Social policy in the Middle East and North Africa : the new social protection paradigm and universal coverage /: the new social protection paradigm and universal coverage. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones, Mahmood Messkoub.
• Editors: Jawad, Rana; Jones, Nicola Anne; Messkoub, Mahmood
• Contents: Contents: 1. Introduction Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub 2. Theoretical and Policy Contexts of Social Policy in MENA Rana Jawad and Mahmood Messkoub 3. Social protection schemes in the Middle East and North Africa: not fair, not efficient, not effective? Markus Loewe 4. Social Policy and Social Change in MENA: A North African Perspective Hicham Ait Mansour and Rana Jawad 5. The Coverage Gap in the Egyptian Social Protection System: Challenges and Opportunities Irene Selwaness and Mahmood Messkoub 6. Cash Transfers in Iran Mahmood Messbouk 7. A pathway to social justice? Social protection and disability in the State of Palestine Bassam Abu-Hamad, Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Paola Pereznieto and Mohammed Shaheen 8. Child Refugees from Syria: Challenges for Social Protection Jose Azoh Barry and Rana Jawad 9. Interrogating the potential of a cash plus approach to tackle multi-dimensional vulnerability in humanitarian contexts: the case of Syrian refugees in Jordan Bassam Abu Hamad, Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Fiona Samuels and Ingrid Gercama 10. Social Protection, Political Mobilisation and Islamic NGOs in Iraq post-2003 Janan Aljabiri and Rana Jawad 11. Social accountability, citizenship, and social protection in the MENA region: Exploring the linkages Sylvia I. Bergh 12. Conclusion: Synthesis and policy recommendations Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 267 pages)
• Subjects: 306.0956; Social policy; Middle East -- Social policy; Africa, North -- Social policy; Middle East; North Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786431998; 1786431998
• Related ISBNs: 178643198X; 9781786431981
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 20, 2019).
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