The Future of the European “Social Model” in the Global Economy

IF 3.9 3区 管理学 Q1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2001-08-01 DOI:10.1080/13876980108412659
M. Ferrera, A. Hemerijck, Martin Rhodes
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This article examines the prospects for European welfare states in the context of globalization. It begins with a critical review of the globalization arguments. While there is some evidence that external constraints make life harder for policymakers seeking positive-sum outcomes, it is the combination of national debt and spending limits, plus domestic tax resistance, that really count in making expenditure-based social and employment policies more difficult in certain countries. In understanding the constraints and opportunities that will shape Europe's welfare future, globalization—crudely understood—is therefore much less influential than many suppose. While EMU has radically diminished national autonomy in exchange rate, monetary policy, and fiscal policy, there are also beneficial consequences for social policy and broader economic management. On the employment and social policy side, initiatives required to match greater “flexibility” with sustained security are now at the top of the EU agenda, and mechanisms for diffusing best practice across Europe are being put in place. Within this framework, European welfare states must place more emphasis on “dynamic equality,” being primarily attentive to the worst off, more hospitable to incentive-generating differentiation, and actively vigilant with regard to the “openness” of opportunity structures.
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欧洲“社会模式”在全球经济中的未来
本文探讨了全球化背景下欧洲福利国家的前景。本文首先对全球化的观点进行了批判性的回顾。虽然有一些证据表明,外部约束使寻求正和结果的政策制定者的生活变得更加困难,但在某些国家,国家债务和支出限制加上国内税收阻力的结合,才真正使基于支出的社会和就业政策变得更加困难。在理解影响欧洲福利未来的制约因素和机遇时,全球化——粗略理解——的影响力远不如许多人想象的那么大。虽然欧洲货币联盟从根本上削弱了各国在汇率、货币政策和财政政策方面的自主权,但它也对社会政策和更广泛的经济管理产生了有益的影响。在就业和社会政策方面,将更大的“灵活性”与持续的安全相匹配的举措,现在已成为欧盟议程的首要任务,在整个欧洲传播最佳实践的机制正在到位。在这个框架内,欧洲福利国家必须更加强调“动态平等”,主要关注最贫穷的人,更乐于接受产生激励的差异化,并对机会结构的“开放性”保持积极警惕。
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