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Local culture, globalization and policy outcomes — an example from long-term care
Author(s)	Gail Wilson
Journal title	Global Social Policy, vol 6, no 3, December 2006
Pages	pp 288-303
Source	http://www.sagepublications.com
Keywords	Economics ; Social welfare ; Domiciliary services ; Nursing homes ; Social policy ; Rural areas ; Canada.
Annotation	It is argued that the impact of globalisation and global ideologies on social policy can depend on the ways that local cultures reinforce or combat global ideologies and pressures. The article discusses the importance of local policy factors in shaping responses to globalisation. It takes as an example the way in which global forces have affected outcomes for older people needing long-term care in one marginalised province of a rich country. Local political, economic and sociocultural factors can reinforce global pressures for neo-liberal policies and rising individualism, and overwhelm the global ideologies of democracy and human rights (including gender rights and anti-ageism) that might lead to better outcomes for older people and their caregivers. In New Brunswick province, Canada, traditional cultural values can be seen as one factor allowing politicians to make sub-optimal social policy choices in respect of home support and nursing homes. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070122201 A
Classmark	W: TY: N: LHB: TM2: RL: 7S
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