Title: Globalization and the decline of social reform
First published: 1995
Description: Gary Teeple examines the transformation of the economic and political conditions that allowed for the rise of the welfare state and the politics of social democracy. He critically analyzes the neo-liberal policies that are being introduced by governments everywhere, arguing that they are the policy counterpart to the globalization of the economy.

If globalization represents the "triumph of capitalism" and the decline of the welfare state, then it also carries negative consequences for working people around the world. As liberal democracy declines and political legitimacy fades, the world is confronted by the unmitigated assertion of the rights of corporate private property.
Subjects: Welfare state, Social policy, Capitalism, Globalization, Socialism, Economic history, Economic history, 1945-, International economic relations, Social aspects, Social aspects of International economic relations, Verzorgingsstaat, État providence, Aspect social, Relations économiques internationales, Wohlfahrtsstaat, Geschichte, Économie de marché, Neoliberalisme, Sociaal-democratie, Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Internationalisatie
Time periods: 1945-