In this article, the author reviews the achievements and limitations of postwar Bulgarian social ... more In this article, the author reviews the achievements and limitations of postwar Bulgarian social policy. A number of crisis points in contemporary social policy are identified. These include the worsening mortality rates of working people, the sharpening debate between allocation according to need or merit, and controversy surrounding subordination of family policy to economic and demographic considerations. The central irony of social policy in state socialist societies is well exemplified in Bulgaria. The more the official ideology of the regime regards the main purpose of social and political organization as being the meeting of human needs, the more easily and unashamedly any particular social policy can be an instrument of some wider economic, demographic, or other political purpose. The prospect for the emergence of an independent social policy is considered.
... Globalisation, regionalism and social policy. In: Deacon, Bob; Macovei, Maria; van Langenhove... more ... Globalisation, regionalism and social policy. In: Deacon, Bob; Macovei, Maria; van Langenhove,Luk and Yeates, Nicola eds. World-regional Social Policy and Global Governance: New Research and Policy Agendas in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. ...
We present observations of 86 post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars of OH maser transitio... more We present observations of 86 post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars of OH maser transitions, taken with the Parkes Telescope between September 2002 and August 2003. Post-AGB stars are the precursors of planetary nebulae, which have a wide range of morphologies that are not well explained. By studying the circumstellar envelopes of post-AGB stars through the masers produced in them, we hope to shed light on the origin of planetary nebula morphologies.
ABSTRACT This article addresses the influence of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on o... more ABSTRACT This article addresses the influence of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on other international organizations and global agencies which resulted in their endorsement of the Social Protection Floor (SFP) concept. By 2012 the concept had been endorsed by the United Nations in the shape of the UN Chief Executives Board's SPF-Initiative, the World Bank in its new Social Protection and Labor Strategy and by the G20 at the Cannes Summit. Furthermore the IMF had agreed to work with the ILO to explore the options for creating fiscal space within countries to fund SPFs. Special Rapporteurs for the UN Human Rights Council had also in 2012 called for the setting up of a global fund for social protection to enable poorer countries to develop their floors. By 2012 a new coordinating authority, the Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board (SPIAC-B), had been ushered into existence to facilitate inter-agency cooperation. This article describes and explains how these developments came about. It asks if the reality of increased global social governance cooperation in the field of social protection is as effective as it seems or whether there are new contradictions, overlapping and competing mandates and policy disagreements at the global level.
In this article, the author reviews the achievements and limitations of postwar Bulgarian social ... more In this article, the author reviews the achievements and limitations of postwar Bulgarian social policy. A number of crisis points in contemporary social policy are identified. These include the worsening mortality rates of working people, the sharpening debate between allocation according to need or merit, and controversy surrounding subordination of family policy to economic and demographic considerations. The central irony of social policy in state socialist societies is well exemplified in Bulgaria. The more the official ideology of the regime regards the main purpose of social and political organization as being the meeting of human needs, the more easily and unashamedly any particular social policy can be an instrument of some wider economic, demographic, or other political purpose. The prospect for the emergence of an independent social policy is considered.
... Globalisation, regionalism and social policy. In: Deacon, Bob; Macovei, Maria; van Langenhove... more ... Globalisation, regionalism and social policy. In: Deacon, Bob; Macovei, Maria; van Langenhove,Luk and Yeates, Nicola eds. World-regional Social Policy and Global Governance: New Research and Policy Agendas in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. ...
We present observations of 86 post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars of OH maser transitio... more We present observations of 86 post-Asymptotic Giant Branch (post-AGB) stars of OH maser transitions, taken with the Parkes Telescope between September 2002 and August 2003. Post-AGB stars are the precursors of planetary nebulae, which have a wide range of morphologies that are not well explained. By studying the circumstellar envelopes of post-AGB stars through the masers produced in them, we hope to shed light on the origin of planetary nebula morphologies.
ABSTRACT This article addresses the influence of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on o... more ABSTRACT This article addresses the influence of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on other international organizations and global agencies which resulted in their endorsement of the Social Protection Floor (SFP) concept. By 2012 the concept had been endorsed by the United Nations in the shape of the UN Chief Executives Board's SPF-Initiative, the World Bank in its new Social Protection and Labor Strategy and by the G20 at the Cannes Summit. Furthermore the IMF had agreed to work with the ILO to explore the options for creating fiscal space within countries to fund SPFs. Special Rapporteurs for the UN Human Rights Council had also in 2012 called for the setting up of a global fund for social protection to enable poorer countries to develop their floors. By 2012 a new coordinating authority, the Social Protection Inter-Agency Cooperation Board (SPIAC-B), had been ushered into existence to facilitate inter-agency cooperation. This article describes and explains how these developments came about. It asks if the reality of increased global social governance cooperation in the field of social protection is as effective as it seems or whether there are new contradictions, overlapping and competing mandates and policy disagreements at the global level.
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