Marianne S Ulriksen
Biographic Data
| ID | 207080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marianne S Ulriksen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marianne S |
| FAMILY NAME | Ulriksen |
| SIGNATURE | ULRIKSEN M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2567-1615 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Negotiating social security for workers on the margin
Global South economies are predominantly characterised by informality. Unregulated, non-standardised, and increasingly digitalised labour place the majority in precarious work situations of high risks and uncertainties. Yet these workers are on the margins of state-led social security regimes. Based on a systematic literature review and contributions to this GSP special issue, we discuss the many causes to social security scarcity among “workers …
Social protection and state‐citizen relations
It is frequently assumed that social protection can play a key role in positively transforming state‐citizen relations in the global South. We examine the evidence with a focus on recipients and non‐recipients, both citizens and non‐citizens. Based on a systematic literature review, we identify three levels of analysis: activity, perceptions and expectations. A common thread through these levels is the bifurcated and hierarchical nature of relati…
Introduction to special issue
While social protection provision in Africa has primarily focused on the reduction of food insecurity and income poverty, it has the potential to transform the relationship between citizens and states. The articles in this special issue provide insights into the theoretical, normative, and empirical assessment of the transformative consequences of social protection programmes across parts of East, West and Southern Africa. The articles reveal tha…
Social policy responses to Covid-19
In this article we discuss the findings of contributions to the special issue titled Social policy responses to COVID-19. The articles add to the body of emerging evidence on how the pandemic has exacerbated the situation for some already vulnerable population groups, while also creating new sources of vulnerability affecting different groups. Despite both aggravated and new vulnerabilities, the articles demonstrate how governments have largely r…
The Limits of the Influence of International Donors
Transnational actors have been instrumental in promoting social protection in sub-Saharan Africa as is evident from the impressive expansion of programs and spread of the social protection floors agenda. Yet, as this chapter highlights, there are limits to the influence of transnational actors. Through an in-depth analysis of two child welfare policies in Botswana—the Orphan Care Programme and the non-introduction of a cash grant—we show how and …
Pushing for Policy Innovation
In the early 2000s, there was low elite commitment to social protection in Tanzania. Yet, in 2012, the government officially launched a countrywide social safety net programme and a year later announced the introduction of an old-age pension. This chapter explores what explains the change in elite commitment to social protection between the early 2000s and 2015. The analysis takes an ideational approach, and it is shown how the promotion of socia…
Social policy in South Africa
Mineral wealth and limited redistribution
There are palpable cracks in the Botswana economic growth success story, most apparent in the evidence of persistent and extreme inequality. This article offers new insights into the Botswana puzzle by focusing on redistributive policies – taxation and transfers – as potential mechanisms to tackle poverty and inequality. The historical analysis explores how the minimal redistributive policies reflect the interests of the elites and how these acto…
Poverty And Inequality In Middle Income Countries
Crop International Studies In Poverty Research Published by Zed Books in association with CROP David Gordon and Paul Spicker (eds), The International Glossary on Poverty, 1999 Francis Wilson, Nazneen Kanji and Einar Braathen (eds), Poverty Reduction: What Role for the State in Today’s Globalized Economy?, 2001 Willem van Genugten and Camilo Perez-Bustillo (eds), The Poverty of Rights: Human Rights and the Eradication of Poverty, 2001 Else Øyen et…
The principles and practice of social protection
Attaching conditionality to cash transfers
Can social protection address both poverty and inequality in principle and practice
The recent expansion of social protection in the Global South has focused on practice (the how) and not on principles (the why). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorse social protection as a means of addressing both poverty and inequality. In this article, which contributes to the Special Issue on ‘ The principles and practice of social protection’, we focus on the principles that (often implicitly) underlie four types of social protect…
Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa
"Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Exclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy." Journal of Development Studies, 50(2), pp. 346–347
Single case studies and theory-testing
Single case studies can provide vital contributions to theory-testing in social science studies. Particularly, by applying the process-tracing method, case studies can test theoretical frameworks through a rigorous research design that ensures substantial empirical leverage. While most scholarly contributions on process-tracing focus on either theory-building or on explaining single outcomes, we discuss how to apply the process-tracing method in …
Social Protection
The politics of social protection expenditure and financing in southern Africa
Social protection is expanding in southern Africa, but consideration of its fiscal base is usually limited to affordability concerns. Little attention is paid to the different sources of revenue or how the interests of contributors to social protection may affect spending priorities. This article suggests there is a link between revenue source and social protection spending. Aid dependent countries' social protection policy is mostly determined b…
