​Part I. Introductory Section.1. Introduction: A Mechanism-Based Approach to Social Policy Research.- Frank Nullmeier and Johanna Kuhlmann

Part II. Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Asian Countries.2 The Introduction of Pension, Accident, and Health Insurance in Urban China.- Tobias ten Brink, Armin Müller, and Tao Liu

3. Causal Mechanisms in the Development of Contribution-Based Pension Systems in South Korea, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.- Johanna Kuhlmann and Frank Nullmeier4. Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction and Development of Unemployment Insurance in Turkey- Kerem Gabriel Öktem

5. Causal Mechanisms in the Introduction of Mandatory Health Insurance in the Post-Soviet Region.- Andreas Heinrich, Gulnaz Isabekova, and Heiko PleinesPart III Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in African Countries.6. Appropriating the Colonial State: The Emergence of Social Insurance in Tunisia and Uganda.- Kressen Thyen and Klaus Schlichte7 Policy Pollination as a Causal Mechanism Explaining Social Protection Adoption in Africa.- Stephen DevereuxPart IV Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in European Countries.8.  Anti-communist Backlash in the Croatian Healthcare System- Ante Malinar

9. Against All Odds: Introducing Social Health Insurance in Albania. An Actor-Centred Approach to Causal Mechanisms.- Ertila Druga10. Migrants to the Rescue? Care Workforce Migrantisation on the Example of Elder Care in Germany.- Anna Safuta, Kristin Noack, Karin Gottschall, and Heinz RothgangPart V Causal Mechanisms and Social Policies in Latin American Countries11. Transnational Events and National Health Reform: The Latin American Medical Congresses and the Legitimisation of Public Health Reforms in Chile and Uruguay in the Early Twentieth Century.- Delia González de Reufels and Teresa Huhle12. The Politics of Universal Health Coverage: Mechanisms in the Process of Healthcare Reform in Bolivia.- Sebastian Sirén13. Political Responses of Conditional Income Transfer Recipients: A Mechanism Approach.- Armando BarrientosPart VI Concluding Section.14. Conclusion and Outlook: Towards a Systematisation of the Mechanism-Based Approach in Social Policy Research.- Johanna Kuhlmann and Frank Nullmeier