Globalization and the race to the bottom in developing countries : who really gets hurt? /
Rudra, Nita.
Globalization and the race to the bottom in developing countries : who really gets hurt? / Nita Rudra. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xix, 294 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-285) and index.
The race to the bottom in developing countries -- Who really gets hurt? -- LDC welfare states : convergence? What are the implications? -- Globalization and the protective welfare state : case study of India -- Globalization and the productive welfare state : case study of South Korea -- Globalization and the dual welfare state : case study of Brazil -- Introduction -- Appendix A: LDC social spending -- Appendix B: Assessing potential labor power -- Appendix C: Additional tests for the RTB hypothesis -- Appendix D: Variables in the inequality model -- Appendix E: Technical notes on Gini coefficients -- Appendix F: LDC Gini coefficient statistics -- Appendix G: Robustness check -- Appendix H: Conditional impact of trade on inequality -- Appendix I: Descriptions and sources of variables -- Appendix J: Cluster results minus outcome variables -- Appendix K: Dendogram for cluster analysis -- Appendix L: Poverty tables -- Appendix M: Social expenditures on social security, health, and education in India (percent of GDP) based on national data.
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The advance of economic globalization has led many academics, policy-makers, and activists to warn that it leads to a 'race to the bottom'. In a world increasingly free of restrictions on trade and capital flows, developing nations that cut public services are risking detrimental effects to the populace. Conventional wisdom suggests that it is the poorer members of these societies who stand to lose the most from these pressures on welfare protections, but this new study argues for a more complex conceptualization of the subject. Nita Rudra demonstrates how and why domestic institutions in developing nations have historically ignored the social needs of the poor; globalization neither takes away nor advances what never existed in the first place. It has been the lower- and upper-middle classes who have benefited the most from welfare systems and, consequently, it is they who are most vulnerable to globalization's race to the bottom.
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Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Globalization--Social aspects--Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Globalization.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Globalization--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Social policy.
Internationalisatie.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Armoede.
Globalisierung
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Sozialpolitik
Armut
Sozialhilfe
Globalisering--ekonomiska aspekter.
Globalisering--sociala aspekter.
Developing countries--Social policy.
Developing countries--Social policy.
Developing countries.
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Entwicklungsländer
U-länder--ekonomiska förhållanden.
Electronic books.
HC59.7 / .R763 2008
303.48/2
Globalization and the race to the bottom in developing countries : who really gets hurt? / Nita Rudra. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xix, 294 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-285) and index.
The race to the bottom in developing countries -- Who really gets hurt? -- LDC welfare states : convergence? What are the implications? -- Globalization and the protective welfare state : case study of India -- Globalization and the productive welfare state : case study of South Korea -- Globalization and the dual welfare state : case study of Brazil -- Introduction -- Appendix A: LDC social spending -- Appendix B: Assessing potential labor power -- Appendix C: Additional tests for the RTB hypothesis -- Appendix D: Variables in the inequality model -- Appendix E: Technical notes on Gini coefficients -- Appendix F: LDC Gini coefficient statistics -- Appendix G: Robustness check -- Appendix H: Conditional impact of trade on inequality -- Appendix I: Descriptions and sources of variables -- Appendix J: Cluster results minus outcome variables -- Appendix K: Dendogram for cluster analysis -- Appendix L: Poverty tables -- Appendix M: Social expenditures on social security, health, and education in India (percent of GDP) based on national data.
Use copy
The advance of economic globalization has led many academics, policy-makers, and activists to warn that it leads to a 'race to the bottom'. In a world increasingly free of restrictions on trade and capital flows, developing nations that cut public services are risking detrimental effects to the populace. Conventional wisdom suggests that it is the poorer members of these societies who stand to lose the most from these pressures on welfare protections, but this new study argues for a more complex conceptualization of the subject. Nita Rudra demonstrates how and why domestic institutions in developing nations have historically ignored the social needs of the poor; globalization neither takes away nor advances what never existed in the first place. It has been the lower- and upper-middle classes who have benefited the most from welfare systems and, consequently, it is they who are most vulnerable to globalization's race to the bottom.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2011.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780511438332 (electronic bk.) 0511438338 (electronic bk.) 0511437668 (electronic bk.) 9780511437663 (electronic bk.) 9780511436208 0511436203 9780511435416 (ebk.) 051143541X 9780511491870 (ebook) 0511491875
GBA882804 bnb
Uk
Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Globalization--Social aspects--Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Globalization.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Globalization--Social aspects--Developing countries.
Globalization--Economic aspects.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Social policy.
Internationalisatie.
Sociaal-economische aspecten.
Armoede.
Globalisierung
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Sozialpolitik
Armut
Sozialhilfe
Globalisering--ekonomiska aspekter.
Globalisering--sociala aspekter.
Developing countries--Social policy.
Developing countries--Social policy.
Developing countries.
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Entwicklungsländer
U-länder--ekonomiska förhållanden.
Electronic books.
HC59.7 / .R763 2008
303.48/2