What does the history of reforms to the German welfare state teach us about the debate over the effects of globalization on social policy?
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Read the case studies on the U.S. (starts page 560) and Germany (starts page 558) relating to welfare. Then, answer the following questions in depth. 1. What does the history of reforms to the German welfare state teach us about the debate over the effects of globalization on social policy? Is the hyperglobalization thesis correct, or do national distinctions still matter? 2. What values underlie German’s Christian democratic welfare state, and do these seem to have changed fundamentally in the last decade?