Poverty, Income and Social Protection
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMarianne S. UlriksenMarianne S. Ulriksen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Questioning the Pro‐Poor Agenda
This article investigates an empirical puzzle. Taking the case of Botswana, how is it that poverty is so high, when the country largely conforms to pro‐poor growth strategies? This article suggests that the minimal role of social‐security policies partly explains the relatively high poverty levels. This hypothesis is tested in a large‐N study of developing countries which shows that broad‐based and generous, rather than pro‐poor, social‐security …
Welfare Policy Expansion in Botswana and Mauritius
How come two developing countries with similar economic, institutional, and democratic attributes have developed vastly different welfare regimes? Drawing inspiration from the welfare regime literature, the author subjects Botswana and Mauritius to a comparative historical analysis that explores the economic and political trajectories of their welfare policy development. The findings offer both support and modifications to the established and mos…
Social policy development and global financial crisis in the open economies of Botswana and Mauritius
The manner in which open economies in a globalized world shape social policy development is highly disputed, as is the impact of the current financial crisis on social policy. One argument is that globalization and economic austerity force social policy dismantling. Alternatively, it is proposed that open economies – facing greater volatility, especially during crisis – push for greater social protection. Using the examples of Botswana and Maurit…
Social Protection
Social policy in South Africa
Single case studies and theory-testing
Single case studies can provide vital contributions to theory-testing in social science studies. Particularly, by applying the process-tracing method, case studies can test theoretical frameworks through a rigorous research design that ensures substantial empirical leverage. While most scholarly contributions on process-tracing focus on either theory-building or on explaining single outcomes, we discuss how to apply the process-tracing method in …
Social policy responses to Covid-19
In this article we discuss the findings of contributions to the special issue titled Social policy responses to COVID-19. The articles add to the body of emerging evidence on how the pandemic has exacerbated the situation for some already vulnerable population groups, while also creating new sources of vulnerability affecting different groups. Despite both aggravated and new vulnerabilities, the articles demonstrate how governments have largely r…
Welfare Policy Expansion in Botswana and Mauritius
How come two developing countries with similar economic, institutional, and democratic attributes have developed vastly different welfare regimes? Drawing inspiration from the welfare regime literature, the author subjects Botswana and Mauritius to a comparative historical analysis that explores the economic and political trajectories of their welfare policy development. The findings offer both support and modifications to the established and mos…
Mineral wealth and limited redistribution
There are palpable cracks in the Botswana economic growth success story, most apparent in the evidence of persistent and extreme inequality. This article offers new insights into the Botswana puzzle by focusing on redistributive policies – taxation and transfers – as potential mechanisms to tackle poverty and inequality. The historical analysis explores how the minimal redistributive policies reflect the interests of the elites and how these acto…
Attaching conditionality to cash transfers
The principles and practice of social protection
Social policy development and global financial crisis in the open economies of Botswana and Mauritius
The manner in which open economies in a globalized world shape social policy development is highly disputed, as is the impact of the current financial crisis on social policy. One argument is that globalization and economic austerity force social policy dismantling. Alternatively, it is proposed that open economies – facing greater volatility, especially during crisis – push for greater social protection. Using the examples of Botswana and Maurit…
Social policy development and global financial crisis in the open economies of Botswana and Mauritius
The manner in which open economies in a globalized world shape social policy development is highly disputed, as is the impact of the current financial crisis on social policy. One argument is that globalization and economic austerity force social policy dismantling. Alternatively, it is proposed that open economies – facing greater volatility, especially during crisis – push for greater social protection. Using the examples of Botswana and Maurit…
Questioning the Pro‐Poor Agenda
This article investigates an empirical puzzle. Taking the case of Botswana, how is it that poverty is so high, when the country largely conforms to pro‐poor growth strategies? This article suggests that the minimal role of social‐security policies partly explains the relatively high poverty levels. This hypothesis is tested in a large‐N study of developing countries which shows that broad‐based and generous, rather than pro‐poor, social‐security …
Welfare Policy Expansion in Botswana and Mauritius
How come two developing countries with similar economic, institutional, and democratic attributes have developed vastly different welfare regimes? Drawing inspiration from the welfare regime literature, the author subjects Botswana and Mauritius to a comparative historical analysis that explores the economic and political trajectories of their welfare policy development. The findings offer both support and modifications to the established and mos…
The politics of social protection expenditure and financing in southern Africa
