Subject(s): Social policy. . -- Globalization -- Social policy in an era of competition -- Global competition as the context for welfare : Competition state thesis in comparative perspectives, changing labor markets, changing welfare across the OECD- move towards a social investment model of welfare as a response to competition, from social regulation of competition to competition as social regulation- transformations in the socioeconomic governance in European union, housing and mortgage markets in everyday- how globalization came home -- Impact of intensified competition on local governance : Delivering fuel poverty objectives within the context of globalization energy markets, exporting healthcare services - comparative discussion of the UK, Turkey and south Korea, global competitiveness and rescaling of welfare- rescaling downward while competing outwards -- Reframing of welfare discourses in an era of competition : Conditionality, welfare reform and rights and responsibilities of disabled people, global vulnerabilities- new configurations of competition in era of conditionality, convergence of government ideology in an era of global competition- empirical analysis using comparative manifesto data, crisis, austerity, competitiveness and growth- new pathologies of welfare state, social policy in era of competition