Limits to Globalization Welfare States and the World Economy

• Main Authors: Rieger, Elmar (Author), Leibfried, Stephan 1944- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Malden, MA Polity Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Pub. 2003
• Subjects: Globalization; Public welfare > Cross-cultural studies; Public welfare > Cross-cultural studies > Economic aspects
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This text argues for the need to understand developments in welfare and social provision alongside the processes of globalization. It maintains that the present climate provides a unique opportunity for policy-makers to engage constructively with globalization.

Table of Contents:

• The non-economic preconditions of globalization
• Welfare state mercantilism
• Defensive globalization in the welfare state : foreign trade policy and social policy in the USA
• Two worlds of welfare democracy : global capitalism and social policy