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Additional authors

1. Hall, Peter A., 1950-
2. Soskice, David W., 1942-

Description

1. xvi, 540 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "What are the most fundamental differences among the political economies of the developed world? How do national institutional differences condition economic performance, public policy, and social well-being? Will they survive the pressures for convergence generated by globalization and technological change? These have long been central questions in comparative political economy. This book provides a new and coherent set of answers to them. Building on the new economics of organization, the authors develop an important new theory about which differences among national political economies are most significant for economic policy and performance. Drawing on a distinction between 'liberal' and 'coordinated' market economies, they argue that there is more than one path to economic success. Nations need not converge to a single Anglo-American model. They develop a new theory of 'comparative institutional advantage' that transforms our understanding of international trade, offers new explanations for the response of firms and nations to the challenges of globalization, and provides a new theory of national interest to explain the conduct of nations in international relations. The analysis brings the firm back into the centre of comparative political economy. It provides new perspectives on economic and social policy-making that illuminate the role of business in the development of the welfare state and the dilemmas facing those who make economic policy in the contemporary world. Emphasizing the 'institutional complementarities' that link labour relations, corporate finance, and national legal systems, the authors bring interdisciplinary perspectives to bear on issues of strategic management, economic performance, and institutional change. This pathbreaking work sets new agendas in the study of comparative political economy. As such, it will be of value to academics and graduate students in economics, business, and political science, as well as to many others with interests in international relations, social policy-making, and the law."--Publisher's website.

Subject

1. Capitalism
2. Institutional economics
3. Comparative economics
4. Competition, International
5. Comparative advantage (International trade)
6. capitalism
7. Capitalism
8. Comparative economics
9. Competition, International
10. Institutional economics
11. Corporate Governance
12. Institutionenökonomie
13. Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit
14. Internationaler Vergleich
15. Kapitalismus
16. Öffentlicher Sektor
17. Institutionele economie
18. Internationale handel
19. Internationalisatie
20. Concurrentie
21. economic policy
22. economic theory
23. labour policy
24. monetary policy
25. price policy
26. wage determination
27. social protection
28. training
29. welfare state
30. social policy
31. labour market
32. industrial restructuring
33. business strategy
34. airline
35. contract
36. legislation
37. harmonization
38. management
39. quality standard
40. EU
41. statistical table
42. Économie comparée
43. Concurrence internationale
44. Avantage comparatif (commerce international)
45. Commerce extérieur
46. Capitalisme
47. Institutionnalisme
48. Politique économique > Études comparatives
49. Avantage comparatif (Commerce international)
50. Économie politique comparée
51. Gouvernement d'entreprise
52. Politique publique
53. Aspect juridique
54. Gestion stratégique
55. politique économique
56. théorie économique
57. politique du travail
58. politique monétaire
59. politique des prix
60. fixation du salaire
61. protection sociale
62. formation
63. Etat-providence
64. politique sociale
65. capitalisme
66. marché du travail
67. restructuration industrielle
68. stratégie d'entreprise
69. compagnie de navigation aérienne
70. contrat
71. législation
72. harmonisation
73. gestion
74. norme de qualité
75. UE
76. tableau statistique
77. política económica
78. teoría económica
79. política laboral
80. política monetaria
81. política de precios
82. determinación del salario
83. protección social
84. formación
85. política social
86. capitalismo
87. mercado de trabajo
88. reestructuración industrial
89. estrategia empresarial
90. linea aérea
91. contrato
92. legislación
93. armonización
94. administración
95. norma de calidad
96. cuadros estadísticos
97. Estado benefactor
98. France
99. Germany
100. Germany, Federal Republic
101. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
102. USA
103. Allemagne
104. Allemagne, République fédérale
105. Etats-Unis
106. Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
107. Alemania
108. Alemania, República Federal
109. Francia
110. Estados Unidos
111. Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte

Genre/Form

1. comment.
2. graph.
3. commentaire.
4. graphique.
5. comentario.
6. gráfico.

Contents

1. Varieties of labor politics in the developed democracies / Kathleen Thelen -- Institutional and sectoral interactions in monetary policy and wage/price-bargaining / Robert J. Franzese, Jr. -- Social protection and the formation of skills: a reinterpretation of the welfare state / Margarita Estevez-Abe, Torben Iversen, David Soskice -- Firms and the welfare state : when, why, and how does social policy matter to employers? / Isabela Mares -- The domestic sources of multilateral preferences : varieties of capitalism in the European Community / Orfeo Fioretos -- Business, government, and patterns of labor market policy in Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany / Stewart Wood -- Employers, public policy, and the politics of decentralized cooperation in Germany and France / Pepper D. Culpepper -- Revisiting the French model : coordination and restructuring in French industry / Bob Hancké -- Varieties of corporate governance : comparing Germany and the UK / Sigurt Vitols -- Macro-varieties of capitalism and micro-varieties of strategic management in European airlines / Mark Lehrer -- The legal framework for corporate governance : the influence of contract law on company strategies in Germany and the United States / Steven Casper -- Legal irritants : how unifying law ends up in new divergences / Gunther Teubner -- National varieties of standardization / Jay Tate.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [474]-520) and index.