1. Global and Regional Social Policy Transformations; Paul Stubbs and Alexandra Kaasch 2. The Socialization of Regionalism and the Regionalization of Social Policy; Nicola Yeates 3. Global Economic Downturn and Social Protection in East Asia; Huck-ju Kwon 4. Common Health Policy Interests and the Politics of Rights, Regulation and Redistribution; Meri Koivusalo 5. Global Social Justice, Ethics and the Crisis of Care; Fiona Williams 6. Climate Change, Social Policy and Global Governance; Ian Gough 7. Poverty and Climate Change: The Three Tasks of Transformative Global Social Policy; Asunción Lera St.Clair and Victoria Lawson 8. Antagonism and Accommodation: The Labor – IMF / World Bank Relationship; Robert O'Brien 9. Grasping the Social Impact of Global Social Policy: How Neo-liberal Policies have Influenced Social Action in Morocco; Shana Cohen 10. Towards a Transformative Global Social Policy?; Bob Deacon