Globalization and Social Policy: Theoretical Reflections and Policy Impacts
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Globalization has definitely become one of the most important phenomenon in social world. It entails the reshaping of social space and time, the manner in which the global becomes both bigger and smaller. Many claim that globalization is unavoidable; its effects penetrate the way we live, locally and globally. If it is true, it is a social policy field’s concern as social policy is essentially the study of social relations for human wellbeing and the system that wellbeing located. The article explores the relationship between globalization and social policy, focused more on European context. It also provides some general ideas and debates about globalization and its impacts on the state and policy. To some extent, by exploring these issues, it will make us realize how the globalized world works and shapes our lives (or vice versa).
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