Peter A. Hall / David Soskice (eds.)

Varieties of Capitalism

The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage
Ed. by Peter A. Hall and David Soskice

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Produktbeschreibung

What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This work outlines an approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 570
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 855g
• ISBN-13: 9780199247752
• ISBN-10: 0199247757
• Artikelnr.: 15000612

Autorenporträt

Peter A. Hall is Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University where he is also the Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on European politics, policy-making, and comparative political economy. His work has received numerous awards including the Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book in political science published in 1986 and the Luebbert Award for the best article in comparative politics published in 1998. David Soskice is Research Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Adjunct Research Professor at the School for Social Sciences of the Australian National University. He is Emeritus Fellow in Economics at University College, Oxford, and on leave from the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung in Berlin (WZB) where he has been Director of the Research Unit on Employment and Economic Change since 1990. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on comparative political economy, macroeconomics, and labor economics.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1.: Peter A. Hall and David Soskice: An Introduction to Varieties of
Capitalism
* Part I: General Themes and Diverse Applications
* 2.: Kathleen Thelen: Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed
Democracies
* 3.: Robert J. Franzese, Jr.: Institutional and Sectoral Interactions
in Monetary Policy and Wage-Price Bargaining
* 4.: Margarita Estevez-Abe, Torben Iversen, and David Soskice: Social
Protection and the Formation of Skills: A Reinterpretation of the
Welfare State
* 5.: Isabela Mares: Firms and the Welfare State: When, Why, and How
Does Social Policy Matter to Employers?
* 6.: Orfeo Fioretos: The Domestic Sources of Multilateral Preferences:
Varieties of Capitalism in the European Community
* Part II: Case-Studies in Public Policy, Continuity, and Change
* 7.: Stewart Wood: Business, Government, and Labour Market Policy in
Britain and Germany
* 8.: Pepper D. Culpepper: Employers, Public Policy, and the Politics
of Decentralized Cooperation in Germany and France
* 9.: Bob Hancke: Revisiting the French Model: Coordination and
Restructuring in French Industry
* Part III: Corporate Governance, Firm Strategy, and the Law
* 10.: Sigurt Vitols: Varieties of Corporate Governance: Comparing
Germany and the UK
* 11.: Mark Lehrer: Macro-Varieties of Capitalism and Micro-Varieties
of Strategic Management in European Airlines
* 12.: Steven Casper: The Legal Framework for Corporate Governance: The
Influence of Contract Law on Company Strategies in Germany and the
United States
* 13.: Gunther Teubner: Legal Irritants: How Unifying Law Ends Up in
New Divergences
* 14.: Jay Tate: National Varieties of Standardization