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041 _aeng
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100 1 _aMishra, Ramesh,
_cDr.
245 1 0 _aGlobalization and the welfare state
_h[Book] /
_cRamesh Mishra.
260 _aNorthampton, MA :
_aNorthampton, MA :
_bEdward Elgar Publishing,
_cc1999.
300 _axi, 152 p. ;
_c24 cm.
505 0 _a1. The logic of globalization: the changing context of the welfare state -- 2. Employment, labour market and income: growing insecurity and inequality -- 3. Social policy in retreat or the hollowing out of the welfare state -- 4. Social policy and democracy: do politics still matter? -- 5. Globalization in comparative perspective: Sweden, Germany and Japan -- 6. The logic of globalization revisited -- 7. Towards a global social policy.
520 _aDoes globalization mean a race to the bottom in social standards and the inevitable decay of the welfare state? Ramesh Mishra - a leading authority on social policy - examines the implications of globalization in respect of social policy and social standards in advanced industrial countries. 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. Globalization and the Welfare State is highly accessible and will be welcomed by students and scholars of social policy, social work, political science and sociology as well as by policymakers in international organizations and government.
521 _aAll.
650 0 _aSocial policy.
650 0 _aWelfare state.
650 0 _aInternational economic relations.
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