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Title: Globalization and Welfare: A Critical Reader (International Political Economy.
Description: Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2007. Softcover. Fine Condition. 9781403901668 304 pages. Available Now. Book Description: The claim that economic globalization 'necessitates' the retreat of the welfare state in advanced instrialized democracies has been widely disseminated in contemporary political, academic and mediate discourse. Subject to vigorous analysis by scholars from a variety of disciplines, the theoretical basis of this claim, and the empirical evidence mounted in its defence, has been systematically critiqued over the last decade. This reader bring together, for the first time, the leading voices in scholarship critical of the 'inevitability thesis' on welfare.: Representative of the transformed landscape of social theory after the 'cultural turn' the sixteen essays collected here draw attention to the key conceptual and theoretical issues at stake in welfare provision in the cotext of global capitalism. Grouped in four sections - citizenship and global governance, regulating global capital, re-politicizing the retreat of the state and governmentality and the micro-politics of welfare reform - this collection facilitates a productive engagement with critical perspectives on social pretoection under conditions of global capitalism and suggests avenues for the future development of critical scholarship on globalization and welfare.: Contributiors include: Teresa Brennan, Richard A. Cloward, Mitchell Dean, Gosta Esping-Andersen, Frances Fox Piven, Geoffrey Garrett, Colin Hay, Bob Jessop, Stephan Leibfried, Claus Offe, Jamie Peck, Paul Pierson, Elmar Rieger, Nikolas Rose, Sanford F. Schram, Lynne Segal, Bryan S. Turner, Nicola Yeates : Review: 'With a genuinely insightful introduction, Ritu Vij has brought together a classic set of readings ... A judicious and radical collection which is likely to become a standard reference point for anyone interested in the state of welfare and the welfare state under conditions of contemporary globalization.' - Professor Anthony McGrew, Head of School, School of Social Sciences, Southampton University, UK: 'The book is an important statement about what has happened to the welfare state throughout the last generation of politically-inspired globalization.' - Craig N. Murphy, M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations, Wellesley College, USA: '...this collection facilitates a productive engagement with critical perspectives on social protection and suggests avenues for the future development of critical scholarship on globalization and welfare.' - International Social Security Review: About the Author: RITU VIJ is a Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen, UK. She was previously a Visiting Scholar at Keio University, Japan. Size: 15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 cm. 304 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Miscellaneous; Paperback; ISBN: 140390166X. ISBN/EAN: 9781403901668. Inventory No: F138-1697.

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