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. It is explained and analyzed why some people are willing to sacrifice their lives to gain "heavenly goods". The role of multinationals in the globalization process in analyzed as is the importance of changing and evolving social norms regarding work and leisure for the survival of today's welfare states.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 7
List of Tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 12
Introduction: Globalization and the Welfare State......Page 14
1 Coping with Anti-globalization......Page 37
2 The Aftermath of Welfare Reform in the USA......Page 58
3 Among the Believers: The Emerging Threat to Global Society......Page 68
4 Multinational Enterprises and Their Effect on Labour Markets......Page 87
5 The Welfare State as a General Equilibrium System......Page 109
6 What to Make of the Dutch and Danish โMiraclesโ?......Page 141
7 An Essay on Welfare State Dynamics......Page 162
8 Employment and Non-employment: A Study of the Swedish Labour Market......Page 185
9 Immigrants in the Welfare State......Page 208
10 The Stability of the Globalized Welfare State......Page 226
G......Page 252
N......Page 253
W......Page 254
Z......Page 255
C......Page 256
F......Page 257
I......Page 258
N......Page 259
R......Page 260
S......Page 261
W......Page 262