Internalizing Globalization: The Rise of Neoliberalism and the Decline of National Varieties of Capitalism (International Political Economy Series)

This book explores how a wide range of countries attempt to cope with the challenges of globalization. While the internalization of globalization proceeds in significantly different ways, there is a broad process of convergence taking place around the politics of neoliberalism and a more market-oriented version of capitalism. The book examines how distinct social structures, political cultures, patterns of party and interest group politics, classes, public policies, liberal democratic and authoritarian institutions, and the discourses that frame them, are being reshaped by political actors. Chapters cover national experiences from Europe and North America to Asia and Latin America (Chile, Mexico, and Peru). International Political Economy And Comparative Political Economy Both Focus On How Globalization Has Reshaped The Domestic Politics Of Nation-states. Ipe Has Emphasized What National Governments And Political Actors Can No Longer Do, Whereas Cpe Has Tended To Argue That States Have Not Been Submerged By Global Neoliberal Convergence And Have Been Able To Maintain The Core Characteristics Of Their Pre-existing Domestic Social Models (varieties Of Capitalism). Internalizing Globalization Goes Beyond Both Literatures, Looking At A Wide Range Of Concrete Case Studies-including Developing And Transitional States In Asia, Oceania, Eastern Europe And Latin America, As Well As Developed Countries Such As Germany, Sweden, The United States, Canada, And Japan. The Book Argues That Domestic Actors And Coalitions Have Been Able To Manipulate And Internalize Globalizing Trends In Unexpected Ways In Order To Create New And Innovative Hybrid Social And Political Models, While Reshaping Internal Autonomy Along Lines Consistent With Both Globalization And Neoliberalism. Different Roads To Globalization : Neoliberalism, The Competition State, And Politics In A More Open World / Philip G. Cerny, Georg Menz, And Susanne Soederberg -- Auf Wiedersehen, Rhineland Model : Embedding Neoliberalism In Germany / Georg Menz -- Making Thatcher Look Timid : The Rise And Fall Of The New Zealand Model / Georg Menz -- Neoliberalism And Policy Transfer In The Britrish Competition State : The Case Of Welfare Reform / Mark Evans -- Embedding Neoliberalism In Spain : From Franquismo To Neoliberalism / Paul Mcveigh -- Exporting And Internalizing Globalization : Canada And The Global System Of Power / Stephen Mcbride -- Capturing Benefits, Avoiding Losses : The United States, Japan And The Politics Of Constraint / Philip G. Cerny -- The Evolution Of The Swedish Model / Sven Steinmo -- The Rise Of Neoliberalism In Mexico : From A Developmental To A Competition State / Susanne Soederberg -- Globalization And The Internalization Of Neoliberalism : The Genesis And Trajectory Of Societal Restructuring In Chile / Marcus Taylor -- Neoliberalism Under Crossfire In Peru : Implementing The Washington Consensus / Guillermo Ruiz Torres -- Embedding Neoliberalism Through Statecraft : The Case Of Market Reform In Vietnam / Mark Evans And Bui Duc Hai -- Globalization And Post-soviet Capitalism : Internalizing Neoliberalism In Russia / Anastasia Nesvetailova. Edited By Susanne Soederberg, Georg Menz And Philip G. Cerny. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 261-286) And Index. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables......Page 8 Notes on Contributors......Page 9 Abbreviations......Page 12 1 Different Roads to Globalization: Neoliberalism, the Competition State, and Politics in a More Open World......Page 16 Part I Developed Countries’ Experiences with Globalization......Page 46 2 Auf Wiedersehen, Rhineland Model: Embedding Neoliberalism in Germany......Page 48 3 Making Thatcher Look Timid: the Rise and Fall of the New Zealand Model......Page 64 4 Neoliberalism and Policy Transfer in the British Competition State: the Case of Welfare Reform......Page 84 5 Embedding Neoliberalism in Spain: from Franquismo to Neoliberalism......Page 105 6 Exporting and Internalizing Globalization: Canada and the Global System of Power......Page 121 7 Capturing Benefits, Avoiding Losses: the United States, Japan and the Politics of Constraint......Page 138 8 The Evolution of the Swedish Model......Page 164 Part II Developing and Transition Countries in Globalization......Page 180 9 The Rise of Neoliberalism in Mexico: From a Developmental to a Competition State......Page 182 10 Globalization and the Internalization of Neoliberalism: the Genesis and Trajectory of Societal Restructuring in Chile......Page 198 11 Neoliberalism under Crossfire in Peru: Implementing the Washington Consensus......Page 215 12 Embedding Neoliberalism Through Statecraft: the Case of Market Reform in Vietnam......Page 234 13 Globalization and Post-Soviet Capitalism: Internalizing Neoliberalism in Russia......Page 253 Notes......Page 270 Bibliography......Page 276 C......Page 302 E......Page 303 G......Page 304 I......Page 305 M......Page 306 N......Page 307 P......Page 308 S......Page 309 T......Page 310 W......Page 311 Z......Page 312 "Global issues have become an increasingly vital part of environmental debates. They are closely interrelated with problems at local levels. In this wide-ranging study, Robert Boardman argues that investigation of environmental issues raises complex theoretical questions, and requires more sustained links between the natural and social sciences.". "In a closely integrated account of problems in critical ecological theory, Boardman draws extensively on current research in sociology, ecology, economics, the earth sciences and other disciplines. He suggests that ideas from these can be used to expand attention to and the understanding of environmental issues in international relations and international political economy, as well as in social theory more generally.". "The discussion identifies five main theoretical bases for these tasks. These are ecology and earth-system science; constructionist approaches; environmental ethics; micro-level research, particularly perspectives based on rational expectations and on agency; and governance. Connections among these are examined in the context of debates on economics globlization and ecological transformation."