Globalization and the Welfare State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Globalization and the Welfare State write by B. Södersten. This book was released on 2004-04-18. Globalization and the Welfare State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With contributions from leading thinkers such as J. Bhagwati and Robert Solow, 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, and it is explained why some people are willing to sacrifice their lives to gain 'heavenly goods'. The role of multinationals in the globalization process is examined as is the importance of changing and evolving social norms regarding work and leisure for the survival of today's welfare states.
The Decline of the Welfare State
The Decline of the Welfare State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Decline of the Welfare State write by Assaf Razin. This book was released on 2005-01-21. The Decline of the Welfare State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An analysis of the welfare state from a political economy perspective that examines the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on industrialized economies. In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on the deteriorating system of financing welfare state benefits as we know them. Their timely analysis, supported by a unified theoretical framework and empirical findings, demonstrates how the combined forces of demographic change and globalization will make it impossible for the welfare state to maintain itself on its present scale. In much of the developed world, the proportion of the population aged 60 and over is expected to rise dramatically over the coming years—from 35 percent in 2000 to a projected 66 percent in 2050 in the European Union and from 27 percent to 47 percent in the United States—which may necessitate higher tax burdens and greater public debt to maintain national pension systems at current levels. Low-skill migration produces additional strains on welfare-state financing because such migrants typically receive benefits that exceed what they pay in taxes. Higher capital taxation, which could potentially be used to finance welfare benefits, is made unlikely by international tax competition brought about by globalization of the capital market. Applying a political economy model and drawing on empirical data from the EU and the United States, the authors draw an unconventional and provocative conclusion from these developments. They argue that the political pressure from both aging and migrant populations indirectly generates political processes that favor trimming rather than expanding the welfare state. The combined pressures of aging, migration, and globalization will shift the balance of political power and generate public support from the majority of the voting population for cutting back traditional welfare state benefits.
Globalization and the Welfare State
Globalization and the Welfare State - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Globalization and the Welfare State write by Dr. Ramesh Mishra. This book was released on 1999. Globalization and the Welfare State available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America
The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America write by Alex Segura-Ubiergo. This book was released on 2007-06-25. The Political Economy of the Welfare State in Latin America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is one of the first attempts to analyze how developing countries through the early twenty-first century have established systems of social protection, and how these systems have been affected by the processes of globalization and democratization. The book focuses on Latin America to identify factors associated with the evolution of welfare state policies during the pre-globalization period prior to 1979, whilst studying how globalization and democratization have affected governments' fiscal commitment to social spending. In contrast with the Western European experience, more developed welfare systems evolved in countries relatively closed to international trade, while the recent process of globalization that has swept the region has put substantial downward pressure on social security expenditures. Health and education spending has been relatively protected from greater exposure to international markets and has actually increased substantially with the shift to democracy.
The Transformation of Welfare States?
The Transformation of Welfare States? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Transformation of Welfare States? write by Nick Ellison. This book was released on 2006-04-07. The Transformation of Welfare States? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Globalization', institutions and welfare regimes -- The challenge of globalization -- Globalization and welfare regime change -- Towards workfare? : changing labour market policies -- Labour market policies in social democratic and continental regimes -- Population ageing, GEPs and changing pensions systems -- Pensions policies in continental and social regimes -- Conclusion : welfare regimes in a liberalizing world.
