Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution

by Bardhan, Pranab K.

• ISBN13: 9780691125190
• ISBN10: 0691125198
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-09
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

Can the welfare state survive in an economically integrated world? Many have argued that globalization has undermined national policies to raise the living standards and enhance the economic opportunities of the poor. This book, by sixteen of the world's leading authorities in international economics and the welfare state, suggests a surprisingly different set of consequences: Globalization does not preclude social insurance and egalitarian redistribution--but it does change the mix of policies that can accomplish these ends. Globalization and Egalitarian Redistributiondemonstrates that the free flow of goods, capital, and labor has increased the inequality or volatility of labor earnings in advanced industrial societies--while constraining governments' ability to tax the winners from globalization to compensate workers for their loss. This flow has meanwhile created opportunities for enhancing the welfare of the less well off in poor and middle-income countries. Comprising eleven essays framed by the editors' introduction and conclusion, this book represents the first systematic look at how globalization affects policies aimed at reducing inequalities. The contributors are Keith Banting, Pranab Bardhan, Carles Boix, Samuel Bowles, Minsik Choi, Richard Johnston, Covadonga Meseguer Yebra, Karl Ove Moene, Layna Mosley, Claus Offe, Ugo Pagano, Adam Przeworski, Kenneth Scheve, Matthew J. Slaughter, Stuart Soroka, and Michael Wallerstein.

Author Biography

Pranab Bardhan is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Samuel Bowles is Research Professor and Director of the Behavioral Sciences Program at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Economics at the University of Siena. Michael Wallerstein is Professor of Political Science at Yale University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xi
Contributors	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles & Michael Wallerstein
CHAPTER 1 Globalization and the Limits to Poverty Alleviation	13	(20)
Pranab Bardhan
CHAPTER 2 Social Protection in a Supranational Context: European Integration and the Fates of the "European Social Model"	33	(31)
Claus Offe
CHAPTER 3 Threat Effects of Capital Mobility on Wage Bargaining	64	(23)
Minsik Choi
CHAPTER 4 Constraints, Opportunities, and Information: Financial Market—Government Relations around the World	87	(33)
Layna Mosley
CHAPTER 5 Egalitarian Redistribution in Globally Integrated Economies	120	(28)
Samuel Bowles
CHAPTER 6 Social Democracy as a Development Strategy	148	(21)
Karl Ove Moene & Michael Wallerstein
CHAPTER 7 Globalization and Democracy	169	(23)
Adam Przeworski & Covadonga Meseguer Yebra
CHAPTER 8 Between Redistribution and Trade: The Political Economy of Protectionism and Domestic Compensation	192	(25)
Carles Boix
CHAPTER 9 Public Opinion, International Economic Integration, and the Welfare State	217	(44)
Kenneth Scheve & Matthew J. Slaughter
CHAPTER 10 Immigration and Redistribution in a Global Era	261	(28)
Stuart Soroka, Keith Banting & Richard Johnston
CHAPTER 11 Economic Integration, Cultural Standardization, and the Politics of Social Insurance	289	(17)
Samuel Bowles & Ugo Pagano
Conclusion	306	(13)
Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles & Michael Willerstein
Index	319