Nita Rudra, Rudra Nita

Globalization and the Race to the Bottom in Developing Countries

Who Really Gets Hurt?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Challenges conventional wisdoms surrounding globalisation's effects on developing countries, suggesting that the real losers are the middle classes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 668g
• ISBN-13: 9780521886987
• ISBN-10: 0521886988
• Artikelnr.: 23605605

Autorenporträt

Nita Rudra is an Assistant Professor of International Affairs in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. The race to the bottom in developing countries
3. Who really gets hurt?
4. LDC welfare states: convergence? What are the implications?
5. Globalization and the protective welfare state: case study of India
6. Globalization and the productive welfare state: case study of South Korea
7. Globalization and the dual welfare state: case study of Brazil
8. Conclusions
Appendices.