Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Karl Ove Moene
• Michael Wallerstein
• Samuel Bowles
• Pranab Bardhan

Titel

Social Democracy as a Development Strategy

Ist Teil von

• Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution, 2020, p.148

Ort / Verlag

Princeton University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Social democracy, it is often said, is nice but pricey. Whatever its merits in the rich countries of Western Europe, social democracy is frequently dismissed as an infeasible model for developing countries. Based on generosity toward the poor and protection against market competition, the argument goes, social democracy is only possible in consensual, homogeneous, and affluent societies with an extraordinary commitment to equality. In Third World countries that are conflict-ridden, heterogeneous, and poor, does the social democratic model have any relevance? In this article we offer an agnostic view of the feasibility of the social democratic model of development in