States in the Global Economy: Bringing Domestic Institutions Back In

by Linda Weiss

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521525381
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/13/2003
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International Relations , #86
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.91(d)

About the Author

LINDA WEISS is Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

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 institutions, and contemporary welfare states Duane Swank; 4. Globalisation and social security expansion in East Africa M. Ramesh; Part II. New Economic Challenges, Changing State Capacities: 5. France: a new 'capitalism of voice'? Michael Loriaux; 6. The challenges of economic upgrading in liberalising Thailand Richard Doner and Ansil Ramsay; 7. Building institutional capacity for China's new economic opening Tianbiao Zhu; 8. New regimes, new capacities: the politics of telecommunications nationalisation and liberalisation David Levi-Faur; 9. Ideas, institutions and interests in the shaping of telecommunications reform: Japan and the USA Mark Tilton; 10. Diverse paths towards 'the right institutions': law, the state and economic reform in East Asia Meredith Woo-Cumings; III. Governing Globalisation: 11. Managing openness in India: the social construction of a globalist narrative Jalal Alamgir; 12. Guiding globalisation in East Asia: new roles for old developmental states Linda Weiss; 13. Governing global finance: financial derivatives, liberal states, and transformative capacity William Coleman; 14. Is the state being 'transformed' by globalisation? Linda Weiss.

Editorial Reviews

'States in the Global Economy is an important contribution to the emerging debate in the literature about a reassessment of the relationship between domestic markets and actors and the ongoing global transformations and challenges. The book highlights the domestic arena as an important area of study if one wants to fully understand the interplay between domestic policy choices and global forces. grounded in a novel and challenging theoretical framework, the book offers theoretical as well as empirical insights, which are highly relevant and very timely.' International Affairs

'… distinguished by both scholarly rigour and imagination … All the chapters in this wide-ranging study are spirited and sharply written.' Japanese Journal of Political Science

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