Money, Markets, and the State - Social Democratic Economic Policies Since 1918

This book provides in-depth explanations behind the successes and failures of the economic policies of social democratic governments.

List of contents

List of tables and figures; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; A note on terminology; 1. Social democracy in the macroeconomy; 2. Politics, economics and political economy; 3. Why was there no social democratic breakthrough in the twenties?; 4. The creation of the social democratic consensus; 5. The breakdown of the social democratic consensus; 6. Social democracy in the twenty-first century; Notes; References; Index.

Summary

Money, Markets, and the State, first published in 2000, provides in-depth explanations behind the various successes and failures of the economic policies of social democratic governments in five Western European countries. Dr Notermans argues that the fate of social democratic economic policy hinges critically on the political and institutional success of maintaining price stability.

Product details

• Authors: Ton Notermans
• Assisted by: Robert H. Bates (Editor), Peter Lange (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2013
• EAN: 9780521633390
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63339-0
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 678 g
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparati
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries