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Social Protection: Defining the Field of Action and Policy

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: This article reviews recent developments in the concept of social protection, beginning with an attempt to establish a working definition of the term. This is set in the context of globalisation and new thinking on connections between the management of vulnerability, risk and poverty on the one hand and long–term economic and social development on the other. The article identifies aspects of the debate which require further development, by exploring the relationship between social protection, equality, social cohesion and rights. It also reviews contemporary definitions of social protection in the policies of donors and international organisations, and summarises lessons to be learnt from experience to date with civil society practices and state policies in the developing world.

Source: Development Policy Review

DOI: 10.1111/1467-7679.00189

Authors: Andy Norton, Tim Conway, Mick Foster

Institutions: Department for International Development, Overseas Development Institute, Government of the United Kingdom

Language: English

Topic: Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2126429338

FWCI: 2.513

Cites: 33

Cited by: 69

Related to: 10