Acknowledgement
This paper builds upon a joint project at the University of Bath, integrating the traditions of social policy and development studies into thinking about global social policy. The authors are indebted to their other colleagues on that project: Armando Barrientos, Pip Bevan, Peter Davis, and Graham Room. Their work is referred to in the text. The authors would also like to thank Liz Graveling for her continued editorial support to the outputs of this project.