Limits to globalization : welfare states and the world economy / Elmar Rieger and Stephan Leibfried ; translation by Benjamin W. Veghte with the assistance of Elmar Rieger.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rieger, Elmar
Other Authors: Leibfried, Stephan, 1944-
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Undetermined
Published: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press in association with Blackwell Pub., Oxford, UK, Malden, MA, 2003.
Subjects:
Public welfare > Cross-cultural studies.
Public welfare > Economic aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Globalization.
Genre:
Cross-cultural studies.
Physical Description:xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The non-economic preconditions of globalization
  • Welfare state mercantilism
  • Defensive globalization in the welfare state : foreign trade policy and social policy in the USA
  • Two worlds of welfare democracy : global capitalism and social policy reform in Germany and the USA
  • The welfare state and social policy in East Asia : religion and globalization.