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Capitalism, democracy, and welfare

By Torben Iversen

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
052184861X, 9780521848619, 9780511161407, 9780521613071, 0521613078
Google Books ID
R5vIXHzvEdUC
Open Library ID
OL7766530M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3096534 bytes)
Series
Cambridge studies in comparative politics
Pages
337\337
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

Based on the key idea that social protection in a modern economy, both inside and outside the state, can be understood as protection of specific investments in human capital, Torben Iversen offers a systematic explanation of popular preferences for redistributive spending, the economic role of political parties and electoral systems, and labor market stratification (including gender inequality). Contrary to the popular idea that competition in the global economy undermines international differences in the level of social protection, Iversen argues that these differences are actually made possible by a high international division of labor.

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