Globalization and the Welfare State

✍ Scribed by Bo Södersten (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 262
Series: International Political Economy Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

With contributions from leading thinkers such as J. Bhagwati and Robert Solow, this edited collection examines some hotly debated issues in today's world. The significance of globalization and its effects on welfare states is discussed and analyzed. A special chapter is devoted to terrorism, and it is explained why some people are willing to sacrifice their lives to gain 'heavenly goods'. The role of multinationals in the globalization process is examined as is the importance of changing and evolving social norms regarding work and leisure for the survival of today's welfare states.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction: Globalization and the Welfare State....Pages 1-23
Coping with Anti-globalization....Pages 24-44
The Aftermath of Welfare Reform in the USA....Pages 45-54
Among the Believers: The Emerging Threat to Global Society....Pages 55-73
Multinational Enterprises and Their Effect on Labour Markets....Pages 74-95
The Welfare State as a General Equilibrium System....Pages 96-127
What to Make of the Dutch and Danish ‘Miracles’?....Pages 128-148
An Essay on Welfare State Dynamics....Pages 149-171
Employment and Non-employment: A Study of the Swedish Labour Market....Pages 172-194
Immigrants in the Welfare State....Pages 195-212
The Stability of the Globalized Welfare State....Pages 213-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-250

✦ Subjects

Economic Policy; Political Economy; International Economics; Sociology, general; Development Economics; Globalization

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