Comparative political economy : contours of a subfield / Georg Menz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menz, Georg, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Political aspects.

Economics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"This new and comprehensive volume covering the subfield of comparative political economy provides a detailed overview of its intellectual roots, clarifies its contents, and introduces the readers to key debates while identifying new and exciting avenues for future research. Ideas, interests, and institutions have traditionally been the main focus points of this field, but the volume argues that culture provides an additional and often neglected area, providing the 'glue' that keeps the national models of capitalism hanging together. The volume also develops pathways beyond the varieties of capitalism paradigm. Building on a thorough and rigorous review of comparative capitalisms and a synthesis of the research strands that have built the bedrock of this subfield, Comparative Political Economy explores the individual components of national models of capitalism and argues that these elements deserve closer scrutiny. Their permutations have been considerable over the past thirty years, and their study permits valuable insights both empirically and theoretically. The empirical coverage of the book includes chapters covering industrial relations, labour markets, systems of education and training, finance, welfare state, and debt. In the conclusion, future research pathways are identified and the impact of energy security issues and environmental factors on the study of comparative capitalisms are assessed."-- Unedited summary from book.

Contents:

A genealogy of the field from Adam smith to the mid-twentieth century

Contemporary CPE : the turn towards comparative capitalisms and the relationship with IPE

Varieties of capitalism and the next steps beyond

Labour markets and their regulation : industrial relations and the organization of business and labour

Models of finance and corporate governance and their implications

The political economy of debt

Welfare state models : taming the market?

The state as an actor : not a neutral umpire

Conclusion : future directions for comparative political economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-320) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Menz, Georg. Comparative political economy.

ISBN:

9780199579983

0199579989

9780199579990

OCLC:

1017836267