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Universal versus Employment-Based Social Protection?

Publication Date: January 14, 2025
Topic(s): Social Protection Policies
Geographies: global
Source: Global Social Justice
Format: Policy Paper / Thought Piece

Writer: Gabriele Koehler

A book chapter examining the tension between universal and employment-based social protection in a world where four billion people — including informal workers, migrants, refugees, and women — remain uncovered. It traces the dismantling of social protection systems since the 1980s under hyper-globalisation, and argues that universal social protection is a human rights imperative that can address income inequality and promote solidarity across classes, particularly in contexts where decent formal work remains out of reach.

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