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Globalization and human welfare / Vic George and Paul Wilding.
LIBRA HV40 .G455 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- George, Victor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human services.
- Social policy.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 231 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2002.
- Summary:
- This thematically structured text offers an ideal introduction to the positive and negative effects of globalization on human welfare in industrial and developing societies. It documents the effects of globalization on economic growth, income distribution, poverty, education, health, social care, and the environment. It pays special attention to the effects of globalization on ethnic and gender issues and concludes with an assessment of the possibilities of global social policy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0333915666
- 0333915674
- OCLC:
- 48588292
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