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[̀This] is essential reading for advanced students as well as all others seriously interested in improving the human condition. Nuanced and critical, Deacon's book offers a much needed and constructive guide to the complex supernational debates over rights, regulation and redistribution impinging on social welfare all over the world' - Jomo K.S., United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development. T̀his book is very timely and addresses many issues that are en vogue at the moment. It relates social policy studies to other fields such as global governance and development studie.