One Hundred Years of Social Protection: The Changing Social Question in Brazil, India, China, and South AfricaLutz Leisering While the rise of social protection in the global North has been widely researched, we know little about the history of social protection in the global South. This volume investigates the experiences of four middle-income countries - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - from 1920 to 2020, analysing if, when, and how these countries articulated a concern about social issues and social cohesion. As the first in-depth study of the ideational foundations of social protection policies and programmes in these four countries, the contributions demonstrate that the social question was articulated in an increasingly inclusive way. The contributions identify the ideas, beliefs, and visions that underpinned the movement towards inclusion and social peace as well as counteracting doctrines. Drawing on perspectives from the sociology of knowledge, grounded theory, historiography, discourse analysis, and process tracing, the volume will be of interest to scholars across political science, sociology, political economy, history, area studies, and global studies, as well as development experts and policymakers. |
Contents
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Part II China | 53 |
2 The Early Rise of Social Security in China Ideas and Reforms 19111949 | 55 |
3 Social Security The Career of a Contested Social Idea in China During the Reform Era 19782020 | 91 |
Part III India | 118 |
4 Social Policy in India One Hundred Years of the Stifled Social Question | 121 |
5 Minoritarian Labour Welfare in India The Case of the Employees State Insurance Act of 1948 | 157 |
Part IV South Africa | 189 |
7 A Racialised Social Question Pension Reform in Apartheid South Africa | 221 |
8 Reformulating the Social Question in Postapartheid South Africa Zola Skweyiya Dignity Development and the Welfare State | 263 |
Part V Brazil | 301 |
9 The Anatomy of the Social Question and the Evolution of the Brazilian Social Security System 19192020 | 303 |
10 Ideational Bases of Land Reform in Brazil 1910 to the Present | 342 |
Part VI Conclusion | 380 |
11 One Hundred Years of Social Protection The Rise of the Social Question in Brazil India China and South Africa 19202020 | 381 |
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