RC 39 deals with the issues related with welfare states and developing societies within the broader discipline of Political Science with the objective of promoting research, scholarly interaction and debate on specific welfare states, both that have done well as well as those that have been challenged by the recent developments in a Globalizing world. On the basis of experiences of matured welfare states, RC-39 aims at developing a paradigm that can be applicable and suitable to the socio-economic environment of the less resourceful countries of the developing world.
- Climate Federalism and Disaster Risk Governance: Multilevel Challenges and Democratic Accountability
Chair: Prof. Vanessa Elias de Oliveira - Democracy and Social Welfare in the Global South
Chair: Prof. Prakash Chandra Sarangi - Dismantling social protection in times of crisis and austerity
Chair: Dr. Walter Carnota - Employability, Welfare State and Democracy: Revisiting the Social Contract in Current Scenario
Chair: Dr. Asha Gupta - Multilevel governance and intersectorality: institutional arrangements and social policies
Chair: Dr. Natália Sátyro - Precarious Economies, Uncertain Democracies: Economic Insecurity and the Erosion of Democratic Trust in the Global South
Chair: Prof. Vijay Vir Singh - Social Policy Transformation in an Ageing World: Cross-Regional Lessons from OECD Countries and the Global South
Chair: Dr. Marina Angelaki - State capacities, educational management, and their effects on school performance
Chair: Dr. Yifei Yan











