Turning Inside out? Globalization, Neo-Liberalism and Welfare States

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