Limits to Globalization: Welfare States and the World Economy

The authors argue that the present climate provides a unique opportunity for policy-makers to engage constructively with globalization, rejecting an out-moded protectionist stance.

Broad historical scope: covers one century of the interaction between world markets and welfare states.

Wide area scope: covers the US and Germany in the OECD context plus East Asia.

Includes new research data on welfare state institutionalization at the interface to world markets.