Turning inside Out? Globalization, Neo-liberalism and Welfare States

Authors

  • John Clarke Open University, U.K.

Keywords:

citizenship, globalization, nation, neo-liberalism, state, welfare

Abstract

Apocalyptic accounts of globalization bringing about the end of the welfare state (and the nation state) have been countered by political-institutionalist views of adaptation. Such views treat globalization as an external force, or pressure, rather than a set of processes that are also internalized within nations. I argue that a more differentiated view of globalization can reveal how it has unsettled welfare state/nation state formations. In the process, taken-for-granted meanings and boundaries of nation-state-welfare have been destabilized. I conclude by suggesting that these processes have made citizenship a distinctive focus of political tensions and conflicts.

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Published

2022-06-17

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Clarke, J. (2022). Turning inside Out? Globalization, Neo-liberalism and Welfare States. Anthropologica, 45(2), 201–214. Retrieved from https://cas-sca.journals.uvic.ca/index.php/anthropologica/article/view/2305

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Vol. 45 No. 2 (2003)

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