--BOOK JACKET. The Farm War of the early 1980s caused subsequent disruptions in world markets, conflicts among major governments and disagreements in international organizations. The Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations, ostensibly devoted to the new issues of globalization, dragged on from 1986 to 1993 in an attempt to end farm-subsidy battles. Wolfe shows how and why battles over agricultural protectionism were largely resolved through the Round, demonstrating that the global economy is not self-regulating; it needs institutions if it is to be stable. The Green Box, a core provision of The Agreement on Agriculture, shows how states can decide that certain types of policies should be immune from international regulation by the new World Trade Organization, an elegant compromise between the imperatives of responding to global change and maintaining democratic accountability. Wolfe's analysis will be helpful for planners of the next set of farm trade talks, due to begin in 1999, while the annotated text of The Agreement on Agriculture will be especially useful in introducing students to the complexities of trade policy List Of Tables And Figure -- Acknowledgements -- List Of Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Intersection Of Risk And Trade -- Science In The Regulation Of Risk : A Transatlantic Divide? -- Informal Trade Conflict -- Mad Cows And Transatlantic Trade Conflict -- Resolving Differences Over Stinky Cheese And Bothersome Beetles -- Formal Trade Conflict -- The Dispute Over Hormonal Cattle : The Lead Up To Ec-hormones -- Fearing Frankenfoods : Emergence Of Ec-biotech -- Disputing Chlorinated Chickens : The Politics Underpinning Ec-poultry -- Science And The Politics Of Transatlantic Trade Conflict -- Conclusions: Lessons For Trade Conflict -- Moving Forward -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography. David J. Hornsby, Senior Lecturer In International Relations, University Of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Includes Bibliographical References. Internationally the trade union movement is finding itself peripheralized by a series of mutually reinforcing processes - the ongoing world economic crisis; the uneven transition from an industrial to an information and service capitalism; the aggressive policies of neoliberalism; the collapse of communism and radical nationalism; the decline of the social-democratic or labour tradition - and by a globalization that undermines the nation-state to which union hopes have long been pinned. The editors argue that this crisis provides an opportunity for labour to recover or reinvent itself. They see this in terms of a labour response to the waves of energy coming from the new global social movements (women, ecology, human rights/democracy, and so on). Sri Lanka is hailed internationally for its high standards of education despite rather modest levels of economic growth. Much of this achievement has been underpinned by economic revenues generated by the labours of the plantation community whose own achievements in education fell well below the national norm. In recent years, however, educational participation among this community has increased. Why, and how? A day in the life of Vickneswari provides the starting-point for an analysis of educational progress among the Tamil plantation community. The authors examine various aspects of Japanese financial markets. This analysis is interspersed with the relevant institutional/historical background on Japanese financial markets necessary for the non-specialist. Principal chapters include: an institutional overview; a chapter on the comparative costs of capital (both internationally and among Japanese firms); causes and implications of the high degree of financial intermediation in Japan; and an invaluable analysis of the most recent trends in the Japanese/Asian financial markets This book examines the effect of post-Soviet transitions on current problem solving trends with regards to world capitalism. The fall of Soviet communism left liberal capitalism as the dominant blueprint from which to construct economic development policies. Using Central Europe as an example it is shown that the application of the Western liberal-capitalist model has not been without its difficulties. This book endeavours to place the changes to the global political economy, since 1989, in a theoretical and historical context "Many in South Africa have begun to cope with globalization, regionalization, a depleting ozone layer, new disease, rampant militarization, and structures of influence like race, class, and gender. In this book scholars present a wide variety of thoughts on the future of the region and the place of theory in helping us to understand the array of events characterizing the early 21st-century world."--Jacket Written in the context of contemporary theoretical debate in international political economy, this book overturns a number of myths about the political economy of trade in one of the oldest areas of industry. Yvon Grenier ; Foreword By Mitchell A. Seligson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 215-218) And Index.