Globalization and the welfare state: a retrospective Export

@article{citeulike:2232897, abstract = {There are basically three stories about the globalization-welfare state nexus. The first story argues that globalization is the cause of the chronic crisis of the welfare state. As national economies open to the international market, governments are forced to adapt to the imperatives of global competition, and this means cutting cost-intensive welfare programmes (globalization theory). The second story argues that, whatever the cause of the welfare state crisis, globalization is not part of it. There is neither theoretical reason nor empirical evidence to believe that national policy autonomy has decreased owing to increasing economic interdependencies (globalization sceptics). The third story holds that globalization, far from causing the welfare state's troubles, is a consequence of these troubles, and part of their solution (revisionism). The paper reviews each of these stories, and counterposes them to simple descriptive statistics on Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.}, author = {Genschel, Philipp}, citeulike-article-id = {2232897}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350176042000248052}, doi = {10.1080/1350176042000248052}, journal = {Journal of European Public Policy}, keywords = {globalization, welfarestate}, number = {4}, pages = {613--636}, posted-at = {2008-01-15 02:21:33}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Globalization and the welfare state: a retrospective}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350176042000248052}, volume = {11}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2232897 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2232897 N2 - There are basically three stories about the globalization-welfare state nexus. The first story argues that globalization is the cause of the chronic crisis of the welfare state. As national economies open to the international market, governments are forced to adapt to the imperatives of global competition, and this means cutting cost-intensive welfare programmes (globalization theory). The second story argues that, whatever the cause of the welfare state crisis, globalization is not part of it. There is neither theoretical reason nor empirical evidence to believe that national policy autonomy has decreased owing to increasing economic interdependencies (globalization sceptics). The third story holds that globalization, far from causing the welfare state's troubles, is a consequence of these troubles, and part of their solution (revisionism). The paper reviews each of these stories, and counterposes them to simple descriptive statistics on Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. IS - 4 JF - Journal of European Public Policy EP - 636 TI - Globalization and the welfare state: a retrospective PB - Routledge VL - 11 SP - 613 KW - globalization KW - welfarestate AU - Genschel, Philipp PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1350176042000248052 ER -