Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism

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In the early 1980s, many observers, argued that powerful organized economic interests and social democratic parties created successful mixed economies promoting economic growth, full employment, and a modicum of social equality. The present book assembles scholars with formidable expertise in the study of advanced capitalist politics and political economy to reexamine this account from the vantage point of the second half of the 1990s. The authors find that the conventional wisdom no longer adequately reflects the political and economic realities. Advanced democracies have responded in path-dependent fashion to such novel challenges as technological change, intensifying international competition, new social conflict, and the erosion of established patterns of political mobilization. The book rejects, however, the currently widespread expectation that 'internationalization' makes all democracies converge on similar political and economic institutions and power relations. Diversity among capitalist democracies persists, though in a different fashion than in the 'Golden Age' of rapid economic growth after World War II.

‘This book is a significant contribution to political economy and will be useful for students of comparative politics.’

Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi
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Contents
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List of Contributors
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Preface
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Introduction
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- By Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University, Peter Lange, Duke University, Gary Marks, University of North Carolina, John D. Stephens, University of North Carolina
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PART I - THE INTERNATIONAL SETTING FOR POLITICAL-ECONOMIC STRATEGIES
pp 9-10
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1 - The Global Economy, Post-Fordism, and Trade Policy in Advanced Capitalist States
pp 11-35
- By Timothy J. McKeown, University of North Carolina
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2 - The Internationalization of Capital
pp 36-69
- By Beth A. Simmons, University of California
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3 - The Making of a Polity: The Struggle over European Integration
pp 70-98
- By Liesbet Hooghe, University of Toronto, Gary Marks, University of North Carolina
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PART II - THE DYNAMICS OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL ECONOMIES
pp 99-100
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4 - Divergent Production Regimes: Coordinated and Uncoordinated Market Economies in the 1980s and 1990s
pp 101-134
- By David Soskice, University College, Oxford
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5 - The Political Economy of Europe in an Era of Interdependence
pp 135-163
- By Peter A. Hall, Harvard University
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6 - The Welfare State in Hard Times
pp 164-193
- By John D. Stephens, University of North Carolina, Evelyne Huber, University of North Carolina, Leonard Ray, Binghamton University
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7 - Postwar Trade-Union Organization and Industrial Relations in Twelve Countries
pp 194-230
- By Miriam A. Golden, University of California, Michael Wallerstein, Northwestern University, Peter Lange, Duke University
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8 - Social Democratic Labor Market Institutions: A Retrospective Analysis
pp 231-260
- By Karl Ove Moene, University of Oslo, Michael Wallerstein, Northwestern University
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9 - The Declining Significance of Male Workers: Trade-Union Responses to Changing Labor Markets
pp 261-290
- By Jytte Klausen, Brandeis University
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PART III - POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEMOCRATIC COMPETITION
pp 291-292
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10 - Politics without Class: Postindustrial Cleavages in Europe and America
pp 293-316
- By Gøsta Esping-Andersen, University of Trento
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11 - European Social Democracy between Political Economy and Electoral Competition
pp 317-345
- By Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University
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12 - Contemporary Christian Democracy and the Demise of the Politics of Mediation
pp 346-370
- By Kees van Kersbergen, University of Nijmegen
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13 - The Political Economy of Neoliberalism: Britain and the United States in the 1980s
pp 371-397
- By Desmond King, Oxford University, Stewart Wood, Oxford University
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14 - Movements of the Left, Movements of the Right: Putting the Mobilization of Two New Types of Social Movements into Political Context
pp 398-424
- By Hanspeter Kriesi, University of Geneva
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PART IV - CONCLUSION
pp 425-426
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15 - Convergence and Divergence in Advanced Capitalist Democracies
pp 427-460
- By Herbert Kitschelt, Duke University, Peter Lange, Duke University, Gary Marks, University of North Carolina, John D. Stephens, University of North Carolina
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References
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Index
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Title in the series
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-viii

List of Contributors
pp ix-xiv

Preface
pp xv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-8

PART I - THE INTERNATIONAL SETTING FOR POLITICAL-ECONOMIC STRATEGIES
pp 9-10

1 - The Global Economy, Post-Fordism, and Trade Policy in Advanced Capitalist States
pp 11-35

2 - The Internationalization of Capital
pp 36-69

3 - The Making of a Polity: The Struggle over European Integration
pp 70-98

PART II - THE DYNAMICS OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL ECONOMIES
pp 99-100

4 - Divergent Production Regimes: Coordinated and Uncoordinated Market Economies in the 1980s and 1990s
pp 101-134

5 - The Political Economy of Europe in an Era of Interdependence
pp 135-163

6 - The Welfare State in Hard Times
pp 164-193

7 - Postwar Trade-Union Organization and Industrial Relations in Twelve Countries
pp 194-230

8 - Social Democratic Labor Market Institutions: A Retrospective Analysis
pp 231-260

9 - The Declining Significance of Male Workers: Trade-Union Responses to Changing Labor Markets
pp 261-290

PART III - POLITICAL ECONOMY AND DEMOCRATIC COMPETITION
pp 291-292

10 - Politics without Class: Postindustrial Cleavages in Europe and America
pp 293-316

11 - European Social Democracy between Political Economy and Electoral Competition
pp 317-345

12 - Contemporary Christian Democracy and the Demise of the Politics of Mediation
pp 346-370

13 - The Political Economy of Neoliberalism: Britain and the United States in the 1980s
pp 371-397

14 - Movements of the Left, Movements of the Right: Putting the Mobilization of Two New Types of Social Movements into Political Context
pp 398-424

PART IV - CONCLUSION
pp 425-426

15 - Convergence and Divergence in Advanced Capitalist Democracies
pp 427-460

References
pp 461-510

Index
pp 511-527

Title in the series
pp 528-528

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