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Zusatztext This book has been well worth waiting for. It demonstrates the wealth of insights that could be achieved through Soskice's innovative research program that began to change the agenda of Comparative Political Economy more than a decade ago. The volume combines a definitive restatement of the varieties of capitalism approach with illuminative applications to the range of research areas covered by it with some fascinating theoretical extensions. Excellent! Informationen zum Autor Peter A. Hall is Frank G. Thomson Professor of Government and Harvard College Professor at Harvard University where he is also the Director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on European politics, policy-making, and comparative political economy. His work has received numerous awards including the Woodrow Wilson Award for the best book in political science published in 1986 and the Luebbert Award for the best article in comparative politics published in 1998.David Soskice is Research Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Adjunct Research Professor at the School for Social Sciences of the Australian National University. He is Emeritus Fellow in Economics at University College, Oxford, and on leave from the Wissenschaftszentrum für Sozialforschung in Berlin (WZB) where he has been Director of the Research Unit on Employment and Economic Change since 1990. He is the author or editor of several books and many articles on comparative political economy, macroeconomics, and labor economics. Klappentext What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This pathbreaking work outlines a new approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies and shows that there is more than one path to economic success. The book sets a new intellectual agenda for everyone interested in relations between politics, economics, and business. Zusammenfassung What are the most important differences among national economies? Is globalization forcing nations to converge on an Anglo-American model? What explains national differences in social and economic policy? This work outlines an approach to these questions. It highlights the role of business in national economies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: Peter A. Hall and David Soskice: An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism Part I: General Themes and Diverse Applications 2.: Kathleen Thelen: Varieties of Labor Politics in the Developed Democracies 3.: Robert J. Franzese, Jr.: Institutional and Sectoral Interactions in Monetary Policy and Wage-Price Bargaining 4.: Margarita Estevez-Abe, Torben Iversen, and David Soskice: Social Protection and the Formation of Skills: A Reinterpretation of the Welfare State 5.: Isabela Mares: Firms and the Welfare State: When, Why, and How Does Social Policy Matter to Employers? 6.: Orfeo Fioretos: The Domestic Sources of Multilateral Preferences: Varieties of Capitalism in the European Community Part II: Case-Studies in Public Policy, Continuity, and Change 7.: Stewart Wood: Business, Government, and Labour Market Policy in Britain and Germany 8.: Pepper D. Culpepper: Employers, Public Policy, and the Politics of Decentralized Cooperation in Germany and France 9.: Bob Hancke: Revisiting the French Model: Coordination and Restructuring in French Industry Part III: Corporate Governance, Firm Strategy, and the Law 10.: Sigurt Vitols: Varieties of Corporate Governance: Comparing Germany and the UK 11.: Mark Lehrer: Macro-Varieties of Capitalism and Micro-Varieties of Strategic Management in European Airlines 12.: Steven Casper: The Legal Framework for Corporate Governance: The Influence of Contract Law on Company St...
