Bob Deacon
Bob Deacon is a prominent social policy academic and policy advisor credited by Kaasch and Stubbs with responsibility for the introduction of the term global social policy.[1] He is Emeritus Professor of International Social Policy at the University of Sheffield.[2] He was the founding editor of the journal Global Social Policy: An international journal of social development and public policy[3] and is an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[4]
He has been an advisor or consultant on international social policy to the ILO, WHO, UNESCO, UNDP, UNDESA, EC, Council of Europe, and World Bank. Since 2007 he is an Associate Research Fellow at the United Nations University (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges.[5]
Selected publications
- Deacon, Bob. (1997) Global social policy: International organizations and the future of welfare. Sage. ISBN 9781446265000
- Deacon, B. (2007). Global social policy and governance. Sage. ISBN 9781412907620
References
- ↑ Kaasch, A.; Stubbs, P., eds. (2014). Transformations in Global and Regional Social Policies. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1. ISBN 9781137287311.
- ↑ "Emeritus Professor Bob Deacon". Department of Sociological Studies, the University of Sheffield. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ↑ "Global Social Policy". Sage. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ↑ "Professor Bob Deacon". Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ↑ "Professor Bob Deacon". United Nations University, Bruges. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
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