The Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance: Examining Populations and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies

Niemann, Dennis; Martens, Kerstin; Kaasch, Alexandra

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“…In this section, we will focus on examples that explore the informal aspects of our model presented in Figure 1. Since the study of ‘formal-global’ that explores the role of international organisations in the field of social policy (see, for example, Deacon et al , 1997; Deacon, 2005; Niemann et al, 2021) and the ‘formal-national’ devoted to the study of modern welfare states (see, for example, Korpi, 1989; Hemerjik, 2013; Bonoli and Natali, 2013) constitute the mainstay of welfare state research, our attention here is on the informal local and transnational dimensions of social citizenship and how these demonstrate the interplay between formal-national and informal-local-transnational modes of social citizenship.…”

Section: Exploring Informal Social Citizenship and Welfarementioning

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A theory of informal and formal social citizenship and welfare

Nordensvärd

Ketola

2022

J. Soc. Pol.

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Formal social citizenship is limited in how it enables us to think about informal social citizenship and informal welfare. This informal perspective is important in all contexts where access to social rights is negotiated through local and transnational spaces, and where the state is a relatively minor player. By drawing on work on moral economy (Scott, 1976) and informal welfare (Gough and Wood, 2006) the article aims to propose a new theoretical model to understand the nature and social practice of both informal citizenship and welfare. This model departs from a western-centric understanding of nation-state-based citizenship and national welfare states, adopting instead the perspective that informal social citizenship and welfare have existed independently of the nation state as long as there have been human communities. Formal citizenship together with formal welfare rights represent just one particular crystallization of such informal practice. Our proposed model highlights the interdependent (rather than evolutionary) relationship between formal welfare at national level and informal welfare practices at local and transnational levels.

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Section: Exploring Informal Social Citizenship and Welfarementioning

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A theory of informal and formal social citizenship and welfare

Nordensvärd

Ketola

2022

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…While similar in nature, IOs and TIs differ in their structure. Niemann, Martens, and Kaasch (2021) define IOs as international groups organized through interstate treaties, giving them an international, legally binding aspect that operates continually. Examples include the UN, its affiliates, and other global organizations such as the World Bank.…”

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International Organizations and Transnational Initiatives: Vital Pieces in Peace Education

Schupp

2024

Community Change

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International organizations and transnational initiatives differ in nature, but both provide essential elements of peace education at local, regional, and global levels. This paper examines both types of organizations' roles, impact, influence, and effectiveness, looking into program outcomes, planning, and implementation. While much good comes from their work, many such efforts struggle to deal with the consequences of structural inequality and hierarchical decision-making. This leads to such efforts often ignoring the needs at the local level and seeking to implement top-down solutions. This paper argues that it is possible to improve these groups and organizations while continuing to spread peace education in areas of conflict. While they have their problems, international organizations and transnational initiatives create the scaffolding that promotes peace education and creates a culture of dialogue and tolerance.

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“…However, while the state has, in principle, strong regulatory powers to implement eco-social policy, it is also a contested institution in which different political interests clash. Research on eco-social policy at the global level has shown how international organizations began to address the link between climate change and social policy (Kaasch and Schulze Waltrup, 2021; Lakeman, 2021) 2 and has analyzed how the need to reconcile social and ecological issues has shaped global policy fields such as agriculture and food (see Schulze Waltrup et al in this issue). Nevertheless, the political influence of international organizations, via soft governance, is limited and takes effect only in the long term.…”

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Support for eco-social policy from a class perspective: Responsibilities, redistribution, regulation and rights

Fritz,

Eversberg

2023

European Journal of Social Security

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The political agenda of eco-social policy seeks to create synergies between social justice and ecological goals, such as mitigating climate change. While the concept already has a strong theoretical foundation, and many concrete policy instruments have been proposed, support for eco-social policy is still insufficient to mobilize political action. We assume that one cause of this lack of action are the diverging interests and ideologies of different classes. In this article we apply a class perspective and conduct an empirical study to explore class support for and opposition to eco-social policy. We use data from a representative survey in Germany and identify nine class fractions, based on Bourdieu's concept of social space. We first compare the carbon footprints of the classes, to determine their varying degrees of responsibility for supporting political efforts to mitigate climate change. We then compare class support for eco-social policy, considering the dimensions of redistribution, regulation and rights. We find that the economic upper class – a fraction equating closely with the ruling class – and the old working class oppose eco-social policy the most. The cultural upper class are the strongest proponents of eco-social policy. The lower-class fractions showed considerable concern about the costs associated with eco-social policy. We conclude that a stronger focus on the social justice element when designing and advocating for eco-social policy could lead to greater support from the lower classes and help to build eco-social welfare states that offer protection in times of increasing social and ecological risks.

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The Architecture of Arguments in Global Social Governance: Examining Populations and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies

Cited by 14 publications

References 66 publications

A theory of informal and formal social citizenship and welfare

A theory of informal and formal social citizenship and welfare

International Organizations and Transnational Initiatives: Vital Pieces in Peace Education

Support for eco-social policy from a class perspective: Responsibilities, redistribution, regulation and rights

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