Globalization and Human Welfare

Globalization and Human Welfare

by Paul Wilding (Contributor), Vic George (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Edition: 2002
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 06 Sep 2002

ISBN 10: 0333915674
ISBN 13: 9780333915677
Book Overview: '...a pleasing introduction to the study of 'globalisation' as it relates to social policy and human welfare concerns.' - Nicola Yeats, Queen's University, Belfast, Social Policy

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'...a pleasing introduction to the study of 'globalisation' as it relates to social policy and human welfare concerns.' - Nicola Yeats, Queen's University, Belfast, Social Policy
Author Bio
VIC GEORGE is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Kent and has taught at the Universities of Nottingham and Kent. He is an international figure in the field and has given lectures and seminars in USA, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and many European countries. He has written widely on theoretical and policy issues from national and comparative perspectives and is particularly interested in the areas of poverty, ideology and inequality.

PAUL WILDING is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at the University of Manchester, and has taught at the University of Nottingham, the University of Wales at Cardiff and the City University of Hon Kong. He is well-known for his work on ideological issues in social welfare, on professional power and welfare states, on general issues in social policy in the UK and on social policy in East Asia.

They are joint of authors of British Society and Social Welfare (Palgrave, 1999) and Welfare and Ideology (Prentice Hall, 1994).