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Michelle Dion
Discusiones recientes sugieren que la globalizacin econmica puede arrastrar a los estadoshacia una prdida de autonoma decisoria o hacia un nuevo compromiso de distribuirbeneficios sociales a sus ciudadanos. Los estudios comparados, sin embargo, sugieren que eltipo de rgimen poltico es un factor determinante de la poltica social. Un anlisis de gastosen educacin, salud pblica y proteccin social en una muestra de 39 pases en desarrollo entreel ao 1980 y 1999 demuestra que diversas dimensiones de la integracin econmicaestn asociadas con ajustes en el gasto social, los cuales estn en parte mediados por el tipode rgimen poltico. La creciente integracin comercial conduce a una mayor inversin encapital humano, especialmente en regmenes autoritarios, pero reduce gastos en la proteccinsocial en comparacin con las democracias.
Current debates suggest that economic globalization can either lead to a race to the bottomin which states lose their policy making autonomy or to a renewed commitment by the state to provide social benefits to its citizens. Comparative research on policy reform,however, suggests that political regime type is an important determinant of social policy.An analysis of education, health and social protection spending in a sample of 39 middleincome countries between 1980 and 1999 demonstrates that different dimensions of economicintegration are associated with adjustments to social spending, which are in partmediated by political regime type. Increased trade integration leads to more investmentin human capital, especially in authoritarian regimes, but reduces expenditures on socialprotection in comparison to democracies
