The World Politics of Social Investment: Political Dynamics of Reform traces the development of social investment reforms across the regions of Nordic, Continental, and Southern Europe, as well as Central and Eastern Europe, North and Latin America, and North East Asia. The chapters in this volume study the impact of different structural drivers for social investment (e.g., demographic, poverty, demand for skill, or lack of an available workforce), the
salience of social investment in the public debates, and the different political coalitions that led to or prevented the adoption of social investment strategies.