Limits to globalization : welfare states and the world economy /
This text argues for the need to understand developments in welfare and social provision alongside the processes of globalization
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German Undetermined |
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Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA :
Polity ; Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Pub.,
2003
Cambridge, UK : Malden, MA : Polity Press in association with Blackwell Pub. ; Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Publ., 2003 Cambridge, UK : Polity Press in association with Blackwell Pub., Oxford, UK, Malden, MA, 2003 Cambridge, UK : Malden, Mass. : Polity Press ; Distributed in USA by Blackwell Pub., 2003 |
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| Summary: | This text argues for the need to understand developments in welfare and social provision alongside the processes of globalization "Globalization needs to be understood alongside the development of the national welfare state. Welfare provision massively expanded after World War Two, and it was the social protection of the citizenry which allowed Western governments to expose their societies to the external risks inherent in deregulating the global economy. Today, developed welfare states need to recalibrate. Two trajectories are possible: governments may slide back into destructive spirals of protectionism, or they must allow for the complex interaction of domestic social and external economic policy. Drawing on core studies from Germany, the USA and East Asia, Rieger and Leibfried argue that welfare systems function in different ways depending on the cultural setting. Culture thus shapes a welfare regime's capacity to mitigate globalization's effects on particular societies."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 25 cm xiv, 402 p. : ill. ; 26 cm xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [336]-395) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [336]-395) and index |
| ISBN: | 0745628508 0745628516 (pbk) 0745628516 (pbk.) 0745628516 9780745628509 9780745628516 (pbk.) |