ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how social policy manifested itself in other parts of the world and how it was used to create new societies. The chapter also looks at how social policy was an instrument of social engineering and how it managed to create societies similar to the Good Society. It further argues that social policy was behind the positive social outcomes of the Western Welfare States in the post-Second World War era. From the United Kingdom’s liberal welfare regime, to the social democratic Nordic Welfare States, arguments are advanced to show how social policy played a key role in not only transforming social and economic conditions in these places but also in creating new societies. The early post-colonial African experience is also highlighted for learnings and lessons. The chapter shows that social policy was informed by strong normative positions and ideologies which provided political actors the power to effect change or socially engineer their countries.
