Abstract
Two significantly different countries such as Norway and India have adopted similar social regulation policies aimed at the employment of disabled people since the 1990s. Countries can adopt social regulation policies, such as anti-discrimination provisions, owing to multiple factors. This article uncovers two common factors leading to policy convergence within social regulation reforms aimed at the employment of disabled people in Norway and India. An exploratory qualitative case study was conducted, wherein 25 policy experts (11 from Norway and 14 from India) were interviewed. Findings from expert interviews indicate that the observed policy convergence are connected to two trends that can be detected both in Norway and India. The first concerns the influence of international treaties; the second concerns grassroots mobilization of disabled people and their organizations. Findings point towards increasing internationalization of social regulation policies and these policy developments transcend the global North and global South divide.
Highlights
Disabled people have low employment outcomes and face precariousness within the labour market, and governments adopt redistributive and regulatory policies to promote their employment inclusion (Heyer, 2015)
A similar policy trajectory has been witnessed in the developing Global South context, such as India (Ahmed, 2015; Bhambhani, 2018), and there is a policy convergence within social regulation reforms aimed at the employment of disabled people for Norway and India (Chhabra, 2019)
The context comparison was exclusively conducted from early 1990s for Norway and India, because this decade brought about a discernible shift towards the popularization of social regulation reforms aimed at the employment of disabled people in both countries (Chhabra, 2019)
Summary
Mots clés : Réglementations sociales Emploi Politiques comparatives du handicap Convergence des politiques Norvège Inde. La Norvège et l’Inde ont adopté des politiques de régulation sociale similaires, visant à l’emploi des personnes handicapées depuis les années 1990. Cet article met en évidence deux facteurs communs menant à une convergence des politiques dans le cadre des réformes de la réglementation sociale visant à l’emploi des personnes handicapées en Norvège et en Inde. Les résultats des entretiens avec des experts indiquent que la convergence des politiques observée est liée à deux tendances qui peuvent être détectées à la fois en Norvège et en Inde.
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