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Doenças Profissionais , 16360 , Trabalho/métodos , Medicina do Trabalho , Riscos Ocupacionais , Planejamento Nacional , BrasilAssuntos
Mulheres , Índios Norte-Americanos , Saúde da Mulher , Ciências da Nutrição , Trabalho , Religião , MéxicoAssuntos
Adolescente , Poder Psicológico , Democracia , Educação , Trabalho , Emprego , América LatinaAssuntos
Sexo , Pobreza , Notificação de Acidentes de Trabalho , Mulheres Trabalhadoras , Renda , Política , Trabalho , América LatinaAssuntos
Grupos Raciais , Sexo , Equilíbrio Postural , Preconceito , Trabalho , Legislação Trabalhista , BrasilAssuntos
Promoção da Saúde , Tabaco , Dieta , Ciências da Nutrição , Trabalho , Instituições Acadêmicas , SexualidadeRESUMO
It has become popular to draw a parallel between current globalization trends and the half century of international economic integration before the First World War. Indeed, some writers suggest that current trends mark a return to this earlier period, from which they draw strong conclusions about growth prospects and convergence associated with globalization. This paper assesses this historical parallel. It accepts that many features of today's international economy are not unique. However, it is sceptical of efforts to make a direct parallel with the earlier period. In particular, the paper shows that the period before 1913 was not one of trade liberalization, nor one of reduced expectations about the role of the State, and suggests that rapid industrial growth in some economies cannot be explained by globalization pressures. More generally, a description of this earlier period of globalization as one of rapid growth and convergence is questioned, and instead associated with uneven economic development, during which a very small group of countries were able to reinforce their domestic growth efforts through links to the international economy, while for others these same links did little to alter long-term growth prospects, and in some cases even hindered them