scholarly journals Political Participation and the Welfare State

2019 ◽  
pp. 541-558
Author(s):  
Rainald Borck
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Welfare Spending ◽  
The Welfare State

A large literature has claimed that higher political participation increases welfare spending. In this chapter, the author reviews this literature, first studying the theoretical link between participation and redistributive spending, then reviewing the empirical literature on the links between education, income, and political participation, and those between political participation and redistribution.

scholarly journals Globalization and the Decline of the Welfare State in Less-Developed Countries

2002 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 411-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nita Rudra
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
International Markets ◽  
Labor Market Institutions ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Welfare Spending ◽  
Large Populations ◽  
Original Measure ◽  
The Welfare State

Why have trends in government welfare spending in developing countries diverged from those in developed countries? I address this question by investigating the effects of capital and trade flows on government welfare spending in fifty-three developing countries. Using an original measure of labor power in developing countries, I test the links between international markets, labor's political strength, and the welfare state. I argue that labor's collective-action problems, caused by large populations of low-skilled and surplus workers, offset labor's potential political gains from globalization. I show that when the proportion of low-skilled workers in a nation is high, globalization will lead to a decline in welfare spending. Most significantly, the results suggest that in nations where labor-market institutions are not yet well developed, government social-welfare spending is constrained by international market, forces.

"Rats, Man, and the Welfare State": Comment.

1959 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 594-594
Author(s):  
James C. Crumbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
The Welfare State
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