@article{54e4230059ba11deb5d6000ea68e967b,
title = "Social Compacts in Regional and Global Perspective",
abstract = "Abstract This article addresss four issues related to the emergence of new social compacts.It discusses various attempts to theorize and conceptualize the notions of globalization andglobal and regional governance. It then looks at the transformation from welfare to workfareand examines the impact of global restructuring on labour and social conditions. Examples ofthe distributional consequences and resulting inequality, poverty, and unemployment are provided.This process has had an important impact on the emergence of reactive regional socialcompacts based on various forms of negotiated contracts. Finally, the article explores new,proactive attempts to challenge the existing dogma of neo-liberal governance.R{\'e}sum{\'e} Perspectives r{\'e}gionales et globales sur le contrat social. L'auteur analyse quatre questionsli{\'e}es {\`a} l'{\'e}mergence de nouveaux contrats sociaux. Il discute diverses tentatives de th{\'e}oriseret de conceptualiser les notions de la mondialisation et de la gouvernance globale et r{\'e}gionale.La transformation de l'aide sociale en workfare (assistance sociale en {\'e}change du travail) et lesimpacts d'une restructuration globale sur le travail et les conditions sociales sont analys{\'e}s,exemples des effets sur la distribution des richesses ainsi que l'in{\'e}galit{\'e}, la pauvret{\'e} et le ch{\^o}magequi en d{\'e}coulent {\`a} l'appui. Des contrats sociaux r{\'e}gionaux fond{\'e}s sur diverses formes deconsultation sociales se sont form{\'e}s en r{\'e}action {\`a} ce processus. Enfin, l'auteur {\'e}tudie de nouvellesinitiatives de contestation de l'actuel dogme de la gouvernance n{\'e}olib{\'e}rale.",
keywords = "regional udvikling, regionalisering, globalisering, regional develoment, regionalism, globalisation",
author = "Schmidt, {Johannes Dragsb{\ae}k}",
year = "2009",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "455--474",
journal = "Revue canadienne d'{\'e}tudes du d{\'e}veloppement / Canadian Journal of Development Studies",
issn = "0225-5189",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
number = "3-4",
}