TY  - BOOK
AU  - Teeple,Gary
TI  - Globalization and the decline of social reform: into the twenty-first century 
SN  - 1551930269
AV  - HC59. T36 2000
U1  - 330.122 
PY  - 2000///]
CY  - Aurora, Ontario, Amherst, N.Y.
PB  - Garamond Press, Humanity Books
KW  - Economic history
KW  - 1945-
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Socialism
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Globalization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-231) and index; Introduction --; 1; Social Reform and Capitalism --; The Origins of the Welfare State --; A Definition --; The Meaning of Social Reform --; 2; The Socialism of Social Democracy --; Social Democracy --; 3; The Impact of Social Democracy and the Welfare State on Social Inequality --; Inequality --; Redistribution --; Social Citizenship and Decommodification --; 4; The Global Economy and the Decline of Social Reform --; The Coming of the Global Economy --; Revolution in the Means of Production --; The Global Era --; The Decline of Social Reform --; 5; Neo-Liberal Policies and Their Rationale --; Promotion of the Primacy of Private Property Rights --; The Market as Panacea --; Free Economic Zones: Model for the Global Economy --; Deregulation of the Economy --; The Privatization of Public Corporations --; Transformation of the Tax Structure --; Reduction of the National Debt --; The Downsizing of Government --; The Restructuring of Local Government --; Dismantling the Welfare State --; The Promotion of Charities --; Circumscription of Civil Liberties /Human Rights --; Circumscription of Trade Union Powers --; Preparing for the Consequences: The Growth of Prison Facilities --; Restrictions to Democracy --; 6; The Era of the "Triumph of Capitalism" --; The Meaning of the "Triumph" --; The Global System --; Political Dilemmas --; The Possibilities --; The Coming Tyranny --; 7; Globalization as the Second Bourgeois Revolution --; The Restructuring of Economic Units --; The "State" and "Civil Society" at the Global Level --; The Decline of Liberal Democracy --; Securing the Economic Unit --; Transformation of Property Relations --; The Decline of National Cultural Identity --; 8; A Critique of the Sceptics --; Globalization as Mere Rhetoric --; Nothing New-Plus Ca Change --; Technological Revolution --; The Transnational Corporation and the Global Market --; Global Governance --; Role of the National State: "Convergence" vs. "State Capacity" --; The North-South Divide, or the Core and Periphery --; 9; The Question of Resistance and Alternatives
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