Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution edited by Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles, & Michael Wallerstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wallerstein, Michael, ed.

Bowles, Samuel, ed.

Bardhan, Pranab K., ed.

Russell Sage Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalització--Aspectes socials.

Globalització.

Igualtat.

Distribució de la renda.

Economia internacional--Aspectes socials.

Economia internacional.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 326 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : Princeton University Press, 2006.

Summary:

Can the welfare state survive in an economically integrated world? Many have argued that globalization has undermined national policies to raise the living standards and enhance the economic opportunities of the poor. This book, by sixteen of the world's leading authorities in international economics and the welfare state, suggests a surprisingly different set of consequences: Globalization does not preclude social insurance and egalitarian redistribution--but it does change the mix of policies that can accomplish these ends. Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution demonstrates that the free flow of goods, capital, and labor has increased the inequality or volatility of labor earnings in advanced industrial societies--while constraining governments' ability to tax the winners from globalization to compensate workers for their loss. This flow has meanwhile created opportunities for enhancing the welfare of the less well off in poor and middle-income countries. Comprising eleven essays framed by the editors' introduction and conclusion, this book represents the first systematic look at how globalization affects policies aimed at reducing inequalities. The contributors are Keith Banting, Pranab Bardhan, Carles Boix, Samuel Bowles, Minsik Choi, Richard Johnston, Covadonga Meseguer Yebra, Karl Ove Moene, Layna Mosley, Claus Offe, Ugo Pagano, Adam Przeworski, Kenneth Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter, Stuart Soroka, and Michael Wallerstein.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

List of Illustrations

Preface

Contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1 Globalization and the Limits to Poverty Alleviation

Chapter 2 Social Protection in a Supranational Context: European Integration and the Fates of the “European Social Model”

Chapter 3 Threat Effects of Capital Mobility on Wage Bargaining

Chapter 4 Constraints, Opportunities, and Information: Financial Market–Government Relations around the World

Chapter 5 Egalitarian Redistribution in Globally Integrated Economies

Chapter 6 Social Democracy as a Development Strategy

Chapter 7 Globalization and Democracy

Chapter 8 Between Redistribution and Trade: The Political Economy of Protectionism and Domestic Compensation

Chapter 9 Public Opinion, International Economic Integration, and the Welfare State

Chapter 10 Immigration and Redistribution in a Global Era

Chapter 11 Economic Integration, Cultural Standardization, and the Politics of Social Insurance

Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691220208

OCLC:

1202623754