V olu m e 18 N u m ber 2/ 3/ 4 1998
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G LO B A LIZATIO N A N D THE WELFARE STATE* R o b in Stryker, D epartm en t o f Sociology and C o llege o f Law , U n iver sit y o f Io w a. Abstract T h e r u sh t o embrace globalization as buzzword creates dangers of superficiality an d t r ivializatio n just when debates about globalization h ave becom e cen t r al fo r u n d er stan d ing social policy. I briefly review debates about econom ic glo b alization and its im p lications for the w elfare state. I h igh ligh t m ajo r ideas an d fin d ings of each contributor t o t h e special issue. A t t h e sam e tim e, I in t egrate and build on the contributors’ t h emes, linking the themes to each other, to the disco u r se o n glo b alization, and to the research on expansio n and retrenchment of government social welfare policies in advanced c a p i t a l i s t a n d l e ss d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r ies. I su g g e s t u s i n g a resource-o r ien t ed fram e w o r k t o o r......
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