Globalization and the welfare state
Globalization is a form of international neo-liberalism supported by the United States, world markets and organizations such as the IMF and OECD. This book considers its impact on full employment and the labour market, income distribution, taxation and social protection in developed capitalist countries. It argues that social standards have declined far more in English-speaking countries than in continental Europe and Japan, and that globalization is as much a political and ideological phenomen…
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Globalization is a form of international neo-liberalism supported by the United States, world markets and organizations such as the IMF and OECD. This book considers its impact on full employment and the labour market, income distribution, taxation and social protection in developed capitalist countries. It argues that social standards have declined far more in English-speaking countries than in continental Europe and Japan, and that globalization is as much a political and ideological phenomenon as it is an economic one. In conclusion, it argues the case for a transnational approach to social policy to ensure that social standards rise in line with economic growth.
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- Publication Date:1999
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- Publisher(s):Edward Elgar
- Place of Publication:Cheltenham
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1999
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- Description:152 s
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- ISBN:1840641738, 9781840641738
- oclc:ocn460479004
- LC Classification:HN17.5
- Dewey Decimal:361.6 5
Table of Contents
The changing context of the welfare state -- the logic of globalization; employment, labour market and income -- growing insecurity and inequality; social policy in retreat or the hollowing-out of the welfare state; social policy and democracy -- do politics still matter?; globalization and social policy in comparative perspective -- Sweden, Germany and Japan; the "logic" of globalization revisited; beyond the nation state -- a transnational approach to social policy.
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