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Globalization, Democracy, and Effective Welfare Spending in the Developing World

Nita Rudra

University of Pittsburgh

Stephan Haggard

University of California–San Diego

The literature on the effects of globalization on social policy and welfare, and the parallel literature on the effects of democracy, operate in mutual isolation to a surprising degree. This article extends the debate on the welfare state in the developing world by examining the social policy reactions of democratic and authoritarian governments to globalization. Using unbalanced panel data on 57 developing nations, and considering social security and health and education spending, the authors examine whether democratic and authoritarian regimes exhibit similar or different social spending priorities in the context of increasing economic openness. The results show that social spending in "hard" authoritarian regimes is more sensitive to the pressures of globalization than in democratic or intermediate regimes.

Key Words: democracy • social spending in developing countries • globalization • redistribution • social welfare

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 9, 1015-1049 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005279258
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