Henry Farrell

Political Economy of Trust (eBook, PDF)

Institutions, Interests, and Inter-Firm Cooperation in Italy and Germany

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Produktbeschreibung

Trust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics - rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust's relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions - and in particular informal institutions - can affect trust without reducing it to fully determine expectations. It then shows how this theory can be applied to comparative political economy, and in particular to explaining inter-firm cooperation in industrial districts, geographical areas of intense small firm collaboration. The book compares trust and cooperation in two prominent districts in the literature, one in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and the other in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. It also sets out and applies a theory of how national informal institutions may change as a result of changes in global markets, and shows how similar mechanisms may explain persistent distrust too among Sicilian Mafiosi.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511591006
• Artikelnr.: 38185124

Autorenporträt

Henry Farrell was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for the acclaimed gothic horror novella What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, which was adapted into a film starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. Charles Farrell Myers was born in California and spent his childhood in Chowchilla. In the 1940s and 1950s, he published "Toffee" short tales for science fiction periodicals under the name Charles F. Myers. Later, under the alias Henry Farrell, his debut novel, The Hostage, was released in 1959. The film was shot in 1966. He collaborated with Lukas Heller on the writing for Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), which starred Davis and Olivia de Havilland. It was based on a novella he penned called "What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?" Heller and Farrell won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay in 1965. He created the original screenplay for the 1971 film What's the Matter with Helen?, starring Debbie Reynolds and Shelley Winters. His wife, actress Molly Dodd, died in 1981.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. A theory of institutions and trust
3. Varieties of capitalism and industrial districts
4. Trust and institutions in industrial districts
5. Accounting for change in informal institutions
6. Informal institutions without trust: relations among Mafiosi in Sicily
7. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index.