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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hays, Jude C. Globalization and the new politics of embedded liberalism. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 (OCoLC)676714071 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jude C Hays |
| ISBN: | 9780195369335 0195369335 9780195369328 0195369327 |
| OCLC Number: | 310959283 |
| Description: | ix, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | Economic Globalization and Domestic Politics in the Developed Democracies -- Government Spending and Public Support for Trade in the OECD -- Trade and Employment Volatility in Corporatist and Competitive Labor Markets -- Globalization and Capital Taxation in Consensus and Majoritarian Democracies -- Saving Embedded Liberalism in the Anglo-American Democracies -- Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | Jude C. Hays. |
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Academic and scholarly presses alike have published scores of books praising the benefits of globalization. This, as Jude Hays demonstrates in his prescient book, may be wishful thinking. Combining fresh theoretical insights with sophisticated empirical methods, Hays shows how globalization may be vulnerable to shifting popular sentiments. This would have made for important reading prior to the economic crisis that began in 2007; it is urgent reading today. * David Leblang, the University of Virginia * This is a brilliant book that forcefully advances the argument that in countries with decentralized labor markets and majoritarian political institutions, globalization raises the demands of citizens for protection from the vagaries of the global economy but also limits the capacity of countries to provide that protection. The book beautifully presents a diverse array of convincing empirical evidence with innumerable insights on how globalization is changing ourworld and our politics. * Kenneth Scheve, Yale University * Hays demonstrates persuasively why the two main champions of economic globalization-the United States and United Kingdom-are also the most vulnerable among the industrialized democracies to significant backlash against it: their institutional inability and ideological unwillingness to provide adequate social protection against globalization's most disruptive impacts on workers and communities. This is an extremely timely and important book to which scholars andpolicymakers alike should pay close attention. * John Gerard Ruggie, Harvard University * The theoretical presentation is clear, and the empirical evidence presented is quite convincing. The book makes important points about the tensions in today's integrated economies, as well as how they may play out politically. Hays's explicit and careful attention to the logical consistency of his arguments, and his focus on very specific economic and political relationships, make his work particularly trenchant. * Perspectives on Politics * Read more...
