全球化与社会政策发展

Globalization and the Development of Social Policy

论文指出了全球化的三个重要维度并分析了全球化对社会政策发展的重要性。基于对研究文献的分析,论文认为经济、政治和文化全球化是可以区分的,同时讨论了这三种维度的各项指标。有关经济全球化对社会政策或福利国家发展的影响的研究文献,得出了不同结论。经济全球化固然有其重要影响,但全球的和/或国家的政治与文化因素却决定着社会政策发展的可能类型。因此,只有把全球化的政治与文化因素等方面也考虑进去,才能充分地认识社会政策的发展。

The article highlights several dimensions of globalization and discusses the importance of globalization for the development of social policy. Based on the research literature it is argued that one can distinguish between economic,political and cultural globalization,and indicators of these dimensions are discussed. The literature on the impact of economic globalization on social policy or welfare state development has arrived at different conclusions. The point is made that economic globalization counts,but global and/or national political and cultural factors decide what kind of social policy development is likely. The conclusion is that social policy development can only be understood if also the political and cultural aspects of globalization are taken into account.