Bob Deacon (died October 1 2017) was a prominent social policy academic and policy advisor credited by Kaasch and Stubbs with responsibility for the introduction of the term ''global social policy''.

Career

He was Emeritus Professor of International Social Policy at the

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. He was the founding editor of the journal '' Global Social Policy: An international journal of social development and public policy'' and an elected fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. He has been an advisor or consultant on international social policy to the ILO, WHO,

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, EC, Council of Europe, and World Bank. From 2007 he was an Associate Research Fellow at the United Nations University (UNU-CRIS) in Bruges.

Selected publications

* Deacon, Bob. (1997) ''Global social policy: International organizations and the future of welfare''. Sage. * Deacon, B. (2007). ''Global social policy and governance''. Sage.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deacon, Bob 20th-century births 2017 deaths British social scientists Year of birth missing Place of birth missing Academics of the University of Sheffield Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences