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Product Identifiers

PublisherElgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward

ISBN-101840641738

ISBN-139781840641738

eBay Product ID (ePID)1628641

Product Key Features

Number of Pages168 Pages

Publication NameGlobalization and the Welfare State

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

SubjectPolitical Economy, Globalization, Public Policy / Social Policy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science

AuthorRamesh Mishra

SeriesCivil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN99-021912

Dewey Edition21

Reviews'Mishra's book is an important contribution to the literature on globalization and the welfare state. It offers new insights into the consequences of globalization for the welfare state. While his critical analysis is rather easy to follow, it provides the reader with concrete examples that allow for the development of hypotheses of one's own about the impact of globalization on the welfare state in Anglo-Saxon countries.'

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal361.6/5

Table Of ContentList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The logic of globalization: the changing context of the welfare state2. Employment, lobour market and income: growing insecurity and inequality3. Social policy in retreat or the hollowing out of the welfare state4. Social policy and democracy: do politics still matter?5. Globalization in comparative perspective: Sweden, Germany and Japan6. The logic of globalization revisited7. Towards a global social policyReferencesIndex

SynopsisGlobalization 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., Does 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, whose policies are becoming increasingly influential and are putting nation states under pressure to reduce social standards. In this book Ramesh Mishra considers the impact of globalization on full employment and the labour market, income distribution, taxation and social protection in developed capitalist countries. He 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 economic. In conclusion, Professor Mishra 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.