International Class Conflict and Social Policy

The history of welfare states is marked by divisions between capital and labour and these divisions are replicated at the international level. At the heart of these divisions is enduring class interests which accord different priorities to social and economic factors. That these divisions exist is n...

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Published in:Social policy and society : a journal of the Social Policy Association 2005-04, Vol.4 (2), p.217-226
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Class conflict
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Global economy
Hegemony
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Labor unions
Labour
Nation states
Neoliberalism
Power
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Society
Themed Section on Political Economy and Social Policy
Welfare state
World economy
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Capital
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Class interest
Decision making
Global economy
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Power
Social policy
Society
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