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Globalization and Social Protection: An Economic Perspective

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Part of the book series: Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century ((CDC))

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The ongoing globalization of the world economy is said to have major economic and political implications for democracies. In their opening chapter to this volume, Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann draw on analyses by Jürgen Habermas and David Held to identify four possible consequences of globalization. Fuchs and Klingemann then formulate four hypotheses that summarize how these effects might undermine the legitimacy of democracies.

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Siebrits, K. (2019). Globalization and Social Protection: An Economic Perspective. In: van Beek, U. (eds) Democracy under Threat. Challenges to Democracy in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89453-9_10

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