Re-Forming Capitalism : Institutional Change in the German Political Economy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Streeck, Wolfgang.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism--Germany.

Germany--Economic conditions--1990-.

Germany--Economic policy--1990-.

Germany.

Local Subjects:

Capitalism--Germany.

Germany--Economic conditions--1990-.

Germany--Economic policy--1990-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Other Title:

Re-forming capitalism

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wolfgang Streeck has written extensively on 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 limitations of rational design and economic-functionalist explanations of institutional stability, and the recurrent difficulties of restraining the effects of capitalism on social order. In the classification of the 'Varieties of Capitalism' school, Germany has always been taken as the chief exemplar of a 'European', coordinated market eco

Contents:

""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Introduction: Institutional Change, Capitalist Development""; ""Part I. Gradual Change: Five Sectoral Trajectories""; ""1. Five Sectors""; ""2. Industry-wide Collective Bargaining: Shrinking Core, Expanding Fringes""; ""3. Intermediary Organization: Declining Membership, Rising Tensions""; ""4. Social Policy: The Rise and Fall of Welfare Corporatism""; ""5. Public Finance: The Fiscal Crisis of the Postwar State""; ""6. Corporate Governance: The Decline of Germany Inc.""

""Part II. Systemic Change: Patterns and Causes""""7. Systemic Change: Five Parallel Trajectories""; ""8. From System to Process""; ""9. Endogenous Change: Time, Age, and the Self-Undermining of Institutions""; ""10. Time's Up: Positive Externalities Turning Negative""; ""Part III. Liberalization: Re-Forming Capitalism""; ""11. Disorganization as Liberalization""; ""12. Convergence, Nonconvergence, Divergence""; ""13. "Economizing" and the Evolution of Political-Economic Institutions""; ""14. Internationalization""; ""15. German Unification""; ""16. History""

""17. Bringing Capitalism Back In""""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-161445-9

OCLC:

781614461