Globalisation and Human Welfare

This thematically structured text offers an ideal introduction to the positive and negative effects of globalization on human welfare in industrial and developing societies. It documents the effects of globalization on economic growth, income distribution, poverty, education, health, social care and the environment. It pays special attention to the effects of globalization on ethnic and gender issues and concludes with an assessment of the possibilities of global social policy. It will appeal to undergraduates in the social sciences both as a basic text and a reference book.>

List of contents

Introduction
The Nature of Globalization
Globalization, the State and Human Welfare
Globalization and Human Welfare in Advanced Industrial Countries
Globalisation and Human Welfare in Industrially Developing Countries
Globalisation and Gender Inequalities
Globalization, Migration and Ethnicity
Global Social Policy Today
The Future of Global Social Policy
Bibliography
Index.

About the author

VIC GEORGE is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent and has taught at the Universities of Nottingham and Kent, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Vic Wilding George, Vi George, Vic George, Vic Wilding George, Victor George, Victor Wilding George, Paul Wilding
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2002
• EAN: 9780333915677
• ISBN: 978-0-333-91567-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Social Policy, Social & ethical issues, Management science, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection