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Welfare Regimes and Global Cities: A Missing Link in the Comparative Analysis of Welfare States?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2012

JOHN HUDSON
JOHN HUDSON*
Affiliation:
Department of Social Policy & Social Work, University of York, York, United Kingdom, YO10 5DD e-mail: john.hudson@york.ac.uk
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Abstract

The ‘welfare modelling business’ has been at the heart of comparative social policy analysis but debate has largely proceeded on the basis that coherent national welfare states exist. This assumption was always problematic but globalisation processes have added a further dimension to this debate. In particular, geographers and sociologists have pointed to the increasing power of global cities that act as co-ordinating hubs for the global economy. Though residing in nation states, these cities have a special status flowing from their central role in the global economy. Little attempt has been made to explore the implications of these cities for welfare regimes and welfare regime analysis. This paper addresses this under explored issue and suggests there are strong overlaps between global city types and welfare types.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , July 2012 , pp. 455 - 473
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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