Globalization and European Welfare States: Challenges and Change

by Robert Sykes

This book seeks to counter the recent trend of speculation about the impact of globalization upon welfare states. It begins by asking two related questions:
'What exactly is globalization?'
'How, if at all, has globalization been implicated in recent changes to European welfare states?'
The book combines both theoretical and empirical analysis to provide a critical account of the relationship between globalization and change in European...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333790189
• ISBN13: 9780333790182
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"