西方福利国家:全球化下的问题与挑战

Western Welfare States:Problems and Challenges under the Background of Globalization

20世纪90年代以来,全球化及其影响成为人们关注的焦点问题。对于福利国家而言,全球化因其凸显市场的力量、追求利润最大化而不可避免的对福利国家制度产生了重要影响。本文主要探讨的是全球化究竟在何种程度、以怎样的方式给西方福利国家带来了哪些新的问题与挑战。

Globalization and its effects has been becoming a key object of concerns since 1990s. Glohalization, often expressed as ＂less state and more market＂ and pursuit of profit maximization, is considered contradictory to the value and principals of welfare state.A common sense is that globalization have really brought influences on Welfare States. However, how far and in what ways the process of globelization has influenced western Welfare States deserves to pay more attention, especially in this plural world.