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Globalization and the Decline of Social Reform : Into the Twenty-First Century /

Globalization is the coming of the 'triumph of capitalism, ' the growing ascendancy of economics over politics, of corporate demands over public policy, of private over public interest. It represents the approaching completion of the capitalization of the world, carried out by 'self-g...

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Autor principal: Teeple, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aurora, Ont. : Garamond Press, 2000.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I: SOCIAL REFORM AND CAPITALISM
  • The Origins of the Welfare State
  • A Definition
  • The Meaning of Social Reform
  • II: THE SOCIALISM OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
  • We Are All Socialists, Now
  • Social Democracy
  • III: THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE WELFARE STATE ON SOCIAL INEQUALITY
  • Inequality
  • Redistribution
  • Social Citizenship or Decommodification
  • IV: THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THE DECLINE OF SOCIAL REFORM
  • The Coming of the Global Economy
  • Revolution in the Means of ProductionThe Global Era
  • The Decline of Social Reform
  • V: 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
  • Popular Capitalism and Support for Privatization
  • Transformation of the Tax Structure
  • Reduction of the National Debt
  • The Downsizing of Government
  • The Restructuring of Local Government
  • Dismantling the Welfare StateThe 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
  • VI: THE ERA OF THE TRIUMPH OF CAPITALISM
  • The Meaning of the Triumph
  • The Global System
  • Political Dilemmas
  • The Possibilities
  • The Coming Tyranny
  • VII: 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""; ""VIII: A CRITIQUE OF THE SCEPTICS""; ""Globalization as Mere Rhetoric""; ""Nothing Newâ€?Plus Ã?a Change""; ""Technological Revolution""; ""The Transnational Corporation and the Global Market""; ""Global Governance""; ""Role of the National State: ""Convergence"" versus ""State Capacity""""; ""The North-South Divide, or the Core and Periphery""
  • Ix: the question of resistance and alternativesnotes
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