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Re-forming capitalism : institutional change in the German political economy / Wolfgang Streeck.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Streeck, Wolfgang, 1946-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Capitalism--Germany.
Capitalism.
Germany--Economic policy--1990-.
Germany.
Germany--Economic conditions--1990-.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (312 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Wolfgang Streeck is a leading figure in comparative political economy and institutional theory. In this book he addresses some of the key arguments in these fields: the role of history in institutional analysis, the dynamics of slow institutional change, and the recurrent difficulties of restraining the effects of capitalism on social order. - ;Wolfgang Streeck is a leading figure in comparative political economy and institutional theory. In this book he addresses some of the key issues in this field: the role of history in institutional analysis, the dynamics of slow institutional change, the
Contents:
Five sectors
Industry-wide collective bargaining : shrinking core, expanding fringes
Intermediary organization : declining membership, rising tensions
Social policy : the rise and fall of welfare corporatism
Public finance : the fiscal crisis of the postwar state
Corporate governance : the decline of Germany Inc.
Systemic change : five parallel trajectories
From system to process
Endogenous change : time, age, and the self-undermining of institutions
Time's up : positive externalities turning negative
Disorganization as liberalization
Convergence, non-convergence, divergence
"Economizing'' and the evolution of political-economic institutions
Internationalization
German unification
History
Bringing capitalism back in.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-290) and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-282-05342-6
9786612053429
0-19-156522-9
OCLC:
319940590

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