{"product_id":"global-capital-political-institutions-and-policy-change-in-developed-welfare-states-hardback-9780521806688","title":"Global Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States (Hardback) 9780521806688","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGlobal Capital, Political Institutions, and Policy Change in Developed Welfare States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book argues that post-1970 international capital mobility has not contributed to the retrenchment of developed welfare states.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDuane Swank (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521806688, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 February 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 10 b\/w illus.  22 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The book is based on sound empirical material and sophisticated analysis … it is highly accessible to both advanced scholars and beginning graduate students.' West European Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book argues that the post-1970 rise in international capital mobility has not contributed to the retrenchment of developed welfare states. Nor has globalization 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. In systems characterized by electoral institutions, social corporatist interest representation and policy-making, centralized political authority, and social insurance-based program structures, pro-welfare state interests are favored. In nations characterized by majoritarian electoral institutions, pluralist interest representation and policy-making, decentralization of policy-making authority, and liberal program structure, the economic and political pressures attendant on globalization are translated into rollbacks of social protection. Globalization has had least impact on large welfare states of Northern Europe and most effect on small welfare states of Anglo nations.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Globalization, democracy, and the welfare state\u003cbr\u003e 3. Global capital, political institutions, and contemporary welfare state development: quantitative analysis\u003cbr\u003e 4. Big welfare states in global markets: internationalization and welfare state reform in the Nordic social democracies\u003cbr\u003e 5. Globalization and policy change in corporatist conservative welfare states\u003cbr\u003e 6. Internationalization and liberal welfare states: a synopsis\u003cbr\u003e 7. Assessing long-term impacts: the impact of globalization on taxation, institutions, and control of the macroeonomy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conclusions: national welfare states in a global economy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265119244568,"sku":"9780521806688","price":47.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521806688i.jpg?v=1692019680","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/global-capital-political-institutions-and-policy-change-in-developed-welfare-states-hardback-9780521806688","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}