Research Activities
- The Politics of Non-State Social Welfare Provision
- May 8 - 9, 2009
- This is closed to the public.
- This conference aims to address core questions about the origins, nature, and consequences of social welfare by non-state providers (NSPs). What is a NSP and what are its distinct sub-types? Are different political contexts conducive to the rise or predominance of distinct types of NSPs? What factors—and particularly political factors— have encouraged the emergence and consolidation of non-state welfare providers? Do different types of NSPs operate in distinct places? What are the political consequences of a non-state welfare provision? Non-state actors are increasingly important and visible in the provision of social welfare in both developed and developing countries. At the same time, international donor institutions such as the World Bank advocate an enhanced role for nongovernmental organizations, community groups, and private interests in the provision of public goods and basic welfare at a minimum in the form of public-private partnerships.
- Field of Interest: Comparative Politics
- Conference Chair
- Cammett, Melani
- Former Harvard Academy Scholar; Kutayba Alghanim Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Brown University
- Morris MacLean, Lauren
- Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
- Contact Information
- Winnie, Laurence H.
- Executive Officer, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.