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Social Structures of Accumulation - The Political Economy of Growth and Crisis

English · Hardback

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This book offers an ideal introduction to the social structure of accumulation (SSA) approach to the analysis of capitalist economies and societies.

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Introduction David M. Kotz, Terrence McDonough and Michael Reich; Part I. The Theory of Social Structures of Accumulation: 1. Long swings and stages of capitalism David M. Gordon, Richard Edwards and Michael Reich; 2. How social structures of accumulation decline and are built Michael Reich; 3. Interpreting the social structure of accumulation approach David M. Kotz; 4. Social structures of accumulation, contingent history, and stages of capitalism Terrence McDonough; 5. The regulation theory and the social structure of accumulation approach David M. Kotz; Part II. History, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Analysis: 6. The construction of social structures of accumulation in US history Terrence McDonough; 7. The financial system and the social structure of accumulation Martin H. Wolfson; 8. Alternative social structure of accumulation approaches to the analysis of capitalist booms and busts Thomas E. Weisskopf; 9. The politics of the American industrial policy debate Jim Schoch; Part III. Class, Race and Gender: 10. Shopfloor relations in the postwar capital-labor accord David Fairris; 11. Towards a broader vision: race, gender and labor market segmentation in the social structure of accumulation framework Randy Aldelda and Chris Tilly; Part IV. The International Dimension: 12. Accumulation and crisis in a small and open economy: the postwar social structure of accumulation in Puerto Rico Edwin Melendez; 13. Apartheid and capitalism: social structure of accumulation or contradiction? Nicoli Nattrass; 14. The social structure of accumulation approach and the regulation approach: a US-Japan comparison Tsuyoshi Tsuru; 15. The global economy: new edifice or crumbling foundations? David M. Gordon; Afterword: new international institutions and renewed world economic expansion David M. Kotz, Terrence McDonough and Michael Reich.

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This book offers an ideal introduction to the social structure of accumulation (SSA) approach to the analysis of capitalist economies and societies. Combining newly written essays with classic articles, the book examines the international economy and the economies of Japan, South Africa, and Puerto Rico, as well as the United States.

Product details

Assisted by David M. Kotz (Editor), Kotz David M. (Editor), Terrence McDonough (Editor), McDonough Terrence (Editor), Michael Reich (Editor), Reich Michael (Editor)
Publisher Cambridge Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 26.08.1994
 
EAN 9780521442503
ISBN 978-0-521-44250-3
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 22 mm
Weight 670 g
Illustrations 7 b/w illus. 12 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures

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