§16§§This open access book analyses the §16§ and gender policy.§§§The book will therefore be invaluable to students and researchers of global social policy, §04§§Networks of Global Social Policy Diffusion: The Effects of Culture, Economy, Colonial legacies, and Geographic Proximity.- §02§Michael Windzio is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bremen, Germany. § Ivo Mossig is Professor of Human Geography with a focus on economic and social geography at the Institute of Geography at the University of Bremen, Germany and member of the Collaborative Research Center 1342 "Global Dynamics on Social Policy". § § Fabian Besche-Truthe is a doctoral researcher in the project "The Global Development, Diffusion and Transformation of Education Systems" at the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" at the University of Bremen, Germany. § § Helen Seitzer is a doctoral researcher in the project "The Global Development, Diffusion and Transformation of Education Systems" at the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 "Global Dynamics of Social Policy" at the University of Bremen, Germany. §