Search Results - "Foli, Rosina"
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Social policy framing and the researcher
Published in Global social policy (01-12-2023)“…In the first few weeks of graduate studies, we were inundated with how to write academically. The instructor emphasized how academic writing differs from other…”
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Towards a paradigm shift in social protection in developing countries? Analysing the emergence of the Ghana national unemployment insurance scheme from a multiple streams perspective
Published in Urban Governance (01-09-2023)“…The COVID 19 pandemic continues to cause a lot of uncertainty around the world. At the onset of the pandemic, governments responded with policies and programs…”
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“Provide our basic needs or we go out”: the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, inequality, and social policy in Ghana
Published in Policy & society (01-06-2022)“…The effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic cuts across every facet of a nation’s life. The near collapse of economies with the attendant job…”
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How instrument constituencies shape policy transfer: a case study from Ghana
Published in Policy & society (01-01-2018)“…The concept of instrument constituency provides students of public policy with a new analytical tool for the analysis of policy change. In this article, we use…”
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The "illusion" of administrative sovereignty in developing countries: A historical institutionalism perspective on administrative sovereignty in Ghana
Published in Administrative theory & praxis (02-10-2022)“…The emergence of transnational administrations and their influence on domestic affairs of countries have led to the questioning of the notion of administrative…”
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Transnational actors and policymaking in Ghana: The case of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty
Published in Global social policy (01-12-2016)“…Transnational actors (TNAs) are a part of the global social policy process. But questions of their roles and involvement in the process remain unanswered…”
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Scales of ideational policy influence: A multi-level, actor-centric, and institutionalist perspective on the role of ideas in African social policy
Published in Journal of international and comparative social policy (01-11-2023)“…Although there is a growing literature on transnational ideational processes in sub-Saharan Africa, the linkages between local, national, and transnational…”
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Instrument constituencies and transnational policy diffusion: the case of conditional cash transfers
Published in Review of international political economy : RIPE (04-07-2018)“…The purpose of this paper is to improve knowledge of the transnational diffusion of public policies. It argues that existing studies on the subject do not…”
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Social policy as nation-building: identity formation, policy feedback, and social citizenship in Ghana
Published in Canadian journal of African studies (02-01-2018)“…Beyond economics-centric discourses about issues like "social investment," in recent years scholars have argued that social programs, like education,…”
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International Organizations and Ideas About Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in Poverty & public policy (01-03-2014)“…This study explores how international organizations (IOs) shape ideas about poverty and anti‐poverty policymaking in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). It argues that,…”
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Africa’s New Global Politics: Regionalism in International Relations
Published in African affairs (London) (28-02-2024)Get full text
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The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers: State Capacity and Political Contestation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: By Tom Lavers Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2022, 288 pp., $90.00 (hardback), ISBN: 9780192862525
Published in The Journal of development studies (25-09-2024)Get full text
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