Globalization, Welfare State Restructuring, and Urban Homelessness in Germany and the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11669448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jürgen Von Mahs (University of Southampton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 457-481 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2747/0272-3638.22.5.457 |
| OpenAlex | W2073880306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
Growing economic globalization has increased the numbers of poor and homeless people in most post-industrial societies, putting tremendous pressure on the corresponding welfare states. The United States has responded to these processes with neoliberal policies that dismantle and devolve the welfare state, causing harm to poor and homeless people. Germany, in contrast, has maintained a more comprehensive welfare state to support poor and homeless people despite severe economic pressures following unification and a more internationally connected economy. The purpose of this paper is to compare welfare-state restructuring in both countries in the context of the problem of homelessness. I argue that for reasons associated with its political system, ideology, and economy, Germany has, to date, resisted major welfare-state restructuring and is likely to continue to do so. This suggests that neoliberal policies are not the inevitable result of globalization, and therefore contestable policy decisions. [Key words: globalization, welfare state restructuring, homelessness, Germany, United States.]
Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic restructuring · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
Words of welfare
The undeserving poor
Malign neglect
Regulating the poor
Race, Money, and the American Welfare State
The transition to post-Fordism and the Schumpeterian workfare state
Understanding and Overcoming the Nimby Syndrome
The end of organized capitalism
The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Social Policy in the European Union
Ungleichheit und Sozialpolitik
Globalization and the Welfare State
Social Policy in the European Union
Welfare States in Transition
Privatization and the Welfare State
Social Capitalism
Workplace
Anti-Homeless Laws and Public Space
Homelessness and Economic Restructuring
The Annihilation of Space by Law
Workfare in the sun
The Color of Welfare
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2015 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |