Vol.5 No 3, 2008 pp. 179 - 184
UDC 330.342.146 : 005.44
GLOBALIZATION AND THE WELFARE STATE
Branislav Mitrović
Faculty of Economics, University of Niš, 18000 Niš, Serbia
branislav.mitrovic@eknfak.ni.ac.rs
Globalization has had a devastating effect on the welfare state concept
that was established in many countries after the World War II. The welfare
state functioning, especially during the previous decade, provoked the
increase of costs, which directly endangered competitive capabilities of
particular national economies. Evident problems of the welfare state required
its reformation and, therefore, many developed countries are making intensive
efforts toward it. Taking into consideration high standards imposed by
globalization, possible directions of the welfare state reform are analyzed
in this paper.
Key words: Globalization, welfare state, reform, economic
efficiency, competitiveness, poverty
GLOBALIZACIJA I DRŽAVA BLAGOSTANJA
Globalizacija je razorno delovala na koncept države blagostanja koji je
posle Drugog svetskog rata ustanovljen u mnogim zemljama. Funkcionisanje
države blagostanja, naročito tokom poslednje decenije, izazvalo je ekspanziju
troškova kojom je direktno bila ugrožena konkurentska sposobnost pojedinih
nacionalnih ekonomija. Evidentne teškoće države blagostanja uslovile
su potrebu za njenom reformom, pa se u mnogim razvijenim zemljama na tome
intenzivno radi. S obzirom na visoke standarde koje nameće globalizacija,
u radu se analiziraju mogući pravci reforme države blagostanja.
Ključne reči: Globalizacija, država blagostanja, reforma,
ekonomska efikasnost, konkurentnost, siromaštvo
