…
Exploring theoretical approaches to global social policy research
Global Social Policy (GSP) has established itself as a distinct field of research over the past 25 years. Without doubt one of the leading figure to this advancement was Bob Deacon. He integrated several explanations and approaches into social policy research that had so far been distinct in other disciplinary fields, including concepts of International Relations (IR). That allowed to explain more about policy autonomy, inter-action between actor…
Introduction
Setting the scene in Europe
This editorial argues for the importance of examining European social policy-making in relation to climate change from a global social policy perspective. It highlights that climate change significantly impacts social policy, both in cushioning its negative effects and in recognising how traditional welfare state models have contributed to ecological crises with severe inequalities between countries. The European Union, with its relatively advanc…
Forum introduction
Cook S, Kaasch A, Zwi A. Forum Introduction: 'Moving the UHC agenda forward without waiting for the next health crisis' . Global Social Policy . 2020;20(2):215-219
Global social policy ideas in the Covid-19 crisis
Global crises constitute challenges for social policy. While social policy is predominantly a national concern, international organisations (IOs) contribute frames of reference for state decisions. In this article, we explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in IOs’ social policy ideas and recommendations in health care, labour market, and social protection policies due to how IOs perceived the crisis’ specific nature, severity, and g…
Introduction to a special issue in memory of Bob Deacon
In memoriam
Forum Introduction
Conceptualizing global social policy
Responses to Labor Market Divides in Small States Since The 1990s
In this chapter, Herbert Obinger, Peter Starke, and Alexandra Kaasch analyze various policy responses to labor market divides in three small open economies (Austria, New Zealand, and Sweden). They argue that different welfare state regimes generate distinctive patterns of insider-outsider divides and that the three countries developed quite different, albeit mainly path-dependent coping strategies. In other words, none of the three countries sign…
The Welfare State as Crisis Manager
This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment a
Conceptualizing global social policy
Contesting contestation
This article discusses the conceptualization of global social policy in its dimension of prescriptions on national social policy. By studying the global health systems discourse and comparing it to the discourse on pensions, the applicability and validity of common notions of contestation and struggle between global social policy actors and their ideas are discussed. On the basis of conceptual considerations on global social policy ideas and disc…
Global and Regional Social Policy Transformations
A literature on global and regional social policy has expanded exponentially in the last decade and a half, enriching the discipline of social policy and facilitating new and fruitful collaborations across disciplines. This book explores some of the key concepts and approaches at the forefront of global and regional social policy scholarship. The book engages, in particular, with the work of Bob Deacon, responsible for introducing the term ‘globa…
Transformations in Global and Regional Social Policies
1. Global and Regional Social Policy Transformations Paul Stubbs and Alexandra Kaasch 2. The Socialization of Regionalism and the Regionalization of Social Policy Nicola Yeates 3. Global Economic Downturn and Social Protection in East Asia Huck-ju Kwon 4. Common Health Policy Interests and the Politics of Rights, Regulation and Redistribution Meri Koivusalo 5. Global Social Justice, Ethics and the Crisis of Care Fiona Williams 6. Climate Change, …
Political Parties and Social Policy Responses to Global Economic Crises
Based on empirical findings from a comparative study on welfare state responses to the four major economic shocks (the 1970s oil shocks, the early 1990s recession, the 2008 financial crisis) in four OECD countries, this article demonstrates that, in contrast to conventional wisdom, policy responses to global economic crises vary significantly across countries. What explains the cross-national and within-case variation in responses to crises? We d…
The shock routine
The idea that moments of crisis form opportunities for fundamental policy change is widespread in political science and public policy. It is usually associated with historical institutionalism and the notion of 'critical junctures'. On the basis of an in-depth analysis of social policy responses in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden over the course of four global economic shocks, we ask whether the notion of critical junctures is usef…
Actors and Agency in Global Social Governance
This volume provides a coherent and comprehensive account of the diverse actors and agencies involved in global social governance and seeks to advance our understanding of the global dimension of social policy.
Actors and Agency in Global Social Governance
The introduction paves the way for an actor-centred approach to global social governance. The chapter highlights the necessity to think beyond existing conceptualizations and approaches, by combining different analytical tools from social policy, international relations, global governance research and comparative politics research. Different notions of agency and governance mechanisms at the disposal of different groups of actors are introduced, …
Forum Introduction
Global social redistribution in the context of the refugee crisis
In memoriam
Global Social Policy Digest 19.3
Kaasch A, Shriwise A, Berten J, et al. Global Social Policy Digest 20.1 . Global Social Policy . Vol 20.1. London: Sage; 2020
Introduction to a special issue in memory of Bob Deacon
Exploring theoretical approaches to global social policy research
Global Social Policy (GSP) has established itself as a distinct field of research over the past 25 years. Without doubt one of the leading figure to this advancement was Bob Deacon. He integrated several explanations and approaches into social policy research that had so far been distinct in other disciplinary fields, including concepts of International Relations (IR). That allowed to explain more about policy autonomy, inter-action between actor…
Resolving the tensions between the principles of aid effectiveness
It has been more than 10 years since the Paris Declaration was signed, yet critical questions remain about whether – and how – increased compliance at the national level has improved the overall effectiveness of Official Development Assistance. Previous studies have argued fundamental tensions arise between the principles of aid effectiveness as they are translated into practice. This article explores this argument using a case study of an Austra…
Combining Social Policy and Development Studies
Revisiting ‘global impact’ and global social governance while worrying about WHO and other global actors struggling with Covid-19
Forum introduction
Cook S, Kaasch A, Zwi A. Forum Introduction: 'Moving the UHC agenda forward without waiting for the next health crisis' . Global Social Policy . 2020;20(2):215-219
Pushing the boundaries of regional social policies, or towards a world of universalism in social protection
International Organizations in Global Social Governance
This volume enhances our understanding of IOs in global social governance by providing studies of the social policy fields in which they operate
Introduction
Advances in regional and Southern social policies
Re-discussing targeting in times of Covid-19
Political science (30 obras) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (24 obras) · Economics (23 obras) · Social policy (17 obras) · Development economics (14 obras) · Sociology (14 obras) · Law (13 obras) · Politics (13 obras) · Employment and Welfare Studies (11 obras) · Economic system (8 obras)