| Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States Contributor(s): Swank, Duane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521806682 ISBN-13: 9780521806688 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $60.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Political Science | World - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 330.126 |
| LCCN: 2001025914 |
| Lexile Measure: 1680 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book argues that the dramatic post-1970 rise in international capital mobility has not systematically contributed to the retrenchment of developed welfare states as many claim. Nor has globalization directly reduced the revenue-raising capacities of governments and undercut the political institutions that support the welfare state. Rather, institutional features of the polity and the welfare state determine the extent to which the economic and political pressures associated with globalization produce Welfare state retrenchment. |