Causal Mechanisms in the Global Development of Social Policies

Part I. Introductory Section.- 1. Introduction: A Mechanism-Based Approach to Social Policy Research.-&nbsp;Part II. Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Asian Countries.-&nbsp;2 The Introduction of Pension, Accident, and Health Insurance in Urban China.- 3.&nbsp;Causal Mechanisms in the Development of Contribution-Based Pension Systems in South Korea, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.- 4.&nbsp;Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction and Development of Unemployment Insurance in Turkey.- 5.&nbsp;Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Mandatory Health Insurance in the Post-Soviet Region.-&nbsp;Part III Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in African Countries.- 6.&nbsp;Appropriating the Colonial State: The Emergence of Social Insurance in Tunisia and Uganda.-&nbsp;7 Policy Pollination as a Causal Mechanism Explaining Social Protection Adoption in Africa.-&nbsp;Part IV Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in European Countries.- 8.&nbsp; Anti-communist Backlash in the Croatian Healthcare System.- 9.&nbsp;Against All Odds: Introducing Social Health Insurance in Albania. An Actor-Centred Approach to Causal Mechanisms.- 10.&nbsp;Migrants to the Rescue? Care Workforce Migrantisation on the Example of Elder Care in Germany.-&nbsp;Part V Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Latin American Countries.-&nbsp;11. Transnational Events and National Health Reform: The Latin American Medical Congresses and the Legitimisation of Public Health Reforms in Chile and Uruguay in the Early Twentieth Century.- 12. The Politics of Universal Health Coverage: Mechanisms in the Process of Healthcare Reform in Bolivia.- 13.&nbsp;Political Responses of Conditional Income Transfer Recipients: A Mechanism Approach.-&nbsp;Part VI Concluding Section.-&nbsp;14. Conclusion and Outlook: Towards a Systematisation of the Mechanism-Based Approach in Social Policy Research.<br>