Social protection is expanding in southern Africa, but consideration of its fiscal base is usually limited to affordability concerns. Little attention is paid to the different sources of revenue or how the interests of contributors to social protection may affect spending priorities. This article suggests there is a link between revenue source and social protection spending. Aid dependent countries' social protection policy is mostly determined b…
Poverty, Income and Social Protection
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMarianne S. UlriksenMarianne S. Ulriksen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa
"Permanent Emergency Welfare Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Exclusive Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy." Journal of Development Studies, 50(2), pp. 346–347
Single case studies and theory-testing
Single case studies can provide vital contributions to theory-testing in social science studies. Particularly, by applying the process-tracing method, case studies can test theoretical frameworks through a rigorous research design that ensures substantial empirical leverage. While most scholarly contributions on process-tracing focus on either theory-building or on explaining single outcomes, we discuss how to apply the process-tracing method in …
Social Protection
Poverty And Inequality In Middle Income Countries
Crop International Studies In Poverty Research Published by Zed Books in association with CROP David Gordon and Paul Spicker (eds), The International Glossary on Poverty, 1999 Francis Wilson, Nazneen Kanji and Einar Braathen (eds), Poverty Reduction: What Role for the State in Today’s Globalized Economy?, 2001 Willem van Genugten and Camilo Perez-Bustillo (eds), The Poverty of Rights: Human Rights and the Eradication of Poverty, 2001 Else Øyen et…
The principles and practice of social protection
Attaching conditionality to cash transfers
Can social protection address both poverty and inequality in principle and practice
The recent expansion of social protection in the Global South has focused on practice (the how) and not on principles (the why). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) endorse social protection as a means of addressing both poverty and inequality. In this article, which contributes to the Special Issue on ‘ The principles and practice of social protection’, we focus on the principles that (often implicitly) underlie four types of social protect…
Mineral wealth and limited redistribution
There are palpable cracks in the Botswana economic growth success story, most apparent in the evidence of persistent and extreme inequality. This article offers new insights into the Botswana puzzle by focusing on redistributive policies – taxation and transfers – as potential mechanisms to tackle poverty and inequality. The historical analysis explores how the minimal redistributive policies reflect the interests of the elites and how these acto…
Social policy in South Africa
Pushing for Policy Innovation
In the early 2000s, there was low elite commitment to social protection in Tanzania. Yet, in 2012, the government officially launched a countrywide social safety net programme and a year later announced the introduction of an old-age pension. This chapter explores what explains the change in elite commitment to social protection between the early 2000s and 2015. The analysis takes an ideational approach, and it is shown how the promotion of socia…
The Limits of the Influence of International Donors
Transnational actors have been instrumental in promoting social protection in sub-Saharan Africa as is evident from the impressive expansion of programs and spread of the social protection floors agenda. Yet, as this chapter highlights, there are limits to the influence of transnational actors. Through an in-depth analysis of two child welfare policies in Botswana—the Orphan Care Programme and the non-introduction of a cash grant—we show how and …
Social policy responses to Covid-19
In this article we discuss the findings of contributions to the special issue titled Social policy responses to COVID-19. The articles add to the body of emerging evidence on how the pandemic has exacerbated the situation for some already vulnerable population groups, while also creating new sources of vulnerability affecting different groups. Despite both aggravated and new vulnerabilities, the articles demonstrate how governments have largely r…
Social protection and state‐citizen relations
It is frequently assumed that social protection can play a key role in positively transforming state‐citizen relations in the global South. We examine the evidence with a focus on recipients and non‐recipients, both citizens and non‐citizens. Based on a systematic literature review, we identify three levels of analysis: activity, perceptions and expectations. A common thread through these levels is the bifurcated and hierarchical nature of relati…
Introduction to special issue
While social protection provision in Africa has primarily focused on the reduction of food insecurity and income poverty, it has the potential to transform the relationship between citizens and states. The articles in this special issue provide insights into the theoretical, normative, and empirical assessment of the transformative consequences of social protection programmes across parts of East, West and Southern Africa. The articles reveal tha…
Negotiating social security for workers on the margin
Global South economies are predominantly characterised by informality. Unregulated, non-standardised, and increasingly digitalised labour place the majority in precarious work situations of high risks and uncertainties. Yet these workers are on the margins of state-led social security regimes. Based on a systematic literature review and contributions to this GSP special issue, we discuss the many causes to social security scarcity among “workers …
Political science (19 works) · Economics (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Development economics (12 works) · Social protection (11 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (10 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (10 works) · Law (9 works)