States in the Global Economy Bringing Domestic Institutions Back In [Hardcover]

New avenue of research into the effects of globalisation on the role of the state.It is generally argued that globalisation has seriously limited the state's capacity to govern domestically. This book questions the thesis that the state's role in promoting social protection and wealth creation has been restricted. Covering a range of areas of state activity and political issues, in both developing and developed countries, the contributors explore the real impact of global interdependence. They argue that globalisation can enable as well as constrain, and that its effects will depend on the character of a country's domestic institutions.It is generally argued that globalisation has seriously limited the state's capacity to govern domestically. This book questions the thesis that the state's role in promoting social protection and wealth creation has been restricted. Covering a range of areas of state activity and political issues, in both developing and developed countries, the contributors explore the real impact of global interdependence. They argue that globalisation can enable as well as constrain, and that its effects will depend on the character of a country's domestic institutions.It is generally argued that globalization has seriously limited the state's capacity to govern domestically. This book questions the thesis that the state's role in promoting social protection and wealth creation has been restricted. Covering a range of areas of state activity and political issues in developing and developed countries, the contributors explore the impact of global interdependence. They argue that globalization can enable as well as constrain, and that the effects will depend on the character of a country's domestic institutions.1. Bringing domestic institutions back in Linda Weiss; Part I. The Resilience of Welfare States: 2. Disappearing taxes of the 'race to the middle'? Fiscal policy in the OECD John Hobson; 3. Withering welfare? Globalisation, political economic lc