Social Protection Around the World

Wednesday, November 10, 2004
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
(Pacific)
Encina Ground Floor Conference Room
Speaker: 
  • Isabela Mares

Isabela Mares, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Victoria Schuck Faculty Scholar will discuss social security and social protection systems in the developed and developing world. Mares has written extensively on social welfare systems and social policy development in France and Germany. Her recent research has also touched on comparisons with developing states. Mares is the author of the 2003 Cambridge University Press book The Politics of Social Risk: Business and Welfare State Development.