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Zusatztext "The brilliance of this study consists not simply in refuting existing and very powerful paradigms in explaining market governance! but in developing an innovative alternative that should have considerable impact both in terms of political-economic theory as well as managerial practice." · Michael Geyer ! Chicago University "The work is a very trenchant and sustained critique of both the neo-liberal convergence and the Varieties of Capitalism views of the differences between the US and Germany. It presents an interesting alternative view." · Gary Herrigel ! Chicago University Informationen zum Autor Hyeong-Ki Kwon received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Currently he is a Principal Researcher in the Institute of Korean Political Studies and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Seoul National University, Korea. His research interests focus on democratic governance of industrial societies, particularly on the creation of new norms and the division of labor in the process of indusrial adjustments in advanced industrial countries, especially in the U.S., Germany, and Japan. Klappentext Contrary to the explanations offered by the theory of non-reflexive, path-dependent institutionalism, the U.S. and the German automotive industries undertook strikingly similar patterns of industry modification under tough international competition during the 1990s, departing from their traditional national patterns. By investigating the processes of the U.S. and German adjustments, the author critically reconsiders the prevalent paradigms of political economy and comes to the conclusion that the evidence does not confirm the neoliberal paradigm. In order to better account for the recomposition of new market relations, which the author terms "converging but non-liberal" and "diverging but not predetermined" markets, he proposes an alternative model of "politics among reflexive agents," emphasizing different kinds of problem-solving practices among those reflexive agents. He argues that different forms and regimes of market are established in the process of recomposition, in which agents reflect upon not only market rationality but also upon their own institutions, creating new norms. Zusammenfassung The author posits that the US and the German automotive industries undertook similar patterns of industry modification during the 1990s, which departed from their traditional national patterns. Investigating the processes, he reconsiders the prevalent paradigms of political economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Similarities and Differences in the Transformation Chapter 2. Transformation in the American Supplier Market Chapter 3. Transformation in the German Supplier Market Conclusion Appendix: Test for Non-Response Bias Bibliography Index ...
List of contents
List of Tables
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Similarities and Differences in the Transformation
Chapter 2. Transformation in the American Supplier Market
Chapter 3. Transformation in the German Supplier Market
Conclusion
Appendix: Test for Non-Response Bias
Bibliography
Index
Report
"The brilliance of this study consists not simply in refuting existing and very powerful paradigms in explaining market governance, but in developing an innovative alternative that should have considerable impact both in terms of political-economic theory as well as managerial practice." · Michael Geyer, Chicago University
"The work is a very trenchant and sustained critique of both the neo-liberal convergence and the Varieties of Capitalism views of the differences between the US and Germany. It presents an interesting alternative view." · Gary Herrigel, Chicago University
